GOLF IN ENGLAND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19801, 28 May 1926, Page 9

GOLF IN ENGLAND

THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. (Frew Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, May 26. In the second round of the amateur golf championship, J. Guilford beat MaoKenzie Ross and 2, Harris beat Captain Pearson 6 and 6, Bobby Jones beat Alymer 5 and 4, Horocks boat Na’lcain 3 and 1, Bristow beat Woodward (America) 3 and 2, Peattie beat the boy champion, Holderness 2 up, Boumphrey beat Jenkins (exchamion) 2 and 1, John Beck beat Chick Evans 3 and 1, Grant beat Angus Hambre 5 and 4, De Zoote beat Storey 4 and 3, Standish (America) beat Shaw 1 up. Third Round. —Watts Gunn beat John Wilson 4 and 3. W. A. Murray beat W. B. Torrance 4 and 3, the Hon. Michael Scott heat Kyle 2 up, Brewer (America) heats Turner (N.Z.) 2 and 1. Harry Sinclair (Australia) beat Major R. Kennedy 3 and 2, J. H. Board beat Peattie 1 up, Dunn beat Grant 1 up, Bobb>’ Jones beat Dickson 4 and 3. Swectzcr beat Ouimet 1 up, Guilford beat Angus Hatnbre 2 up, Harris beat Forrester 4 and 2. The winners include W. L. Hartley, Vagilano, Noel Layton, Gillies, Bournpliyey. and Peacock (America). Those defeated include W. L. Hope.

Though Sinclair defeated Major Kennedy 3 and 2, winning his way to the fourth round, he played shockingly for the first nine holes, hooking with every elub. His excellent putting alone saved him. After taking 43 out, Sinclair was at the top of his form later. He won the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, fourteenth, and fifeenth holes, and only a missed putt prevented him from winning the thirteenth. Brewer, who defeated Turner, has been so far an unknown player. —A. and N.Z. Cable.