The first game for a historic golf trophy was played over the Westward Ho! links on Friday.
Competing in the two-ball foursomes Stableford were members of a newly formed golfing society, centred on the King’s Head Hotel, Northam, who include some of the elite among local players.
The trophy was presented to the society by the relatives of the late, and great, J H Taylor, the Northam golfer who five times won the Open championship. It commemorates at four-ball he played with other ‘giants’ – James Braid, Alex Herd and Harry Vardon.
Behind the new society is landlord Mr J L Long whose 19 year old son, Jim, is a former England boy international. They have two other trophies – one given by Mrs Vivian Patt and Mrs Phllis Galliford, and the other by Mr Charles Tucker. Two daughters of the late Mr J H Taylor – Mrs Pratt and Mrs Plumtree – were present at a ceremony at the ‘King’s Head’ afterwards.
Presenting the trophy to the winners – Horace Eastman and Bill Headon – Mrs Plumtree said the occasion was a true link with the past.
The full Gazette article is dated 16 June 1967