BRITISH GOLF

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19897, 28 May 1936, Page 9

BRITISH GOLF

I ~ v i AMATELR CHAMPIONSHIP. I . i t PLAY I'o FOUR'I’H ROUND. I l _ __ I x FEBRIER‘S FINE PERFORMANCE. United Press Assn—Elev. Tet. Com-right. ’Reeelved May 23. 1.30 a.m.\ LONDON. .\lay I’7. The contest for the British amateur golf championship was continued. Third round.—Ferrier .\nslralia‘ defeated K. Braddon at the lam; Turnbnll heal Shaw. .3 and :t; Ilulh—ert'nrd heat Ashworlh. .'. and l: .\taeky beat llinriques. 2 and l: Bentley beat ”111- one up: Peters heat Thirsk. one "D: Morris heat Hamilton, 1 and fl: Talley heat lloherts. one up: Kyla 1‘95“ ““"’?"pltri. G and .3: Armstrong defeated Harrison at the 20th: Unwland heat. Grey. 3 and 2; .\itkon heat Delaney. :- and t: Penning heal I_ \\'. llrimths. 5 and i: Prain heat Sutherl land. It and 4’: llisdon heat Grant. ti and .‘i: llankine heal Guest. one up: .\nderson heat J. A. Grlmlhs. l and It: Fraser—Lee beat Watson. a and 3: Hill heat Bourn. one up: Tweddell beat Stevens. t and 2: .\lrt.arhlan heal Cowley. l and 3: Anderson beat Scott. ' 5 and ~i: Sweeny beat Lord Hope. 3 and i 4; .\teLt’an heat Mackintosh. l and 3: Crawler heat Graddock. 2 and i; ISlorev heat. Robertson, It and 2: Tim—|mis heat Wood. 6 and l; ttlct‘nloln heat. Parkinson. 4 and .‘l: .\ieKlnlay beat Torrance. 3 and ‘2: .\. Fl. .\ieCalluni heat Smyth. 3 and 2: Dykes heat EAnderson. one up: Lyle heal. liarile)‘. -:‘. and l: Williamson heal Harris. 3 iand I: .\[aelJnnald heat Fiddiau. one up: Clegx heal. Todd. one up: ltowell beat. McCredie. one up. I The Fourth Round. I Fourth round—Ferrier defeated it. I Howell. 7 and In; H. G. .\leCallum heat Lyon. ‘1 and i; Ewing beat \\'. .\lur—ray. 3 and 2; Wethered beat \\‘aterson. 2 and 1: Lindsay beat Chambers. 5 and a: Turnbull defeated Rutherford at the 19th: Bentley beat McKay. 6 and 5: Peters beat .\torriee. 5 and i l: 'l‘olley heat Armstrong, 4 and 2: . Attken heat (lowland. l and 3; Cami oron defeated Smith at, the 20th: Martln beat iludd. 3 and l: .\[tddieton but ‘Patrtck. 5 and «i; .\rana beat Whitaker. 2 and i; Serosgte heat Simpson I 3 and 2; Brown heat. .\[arPhersom two up; Jamieson beat .\leMasler. 3 anti :2: Thomson beat Mitchell, 3 and 2: 1 Walker beat Brodie. 4 and 3; 1111 l beat ‘ Tweddetl. a and 2; Kyle beat Penning. ‘ 3 and t: Rlsdon beat. Prain, a and ll: t Sweeny defeated McLean at. the 20th; j Tlmmia deteated .\itcklem at the 19th: McKinlay beat McGloin. 2 and t; Dykes heat A. R. .\lcuallum, -i and :i; i Lyle beat Williamson. 4 and a; Mac- ‘ Donald beat Clegg, G and a; Anderson ‘ beat )icLaehlan. 3 and 2: Storey but ‘ Crawler, one up; Haggard beat nankine, one up. Cotton“ 0t Totlay. i The ilrst sensation of the day was ‘Tolley‘s lapse against the Welshman ißoberts, Tolley went out with a ma.Jeslic 86. and then there wars a land~ slide in Robert's favour. 'l'olley going all to pieces. Roberts” three putts at. the 17th. permitted Toltey to square. Tulle;~ missed a three—loot null at the 18th., but at the i9t-h. sank a seven yarder tor the match. arm crowd Follow. lon-tor. A great crowd accompanied Ferrier against Braddon. who is a member of the advertising stat! of a London ovening newspaper. essaytng his first cham—pionship. He plays a beautiful ball and is very accurate in his approach pla}. Both went out in 38. and turned all square. Ferrier lost the next three holes. being on‘ the line with his drives. but won the next, two through Braddon taking three putts at earn green. l-‘errier holed a iour-yarder at the tslh and a three-yarder at the 16th to get halves. and downed a four-yarder at the 17th to square the match. The 18th was halved when l-‘errier failed to sink a lhree-yarder. Both had magnificent drives at the 19th, and both had superb seconds to four yards from the pin. Perrier had ilrst putt and laid his ball just at :he edge of the hole. Braddou eeemed nervous. and took three putts or short dislaneea. so Perrier won. lie was visibly showing signs or strain. He said: "It was a desperate struggle. and t was lucky to gel through." . loottlah champion Benton. The Scottish champion. Hamilton. went down to the former leord champion. .\lorriee. The English champion had a very tough tight to beat the lrishmau. Uiit. surprlllng Datum. The defeat of .\irl.eau iu the fourth round \\as the most surprising. Sweeny, a London .\lnerirun. was three up at the lllh. and then durmie two, .\tt-lman \\on the last two. and halved ”lt‘ t'Jth. hut Swreny “on the 20th. Twaddt-lt'. do-i’eal was surprising. as he had just been chosen to eaptain Britain against .\nu-rlra. Thomson played brilliantly and was live under tours for 16 holes. A Maonlnoont. Display. Ferrier gme a magniifeent display against Howell. who ehzht times has been \\’elsh champion. The Australian overwhelmed the \\'elstunan. drivintz an enormous length, his second shots covering the pin. Perrier was out in (it, the figures being a. 3, «l. l. a. A. a. 3. It. and turned live up. lie did the next. tour holes in t. 3, l. t. Howell made some slips, oernsionaliy taking three putts. but was devastated by his opponent‘s liner golf. .___— FIRRIER'S UNBEATAILI PLAY. EFFECTIVE. BUT NOT Pilll't‘TY. United Press Assn.—-Elet:. TeL Copyrighg LONDON. May 27. The gelling writer of the Tune! says Ferrirr obviously is a most (-tl't-r—----til-r, tlmugh not a pretty, goiter. Nt'verthetess “handsome, Is as handsome does." He played unbeatable goli. .lanies Ferrier's hrltliant round or 6!, equals tho: >‘t. Andrews amateur rn. wml, whirl: i.‘ held II) It. 'l‘. "Holdn 'i Jones. It. is Illlt't‘l‘>iillK to note ”...; in the first round of the t'.r_'l "r“. |.~il u'n‘n ehauuuiothhip, when .ltuwa twlul-lmhevi tiu- I'v-‘ul'd. he “cut ..." m :z' and rauw homo In IHI, \\li-‘lcas tuner had nahc: oi: 3'} and .31.