GOLF IN VICTORIA
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP,
PLAY OF NEW ZEALANDEBS
UnlUd Press Association—Bl Kltclrte T«l** graph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, sth August' In the Victorian amateur golf championship i competition, Sloan Morpeth (New Zealand) defeated Morrison, 6 and 5; Ryan (Victoria) defeated Boas (Now Zealand), 0 and 5; Fawcett((Ncrw r South "Wales) defeated" Horton (New' Zealand), 1 up. > - -. Conditions for play wore bleak ana wintry. Morpeth putted well throughout. Once he sliced into the rough.'ln. a tearing shot to get clear ho hit tw» balls out, one his own and another n. lost ball lying unnoticed alongside. Horton was unreliable in.short shots.' Koss started badly_ by losing the first threq'j hoies. -His steady recovery - could act make up tha leeway. During the week-end Sloan Morpeth* frith 74 defeated Reg. Jupp, chaimpion; professional, with an approximate 78* in an 18-bole match. • • ,
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 32, 6 August 1929, Page 9
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163GOLF IN VICTORIA Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 32, 6 August 1929, Page 9
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