Wind Proves Tricky.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 237, 7 October 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)

Wind Proves Tricky.

Some Reversals of Form.— Professionals Move Up on

Menzies,

The contention that the true test at Titirangi as a championship course would be revealed when the conditions were less ideal than yesterday, was borne out this morning. A light northerly which sprang up in tho early morning freshened to a light breeze when tho second round of tho open championship was commenced. ■Its effect was apparent as the progress of tho competitors was reported. The scoring was much more difficult than yesterday, control with every shot being essential, even to the greens, which were much faster than yesterday. The best round this morning—and it is not likely to bo beaten —was 72 by the Shirley professional H. Blair. He was followed by J. D. Mcintosh, professional champion of 192G and 1927, with 74, while another professional, E. J. Moss, of Middlemore, was one stroke worse with 75. A big gallery watched Shaw, who followed half an hour behind Blair, as he was the only one who was considered likely to emulate Blair's performance. However, he took 7S for his round.

The only amateurs to distinguisl themselves up to this stage were C Bidwill, Wai rarapa, and B. H. Menzies Auckland, who both played solid round: of 7S. Menzies, who topped the list yestcrday with a brilliant 71, retained his position at the head of the qualifying list with a.Ti aggregate of 149. He was followed by Blair and Mcintosh witl 1.31, and Shaw and Moss were the next each one stroke worse. How They Played. The first card under 80 was that oJ Came Bidwill, who played steadily foi u7 outward and 41 home. He was partnered by T. H. Hortou, whose ca'rd rcac SI, the first nine having cost him 41 strokes, which included a 6 at the lonj fifth. Horton does not appear to have quite accustomed himself to the course his golf having been devoid of its usual brilliancy.

Basil Smith (82) set himself a formidable task by commencing with three s's and then, after a 3 at the short hole, adding two ij's in succession. He was put in 43, but. after a further lapse at Temptation (12th) he commenced a brilliant run of 4's for the remaining six holes. He was home in 3D, and with any luck in the early part of his round would easily have broken 80.

N. Bell commenced well with a 4, 3, 4, but was not equal to a 3 at the short fourth, where most of the players were finding difficulty in stopping on the green. His lee shot at the long fifth found che bunker on the fairway, and this hole cost him 0. The next short hole saw two further strokes slip when he took 5, and with two 4's he was out in 39. At the Wrecker he negotiated the trouble from the tee but struck a tree in the middle of the fairway with his second' shot and bounced back into the valley. He took o to reach the green and was comforted when he holed a long putt for a G. Again he missed his 3 at the next short hole, the fourteenth, but retrieved this with a trio of 4's; a 5 at the last made his homeward tally 40 and his round 79. Silk Never Happy. Silk made a disastrous start by topping his drive into i l\c Donga in front of the lee and, getting an unplayable lie, played his third from the tee, taking 7 for tile hole, lie lost a further stroke at the short fourth but made amends at the next one-shot hole, the seventh, where he played a glorious iron to the green. That lie was not feeling at home nnder the conditions was evidenced at the eighth, where he played an iron from the tee. He neutralised this precaution by dufling his second, taking a 5, and with a similar score at the next ho brought his outward tally, to 43. Ho started better coming home with the orthodox 4 and 3, but the improvement was ephemeral, for G's followed at the next two holes, and at the Inst, putting downhill, his 'ball slid down the terrace and another 0 resulted. His round of S7 was distinctly disappointing.

