GOLF INCIDENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23740, 21 August 1940, Page 13

GOLF INCIDENT

BALL LODGED IN POCKET There was a most unusual happening in a golf match played recently oil the links of the Waimairi club, Christchurch. A player was holding: the pin while waiting for two others, members of his foursome, to play their approach shots. Watching the player in the rough and expecting him to shoot first, he was not aware that the other man, one of his opponents, had played a high shot out of tho bunker until ho felt the ball hit his forearm and drop into the pocket of his woollen pullover. The incident led to a great deal of controversy in golfing circles iu Canterbury. ' . Tho following rules govern tho point at issue, whether the offending player played in or out of his iurn:—• , , Rule 7 states that the ball furthest from the hole shall be played first. In the event of a breach the opponent may at once recall the stroke and the ball shall be dropped without penalty as near as possible to the place from which the previous stroke was played. , Rule IS states that if a players ball strike or be moved by an opponent or his caddie or his clubs, the opponent's side shall lose the hole. Rule If) sets out that if a players ball strike himself or his partner, or either of Iheir caddies, or their clubs, his side shall lose the hole.