FERRIER BRILLIANT

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 285, 29 August 1935, Page 9

FERRIER BRILLIANT

Golf Matches at Adelaide AUSTRALIAN FINALISTS (Received August 2s, 9.40 pan.) Adelaide, August 28. Tlie semi-finals of the amateur and professional golf championships of Australia resulted: — Amateurs. .J. Ferrier (New South Wales) defeated W. Bymill (South Australia), 7 and 6. 11. Ilattersley (New South Wales) defeated R. Crook (South Australia) at the thirty-seventh. Ferrier was in devastating form. His 67 in the morning was two better than tlie course record and six under par. In the afternoon lie reached the ninth hole in 33. It is tlie first time that 27 holes have been done in .100 in an Australian open championship. Professionals. V. Richardson (New South Wales) defeated Fergus McMahon, the then champion (South Australia), 4 aud 2. 11. Boorer (Victoria) defeated W. Bolger (New South Wales), 5 and 4. MISS McLEOD LEADS Women’s Championship FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND (Received August 28, 10.20 p.m.) Melbourne, August 28.

Putting with great accuracy, Miss Mona McLeod (Victoria) led the field to-day in the first qualifying round of the women’s open golf championship. She went round in 79 and took only one putt on the six greens. Miss Wade (Britain) was next with 8.1, Then came Miss Hood Hammond (New South Wales) 82, Miss J. Anderson (Britain) 82, Mrs. Walker (Britain) 83, Mrs Gibson Shaw (Victoria) 83, Miss Nankivell (Victoria) 84, Mrs. Morpeth (Victoria) S 4. Miss Barton (Britain) 85. Miss Barton failed through weak putting.