A BLEAK SATURDAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 3

A BLEAK SATURDAY

TITAHI BEAT SHANDON

IKTEE-GLTJB CUPS

A strong cold southerly made Saturday play difficult on exposed courses, but Sunday's golfing weather was ideal. Titahi' beat Sharidon in a.Watt Cup match at Titahi by 8% games to 3%, the Titahi ladiesalso winning, their Mary, Alward Cup match at'Shandon by 9 games to 1. WATT CUP. The bitter southerly, a head wind on a large proportion of the holes, made play difficult at Titahi, and intensified the value of local knowledge. High-standing greens where the frost and the .worms had been busy, were fast and,, tricky; while the fairways: were on the dead side, with the result that few short chips finished where +hey woie intended to. Scoring was therefoie eriatic tor the most part. M. R. Moore's 76 repicscuted an achievement. The following- are the results, Titahi players being mentioned first: — M. R. Moore beat C. E. Hbllis, 5 and 4. L. McGirr beat H. G. Hayward, 3 and 2. H. Boon'lost to M. R. Bowring, 3 and 1. R.F. Aitken beat D. M. Boyd, 3 and 1. D. Stratmore beat W. J. Davidge, 3 and F. Carr beat W. K|-TVistiu, 4 and 3. G. S. Anderson beai? W. R. Stuckey, 3 and 1. D. A. Crombie beat C. T. Brown, 2 and A. Moore beat J. F. Taylor, 2 and 1. \V. Shirer lost to K. Lulham, 4 and 3. B. Ciichton and C. Turner, nil squaie, H. Murphy lost to I'. Desmond, 1 down. Other games—C. H. S. Gyles lost to N. MeKenzie,'4 and 3; H. C. Boon lost to C. Letford,- 1 ■ down; E. Hardcastle lost to J. Robson, 4 and 3; H. D. Gyles beat R. Comerford, 1 up; E. F. Johnston beat I'. Mulliris, 4; and 2; D. A. Caughley lost to M. Elliott,1 3 and 2. M. R. Moore, in the circumstances played a very fine round o£ 76, as follows :— Out: 454453343-41. . In: 454433444—33 He was 3 up at the turn on Hollis, who was 44 out and 41 back: ' 'I'll .eXo. 2's had a more eventful it more evenly-matched game. It was not uncommonto see both ot them well oif the fairway on opposite bides at the wine time, while on the greens they took turns in missing putts of less than tlueo teet quite frequently. McGin- "cannot lav claim to kuowing thu Titahi course in ail weathers as he is a recently-joined membei, while Hayward-was all at sea regarding the line to the hole on the hills when playing hib seconds. As both of them weie widely separated during most ot the game, advice could not be given. •UcGirr, a lett-hander, was tioubled with » slice, and on three occasions his mashio let him down badly. Hay waul, whose tee shots were interfered with by a ballrfou»ng light texture jacket, went astray chieflv ' with his seconds and on the greens. Hayward took the first in 6, and MeGiir ♦lie second in, 5. The third was halved in 6's. Hayward took tlie fourth in 4, but playing to the plateau fifth, oveiran down the hill, recovered with a fine mashie shot, and then three .putted, McGirr taking the hole in 4. Both were short from the tee at the sixth, but McGirr played a fine second. Hayward found himself confronted by a high, bump faced with rock, and mistaking the line to the hole, played a long brassie into a shaggy gully, where search proved fruitless. This made him 1 down . MeGni took the next m 4, but m the eighth he was stjimcd near the hole, and lti-j attempt to lolt into the cup i uled 111 ij-w u J takm,; the hole \ulh a 5 MeGin took the muth, whoie II i\ waid got oil the line, in 0, and the tenth m i, standing 2 up Hijwaid with a natty lun up took the eleventh in 4, ind <i good dn\e and appioach gave him the next m 4, McGur'b maslue ietus>iii^ lo function at these two holes When MeGni lulled on the at the tlmteenlh, which II 13«aid won m 5, Equaling the irame, it looked as though the'tide had uuued in hia taioui Ho plajcd a pei feet non ice shot it the ioui teenth, de id into the wind to the AUGiri sliced awa> to the lett, and it looked like mothei win ioi Hajwuid, but McCm pUncil a splendid mabhic to the gieen, <ind holed Ins putt ioi i 3, Hajw nd tukmg tluee putts, and McGiu li id the lead again Hajwaid was shoit ot the fifteenth, and twice elioit on the bolt giound m his appioaehes McGnr'Sink a long one foi 3 The game ended at the ne\t, whoie Hiywaid did not imk up a masliie to the gieen

Stratmore and Dtvudgc were squaie at the turn. Stiatmoie won the tenth, thntucnth, and iifteehtli, and havling the remainder, won at the sixteenth

.Bow-ring played \eiy steadily, and except for a couple ot hole , might ha\e mailed Moore's .fine peifoimance