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Show HAIRPIN RULES. Golf Links Arc Tast Becoming Converted Con-verted to Pin Cemeteries. Tribune Special Sporting Service. LONDON. Aug. 3. The golf links of this country over which women ar" allowed al-lowed to play are fast becoming halr-p?cemei halr-p?cemei fries. Unfortunately the hair-, 'pins are either half burled with the' "business ends" uppermost, or else they have a hab'.t of reappearing. The Jlrst has proved annoying to players, and the second dangerous. A week or two ago a golfer had his ball "pronged" by'a hairpin hair-pin while playing on the Troon course. Now a similar occurrence has happened at Bradford Moor. II. A. Loyerldge, tho Shipley professional, on coming up to his ball found It firmly "bayoneie.l by a hair-pin. The pin could not It. i-'iyed and live puts were required t the ball. If this sort of thing i .cs a new rule will have to be frnu: 1: "When a bali becomes Impaled by a hair-pin or hat-pin a new ball can be put down." |