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Grey River Argus, 7 May 1934, Page 7

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(Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. May 3. In Ithe Dunlop golf tournament >ixly-nii(* players with aggregates of 154 or under, qualified for (he filin’ I r< and. I’j.dghani is leading with 146. La«-vv| .142. Rudd. Mitchell, Eranch and Me-! Dowal] 14?.. OMton and Avion 144. Others include R. Whitecmnbe 145. C’ampston. C. Whit combe. Hods n and Drews 146, E, Whitcombe 147. Havers and Easterbrook 148, Seymour 149, Alliss 150, Boomer. King ami Davies 153. To-day’s play nt Southport produc ml a great surprise. Cotton on Wednesday was (illite out of the running. To-day Co'rton and Ayton, a fifty-year-old Scotsman formerly prominent at St. Andrew’s, first as an amateur then ns -a. professional, were playing together. Each had a round at sixtysix. breaking the record for the 68(H) yard course. Ayton took only twentylive putts and Cotton twenty-six. The Ladies ’ Golf Union told th? “Sun” that the entries of Miss Kav and Miss Gaisford (New Zealand) had been accepted. LONDON. May 4. The Dunlop golf tournament was won by Padgham with a total of 279. Cotton was second with 281 and C. Whitcombe third with 287. Other scores include: Mitchell 289, Brews 289, M’Dowall 289, Compston 290, Lacey 294, R. Whitcombe 294. TL Rudd 294, Ayton 295, Easterbrook 296. E. Whitcombe 297. Davies 297. Havers 297 and Dailey 299. Padgham’s aggregate is the lowest ever returned for seventy-two holes in a major competition. His rounds were 70. 70, 68, 71. Actually he averaged seventy over six rounds, including the qualifying rounds. Cotton followed yesterday’s effort with a fine morning round of sixtynine. Tip went out in the afternoon needing 65 to win. and came near to achieving it. He covered the first nine in thirty-four, and with three holes to play he required 4. 4. 3 to equal Padgham. Padgham’s greatest effort in tin* final round was when he knew Cotton was pressing. He then recorded threes at the tenth (453 yards), eleventh (378 yards') and twelfth (356 yards).