BRITISH GOLF

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 7

BRITISH GOLF

; AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. ‘ . l PLAY "I SIXTH ROUND. ‘ FERRIEB \VIXS HIS GAMES. United Press Assn—Elem Tel. Copyright (Received May 29, 11.10 mm.) _ LONDON. May 28. Genlal sunshine and a light breeze fawured the players in the British Holt championship, Scores;— .F"“J l'Ound.—Ferrier defeated c. w. T‘mm‘S- one no; Cameron beat H. G. McCallum. one up: Ewing beat Wet-h----ered, “‘0 “P; Thomson beat Brown. 6 and .i; Jamieson beat Dr. Scroggie. 3 and 2; Martin defeated Lindsay at “[8 filsl; Middleton beat. Arann (apalnY, 2 and t; “’alker heat, Turn—bUll, 5 and 3; Peters beat Bentley. 2 and 1: Tolley beat. .\itken, 5 and j: Dl'kes beat McKinley, 2 and 1; McDonald beat Lyle. 2 and 1; Kyle beat Rlsdon, ’2 and 1: Haggard heat FraserLeev 3 and 2; 1111 l heat A. s. Ander--s°“~ 1“"0 UP; Sweeny heat Storey. 2 and l. ‘ Sixth round. Ferrier defeated :weeny at- the 215 i: 1111 l beat Haggard, ‘3 and i: Dykes beat w. H. McDonald. 3 and '2: Ewing beat Cameron. 3 and 5: Martin beat Middleton. 3 and ‘1: Thomson beat Jameson. one up: Peters heat it. s‘. \\'alker, two' up; Talley heat Kyle. 2 'and l. The First. Surprlu. The first» surprise of the day was \\'ethered's downfall at the hands of the Irishman. Cecil Ewing. Both drum prmlixinusly. but when one up and “w to play “'elhr‘l'ril developed a disastrous hook. whnrrns Ewing‘s long approarh play was immaculate. The English champion Bentley was two down at. the turn ill-"lljsl l‘rlel's’. lle pulled brilliantly on the homewarit journey. hut his second shot landing on the roadwny at. the tTth cost hiln the match. Furl-In Play: Wildly. Both Perrier and Timmis rlayed a little wildly in their match. Perrier turned one up in 37. his figures being: 5, 4’, 5, 4. 3. -'i, 73, 3. «i. and Tilmnls :58. Perrier was two up at the lt-Eh. but Timmis squared the mutt-h :it it.” t3th. where he holed a 20—yarder for birdie three. Ferrirr became durmir two, but at. the thh played a wild second. which ran through the green. across a road. and jumped the railway wall, Timmls winning the hole easily. The last hole was halved. The match was not notable for quality. I-‘errler‘s score in was 4. 4. i. 5. 3i. 5. 4, 7. 4, 39, aggrcgntr 70. Timmis had an aggregate of 75. Forrlor-chcny Game. The Ferrler-S‘weeny match attracted a large gallery. The first four holes were halved. Ferrler’s short. game was faulty. Ferrier turned one ;up. The scores out wercz—Ferrler. i, 3, 11. 5,5, .i, i. 3. l; Sweeny. 1:. 5. 4. 5, ‘7, 3:. l. 3. l. l-‘errler was too strong with his second shots at. the 10th and 11th. and Sweeny, wlnntng both. took the lead. l-‘errier, how’cver. squared the mulrh at the lith with birdie three, and took the lead ‘again at the 13th. when Sweeny was lin the rough. The next two were halved. The Australian won the 16th. Ito become dormie two. Then. at the ‘ lTlh. Perrier. making an effort to rul loft the corner. drove into the railway l sheds. lie teed afresh. and again landed out. of bounds. The third was all right. but Sweeny's driie was down the fairway and he ran his sor—ond shot well up. Perrier picked un, land would have hrohahly taken nine for the hole. Ferrier‘s colossal tee ‘shot. to the 18th ouldislancrul the American by 3:0 yards. hut Svrw-ny played a better approach shot. ltllltl ins three yards from the hole. lie Bank a null for llll'tllL‘ thrrr, r-"lllilt‘llll-l the match. The scores in wercz—l'rrrier. A, i, 3, l. 5, »i. l. 9. i: SV-Nn)‘. i. 3,5, 31, 5. 'I. 3. 3. IL The tillh and 20111 were llfllVCtl with pzil‘ figures. but. the .\ustralian won a terriflr lll‘lli'll at. the 215 i when he sank a lazy: putt. l-‘errler to-mnrrow will plz'y lulu-a in the quarter-final, in which l‘wro are three Englishmen. throt- Stu-H. and mm Irishman. Ft'l‘i‘ii'r is lizn ~lin m-vr» seas golfer remaininx. Best Colt of Day. The host unlt' i'i' lizt' day \\.'.~ ,lugwl by Hector 'l‘hnmsun. l-lenp: ulsu ('(Illlilnll'> Iv i'lu.‘ lip “-0 SL‘llfiillltllltil form. . Favour-Ito for the Title. 'l‘humsun i~ mm t:i\um'2tv for 1h". tillr, w‘lh 'l'ulh‘} urtt I‘l-rriu-r wluul I'or st-rmrl tunrirm Tullt')'> rutu>>ul 'll‘l\lllk’ l-wtl.i\ thrillt'it siwrlulul's. llv- hi: 'l‘l'xl' simt~ illtlt‘ll It) lln- wiml Ill” _\.|l't|.‘. Sui-u mighty hitting has not i-rminusl} been seen ul St. .\mh-rws. '