He was runner - up in the 1931 Australian Open at the age of sixteen .
Ferrier was playing to a scratch handicap by his mid-teens , when he left school to be able to play more golf .
Ferrier was runner - up in the 1931 Australian Open at the age of sixteen .
Ferrier was playing to a scratch handicap by his mid-teens , when he left school to be able to play more golf .