IN TROUBLE AGAIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 350, 10 May 1928, Page 7

IN TROUBLE AGAIN

SUDDEN ENDING TO MAJOR HEDDUP’S MATCH After his disastrous hole in the stroke competition a couple of weeks ago, Major Heddup decided to confine his attention to friendly matches. Unfortunately the major does not take his friendly games very seriously, and the club Avas rather intriqued when the major and Mr. A. Stickler returned from the first hole, Mr. Stickler being in search of another partner. This is what occurred: Mr. Stickler got into a ditch, elected to play out, and just holed out in single figures. The major claimed a win in eight. The major’s progress had been as follows: 1. His tee shot went into the rough. 2. After lifting the ball to identify it the major picked up a stick lying alongside the ball, as a result of which the ball moved. After he had addressed the ball it moved again, and he then decided that the lie was unplayable. 3. Keeping the spot between himself and the hole he dropped the ball behind, first clearing a space. 4. He then played his second stroke, and the ball hit his forecaddie, and rolled into a creek. 5. As the ball was moving he waited until it came to rest, and then played out into a bunker. 6. His next stroke hit the face of the bunker and rebounded and struck him on the foot. 7. He played his next and laid it dead, holing the putt. Mr. Stickler, already somewhat peeved at his own misfortunes, objected to the bunker incident, and the rest followed. What was the real position of the major? The explanation will appear next week.