BETTINGTON WINS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 260, 27 June 1932, Page 5

BETTINGTON WINS

(Press. Assn.-

PLAYS FAULTLESSLY TO BEAT DOBSON7 'AND!' 5' DEADLY ACCURACY

— By Telegraph — Copyrlght).

Rec. June 26, 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Sunday. ' Bettington played faultless golf in the final of the State amateur championship" to def eat Dobson seven and five, in the presence of 4000 people- * . . The game started sensationally, Dobson getting on to the green with | a great tee shot -and sank a 20 foot I putt for an eagle two to Bettihgtori's i birdie. i Bettington won the second,. Dob- | son the fourth, Bettington the fifth', ! Dobson the sixth, Bettington the | ilinth, where the match was a'lt I Square,. ! Bettington took the lead for the ; first time at the tenth, but Dobson th' with a birdie threeetaoinetaoihtao i rnade the game all square at' the twelfth with a birdie three. : The fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth holes were won by Bettington i who was leading three up at th'e end of the first round. The approx-i-mate stroke rounds were B'ettiTftgtori | 77 and Dobson 81. ! For the second nine of the morni ing rburid, a strong wind made" ]May difficult. The only really had hole however, was the par five at the tenth, which Bettington gained in six to seven. The nineteenth was halved in birdie three, the twentieth iri par fours the twenty-first in par threeS and the twenty-second in par fours. , Dobson put his second iri the- bunker at the next and Bettington went' to four up and increased the lead', tbs five up at the tWenty-fifth with. ri birdie four. Another birdie at the next made Bettington six up. The twenty-seventh was halved iri par four. At this stage, Bettingtori's figures read: 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, total 32, or three under par. Dobson'S figurfes were: 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 3, 5, 4, 4, total 35. Despite the fact that Dobson went out in par figures', h© failed to win a hole. Oil the contrary he even found himself fighting for a half. Dobson laid his opponent a stymie at the next and won the hole four to five. Two visits to the bunkers at thethirtieth, gave Bettington a win to. make him a dormie six. Dobson failed to get out of difficulty at the tbirty-first, and Bettington, still playing with deadly accuracy, won the hole and the match, seven and five.