CENTENARY GOLF.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 305, 22 November 1934, Page 7

CENTENARY GOLF.

THE AMATEUR SEMI-FINALS. PROFESSIONALS COMMENCE. MELBOURNE Nov. 21. In the semi-finals of the amateur golf championship J. McLean (Britain) beat Smith (Victoria) 10 and 9. H. Hattersley (N.S.W.) beat A. Williams (Victoria), 6 and 4. McLean played brilliantly to lead Smith by 6 up at lunch with a card of 72. His play was not as good as yesterday’s, but he was seldom off the line, and unerring on the greens. Smith played gamely but was unlucky on the greens, several long putts grazing the holes. The last five holes were halved.

Hattersley had the better of AVilliams throughout the match. Hattersley always drove beautifully and took the lead from the start, winning three holes with Williams hooking his iron seconds. At the twelfth Hattersley, by holing a 20-foot putt, scored in 3 against a par of 4. In the afternoon Hattersley maintained his lend, and the result w-as never in doubt. PROFESSIONAL CONTEST.

In the professional championship first round results are:

J. Thompson (U.S.A.) beat A. Stewart (South Australia), one up. P. Runyan (U.S.A.) beat V. Richardson (New South Wales), 11 and 9. L. Diegel (U.S.A.) beat C. Gray (New South Wales), 8 and 7. H. Cooper (U.S.A.) beat E. Naismith (Victoria), 10 and 9. Craig Wood (U.S.A.) beat F. WMcMahon (Victoria), 3 and 1. D. Shute (U.S.A.) heat H. Boorer, 4 and 3.

Martin Smith (Victoria) beat K. Laffoon (U.S.A.) at the thirty-seventh. J. Ezar (U.S.A.) beat M. Kelly (New South Wales), 2 and 1. Except for Kirkwood and Sarazen, who have left Melbourne, all the professionals with 304 or better qualified for to-day’s round. Thompson, the winner of the open event, had a great battle against Stewart, the veteran South Australia, who led by three up at lunch. Thompson was still off his game in the afternoon, but succeeded in squaring the match by the twenty-eighth. Stewart again went to the front, winning the thirtieth and thirty-first, but after that Thompson took the lead by. terrific driving, winning on the thirty-sixth. AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS. SARAZEN’S CRITICISM. SYDNEY, Nov. 21. Sarazen sails for America to-mor-row. He declares that he has had a most enjoyable time in Australia. He adds that Australia’s leading golfers all give the impression that they lack confidence, but in execution their shots leave nothing to be desired. “The style is there but the experience is lacking. They should come up against more experienced golfers.”