Name: Beaver Island golfers report an unusual wrong-ball incident on the ninth hole, 1992
Start: 1992-09-15
End: 1992-09-15
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island golfers report an unusual wrong-ball incident on the ninth hole, 1992

Also Richard Bailey wrong-ball golf incident

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent

Date1992-09-15

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1992-09-15
Kind: Occurrence
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: recreationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1992 Beaver Beacon humorously reported Richard Bailey’s September 15 wrong-ball episode on the Beaver Island Golf Course ninth hole.

Evidence limits

This is a light community report, not a tournament scorecard, rules ruling, or course incident log.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1992, “B.I. Golf Course News.”
Humorously recounts a foursome’s discovery that Bailey had first struck his own wrong ball and then faced several possible scores on the ninth hole. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1992, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the golf-course report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island golfers report an unusual wrong-ball incident on the ninth hole, 1992”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-golf-course-wrong-ball-incident-1992/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1992, “B.I. Golf Course News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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