The big event of Shanghai golf was decided on Sunday—the Shanghai Golf Club championship. This was won by J.B. Ferrier who de feated Col. R. Marr Johnson by 9 up and 7 to play. It was a very fine game for a championship final, Ferrier putting up a 78 and a 76, and only his opponent's bad putting made the score what it was. Through the green their play was onan equality, but when it came to getting down Ferrier was it finitely more successful than his opponent.
This makes the third win of the Golf Club championship for Ferrier. He won it twice before when it was played on the Race Course, and as a matter of fact he had not competed before the present occasion at Kiangwan. At the time Kiangwan was opened he was learing for Australia, whence he has only recently returned. While in the latter country he added to his honours by being champion twice of the Manly Golf Club and runner-up on a third occasion when he was defeated by Apperly, now ama-tour champion of the continent. He was also in the semi-final of the New South Wales championship, which Apperly has since won.
Play opened very evenly. Neither was quite steady, but there was nothing to choose between their elf. At the fourth hole Marr Johnson was 1 up, but then weakness in hig putting developed, and he started to lose ground through this cause. He lost the next five holes running, and at the ninth was 4 down. After two halves he succeeded in capturing the 19th hole, but then lost the 13th, Stymies bothered him greatly at the 14th and 15th, and his weak putting searcely gave him a chance, Ferrier was playing very finely, and at the 17th was only six inches short of the hole for a 2. The morning's play finished with Ferrier 6 up.
Tu the afternoon play was more or less a repetition of the morning's performance, Ferrier steadily adding to his advantage. He was dormie at the 10th, and running down a long putt for a 2 at the 11th won the match in 9 and 7.
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