NEWS AND NOTES
The Shag Bag
Posted: Wed December 3, 1997
Joyce Wethered, age 96, the four-time British Amateur champion
who in 1950 was voted the top woman golfer of the half century
by the Associated Press, died on Nov. 18 in Devon, England.
After playing an exhibition with her in 1930, Bobby Jones said,
"I am doubtful if there has ever been a better player, man or
woman." Said three-time British Open champion Henry Cotton, "I
don't think a golf ball has been hit, except perhaps by Harry
Vardon, with such a straight flight."...
Gary Nicklaus and Jeev Milkha Singh were among the 43 players
who earned European tour cards last week. Nicklaus, the
28-year-old son of Jack Nicklaus, had failed earlier this fall
to reach the finals of the U.S. Q school, while Singh (no
relation to Vijay), 25, will be the first Indian to play the
European tour....
If the newly created 64-man $4 million World Match Play
tournament were held today, only 10 Europeans would qualify,
compared with 36 Americans. "We have a problem with the [way the
World Ranking formula rates European tour events]. It's a system
that we have to change," says Colin Montgomerie....
After he was struck in the neck by a playing partner's backswing
at a Kuala Lumpur course last week, Anthony Phua, a 35-year-old
lawyer and novice golfer, got to his feet and apologized for
interfering. Moments later, according to the Malay Mail, he
collapsed and died.
Issue date: December 8, 1997
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