Mr. F. G. Harrison, was played for on Sunday at the Hungjao Golf Club.
Conditions were ideal for low scoring, the only apparent difficulty being the varying strength of the greens. 'Old man Par', however, that imperturbable optimist, is always hard to beat at Hungjao, no matter how ideal the conditions and Ricketts was the only low-handicap player to give him a fight. Players like Nicholl, the 'Cummings, Glass and Maclennan, all aspirants for the China Open Amateur Golf Championship, took a good drubbing. Gibbings had the old. man' 3 down at the eighth but he lost 7 out of the next 10 holes to finish 4 down.
Ricketts who was round in 70, played grandly, his only costly mis-lakes being at the 12th and 15th. At the 12th he sliced his tee shot into the trees and had to play back. His third shot was a beauty, finishing only a couple of feet from the pin. Ricketts, however, failed with the easy putt. At the 15th his long second was slightly pulled ang finished in the rushes from which he had to left under penalty of a stroke.
"The course was in excellent condition and promises to be at its very best for the China Open Amateur Golf Championship in two weeks' time, for which event a good entry has already been received.
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