GOLF.
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. (By Teiegrapn.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. The final of the Otago amateur golf championship between G. F. Barnett (Otago) and "Brown" (Dr. K. Ross, of Otago), was played on Saturday over 36 holes. The links were sodden as the result of heavy rain which started early in the morning. At the end of the first 18 holes, Barnett waft one up. The afternoon's play was keen in spite of the bad conditions. At the turn, Barnett was one up, going out in :;••'. "Brown" played steady golf, winning live holes in succession, making him dormy r.iur. Uarnett pulled his opponent down to tt'ij up and two. "Brown" won on the '.'.'■ i «reon. three and one. Barnett gave ....Ml display and fought to the enfl. His • > 'I'iiii'iit was good on hie long game, but u/lo mistakes near and on the greenß.. l»r, Itoss is a hard man on Balmacewan, . ■! :i!thoush be had not played since i '-tolter of last year he coon got into hie . iililp.
A u:edul match played in the morning ii* \you by It. K. Hay ward (Cromwell), I'l, 11—78, with K. W. Robinson (Cnrlstciturcli), runner-up, 83, IS—fO,
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Auckland Star, Issue LVII, 1 March 1926, Page 12
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