LONG GOLF DRIVING
COMPETITION IN SYDNEY Sydney's leading golf professionals had a long-driving competition recently on the Glenayr driving range, Lidcombe They had a stiff task, for they had to face a strong westerly, and sodden and uphill ground. So the conditions were decidedly unfavourable to lengthy hitting.
V. S. Richardson had the distinction of hitting the longest drive—2s9yds. while N. von Nida was second with an effort of 215 yds. Each professional had four drives. Richardson's drives were 259, 244, 228, 280 yds.; von Nida's, 245. 242, 240, and 235 yds. A feature was that, for the four drives, von Nida aggregated 962 yds. to Richardson's 961 vds.
Compared with other long drives, recorded in many parts of the world, the drives of Richardson and von Nida appear short. But due consideration must be given to the conditions.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23130, 31 August 1938, Page 20
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139LONG GOLF DRIVING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23130, 31 August 1938, Page 20
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