SILK WINS VICTORY GOLF

Chronicle (Levin), 23 May 1947, Page 8

SILK WINS VICTORY GOLF

ALEX MURRAY HEADS PROFE S SION AL LIST ' AUCKLAND, May 22. ■B. M. Silk, or vvarLganui, twice N.2. amateur champioa, was first fiouie in the rl liOJe medai eompetition of the Vie- ; tory golf touTnament at Titirangi to-. dfiy. Silk's seore for tfie'four roundb was 294, two strokes better. than the ntandard scratch geore of tlie course. A. • Murray, the Auckland prnfessional, partnered Silk. On the seeond to last hole Murray play,ed a stroke from ■about 12 feet. The shot was played with just a shade 'too much pace and the bait rimnied the cup and stopped two oi thr.Se inches from it The putt robbed M-urray .of the distinetion oi' heading the field but in terms of cash it had no bearrng. ' For playiug 295 recognised golf strokes in two days, he will receive £250, the richest first prize ever oifereu xn.New Zealand professional golf. Silk, as an amateur, is debarred from reeeiving cash rewards but his prize ot a radio has perhaps a gt-eater money ! value than any other trophy oft'ered in amateur golf in the country. Wight, of Dunedin, takes £100 for i finishing seeond of the professionals. ' l Th« sf.nTAS wp.rp- —

A. Murray .. . . .. 74 76 72 73 — 295 T, =W. Wight . . .. 76 73 73 78—300 A. E. Guy .. ... .. 77 77 72 77—303 Jim Galloway . . . .' 78 77 73 76 — 304 A, «L Shaw 81 76 77 73 — 307 J. Weir ........ 75 78 74 74 — 311 J. D. Mcintosh .... 83 74 73-82— 312 A. H. . Dyne 83 74 79 81—317 W. Allbon ...... 79 78 81 80—318 J". Lambie 79 79 77* 83-318 B. Jackson 78 84 79 80—321 B. J. Smith Jnr. .. 83 S.1 82 76 — 322 E. -J.- Moss 85 80 80 78—323 N. II.' Fuller .... 81 77 83 83—324 A. J. Clements .... 84 80 79 82 — 32.5 C. C. Clements .... 80 85 79 82—326 E. S. Douglas .... S3 79 85 81—328 Jack Watt 81 87 SI 8.1—330 J. K. Waite 80 83 81 88—332 G. W. Bite-hie .... 86 81 85 86—338 P, Maughan .... 78 88 86 93—345 John Gallowav .... 86 96 84 83—349

Professionals.

B." M. Silk .. .. .. . 74 74 75 71—294 D. L. Woon .... 75 74 73 81—303 B, H. Glading .. . 85 74. 70 72—30/ F. J. Parkinson .. 77 77 79 75 — 308 J. H. Young .... 80 78 80 72—310 F. Buckler . . . . . . 78 83 74 75—310 S. E. Chappell .... 77 75 81- 78—311 A. N. Young .... 77 78 81 76—312 G. A; Lawson . . . . 81 80 77 78- — 316 E. W. Young .... 78 79 80 79—316 B. Hay-Mackenzie 77 75 82 82 — 316 H. D. Brindsden .. 78 80 77 81—317 B. Bamfield ...... 76 81 79 81—317 J. D. Sliapley 82 80 80 76—318 ,E. J. Astin 80 75 80 79—320 G. Hudson 81 79 79 81—320 B. B. Carr 78 79 78 85—320 B. T. Laycock .... 82 81 81 78—322 H. Boy- 79 81 74 88—322 B. H. Menzies .... 85 81 78 79—323 C. Bailey 83 85 86 73—327 G. G. Tyndall 87 78 79 83—327 J, W. Morrison . . 85 82 81 80—328 P. J. Dixon . . . . 81 85 83 80—329 ■B. G. Thomson .... 85 87 79 83 — 334 E. L. Bartlett .... 80 82 87 86—335 J. H. Govder . . . . 86 86 84 82—338 NT. Willis" 82 81 89 87—339 P. C. Savage .... 86 82 89 83—340 A. E. Browne . . . , 84 91 89 80 — 344

Amateurs.