GOLF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 151, 28 June 1934, Page 8

GOLF

BRITISH OPEN TITLE ( QUALIFYING ROUNDS ) A COURSE RECORD BEATEN ( LONDON. June 26. In the open golf championship Janies ; Adams aud Alliss, with 67, beat Ihe course record at Deal. The scVond-round aggregates include Alliss, Cotton, and Adams, 141; E. Storey and Fairweather, 143; Laidlaw, 144; Bradbeer, 147; Robson, 148; Atit- \ ehell, 149; Rex Hartley, 150 j Hodson, j 151; Twine and Lester Hartley, 152; ( Havers, 157; Woollam, 158; Wallace | and Duncan, 160; Ray, 161. ] Other scores were: Bert Gadd, 110; p D. Alartin, 144; Padgharn, 145; R. ( Whitcombe and Boomer, 146; C. Whit- (. combe, 147; Macdonald-Smith find E. ( Whitcombe. 148; Shute, Easterbrook. I Jolly, and Dailey, 149; Kirkwood and I Sarazcn, 150; AfeLean and Perry, 152; V Kenyon and King, 153; Lacey and Compston, 154; Bourn. 155; Braid and Denny. 157; Scott, 160; Herd, 161; Carew-Nott, 165. ( Scores of 152 or better qualify for ( the championship proper. r A hundred and txvo players have i qualified. Gadd’s aggregate is fix e less \ lhan any previous qualifying round, j The critics emphasise the gratifying display of British golfers, revealing stroke-saving on the greens. Adams, the Irish champion, putted wonderfully, going out in 32 and home in 35. All y the Americans qualified. Kirkwood strained a shoulder. He might have j had an excellent score, but took twenty s for the last four holes. He played a \ magnificent.shot at the fifth, where the I ball was lying on the down-slope of a G nunker. Kirkwood took a left-handed A No. 2 iron and hit the ball to the green 1 190 yards away and got a par 4. I ——9