AMERICAN WINS

Grey River Argus, 27 May 1935, Page 5

AMERICAN WINS

GOLF TITLE From English Amateurs (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, May 23. In . u . tour golf championship, ioui h !•••!!, /, Fiddian defeated John B-.xor: r.p. Torrance defeated E. 3/_. Holden defeated de Forler) 6/4. Motron- - ' ■ ■■':-V.’eb'ter (a I’vlng in California) •02. Ll tle defooted McCallum, 2/1. rn / Kyle, one up. Hen- . 1 nett, 1/3. A. GoodWin defeated Tolley, one up. Ji'd: Fiddian defeated ii) 2/1. Torrance II?lden at the nineteenth )vkos defeated Donovan (Canup. Little defeated J. up. Henriques defeated , 'i'o was caused when I’utle-known Swinton Park at Tolley, on the ast green, piayed well, but Goodwin had of a life time. Tolley, who •or led, faced with a seven-yard last green, to avoid de-A.-.t. Ho ml-ed by Inches. M<-<’allum. a Srotti.-h player, severa! •■mes looked ike beating Little. Henriques, a local player, beat Garnett by one of the best rounds of the A high wind resulted in generally LONDON, May 24. In the semi-fin: A ( ,f the British amateur golf championship nt St. A<nne’s W. LaW'cn Little (U.S.A.) beat Sweei. Tweddell beat T. -A. Torrance Little was the first American golfein two successive years to reach the 1 of the amateur golf championslap. Tie win meet Tweddell. Hie •I.amnion • f 1927. ove the thirty six Uid hi own against Little he hrs; - in;.' holo*, turning sqn< re of 42 to Little’s 40. Both (dud trouble in the di2i- ■ • 1. ■ RHe was two up at the re.r‘eenth, ore by cannoning in off ‘ • bail. Sweeney made a ad 1 : nk r; the thirteenth, missing a ‘or: foot pu; Vlctcrv came at thj mxteenth, where Little laid a. one n:n'hie i.ibliek shot dead nd holed m three. Tweddc 1 : r d Torrance, both former r Ci,, •npiains. fought out the i ; al. Tweddell turned one Hi 4 ’o his opponent’s 41. Topic ha.l Three- a’ two par-four holo<. bir* . ouple (if sixes followed ‘ I the h was >quarod at. th* Hath. Tlue: Twpddelt settled the iss:ie with 4 —3—t—l. eve ' though he 10’<t Sixth round results earlier were:— Sweeney beat Walker at the nineteenth; Lawson Little beat Henriques : and 4: Tweddell beat Fiddiaoi one up: Torrance beat Dyk.es* at the nineTHE FINAL. • Received Mav 26, 7 p.m.) LONDON May 25. In th? British amateur golf chamTm ’.-.A.' d-efeat-?d Twe.l.iell one up. • ■ . 60-000 Watch the Game EXCITING FINISH. LONDON. May 26. Tn the golf final sixty thousand waiehed iHe play. Ir was the best final years. It was 7101 able for Twedlell making a marvellous recovery, was three up nr the end of the morning round, he taking seventy-three whl' li is ihe best round of the championship. TweddelL in sensational fashion won the fir>; two holes in the afternoon. Thereafter there was a terrific struggle. Little icrained a lead of three, but the Enelishman squared the match at tho twelfth hole, with a perfect three, ien lost his chances of going ahead. He was putting poorly. He was two down with three holes to •■lay. Nevertheless he halved the six--1 tenth, and then won the seventeenth amid tremendous excitement. After playing a bunker shot to the Twed leHs ha ved the last hole, hut this gave Little the victory. Little has now equalled Hilton’s record of two successive wins of this title in 1990 and 1901. The stewards had great difficulty throughout the match in controlling the big crowd. WEEK-END MATCHES. Senior Junior and Intermediate :ogev matches were played during the veek-end under ideal weather condiions. The best scores* were:— SENIOR DIVISION. W. P. McCarthy 3 up. P. Warnes 3 up. R. Trevor Smith 1 up. M. Smith I down. P. Curran 1 down. L. F. Chsey 2 down. T. W.’ Daly 3 down. J. J. Agar 3 down A. C. Thurlow 4 down. W. ATeldrum 5 down. INTERMEDIATE DIVISION. L. Sullivan 6 up. 11. Howes 1 up. R. J. Logan 4 down. The Junior Medal Match resulted: — A. C. Newton 59. A. H. Ihle 60. R. Marshall 66. I. T. Bennington 69. R. B. Brickell 69. J A. Mathews 70 TJ. LADIES’ MEDAL MATCH ' Round will be play.l over eighteen holes on May 29th, 1 • eing as follows: — . v. Mrs* McKay. Air Ki;.-hlngham v. Miss J. Smtih. Air Meldrum v. Mrs Meade. Miss Cullen v. Miss Annie Pratt. Miss Allie P tt v. Miss Stheedy. '/ • Baker v. Mrs Thorpy. Mrs A. Smith v. Miss M. Tennent. Mrs Hogg v. Airs Warnes. M's Hannan v. Airs Wilkinson. Al’ss Berry v Miss Duthie. Airs Cha rfield v. Cairney.