The Archive · 1927

Won by C. Whitcombe

July 23, The Glasgow "Herald" £1,000 golf tournament at Gleneagles has be won by Charles Whitcombe.

The morning round opened with Whitcombe and Ted Ray halving the first three holes with fours. Whitcombe then took the lead at the fourth by lofting a stymie and holing out from three yards. At.the turn he had increased his lead to a heavy the 'spectators being Whitcombe was playing finely and he finished the round five up. Ray's putting was the weak part of his game, start of the second round was delayed by torrential which flooded the greens and made play freakish, Whitcombe event-ally won by 10 up and 8 to play.

Exhibition Four Ball Game at Epsom July 22, An exhibition four-ball game at! Epsom to-day was witnessed by a crowd of 8,000, Bobby Jones and Kirkwood (U.S, A.) beat Cyril Tolley and Roger Wethered (Britain) by 1 up. In the afternoon Tolley end Kirkwood played Jonoy and Wethered, The match was halved.

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