KEEN GOLF STRUGGLE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 302, 17 September 1936, Page 11

KEEN GOLF STRUGGLE

Cotton and Adams at Oxhey

(Received September 16, 5.15 p.m.) i London, September 16. At . Oxhey in the British professional golfers’ match-play championship firstround matches resulted: A. H. Padgham (holder) beat Williams 7 and 6, R. A. Whltcombe beat Lane 1 up, Lacey beat Branch 2 and 1, E - RWhitcombe beat Davies 3 and 2, Havers beat Hooker 2 up, Alliss beat Bright 5 and 3, C. A. Whltcombe beat Large 4 and 3, Cox beat T. Perry 4 and 3, Cotton beat Adams at the twentieth, C. Ezar beat Sam King 3 and 2. Cotton and Adams had a terrific fight. Cotton was out in 34 to stand two up, but Adams squared the game at the sixteenth. He overdrove the green at the twentieth, Cotton winning with a four against a five. Ezar is the first American ever to compete in this tournament. FINALISTS FOUND Centenary Championships (Received September 16, 10.20 p.m.) Adelaide, September 16. The Centenary amateur and professional golf championships were continued to-day. Results are: Amateurs, quarterfinals: Sawers beat Whitton 7 and 6, Nettlefold beat H. Thredgold one up, Winser beat H. Hattersley at the 41st, Rymlll beat R. Christie at the 40th. Semi-finals: R. Sawers (South Australia) beat C. Winser (South Australia) 4 and 3. W. Rymill (South Australia) beat L. Nettlefold (Tasmania) 3 and Professionals, semi-finals: M. Smith (South Australia) beat R. Stewart (South Australia) 4 and 3. A. roogood (Tasmania) beat G. Naismith (Victoria) one up.