OPEN TOURNAMENT AT RUSSLEY

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27055, 2 June 1953, Page 10

OPEN TOURNAMENT AT RUSSLEY

R. G. PENLINGTON WINS A GRADE

The final of the A grade section of the Russley Golf Club’s Coronation tournament provided some of the best golf seen during the three-day tournament. Yesterday, in a keenly contested match which went to the twentieth hole, R. G. Penlington beat G. Appleton 1 up.

Penlington established an early lead by winning four of the first five holes, mainly through good work on and around the green. Appleton settled down and at the sixteenth they were all square. Penlington won the seventeenth with a birdie 3 and Appleton, taking two putts to Penlington’s three, squared the game at the eighteenth. The nineteenth was halved. There was little between the two tee shots at the twentieth, and both played poor seconds. Penlington’s approach carried him to within 10ft of the pin. Appleton’s approach was short and he took three putts to Penlington’s two. The B grade final was won by R. C. Sweet and R. F. Christie won the C grade final. Results of yesterday's match play were: t A „P r ? d , e ~ Semi-finals: G. Appleton beat J. W Johnston, 1 up; R. G. Penlington beat E. J. Bradshaw, 6 and 4. Final: Penlington beat Appleton, 1 up at the twentieth. B Grade—Semi-finals: B. V. Glubb beat P. J. Polson, 1 up at the nineteenth; R. C. Sweet beat M. Bullen, 2 and 1. Final' Sweet beat Glubb. 5 and 4. C Grade—Semi-finals: R. F. Christie ea L C J, J ;, SmIth ' 1 U P= R - w - McKay beat H. W. Wilkins, 1 up. Final: Christie beat McKay, 4 and 3. Other Results Plate matches resulted as follows: . \ Grade.—Semi-finals: D. J. Ramsay beat W. Strang, 3 and 2; B. W. Johnson beat H. C. Hill, 5 and 4. Final: Ramsay beat Johnson, 2 and 1. B Grade.—Semi-finals: J. H. Rich beat R. A. Atkinson, 4 and 2; R. Lane beat W. Eckert, 2 up. Final: Rich beat Lane, 2 and 1. C Grade.—Semi-finals: S. C. H. Rich ? ea ‘ t R 't C A 1 U P ; R ' J - Palmer u ea ! Corbett, 4 and 3. Final: Palmer beat Rich, 4 and 3, Flight matches resulted:— A Grade.—Semi-finals: W. L. Fairclough beat P. R. Hadley. 2 up; R. Reid beat D. G. Gower, 2 and.l. Final: Reid beat Fairclough, 2 and 1. a B Grade-Semi-finals: R. B. Grey beat A G. Sinclair, 3 and 1; W. L. La wry beat Grey' dwin ' 1 U P- Final: Lawry beat C Grade.—Semi-finals: T. Monk beat C Fogurty 3 and 2; P. T. Mahon beat F. Tunmcliffe, 1 up. Final: Monk beat Manon, 5 and 4. A Stableford resulted:— A Grade—J. P. Devine (5), 36 points; 32: C. G Ohn H S a°2 R ' G ' (s >’ Gavo*ck ad (l4)f 1 32f ' <f r T* Chaney 3 £ f° u r- ba 'l best-ball bogey match resulted :_>T. R. Hadley (4) and G. T. Chaney. (14), 4 up; W. Strang (5) and W. Wilson (13). 3 up; K. D. Foxton (3) and J ' Johnson (12). 2 up; W. G. Ellis (6) and B. Le Cren (9), 1 up.