McCready Wins British Amateur Golf Champ.
LONDON, Mon. —. S. M. McCready,; the Irish international, beat the American. Willie Turnesa, by 2 to l in the final of. the British amateur golf championship at Portmarnock on Saturday. ' McCready was 4 up after the 18th. , He, in. 70, two better than i ar. Turnesa took 74. , . >.- The players were all square at the ■ tfiT ''From 'then on the weather con-/ (.fens,' which" were excellent at the art,, deteriorated and the wind commenced to blow at gale force.' MEMORABLE day Turnesa bunkered hip drive at-, the 35th and McCready hit a beautiful shot "straight down the middle of the fairway!—He clinched victory with a perfect pitch. . r: "" •• McCready, who is 31, reached the final after a memorable day’s golf. He followed a sensational 4 and 3 win over Frank Stranahan, the American holder of the title, with a birdie three at' the 20th hole for a great semi-final victory over Kenneth Thom, the Middlesex champion. • Turnesa defeated Michael Power at the 10th in a quarter-final and Ernest Mlllward 1 tip in the semi-final. McCready served in the RAF for six years.:. Turnesa, - aged 34, won the British amateur title two years ago and the American Jast year.
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Northern Advocate, 30 May 1949, Page 6
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