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Three Minutes for Putt
Wins Title for Cremin
By Fairway.
After taking nearly three minutes to line-up
a 3 feet 6 inches putt on the last green, E.
Cremin, N.S.W., holed out and won the Vic
torian professional golf title by one stroke on
Saturday.
Inter-ltate men had the cham
pionship «'q themselves.
Cremin. Vim was deiendlng the
title, had oh$ stroke to spare
from South Australian, D. Dene-
hey, after a last .yound of 72.
After his winning putt Cre
min said he was determined nnt
to move until he could' see the
line between his ball and the
cup,
"I did not want to have a
play off as I did last year," he
added.
Cremin's final round was 344,
455,544—38; 442,535,443—34—72,
compared with Denehey's 243,454,
654—36; 554,536,534—40—76.
In third place was a tired Ossle
Plckworth, who is finding the
continuous grind of recent tour
nament play a strain.
Fourth was home club pro
fessional, G. Naismlth. In his
morning round Naismith holed
In one at the 164 yards 14tht to
be home in 32, after an out
ward 41..
Ironically, he three putted the
6ame green in his afternoon
round. Naismlth 's morning home
ward run was 344,415.533—32.
Martin Smith and veteran Sam
Walsh shared .fifth and sixth
?irizes. Smith had a final round
3, which Included a 7 at the
15th, and three putts at the 5th
and 16th.
Cremin and Denehev were
drawn together for the last days
play. Denehey started the day
one stroke ahead of his opponent, ,
and a morning 73 to Cremin's 75
Improved his position.
Denehey went further ahead
when he rolled down a 20-footer
for 2 to start the final round.
Due to bad putting on Cre
min's part and his own brll-
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arter the 7th hole had been
played.
Out In 38 compared witn Dene
hey's 36, Cremin was In a bad
position. But after picking up
two strokes on the 10th and llth,
and holing a chip for an eagle
two at the 12th, his chances
looked much better.
Three putts at the 15th proved
disastrous to' Denehey, while
Cremin, with a par 5, was
level.
Cremin went ahead when Dene
hey took 5 at the next, but trie
scores were again levelled when
Cremin, after missing the green
at the 200 yards 17th, misjudged
a difficult approach and took an
other 2 to get down.
Denehey, who had also missed
the green, nearly revenged him
self for Cremin's chip In at the
12th, when his ball curled around
the lip of the hole. He sunk his
putt for a 3.
The last hole was the deciding
one. Both men hit good tee
shots, but Denehey, who saw
Cremin run In to 3 feet, took his
shot too thickly . and caught a
trap.
He came out to 10 feet and
put the putt home for a par 4.
Cremlu sat behind his putt for
a birdie for nearly three mln-
utes. and then tapped into the
hole.
Improvement over previous
efforts was shown by W. Eng
lish and A. Kynnersley, both of
whom had chances when the last
day's play started. .
. , Prize . winners were :—
E. Cremin (N.S.W.). 73. 70. 75, 72 290
D. Denehey, 73. 69. 73, 76 .... 291
H. Plckworth, 72. 74, 70. 78 .... 294
G. Naismith. 75. 73. 73. 75 .. .. 296
S. IValsh. 76, 73, 75. 77 391
M. Smith, 73. 80. 75. 73 .... 30|
Others: E. Naismlth, 304; V. Bill
ings. 305; W. Smith 307: w. English.
398; A. Kynnersley. 309; c. Campbell.
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