GOLF.
NEW BALL PROPOSAL. REJECTED BY ST. ANDREW’S. BY CA Ttr.E—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT (Received Oct. 1, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, Sep. 30. By an overwhelming majority the Royal and Ancient Club of St. Andrew’s rejected a proposal of its rule committee that at the next British amateur and open championship the bigger lighter ball of the American type should be compulsory. The committee considered that the new ball, by curtailing the length of drive, would place a premium upon the quality of the stroke rather than upon distance. Mr Greenwood, writing in _ the. Daily Telegraph, expressed the opinion that a few plus men desire the change, but the struggling mass of long handicap men find golf exasperating enough already. Out of 150 present at St. Andrew’s only a dozen voted for the proposal.—A. and N.Z. Assn.
PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMI-FINAL ROUND
CHRISTCHURCH. Oct. 1
The New Zealand golf tournament was continued this nforning under ideal conditions. The semi-final of the professional tournament is being played. At the end of the morning round of 18 holes, Moss was two up on McIntosh. The standard of nlav throughout was fairly high, hut Mclntosh was careless on the putting greens.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 1 October 1925, Page 9
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194GOLF. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 1 October 1925, Page 9
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