GOLF IN ENGLAND
THE DUNLOP TOURNAMENT RECORD NUMBERS AT SOUTHPORT (United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 4tli May, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, 3rd May > In the Dunlop golf tournament 69 players with aggregates of 154 or under qualified for the final two rounds. Padgham is leading with 140: Lacey 142; Rudd, Mitchell, Branch, McDowall 143; Cotton, Ay toil 144. Others include, R. Wliitcombe 145; Compston, C. Wliitcombe, Hodson, Brews 146; E. Whitcombo 147; Havers, Easterbrook 148; Seymour 149; Alliss 150; Boomer King, Davies 153. To-day’s play at Southport produced a great surprise. Cotton on Wednesday was quite out of the running. Today Cotton and Aytou, a fifty-year-old Scotsman, formerly prominent at St. Andrews first as an amateur and then as a professional, playing together each had a round of 66, breaking the record for the 6800 yards course. Ayton took only 25 putts, and Cotton 26.
NEW ZEALANDERS’ ENTRIES ACCEPTED (Received 4th May, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, 3rd May. The Ladies’ Golf Union told the “Sun” that the entries of Miss Kay and Miss Gaisford had been accepted for the British open championship.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 4 May 1934, Page 5
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