The Archive · 1928

The Polo Ground

Malcolm also had an unfortune time on the greens, and partly owing to a curious iisunderstanding at the Inst hole, which cost him probably a couple of strokes, came in with 81.

Saturday's Lo ling Scores Cards of the leading players on H.R, Malcolm 1545 605 552 495 598 444 am.-75 454 962 444 435 453 436 pam 18 M.W. Budd '354° 459 42 444 459 434 am. Tt 84 864 455 444 $62 445 pin. 77 6..B, ©, Morton '664 Sh 444 435 669 494 am, 75 443-454 559 345 408 425 pom. 7

A Chane in the Aspect All these players were well in the running when the competition was resumed on Sunday. Contions, though excellent, were slightly different from those of Shturday in that a heavy dew had trade the greens slow in the morning, and a number of players piled on the strokes with short putts, In the afternoon, however, phe sun came out and the greens were fast a3 on the day before.

nikko proved off colour. Nothing to go right, with him, This) misunderstanding occurred at the 18h hole, where Malcolm, endeavouring to make sure that he did not get on to the prac steeplechase course and out of bounds, hooked, his drive on to the polo ground on the left. Both he find his partner believed that this was now out of bounds, and he played another which was not a success. Tt turned out, however, that' his first. ball had been in bounds and within easy reach of the green, but he did not know this until he was back in the club house.

question was raised whether [score for the last hole should count, but as a similar mistake had been made by a player the day before, the ruling was given that his second ball should count, as if the first had really been out of bounds.

0. Cumming apparently dropped out of the running after the morning with an 83, while Denison improved his chances with a 76. During the moming W. J. Ha kings all but did the seventh'in one, his bail striking the pin while hard-moving and just bouncing back from the cup. The opinion was

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