GOLFING RECORD

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 187, 7 May 1934, Page 9

GOLFING RECORD

Padgham’s-Low Aggregate DUNLOP TOURNEY VICTORY London, May 4. The Dunlop golf tournament was , won by Padgham, with a total of 279. Cotton was second witli 281, and C. Whitcombe third with 287. Others were:—Mitehell, Brews, and McDowell, 289; Comps ton, 290; Lacey, R. Whitcombe, and H. Rudd, 294; Ayton, 295; Easterbrook, 290: E. Whitcombe, Davies, and Havers, 297; Dailey, 299. Padgham’s aggregate is the lowest ever returned for 72 holes in a major competition. His rounds were 70. 70. 68, and 71. Actually he averaged 70 over sl x x rounds, including the qualifying rounds. Cotton followed yesterday's effort with a line morning round of 69. He went out in the afternoon needing 65 to win, and came near to achieving it. He went out in 34, and with three holes to play required 4, 4. and 3 to , equal Padgham, whose greatest effort in his final rouiq] was when he knew that Cotton was pressing him, Padgham recorded 3's at the tenth (453 yards), eleventh (378 yards), and twelfth (356 yards), OBJECTION TO RULE Refusal to Wear Stockings Sydney. May 4. Miss Odette Lefebvre, Slate women's golf champion, declined to play in an inter-dub match rather than wear stockings'.- The action followed the introduction this week of a rule forbidding the appearance of women without stockings in competitive events unde rtlie control of the Ladies' Golf Union.