MURRAY EQUAL FOURTH IN £1000 GOLF TOURNEY

Chronicle (Levin), 21 April 1947, Page 8

MURRAY EQUAL FOURTH IN £1000 GOLF TOURNEY

iy. Received Sunday, 7-30 p.m. y . SYDNJY,, April 20.: With a bxihjant two-^ftdVr-par ruurid of--'09 fbr a.-fotul'of -29^ H. Pickworth. Australian epen golf chgmnion, won the Ampol- £1000 professionals' tournament at Kensington yesterday. Tho higlilight of the dav's pl:ay, however' was Erie Cremin's 60 whieh shatfered Piekvvorth's course record by three strokes. The New Zealander, Alec Murray, linished equal fourth with R. Want, Qufionsland, Ilis first day's seorc of S.2 should have put hini well put of the running but he reeovered magni/ieently wjth 75, 73 and 75, incljjding oue of the best scores of the day. Yesterday he played masterlv golf to be two under par to the twelfth hole but thereafter he seemed to tire. Cremin, after par 71 on the first day, eraslied "with S5 on the second in wind and rain squalls. Yesterday h.e fought doggedly to overhaul -Piekworth 's 3,ead. Out in 34 he retiirned an amazjng 32 for the homeward journey, seohng seven /birdies. Piekworth, however, plaved^ with complete confidenee to equa! his own previous record and register five Idrdies. W. Bolger revealed the form whieh enabl.ed him to beat Gen.e Sarazen in the 1934 open, to take sacond piaee, He stroked shots be.au tifully but lost opportunitics on . the greens due to timi.d putting, The New Zealander, A. E, Guy, followed a disastrous 82 with 78 whi.eh plaeed him well back in the field, Principal scorers: — Piekworth (Vjctoria) 69 — 294, W. Bolger (New S.otithWales) 70 — 295, Cremin (New South Wales) .,66 — 296, Murray (New Zealand) 75 — >, Want (Queensland) 75— 305, F. Bolger (New South Wales) — 398, V, Billings (Victoria) 73—308. M. Smith (Victoria), 78—309, M. McWiljiams (New South Wales) 73 — 309. D ■Denehy (South Australia) 73—5107 C.' Campbell (Victoria) 76—310.