In the past 20 years golf has become a game of the people, especially in the United States, where recently a new chapter in golfs history was written by the gallery that tried to barrack Marvin Ward, described as “No. 1 in amateur golf today,” out of his win over P. Abbott in the final of the United States amateur championship. Because of some remarks he had made about the Omaha Field Club’s course during practice rounds, local inhabitants, numbering about 3000, displayed open hostility and tried to rattle Ward even while he was making shots. Often they were unruly. The position got so bad that the president of the United States Golf Association called a halt and appealed for better sportsmanship. The appeal did little good. But Ward went on to win, 4 and 3. The gallery ignored the 1941 champion and lifted Abbott on their shoulders and carried him to the clubhouse steps.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 November 1941, Page 5
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