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golfing fluke. LONDNO, Jan. 20. A golfing reader writes to (lie Daily Mail’”:—“ Holes in one shot are recorded in the press at the rate of about once a fortnight, hut a fluke that happened to me on Monday seems to have far longer odds against it. “ About SO yards from the fifth green at Langley Dark, Kent, I played a soaring mashi'e shot against a stiff breeze. [ found the ball in the hole. Tt had pitched clean in and embedded itself above the cup and 2in below the level of the turf. Allowing for the flag stick the ball had, perhaps, 3in of target out of 300,000 square inches of green. To hole out in one you have an area of 30 m - 40 square inches which will serve vour purpose if the ball is travelling slowly enough to be stopped by the hole itself. “ Roughly it looks like 10,000 to 1 against the hole in one, and 100,000 to 1 against the direct-pitch into the hole that I have just described. CLTNOTTER CROSS —the motor-ear rro that is superior. The result of ninstaldng and extended research, ox.criment, and lon* veers of wear. All a rages can surrlv Pure piquant, and low m price SHART-AND’S VINEGAR. Made from he best maR and sugar, Used for the host tables,

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Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1921, Page 1

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219

Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1921, Page 1

Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1921, Page 1

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