GOLF CLUB CONTROVERSY.
AMERICAN DEVICE MODIFIED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. !■ (Becd. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 10. , In connection with the use by American competitors of ; clubs with holes. puncheS in their faces to give" stop 'action, an official statement 'has been issued that clubs with faces '. of corrugated, grooved, or slotted pattern, constitute a substantial departure from the traditionally accepted form, and therefore are not permissible for competitions under British rules. ; The American competitors'< 'are ■of opinion that as the ruling permits the jagged edges of their . punctured clubs to be filed smooth and does not involve the scrapping of them, it will not affect their chances in the open championship; particularly as the Troon greens need run-upn rather than stopped approaches. _■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18423, 12 June 1923, Page 9
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