Ralph and A. D. S. Duncan, who were partners, attracted a small gallery in tlie morning, but the J'h'.y of neither was consistent. Duncan started the better with three fours, but took another four at the fourth (3 bogey), and then pot two lives, making him 20 for s;x holes. Ralph was a stroke worse, getting r ihree at the fourth, but a live ii: the second arid third. At the snort seven they both struck trouble and slipped two strokes each, 'iade amends by holing a fifteen-foot putt for a birdie three at the eighth, ijut Duncan played this hole poorly. Ho

shipped his second into the bunker aboi: ten yards in front of his tee shot, an this lapse cost him a six. Both gc fives at the ninth, Ralpli completing tli outward journey in 40 and Duncan 4! Both took 40 to como home, Ralph tali ing three putts at the twelfth and fli teenth for six and five respect'.velj At tho eighteenth ho was in the stu by tho boundary fence with his seconc but recovered well, and an eight-foo putt for,a four just eluded him. Moss Plays Consistently. As was tho caso with his round yes tcrday, Moss started oil' with a brillian three. He gave an example of his re sourcefulness at the seventh, where h recovered from tho bunker to hole : three. At the sixth hole he was a fev inches short with a forty-foot putt, am at the eighth he stayed on the lip o the hole. With a five at tho ninth In was out in 38. Sound golf was plave< by tlio Middlemore professional over tin final nine holes, and when ho complete< them in 39 to make his card 77 his per formance was the best of the day a ; that stage. It might have been im proved upon with a little better fortuin in putting. At the eighteenth, for in stance, his second rolled down th< sloping green to within four feet of th< pin, but Moss could not seize tho oppor tunity on the tricky green. Kapi Tareha was going great guns tc the ninth, which part of the course he completed in 30, tho best at that time of the morning. Ho might easily have been three strokes better, putts having failed by inches to fall at tho sixth eighth and ninth. Ho got his three at the two short holes and fours at all the rest, except tho long fifth and ninth, Kapi played beautiful golf through the fairways coming home, but could not handle the greens, and this accounted for three sixes in tho last nine holes. His round was 81. Blair's Fine Effort. From the mediocre scoring the rounf of 72 by the Shirley professional, H Blair, stood out in brilliant relief. He played very sound golf, and when lu made the outward journey in 37 it was evident from his consistency that he would bo one of tho leaders. His homeward journey of 35 was most meritorious, a sparkling start being made with two threes. Had ho holed an ISin putt at the thirteenth hole, he would have survived both the treacherous holes "Temptation" and "Tho "Wrecker," with fours, but the short ones eluded hiin. He finished with a string of four fours, B. H. Menzies played another sound . round, and his 7S maintained his position at the head of the Hst. Although ' ho is not a competitor in tho open 1 championship, there Is little likelihood of his being supplanted from heading the list of qualifying amateurs. He commenced with fours for the first four 2 holes, and was out in 37. The next ' stage of the journey found him unable i to clinch opportunities on the greens, , and he had six fives out of the nine holes, which took 41. Mcintosh Takes 74. J. Mcintosh played beautiful golf to go out in 30 and he started home with 1 two threes. He obtained a fortunate five at the twelfth, and took six at tho , thirteenth after a good drive. Par figures followed to the sixteenth, at which stage he required two fours for a 1 72, but ho finished in poor five for a 74. Clements Out in 38. J. A. Clements, open champion in 1908, 1909 and 1912, was out in 38 without a three on his card. Coming home he missotl four putts of about a yard, to finish in SO. The Baby of the Field. The Ticirangi youth, J. H. Young, marred his round again to-day when the final pinch came. At the last two holes, when the scratch score of the course, 75, was within his reach, he took sixes. A pulled second got him into trouble at tho seventeenth, and at tho last hole he was through the boundary fence with his second. He' then had to play his fourth from the fairway, and two putts brought his tally to 79. His performance was full of merit. Yesterday he had a six at the eighteenth, his round being SO. A Brilliant Youth. One of the most meritorious rounds of the tournament was played by Jack Weir, assistant to Moss at Middlemore. He is only 17 years of age and has never previously contested a tournament. He played splendid golf, but slipped two strokes at tho short fourth, but compensated for this with a birdie two at | the seventh and was out in 30. He! started home with live, three and four, but struck trouble at the Wrecker. Here he decided to play safe and took an iron from the tee, but moved into the shot and found the hazard and had to play his third from the tee.. The hole took him seven. A good run later was spoiled by a six at the seventeenth, but ho clinched his round with a nice four to finish in 70. E. S. Douglas, open champion for 1913-1 14, 11)19 and 1921, played sterling golf 1 over the first eleven holes, and despite! two missed short putts, reached the turn j in 20. He was most unfortunate at the: twelfth, where a raking second unluckily, caught the edge of the blinker, guarding the green and kicked into an unplayable' lie. He played the dreaded Wrecker well, but missed an opportunity at tho short fourteenth. A great approach at the seventeenth, saw his ball lip the hole for 3. The eighteenth hole took an extra stroke, because he missed a possible putt for four. '

