PROFESSIONAL GOLF.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 February 1928, Page 8

PROFESSIONAL GOLF.

BUTTERS WINS FROM SHAW. GREAT PUTTING AT LAST HOLE TIMARU, Last Night. The Now Zealand Professional Golf tournament was concluded here to-day in bright weather, before a largo attendance of the public. pi ay was of an exceptionally high order. ; The South Canterbury Championship was contested by fourteen and provided a very close and exciting finish, R. C. Butters (Miramar) winning the Cup by a magnificent fifteen-foot putt which gave him one point over A J. Shaw (Napier). Both played brilliant golf throughout the whole of the last round. Butters established a lead of one at the seventeenth hole and both finished the last hole in four, Shaw like finishing with a splendid 12ft. putt. The players were given an ovation. Shaw completed « great round in the morning, doing eighteen holes in 68 which was 2 outside of J. H. Kirkwood's record on the same links a few years ago. G. B. Forest (Timaru) who finished third, again gave a consistent display and but for a poor second round would have been hard to beat. ,T. A. Clements (Christchurch) who was level with Butters at the start of the final round, had a bad run in the afternoon ai:d 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 Go's, special for the lowest nctt aggregate in to-day's play was Avon by A. J. Shaw, while G. B. Forrset secured the eclectic special. Ri'&nlt-t SOUTH CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP (aggregate scores ) First Second Day Pay R. C. Butters (Miramar) 143 !;10 •\. J. Shaw (Napier) .- lot ' !40 G. B. Forrest (Timaru) . lii?. 143 A. J. Clements (Cheh.) . 148 151 J. R, Galloway (P.N.) . 149 152 ,T. Forrest (Dunedin) .. 152 1,54