NO PRIVATE CADDIES
y 1 1 Proposed Ban Annoys Professionals s00n not play (Received 13, 8.45 a,m.) LONDON, March 12. The Royal and Ancient rejected a proposed ban on the employment of private caddies in major tournaments and the paymont of big fees. The proposal was made by the Professional Golfers' Association "because of the many'ahuses of the present system. ' ' The association suggested that caddies should be allocated by lot, with a fee of ten shillings a day. The Royal and Aneient decided that the allocation of caddies was the business of the club at which the championship was played. The proposed ban aroused a storm of protest. Padgham and Cotton declared that if deprived of their personal caddies they would either stay away from tournaments or carry a light bag of clubs themselves. Meanwhile the Professional Golfers' Association is eonsidering other means to prevent golfers being "victimised by unscrupxxlous caddies demanding exorbitant fees."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 49, 13 March 1937, Page 5
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