R. R. McCrystal, champion of Titirangi, was struggling throughout his round, and at no stage was his golf impressive. 110 finally returned an SO which, with his first round, 82, made him ICS. Three at The Wrecker. L MacEwan, Auckland, created a new record for the Wrecker, where lie holed a 3. This hole has been the bote noir for many of the competitors, but MacEwan showed that its difficulties are not insurmountable. 110 played two woods to the edge of the green and holed liis chip shot. For the first nine holes the Auckland player displayed good form and ho was out in 38, but then lie had a bad patch, the next three costing him 5, 0 and 7. At the eleventh, a one-shot hole, he found a bunker below the green and this accounted for the 0, while at tlio twelfth a slight draw at the end of a nice brassio shot ran into the scrub. His round was 70.

jST. H. Fuller, the young' Golf Council professional, who playecl a sound 75 yesterday, started with four 4's to go out in 38. Coming home he was going steadily until the Wrecker, where a toe shot out of bounds cost him a 7. lie finished tlio inward half in 40, for a total of 78.

J. G. Watt, son of the Heretaungs professional, started with two pars, lnr met with bad luck at the next, when his drive finished in a divot. lie playec a good iron, which landed on the greei and jumped into tho tea-tree at the back the hole eventually costing him 8; a fm< 2 at the next helped matters, and lit went out in 41. A hooked second at tlu tenth cost him a 0, but ho played steadilj after, to come in in 30 for a total of 80. Hornabrook Loses His Place. t After his brilliant round yesterday 1 Hornabrook was one of tlio few leading t players of whom a good round was exo pectcd later in tho afternoon. However !. ho had three bad holes, and to this his - S2 can be attributed. Ho slipped a - stroke at tho long fifth, where he was . just short of tho green in 2, failing with p his putting arid taking G. 110 was out , in 30. Coming homo he started badly t with a (!, and at tho twelfth had his worst hole, a 7. J. Clements played a sound round of 78, as did two other professionals. Dyke and WoodrofTe, who were both 70. The O'Rorke Vase. * P. Savage was the last of the AuckL land Club's senior team in the O'Rorke ' Vaso to come in, and when he returned . a card of SO it assured possession of tiio ' trophy for his team. Other members * were Ralph, Menzies and MacEwan. On his outward journey Savage had three ' putts on live greens for a 42. He played : sound golf for a 3S over tho final nine ' holes. Shaw Has Two Sixes. ' A better round than 7S was expected from Shaw, but a few lapses explain it. 110 slipped his stroke at the short fourth,' where he was too strong, but otherwise played par golf to bo out in 30. It was his homeward round of 42 ' which spoiled His eirort. At the tenth a long teo shot lay underneath a tree, and Shaw eouhl only chip clear. His third found tho bunker and his first 6 of tho tourney resulted. He defied Temptation, but the carry beat him by a couple of feet and he had to play his third from the tee, and another 0 resulted. H. ]<\ Buckley covered the first four in level 4's, but played badly at tho fifth, which cost him a 7, and he went out in 43. He steadied it down coming in, and although his card showed only one 4 he completed tlio inward half i;i 37 for a total of SO. J. P. Mortlnnd played a sound outward half of 37. He started in with : 5, 4, 5, and after a good drive at the Wrecker ho hooked his second shot into : the Wliau Creek, and tlio liolo cost him 8.

