GOLF

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17409, 6 November 1930, Page 3

GOLF

HIGHEST PAID PRO. . MOBE ABOUT LEO DIEGEL % (By “Pull”) Leo Diesel, tlm American goiter, is llie ldglie. i paid roll professional .in th 4 world. He possesses a quaint method of putCiig, so much so, that the severely orthodox 'blink ilieii* eyes with surprise. (Hegel's salary is, of course, In's own business, hut it can he said that ,no professional in Client Britain, or the United (States, or in any country for that niatier, remotely approaches the figure. ' ■■ ■ r ■ Dicgel is a, very serious-minded person. It was llam- Yardon vvlio caused him to lake up golf as a profession, several years ago. .1 Hegel was Vardon’s caddie at one time. He watched Hairy carefully,' and when the tournament was over lie- decided that he would forget about, tin' work be was tlieu intended for, and become a golfer. Seven years passed, and Yardon journeyed ,tp Ameri-a again. He played in The •hnmpionship of that year, and the titan who was bracketed with hint for second place was his one-time caddie, Heo I Hegel. To-day Diego] Lis--the, professional champion of the United States. He lias the warmest- admiration Tor the majority of British golfers. One of whom Liege! speaks very highly is Henry Colton, but he believes that the .real successor Ho Vardofi-,-mean-ing Hie, greatest player in Britain today, is Abe iUui.-iiali. He also has a theory. which is .shared by manyothers, that the requisite spark, for competitive golf has gone out of .Mitchell, and that be does not. properly enjoy golf when he is playing if for his own pleasure.