SOUTH AFRICAN LEADING Amm Breaks His Boss’s Record

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30919, 27 November 1965, Page 17

SOUTH AFRICAN LEADING Amm Breaks His Boss’s Record

(New Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON.

Ihe 24-year«old South African golfer, Cedric Amm, yesterday reduced much of the Paraparaumu course to a drive and a pitch in recording a fantastic nine-under-par 64 in the Caltex £2OOO tournament and shattering the seven-year-old course record of 66 held by his countryman, Gary Player. Amm, who is sponsored by Player, had three eagles in his round and leads the field after two rounds by three strokes. He is on 135. Peter Thomson is on 138, and Ted Ball and Bob Stanton are bracketed on 140.

Thomson had a 70 yesterday, Ball a 69 and Stanton a 70. One stroke behind is the New Zealand amateur champion. J. D. Durry, who made amends for a bad outward nine on the first day by carding a brilliant 68 yesterday, climaxing it with an eagle on the last hole. Quiet Start Amm had a quiet start to his fabulous round. He parred the first three holes, birdied the fourth, and then promptly over-clubbed, chipped back and two-putted to be square after five. A three-foot putt on the sixth put him one under and then he slammed a threewood to within three feet for an eagle on the seventh. He capped the outward nine by sinking a 15-footer on the ninth, and he was out in 32. four under the card. But this was only the start for Amm had had two magnificent eagles on successive holes—the twelfth and thirteenth. sft From Flag He put a three-wood to within five feet on the twelfth and sank the putt, and then lipped the cup with his seven-iron to the thirteenth green to leave himself with a two-inch putt for the eagle. If his pin-splitting second had been a fraction of an inch to the left his eagle would have become an albatross. Amm played par golf from the thirteenth to the eighteenth, except for the seventeenth, where he sank a long. 30-foot putt for another birdie. A comparison of the course

records of Player and Amm with par is:— Out:—

Afterwards, Amm said: “My boss holds so many course records I don’t suppose he’ll miss this one. “This 64 is my best championship round, although I once had a freak nine at my club, Mowbray, when I was nine under after seven holes and ended with a 66.” Two Over At Ist Thomson started disastrously when, after a bad drive and poor second, he overclubbed his approach, short chipped and two-putted for a two-over six. But the main feature of his round was the fact that on each of the par five holes Thomson made sure of a birdie four. These apart, he birdied the eighth and hit the pin with his tee shot at the

fourteenth to lie two feet away. He three-putted the tenth and seventeenth holes and was short with his putting on at least six holes during the round. The second best round of the day came from the tall Englishman, Guy Wolstenholme, who had a 67. He was out in 34, home in 33, and if it took him 14 holes before he dropped his first putt of any great length—it was a 12footer —he made up for it during the last five holes. Good Putting Durry put together two 34’s for his 68. He was steady throughout and his putting was consistently good. A 15footer rolled in at the eighth for a birdie three, and after missing a 30-inch putt at the fourteenth for a two, he chipped in at the fifteenth for another birdie. E. J. McDougall is second amateur, on 147. He had a good round of 70 yesterday which made up for his opening round of 77. Sixteen golfers broke par yesterday and in the 32 professionals and 12 amateurs to play the final two rounds today .there are 16 Australian professionals.

Player: 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4 4, 4—34. Amm: 4. 3, 4, 4, 4, 3 3 4 3—32. ’ ’ Par: 4, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4. 5, 4, 4—36. In:— Player: 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 4 3 3, 3—32. Amm: 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3 3 5—32. Par: 4. 4, 5, 5, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5—37.