j Brinsden Putting WclL Brinsden was in liis characteristic putting humour, and as the result of taking only one putt on five greens he was out in 37. The tenth might have been a tragedy, for aftc'r two hooked shots the second of which ran into the scrub at the left of the green, he played a provisional ball which landed full in the lake. Fortunately for him the first ball was playable, and although he took two more to reach the green lie holed a nice 12-footcr for 5. He met his Waterloo, like many others, at the Wrecker, which added 7 to his card. Finishing with three 4's and two s's, his total was 79. Bartleet's Disaster. Edgar Bartleet's outward and inward journeys wero a contrast of brilliancy and disaster. He played par golf for 3(5 to the turn. His trouble started at the Ecdan, a one-shot hole. Here lie took a 0, the first of a. sequence of three. It was his putting that occasioned the first two (i's. At the short fourteenth his niashio shot struck the mound and kicked back into the teatree, a (! following. Then followed a string of four s's to complete an inglorious inward half of 48 and total of SI. j

Scorcs:— Total. B. FT. Menzies (Auckland) .. 71, 78—140 II. R. Blair, P 79, 72 151 ■I. D. Mcintosh, P 77, 74—151 13. .T. Moss (Auckland), P .. 75, 77—152 A. .T. Shaw, P 74. 78—152 II. D. Brinsden (Titirangi) .. 77, 75—152 N. II. Fuller, P 7.",, 7S—15,'! W. S. Ralph (Auckland) .. 74, 81 —154 .T. Weir (Auckland) P .... 78, 70—154 N. C. Bell (North Shore), P 70, 70 —155 C. C. Clements (Cliristehurch) 77, 78—155 1 E. S. Douglas (Balmacewan) I* ' 70, 70—155 A. II. Dyke (Bower Ilutt), P 77, 70—150 Ci J. I'. Ilornahrook (Masterton) 74, S2—150 S II. A. Black yMiramnr) .. 70, 80—150 s< II. D. Brinsden (Titirangi) 77, 7!)—150 I: B. V. Wright (Otago) 70, 77—150 S .1. F. Pym (Titahi) 7!), 77—150 V iJ. G. Watt (Masterton) P .. 70, 80—150 1 I. McExvan (Auckland) .... 77. 7!)—157 Is A. E. Browne (North Shore) 79, 7S —157 Is Kapi Tarelia (Napier) .... 70, SI—157 s •T. C. Iiidwell (Wairarapa) . SO, 78—158 I; .1. D. O. Duncan (Wellington) 77, S2—159 ]i •T. II. Young (Titirangi) .... 80, 79—159 t T. H. Ilorton (Masterton) .. 78, SI—159 c C. W. Woouroffe (Titirangi) r P 80, 79—159 J. A. Clements (Christchurch), 1' 79, SO—159 •T. I'. Mortland (Taihape) ... 78, 81—159 .1. Bambie, P 79. 81—159 T. E. Clark (Auckland) 77, 82—159 v, •T. L. Black (Sliandon) .... 81, 79—100 a K. Ross (Oiago) 79, ,81—100 a T. Mt>rpetll (Titlrangi) .... S2, 78—100 ii P. C. Savage (Auckland) . . . SO, 80—100 fi B. .T. Smith, jun. (Akarana) . 79, S2 —101 S | K. F. Edmonds (Hamilton .. 79, 82—101 y ( II. I'lumloy (Auckland), ... 79,82—101 y D. Coyle (Pukekolie) S2, 79—101 p; A. K. Hawley (Maungakiekie) 81. 80—101 0 J II. C. Stevens (North Shore) 80, 82—102 ,, A. Barnes-Graham (Gishorne) .77, 85—102 K. jr. George (Maungakiekie) S2, 80 —102 |l G. W. Ititchie. I' 82, SO—102 JJ .r. M. Coltman (Titirangi) . 81, 81—102 " I). O. Collins (Wairarapa) . S5. 78—103 F. Branch (Wanganui) .... 79,84 —103 B. Thomas (Pupuke) .. 81, S.°>—104 v. I.. Quinn (Eltliam) 82. 82—104 C K. B. Bartleet (Auckland) .. 80, 84—104 M II. F. Buckley (Whangarei) 84, 80—104 B .1. Watt (Herctnunga), 1* .. 78, 87—105 \\ T. B. Ferguson (Otago) .... 80. 85—105 1! F. W. Lucas (Titirangi) 81, 84—105 <-i K. Tj. Caldwell (Onewhero) . S3, S2—105 K A. D. S. Duncan (Wellington) 82, S.I—105 I d< li. C. Butters (Miramar). 1' . 82, S3 —105 I be It. II. Wallace (To Awamutu) 85, 81—10G I sc C. Bailev (Whangarei) 70, 91 —lli0|J( IT. P. Dale (Eltliam) 82, 84—100 I la R. G. Rainger (Auckland) .. 82, 84—100 hi P. A. Gouhling (Titirangi) .. S4, S3—107 i 1( .1. S. Rankin (Maungakiekie) 81, 80—107 so R. D. Wright (Auckland) . 85, 82 —107 I A. W. Morsice (Roto-rua) S3, ,&£—3£Z F.

