GOLF AT MELBOURNE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 306, 23 November 1934, Page 7

GOLF AT MELBOURNE.

McLEAN’S AMATEUR TITLE. PROFESSIONAL QUARTERFINALS. MELBOURNE, Nov. 22. Results of the quarter-finals in the Centenary professional golf championship to-day were as follow: Diegel beat Martin Smith, 7 and 6. Craig Wood beat Thompson, 2 and 1.

Shute beat Runyan, 4 and 3. Ezar beat Cooper at the 37th. The best golf in the professional championship so far was played by Shute, who, with a brilliant morning round of 6(5, was eight up on Runyan, the captain of the United States professionals. Shute now shares McLean’s record for the Metropolitan course.

The contest is left now among the United States professionals, the only Australian, Martin Smith, losing to Diegel through faulty driving. Thompson, the winner of the open championship, was favoured for the professional event, but was downed by Craig Wood. Thompson was two up at the afternoon turn. The match was squared at the 29th, but at the 35th Wood brought the match to an end, spectacularly holing his second shot from a bunker after duffing his first. I Ezar had a great struggle with Cooper. They were all square after the first 18 holes and the afternoon round was battled out to the 37tli. AMATEUR FINAL. In the amateur final Hattersley was completely demoralised by McLean, who took the title, 11 up and 9to play. McLean did the morning round in 68, not allowing the Australian to win a single hole. Against the Scot’s devastating play, Mattersjey was only able to keep the game alive to the ninth hole after lunch. McLean’s every stroke, from drive to putt, was hit perfectly. Hattersley, though not playing badly, was helpless against the merciless onslaught. McLean’s brilliance kept the large gallery keenly interested. The best Hattersley could do in the morning was to halve. In the afternoon, realising the hopelessness of his position, he crashed badly all along until the seventh, which he won, his only scoring hole.