Player Wins £3000 Tournament
(N .Z.P. A .-Reuter—Copyright) SYDNEY October 38. The South African golfer. G. Player, won the Wins <3006 golf tournament at the Lakes course yesterday with a sizzling last-round ®. The veteran New South Wales professional. X. Cremin. was three strokes away in second place. Player had a tourround total of IM, with Cremin on MO. B. Crampton and P. W Thomson shared third place, on MS. K. Nagle. B. Devlin, and S. Cowling were next, on 283
Palmer Improves The American player, A Palmer, after two poor rounds on Thursday and Friday, played two scintillating "exhlbltlon“ rounds yesterday, with two M’s—three strokes under par. and only one stroke behind Player's course record made on Friday.
Palmer, who began the day 13 behind the leader. Cremin. had the best aggregate for the last M holes, but was still eight strokes behind the winner.
M. Busk (New Zealand) withdrew after 3* holes, having scored 246 (M. 78. *3).
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29657, 30 October 1961, Page 19
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