PROFESSIONAL GOLF

Evening Star, Issue 22033, 20 May 1935, Page 6

PROFESSIONAL GOLF

DUNLOP TOURNAMENT AN EXCITING FINISH Press Association —By Telegraph - Copyright LONDON, May 18. The" Dunlop golf tournament tit .Southport was won by C. A.' Whitcombe, who, returned a card of 72 in the third round, giving him an aggregate of 295. The finish was most exciting. The snow cleared 1 off, and the .match was played in sunny weather, but there was a high cold wind. Cotton, with two .holes to play, needed two 3’s to tie. He got a 3 at the difficult 400-yard seventeenth, holing a six-yard putt. The big crowd, estimated at 2,000, rushed and surrounded the last, green, to see the close of a dramatic struggle. Cotton’s tee shot was slightly pushed out, and the approach finished 10ft from the hole, lie putted amidst breathless silence. The ball hit the rim of the hole, and a mighty cheer rang out, but was immediately silenced when it was noticed that the ball ran round the rim and stayed out. The other scores were : Third Round. Aggregate. - Colton ' 74 296 Burton 74 296 Green 76 297 Jarman 75 290 Alliss 72 300 R. A. Whitcombe 72 300 King 76 .300 ■ Padgham 72 .'502 Compston ... ... 80 307 Hodsou 79 308 Cox 77 309 v E. R. Whitcombe 72 311 \ Havers ... ... 77 313 1 Nolan ... ... 72 315

Biusson, Kasterbrook, Lacey, and Davies scratched Giving to previous en? gagements.