AUSTRALIAN GOLF

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22523, 14 September 1936, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN GOLF

SAEAZEN'S "VICTORY CENTENARY OPEN TITLE BRILLIANT FORM SHOWN By_Telegraph—Prtss Association—Copyright (Received September 13, 0.5 p.m.) ADELAIDE, Sept. 13 The American golfer Gene Sarazen won the centenary open golf championship yesterday with an aggregate score of 283. He equalled the best 'Australian score for 72 holes on the championship course. G. von. Nida and Fergus McMahon tied for second place. They were 10 strokes behind Sarazen. Sarazen broke tho previous course record of 69 with au outward round of 6S yesterday morning, and in his last round he broke the local record for four rounds. In his four rounds Sarazen scored 74, 70, 68 and 71. The par for the course is 73. There was a monotonous brilliance about his golf and his short game and putting .were :superb. Sarazen himself confessed that he was delighted with his form as the Seaton .'.course at the'".outset appeared'to be "difficult. He said 'he felt justified in saying that his score of 283 was quite equal to Tony Manero's 282 at Baltusrol when ho won this year's American open championship. Sarazen predicts a good future for von Nida, whose only lapses were on the greens. Mite Hicks did not play in the final 36 hbles as she is reserving herself for coming important competitions.

GAME IN CANADA AMERICANS' SUPERIORITY. FIRST THREE PLACES WON . (Received September 13, 6.35 p.m.) TORONTO, Sept, 12 American golfers finished in the first, second and third places in the Canadian open championship to-day. Little scored 67, 66, 69 and 69 on a par 70 course for a remarkable aggregate of 271. James Thomson was second with 279 and Craig "Wood third with 282. GAME IN BRITAIN NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP LONDON, Sept. 31 Percy Allis won the northern opeji golf championship at Heysham to-day with a record aggregate of 277. Cotton was second with 282.