BRILLIANT GOLF.

Grey River Argus, 24 September 1928, Page 6

BRILLIANT GOLF.

BRITISH PLAYERS. Break Records. LONDON, September 21. The News oi‘ the World final (golf) resulted: Whitcombe beat Cotton four and two. (Received Sept. 23 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 22. TW.,’ -Whitcombe v. Ootton golf final is described as having been- ou3 cf the greatest matches ‘in the history of British golf. All the first nine holes wetfj halved. Then Whitcombe eania home with an amazing fotal of thirty-one, being- nine under bogey, and leading four up, b ya rouiyl sir ty eight to .seventy-two. Cotton began the s' cond round su pcrbly, doing fhc first ninu holes iu thirty-two, which squared the match. Whitcombe then retui-“d to the attack. He tc|ok the next five as follows:—2, 3,3, 3 ,3. The brillikunee of both players was shown in the fact off their electric scores . Thirty-four holes were played in twelvt* under fours. The onlookers, both professionals and amateurs, were thrilled. Duncan declared that Whitcombe had shov<i lu* is one of the world’s greatest golfers. Taylor said: “I have never seen anything like it.”