GOLFER’S ERROR
PLAYED WRONG BALL NO FOURSOMES TITLE MELBOURNE, September 6. There will not be any Australian amateur foursomes golf champions this year. This was the decision of the Golf Union last night, after a review of the happenings during Saturday’s foursomes contests at Sandringham. For playing wrong balls in the final for the title. Alex. Russell, F. E. Headlam, Ivo Whitton and Legh Winser were disqualified. At the fourth hole each side played the wrong ball. The disqualification leaves no others in the field, as, under championship conditions, the pairs who tied were compelled to play off. The position is unique in golf history in Australia. The competitors made the mistake unwittingly. There was no deliberate breach of the rules, and among golfers generally the opinion is held that the proper decision would have been to order a re-play.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 156, 22 September 1927, Page 9
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