GOLF UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
RAIN AND FIERCE GALE. IRISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. DUNCAN'S GOOD PERFORMANCE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received August 19, 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON. Auc. 18Th e Irish open golf championship at Portmarnock, Dublin, was won hy George Duncan, the Surrey professional, with an aggregate of 312 for the 72 holc»s. The merit of this performance lay in the fact that, the championship was played in conditions that are without parallel in any of the competitors' experience. There was a deluge of rain and a gale, which swept tho luncheon and press marquees awav and tore both to ribbons. Duncan played with layers of brown paper inside bis plus fours to keep out the rain.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19720, 20 August 1927, Page 11
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