GOLF
A CALIFORNIAN NOVELTY. A novelty in golf tournaments has been tried in California lately. The players are drawn in threes, each player meeting the two others, and scoring is by point - . —two points ,1-ar first nine holes, two for the next nine, and two for the remaining 1!H holes. A maximum of 12 points a day is possible. After the first trial the system, which is known as a “Nassau” tournament. was claimed tr, he an infallible method of revealing the best golfer in itfo Inurnment. That might he so, but wo are afraid that if the svst tern extend- far it will necessitate the arranging of courses in accountancy for golfers who are r.ot accountants alreadyNO COME-BACK FOR HIM. There has been some talk abroad lately, about a come-back to important competitive golf by Bobby Jones. However, the famous American player says very definitely that he is out of “big” golf for goet.l. “I’m out of it and I’m glad,” he declared recently. “In 15 years 1 played enough competiV t'vc golf to last me a lifetime. There are no regrets, and there will he no come-back. I get a real kick out of playing golf now. I can try experiments, play as I like, -and can do without the strain attendant upon tournament play.” American cretin? romcnv that .Tones ip playing poor golf.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12528, 13 April 1935, Page 11
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