SPECTACULAR JIM

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 31, 30 October 1937, Page 16

SPECTACULAR JIM

FERRIER'S LATEST WIN TAKES N.S.W. 72-HOLE CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP Whether Vaile or other "purists" in golf styles and mechanics approve Jim Ferrier's shot-making methods or not, there is no doubt he is the most spectacular golfer to appear in Australia. Others may hit the ball with more attractive action and may have odd shots that he has not, but it is Ferrier who has done the sensational things that make the highfights of golf in this country. Strangeiy enough he seems to be at his best in the N.S.W. Cldse championship, which he has just won for the third time, writes J. M. Dillon in the Sporting Globe, of October 13. It was in this event at Killara in 1935 that Ferrier staggered all former feats by doing 266 with rounds of 67, 65, 70, 64, for 72 holes against a par of 284. Last year in the final round oi the event against Manly's par 72 he finished with a 64. This year, with 280. against Bonnie Doon's par of 71, he finished 10 strokes out from Norman Von Nida, who was second, and he was eight strokes under par after 54 holes. From the' start it was a one-man event, for the nearest any other was to him at the end of a round was five strokes after the opening 18 holes. • „ In the face of what Ferrier did the play of no other competitor is worthy of - comment. However, it is interesting to note how relatively others of our topnotchers fared. Von Nida started indifferently with a 75, then had two rounds equal to ' par, and finished with a 73. Lou Kelly had a record 66 in the second round that helped make him third, but he was not nearly that good in the other rounds. W. Bolger, probably going desperately for everything, ended with an 80 for 297. Amateur Alan Waterson was steady, but not as good as he can be for 298, and the crack professional, 3am Richardson, just broke 300. Douglas Davies the amateur "find" of the National meeting, maintained his new reputation by doing 300, and the new professional champion, Eric Cremin, was 306. Two points force themselves forward as a result of this championship. The first is that if the Australian amateur team for Britain next year is to be anything like representative of our best golf, the omission of Ferrier, the official and admitted No* 1 amateur of N.S.W., is something that would cause amazement far further afleld than here. The second is that it is about time that Victoria followed the example of New South Wales and other States in, putting on the annual programme* a 72 holes championship of the class of this New South Wales Close title everft.