Ball-spotter at British girls championship declines

a hard hat ... and finishes up in hospital

A volunteer ball-spotter had to be taken to hospital during this morning's third-round play in the British girls' open amateur championship at West Lancashire.
Ann Kynaston, who had declined to wear one of the hard hats given by the Ladies Golf Union to ball-spotters, was struck on the forehead by a drive from English girls champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), the ball having travelled an estimated 180 to 200 yards from the tee.
The blow felled the ball-spotter and there was a considerable flow of blood from the wound. Paramedics were called to treat her and she was taken to a hospital in Southport.
The incident apparently caused great distress among the young female spectators in the vicity and Holly herself with distraught when she realised how badly hurt the woman was. Later Miss Clyburn gave Ann Kynaston an autographed hat.
The personal downside for Holly was that the ball ricocheted from Ann's head into a water hazard and she lost the hole ... and eventually was beaten at the 20th hole by another English player, 15-year-old Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield).