GOLF HIGHLIGHTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 210, 6 September 1939, Page 17

GOLF HIGHLIGHTS

What Murray Might Have Done At Titirangi— Spectacular Holes By Others— A. E. Browne Finds Touch At Middlemore.

(By RUBBERCORE.)

Ilii week-end, as has been the case for -"0 considerable tim . e> offerGfl ' ir-pirwt, on tor golf, coutw., almost with""i. exception having been dead and un responsive. At Titirnngi the championships »"'■« | v i.soly postponed, the heavy condi- """» prevented the cutting and w the i filir "' a ' vs - Otherwise . ' playing well. ;i « wi. " ; . 'Lit • •V'"T': v ' s l>ni|i '»'t nofi " e ' % - lound. Ihe card was: — •i,"l",!''; : 3■'4 3 3 4-32 ' 1 • 1 •» 3 j ,j ;j 4 4_37 I,IX : '» 3 - 4 2 3 4 4 3 ''' "' 1 43 r, ;{ i 4 , ( 37 ti.'• « , « l .'.h,i!"h ,, r ui,i f t, ' ly ; ira , ~nt out ~ , , i vli, t° lus ImU "i ti,, I'" 1 bunker guaidin- the " . ' allowing tor the haisli local 'I'""- I k«miv,-1> 1,., V1 . ]i.,.1 w ,,rsc i 'iiii I 1 f' i-ir" "'u "A" 1 " 1 ni'Miit u ■ "t b<> His tor the eight holes 1,1 i 1 1" hi.iiie w.ll d J,.,!, w.is b, ,] ' 11 "".'k- AI most t<iu 11 less p1; i \ " !'"• Hag itiicr than an.v parti, ulai 1 1 i 1 :""-'® ?" tKo gieens was the.feature " Mhii av n lon lid .

OlT'.n.mity .is taken during the week'Sp'"the remaining semi-final ot 111.' ' avlor l-owl between (iallnwav •'lid Mew,lit Neillirr |.!.i.w,l as well as in past, matches, Galloway having beaten Hie .\-Hamilton pla\er at the fifteenth As « known, howew, . Stcwai t |,a,I pr,vi- «.>' u -I.' "n! MH ' k ,l

Aiming 1 pel I'm in.iii< i s was M I 1 -isrr f-'mitli'h teat in )11 tying the tirst linn- 11 Otrs in 31 .mil :j."i in cdmm-i ulive iiiunrls. In tlif la Hit khiihl ]|j s 'J at tlip • 1 - v hi rls eighth liolf was obtaine I in 1 1 f " • 11111.1111• 1. || w i.ikin- ,|riw " ls , il little mil of direction. lint i i. ... ji.-l l i-.l hi, f. I !i,' green I n,in .i high '""i-'t "i tlii- pine tree overhanging the ninth tl,fit with a putt of some tun v • • i • I" In- Iml-il it to win tlie hole from .F. "It iii.in, who hail hole,| ;l 3 -one mi.ler hoge.\ — from the edge c.f the green--111 the I-litsu i n_r round Fr.iser Smith's ilr.vo sailed light, on to tile green. this luno without any lie]], from tin- tree. I here were several other extraordinary I,a|,| n'iii ngs, not the least (minus of which was X. Stint's holed approach for a II oin well ont the back ot the "seventh green. and H. V. Gunley's feat of obtaining the half in holing ont, from the edge of the out. The putt for '2 bv a third member of the party lipped the hole. Played into the teeth of the wind the hola on Sunday was a most difficult one. Rotorua Echoes. Amongst echoes from the Rotorua veterans tourney is the success of H. B. Lusk in the Arikikapakapa Cup. The event, of course, is secondary in import- ■ ini e compared with the Veterans' Cup. leit it completes a remarkable run of sin- « Uisti oil Lilt: part ot in events a I Rotorua. t*nque«tk>nal>ly one of the line.st match pliycis we have had, Lusk retains his abilities in the most searching tests. Walter Mamgay, too, though defeatt'd in the Veterans' Clip, played splendidly, his win in the l)ii»hatds' Cup, tile best net score in the qualifying rounds, -being especially meritorious. Robust and vigorous as «wr. Maingny would seem to have gleaned fjfie seCffit of"eternal youth. Bedt£A 'for the Richards' ('up by Maingay bv only a stroke or two, C. H. Worthington, a real veteran, was perhaps the most arresting figure in the series. His opening round was a really wonderful one for one of his years. It was indeed fitting that its merit should have been so generally—and generously— acclaimed. A. F. M. Rhine! and C. F. Howden, too, showed up well, Rhind in a -bogey and

Howclen in the Consolation Cup. Howden lightly " ther who carries his years

Sah, i r!i l !r nore , "'f S a vely heav y course on tlie if ' 1' uat< distinct merit in denu ; r rr°*- K - - M - wus °» a^» ni r h I|IS , IP , tur » form in win•hi 1 ji' oss medal. His halves were 40i csp«!'. t i"e!y il s ' x at the ni nth-and 3ii

• Joint runners-lip with 77, B. H. Menzies • 1 Alan Browne played widely divergent > 1 »'"■ tho.r totals. A six at the twelfth \a> Meiu.es undoing. For contrasts in il r l "T I,V ' 1,, l Browne's card rather i.iggais description. Out in 30, over the iiiHud'ei! U 1"f th , e co '»--e and which 1111 the replay ot the first three holes Browne required 42 for tlie less testinhomeward halt, the scratch score for which ; 3... Btowne s J.j outward was reminiscent 1, fhe devastating he served u t() "ice 1 hoinpson in the second round for t,t,eatMkltl,enlorea^Pl" '! , T - McCoy s "B—U—69 was the other ' I'slandin- card, but it was not good '' "!' l, ; e youthful W. R. Lewis' (- 111 , illp concurrent handioaip. MeI, ,'V / Y seeni - a sllor t while ago j! 'V s lllin, l'<-ap raised. Henceforth lie seven. Should he continue shonl, V* U ' l |' S , m tild °" Saturday he r' , '" tlu .difficulty in maintaining 1 I.s new Sta us. In his total was a 6 at the tii st (in,l hint holes, at both of which Il< his ml slu.f out of bounds. in.'"' ! t ",v lll 'i his excellent sliown-- at lv-.t<.,•'IIin iled Murray Wiseman 1 ! ls 111 ll "' '"I".'J round for the chainL'lTf "'V' 1 <,M '' ' "ill-. It remains hut tor Wisemans putting to achieve the • -'li.-isteiny ot Ins play through the gre,-n h,m t(> attain rpiite a niche in the irainf. The rounds ~f ,T. K. Ste.lnian ami TI. h'.v too. reileeted their good solf of past mei I lie trio had matters much to t 1. 111,-elves, a li-ature being that manv of the i«,copied club cracks had relativelv poor cards. The event, however, i.s y,-t young. Title-holder Beaten. It' there was a surprise at Pupiike it was 111 the del eat ot H. E. Nicholas by M. I 1 uscott. the ex-Miungakiekic Mayer. Truscott, though slow to aspire tfi a gulling standard, evidenced last season that, his name had undergone an advance, ihe golf in the claoh between Truscott and Nicholas is reported not to have been really good, though Nicholas did some effective work in the i-lusing stages. Truscott. obtained an early lead and that lead Nicholas was never really able to offset. Ol the other notables, R. Pacey was given a very good game by W. J. Skelton.

The winning total of 33 in Otali'uliu's ,s t iiiieturi! by J. hnright is more meritorious than may appear at hist glance, the tight bogey and heavy greens being lactors to lie taken into account.

N. M. C I k pla.ved excellently over the lirst nine I iles. but just when he appeared to have the event won his golf faded out.

•I. I'.ecles and A. G. I'. Whye were best of the others and the latter is well known in track events, lie is a nephew of H. I'lunilev, who also learned his gulf at Otahuhu to later become one of Middleill ore's strongest match plavcrs. At St. Andrews, Hamilton, K. H. ("Hading, after an unpromising start, came out outop. He has yet 1 to be beaten"in match play this season and it will be little short of a miracle if he does not survive in his club championship. It will be remembered, too. that in the recent inter-club at Titirangi he bearded J. 11. Young, also a plus one man, in his own den. Well though several of the Hamilton members have played this season. Glading would seem to hold both a playing and mental advantage of his opponents.