AMATEUR STATUS
An application for reinstatement as an amatejJr ;was before- the' New Zealand Golf' Council on Monday, but if was decided that the council must adhere to its definite rule, which is that it cannot consider an application for reinstatement until the expiration of three years: from the date ■of the last act which would constitute professionalism.
A letter was received from the Rpyal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews indicating that for the; future caddies who accept cash prizes in caddies' or in other tournaments will thareby forfeit their amateur status. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club pointed out that in this definition there,:is_ no age limit fixed, as there is in clause .2; of the amateur definition, which \ deals with caddying; this latter is permitted up to the age of eighteen years without affecting amateur status.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 25
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140AMATEUR STATUS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 25
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