GAME IN ENGLAND.
ALLEGED SNOBBISHNESS. AMERICAN CRITIC ANSWERED. (Received August 19, 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON, Aug. IS. The majority of professional golfers deny an assertion made, by Walter J. Hagen (America) that English golf is snobbish. James Braid, Harry Vardon, and Joshua Taylor, who are honorary members of their respective clubs, say they respect the other members and aro reciprocally respected. Some professionals admit that fewer members piny with them than formerly, but this is partly because professionals have less spare time. M. W. Seymour agrees with Hagen that professionals should not be refused admission to club-houses. The Americans, W. Melhorn and L. Nabholtz, assert that Hagen is justified. They assert that they have found English amateurs snobbish. They say no American dreams of calling Jones " Mr. Jones," they only call him " Bobby." Veteran players say they consider Hagen is justified in attributing to the younger school of British professionals an aversion to hard practice.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19720, 20 August 1927, Page 11
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