Mark Street wins Aust. golf title
NZPA Adelaide Mark Street, of Christ-1 church, beat Marc Chadwick! of Victoria in the first hole of' a sudden-death play-off to; win the 1979 Shell junior Australian amateur golfs championship at Kooyong, j Adelaide yesterday. The two 19-year-olds had earlier tied on a 36-hole total! of 150 after Chadwick had! carded a brilliant 71 — the. best round of the title — and| Street had returned an equally creditable par 72. South Australia’s James! Bennett, the leader on 74 af- 1 ter the morning round, failed Is to master the wind as he had!; so brilliantly in the morning,.
'and crashed to 80 in the ■ afternoon. In the play-off. Chadwick 1
i was through the green for three shots after driving his (ball wide near a tree. j Street, one of the longest hitters in the field, reached I the fringe of the green with i a magnificent 300-yard drive land an equally superb five 1 wood. | Chadwick failed to get I down in two. and Street, who |went past with his approach I putt, had no trouble in taking two more for victory. I For New Zealand. Street's victory was a consolation for I the junior team taking the I runner-up position in the > I Australian reams championship on Sunday for the : I second consecutive year.
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Press, 17 April 1979, Page 6
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