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Grey River Argus, 11 October 1930, Page 10

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LORD OF SHIRLEY. Though he seldom ventures far from his own course, Ewen Macfarlane, the Christchurch Club’s champion, is almost invincible at Shirley. He recently won the. final of the Shirley championship from R. C. Abernethy by 9 and 8, doing the round in 1 73. In the list of probable Shirley competitors at the .national championships Macfarlane’s name does not appear. It is not generally known that his reason for confining himself to his own course is due to his eyesight. His long association with Shirley has cultivated an uncanny faculty for estimating distance, and the secret of his success faas been his correct estimation of the length required for his shots. On a wet day, when rain gets on his spectacles. Macfarlane is up against a big handicap, and also on strange courses this physical disability prevents him from taking the high place among New Zealand’s amateurs tjiat otherwise, would be his.