MEMBER OF FAMOUS N.Z. GOLFING FAMILY
HASTINGS, Sept'.'* 14. j James Galloway, is 30 years of age j and he has been one of ,the up and I coming tournament golfers in New { Zealand since the war. He won the- j Victory tournament match play at ! Titirangi in 1947 and the medal s'ec- j tion of the Victory tournament at j Akarana in 1948. He was a caddy at | Titirangi as a lad and then joined | the club as an amateur. . I During the war he served for five i years in the iiifantry and saw action ? in most of the Middle Eastern and It- I alian campaigns. f . His first New Zealand champion- j ship tournament was at Wellington in J. 1937 and his first national tournament as a professional was at Balmacewan in 1938. He has not missed an open since then. Galloway, is a member of a famous New Zealand golfing family, is a fluent stroke player utterly devoid of nerves and capable of attaining great heights of brilliance. His aggregate of 283, besides being a New Zealand record, equals the American, Gene Sarazem's Australasian tournament record aggr£gat&> ' i
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 September 1949, Page 9
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