On October 6th, 1934, Virginia Van Wie captured her third successive US Women's Amateur Championship. And in the process of a long, unbeaten run which, incidentally, prompted her to retire from the game, she proved that even the most distinguished of foes could be vanquished. In the 36-hole final of the 1928 US Women's Amateur, Van Wie was thrashed 13 and 12 by the great Glenna Collett, who beat her again in the 1930 final and yet again the following year, by which stage the champion had married Edwin Vare. But in the 1932 final at Salem CC, Van Wie eventually broke through to thrash Vare by 10 and 8.

Teaser: A player placed the palm of his hand on the putting green behind the ball to determine if the green was wet. He did not roughen or scrape the surface. Was the player in breach of Rule 16-1d (Testing surface)?

Answer: No. Rule 16-1d only prohibits rolling a ball or roughening or scraping the putting surface for testing purposes. Since the line of putt was not touched, Rule 16-1 also was not infringed.