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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21088, 14 July 1938, Page 5

An Idea An American idea for a freak competition is known as “dumb golf ” Each word spoken by a player during the round counts as a stroke —even if it is the same word over and over again. Was it at Nineteenth? It is reported that Harry Cooper drove a golf ball 265 yards with a polo mallet in Hollywood, California. Bob Sweeney. 1937 British amateur, once killed a seagull with a shot at a short hole. The dead bird and the ball were within a foot of the hole. Match Postponed. As a mark of respect to Miss E. L. Morgan of the Glen-iti Golf Club, whose father died last week, the official Saturday match was postponed. Still More Rain Falling on a waterlogged course, the rain during the week Las again resulted in the “links closed” notice being exhibited a' Highfield. It is proble: - atical whether the ompetitlons can be advanced a further stage on Saturday.