GOLF

Southland Times, Issue 24758, 1 June 1942, Page 3

GOLF

AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 30. In the quarter-finals of the professional golf championship Sam Snead defeated Ed. Dudley, 1 up; Jimmy Demaret eliminated Craig Wood, 7 and 6; J. Turnesa defeated Ben Hogan, 2 and 1; Byron Nelson defeated Harry Cooper at the 39th. In the semi-finals Turnesa defeated Nelson at the 37th hole and Snead beat Demaret, 3 and 2. QUEEN’S PARK RETAINS HEW AT SHIELD The annual match for the Hewat Shield between the Invercargill and Queen’s Park golf clubs was played at Queen’s Park on Saturday afternoon in sunny, windless weather. The frozen state of many of the greens made approaching and putting extremely difficult. The shield was retained by Queen’s Park, which won 12 matches to Invercargill’s 9. Most of the matches in the first round of the Holloway Shield competition were also decided and resulted as follows: T. J. Gosling beat G. R. Hanan at the 19th; A. Allen beat G. Millar 2 and 1; U. R. Smith beat A. Carter 3 and 1: A. G. Seddon beat J. Tilley 3 and 2; N. H. Webb beat P. D. Paton 3 and 2; E. A. Jenkins beat O. H. Paton 2 and 1; F. H. Hughes beat J. F. Field 6 and 5; R. T. Barnett beat J. Pedlar 2 and 1; G. Westerby beat V. Crombie 4 and 3; E. Checketts beat L. Raines 4 and 3; G. E. Glennie beat B. Mehaffey 3 and 1; C. W. Francis beat D. Wilson 5 and 3; D. Richardson beat J. Padget 2 and 1; H. M. Smith beat R. E. Broad 3 and 1.