I?. J. Smith (Alcarana), P .. 84, S3—107 W. A. Donald (Auckland) .. 85, S3 —108 15. M. Silk (Wanganui) 81, 87—108 K. ITutchiiisou (Glendowie) . 8r>, S3—10S It. K. McCrystal (Titirangi) 82, 80 —108 Ij. W. Delph (Auckland) 87, 81—10S 10. G. Tall is (Titirangi) 81, S7—10S E. E. Bcehan (Titirangi) .. 85, 83—10S H. Wiggins (Manukau) .... 80, 88—10S C. S. Geddis (Napier) 83, 80—10!) H. P. Wills (Eltham) SI, 8S —100 G. P. Gunson (Titirangi) ... SS, 81 —109 R. L. Wilson (Titirangi) ... 81, 80 —170 E. O. Hales (Wellington) .. S5, 85—170 •T. R. Hobbs (Napier) ... 85, 85—170 J. I-Iape (Napier) ........ 84, SO—170 P. Trice (Glendowie) 88, 82—170 T. Galloway (Maungalciekie) P 70, 01—170 S. S. Wilson (Auckland ... 82, 8S—170 Tj. J. Minogue (Alcarana) .. 85, 85-^170 11. G. Arnould (Christchurcli) S5, 80—171 C. II. Stephenson, 1' 84, 87—171 A. L. McEean (Auckland) . . 83, 88—171 E. .T. Williamson (Titirangi) 88, 84—172 I'. Wliitcomhe (Wellington) . SS, 84—172 T. II. P. Ronnie (Hagley) .. 83, SO—172 .T. I». Aldred (Auckland) .. 83, SO—172 1). U. Stratmore (Wellington) S3, SO—172 ,T. P. Murray (Titirangi) ... 80, 80 —172 A. M. Goulding (Titirangi) . 83, 00 —173 J. M. Ilussoy (Wanganui) «. SO, 87—173 •T. Shelly (Lower Hutt) ...» 87, 80—173 C. G. Fisher (Titirangi) ... SS, SO —174 R. G. Ilayward (Sliandon) . 88, 80—174 R. P.. Carr (Titirangi) 87, S7—-174 A. E. Guy (Palmerston N.) 00, 85—175 O. J. Wilson (Hagloy) SS. S7—175 A. K. Smith (Grej-mouth) .. 02, S3—175 R. D. Horton (Auckland) .. SO, 80 —175 E. E. Alibott (Eltham) 88, 80—177 II. M. Kurridge (Wellington) 89, 88 —177 A. .T. Good (Titirangi) .... 01, 87 —17S G. A. Mills (Wellington) ... 81, 07 —178 .T. II. darken (Hamilton) .. 88, 01—179 W. O'Callnglian (Hawera) .. 80, 93 —179 G. W. Melvin (Hamilton), P 00, 01—181 II. II. Duncan (Wanganui).. 91, 01 —182