Saunders wins close golf
In an absorbing match over 36 holes, Geoff 1 Saunders, the Canterbury No. 2, won the Christchurch i club’s golf championship at Shirley on Sunday. !' I Saunders, who won the! I title in 1976, beat Murray! ißrown, 1 up, in the final. It; ! was an exciting final with; I never more than one hole! 'separating the protagonists. Brown, who won the; Canterbury stroke champion-; ship in 1976, was 1 up after) 18 holes. The standard of) golf in the afternoon wash
high, the pair having six birdies between them. Saunders squared the match at the thirtieth and went 1 up at the thirty-sec-ond. He holed a pressure I putt of 3m on the penulti- ! mate hole to retain his advantage and they halved the !last. ; In the semi-finals, Saun- ; ders beat this year's CanterIbury Freyberg No. 1, Des [Turner, 3 and 2. and Brown [accounted for Geoff Hamlilton, 5 and 4.
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