PROFESSIONAL GOLF
NEW ZEALAND TOURNEY TIMARU, February 24. The New Zealand professional golf tournament was concluded here to-day in bright weather and before a large attendance. Play was of an exceptionally high order. The South Canterbury championship, which was contested by fourteen players, provided a very close and exciting finish, R. C. Butters (Miramar) winning the cup by a magnificent 15ft putt, which gave him the victory by one stroke over A. J. Shaw (Napier). Both played brilliant golf throughout the'whole of the last round. Butters established a l?ad of one at the seventeenth hole, a # 1 both did the last hole in 4, Shaw finishing with a splendid 12ft putt. The players were given an ovation. Shaw completed a great round in the morning, doing eighteen holes in 68, which was 2 outside J. H. Kirkwood’s record on the same links some years ago. G. B. Forrest (Timaru), who finished third, again gave a consistent display', and but for a poor second round would have been hard to beat. J. A. Clements (Christchurch), who was level with Butters at the start of the final round, had a bad run in the afternoon, and finished fourth. The third stroke handicap was won by A. J. Shaw (Napier), and the fourth stroke handicap went to G. B. Forrest (Timaru). The Dunlop Rubber Company’s special prize for the lowest net aggregate in to-day’s play was won by A. J. Shaw. G. B. Forrest secured the Eclectic special. The results were as follow: SOUTH CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP.
Third Stroke Handicap.—A. J., Shaw (Napier) 70, H. MacDougall (Invercargill) 71, G. B. Forrest (Timaru) 74, J. Lambie (Wellington) 74, J. A. Clements (Christchurch) 75, J. Forrest (Dunedin) 76. 'Fourth Stroke Handicap.—G. B. Forrest 73, R. C. Butters 74, J. Lambie 75, W. W. Kay (St. Clair) 75, A. J. Shaw 7C, B. Stratmore (Wellington) 76.
1st 2nd day. day. Agg. R. C. Butters (Miramar) 143 150 293 A. J. Shaw (Napier) ... 154 140 294 G. B. Forrest (Timaru) 153 143 296 J. A. Clements (Christ151 299 . church) 148 (T. R. Galloway (Palmer152 301 ston North) 149 J. Forrest (Dunedin) ... 152 154 306
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Evening Star, Issue 19800, 25 February 1928, Page 12
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356PROFESSIONAL GOLF Evening Star, Issue 19800, 25 February 1928, Page 12
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