GOLF IN AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES TITLE BLACK BEATS BETTINGTON Received June 23, 11.30 p.m. SYDNEY, Juno 23. H. A. Black (New Zealand) beat H. R. Bettington in the second round of the New South Wales golf championship. Bettington’s dowi.fiU is attributed solely to poor putting. Taking three putts on the first, second and third greens and missing a two-footer with a half at the seventh, he was four down at the ninth. Meanwhile Black had sunk a 20-footer at the first and a 15-foot putt at the eighth to be out in 35. The tenth was halved and a the eleventh Black snatched another half by holing a putt over 20 feet. The New Zealander won the twelfth owing to Bettington running through the green with his second. Bettington’s second to the 13th was in a cross bunker, and he took two to get out, Black winning the holo for the match. The semi-finals, over 36 holer, will be played on Thurs ..y. Black meets E. L. Apperly and W. R. Dobson meets J. Perrier.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 147, 24 June 1931, Page 8
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176GOLF IN AUSTRALIA Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 147, 24 June 1931, Page 8
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