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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 14 November 1930, Page 21

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ftxtubbs--JjA it club Jipvembei 22nd: Tuson jhP. t<,S^ T presentation oi pnze3. fgffgS OF THE DAY. -.fly *Fl»««t»ck."> du-Jstchnrch Oiub's teams fgf tha Tuson Cuo and Vet\&adr*r return matches represent "TLil. the full plnj-ins strength fftoTelnh and goli-lovers who visit *ZL w Saturday' week, November *4 Aeuld bo amply rewarded by ». fine display of golf, and •gftwling matches. With only noiots ot rain tins month, tlic , ***"ii beginning to assume .ts sum- <"•?;* t and straightnoss rather) 52. K»th from the tee may be at a j &*Zrz. a J,i't in other respectß the iLould be in splendid order. I club's Christmas tournament JSL.une is now being distributed. event, the Christchurch —t.i„ will he contested by the SEb V. Wright, 'the event beby 80 hales of stroke piny. 3*fee various tournament events, iJfitt irf ciie'ble to compete, and if £«» are sufficient entries a special jp&tffttud will be included for lady tfgmiuxt. Aeagh the Avondale Club's closing tvTereuts are scheduled for Novemhrabtb, wliic'i w;i! be an "open" I#wbea members of other clubs lire •r&ed to attend, there will be regtifer risf b* members throughout the i jflMer months, and many players clubs are taking advantage hospitable offer of "summer djMrn rights" to those whose homo §£l sua closed in slimmer. : * i iribate'to the e.iielleiit quality ot B adaJ<> ijrcens was afforded ta'ull tins members of a fourU. Ward. G. Mi'ltir, R. Atixl W. R. Smith. were sucholing n ?'bird>j" 2 at the "SfaHukdS.'* Tlitir tee-shot* the green, and the putts t&Mm ranging from two yards yards, were all successful. » Ikt Council of the New Zealand Golf (monthly meeting blowing arc two >ort of tho moetraatters discussed oeeting, tho Coun-> tion of tho ostabt>t Oroen-Kooplng reeolved that the isly Approved of t to financial supg from the clubf«. spare a report on rpeal to ail clubs tpport, indicating to elubs what it limit of their cont was resolved to a along with tho :?neral meeting at hieh will embody iat took plrtce at id from Mr > . A. a connexion with BOnditiotia £bi the irk-Windcyef Oup WJn(3cycr roforrcd ift 6 agreed upon ilt, It ivnfl reaolvod t to aeml tui tame -ganJlrijgf these jn lei may be finally I lottor advised ■ Tftlos Golf Amocl' t the next Kirk-> iitian Bh.ill be (few Souili Wala« which will be tho foll.iwlng: aU of tho play amateur cham'a,, .one is imtasdard ot play •lean amateurs. I*'7o, and B. T. v wlifying round his stage ot the ? himself (Min7oekran <Philat players With a two qoaiifying by hole, till the 'tUl qualifying Uet mSKMmmmea.: Among those who Ii Evana, a former I d#r ohsmplon, while last kH&t Harrison B. Johni Sne 73 in the Becond fiMllike behind with 166, |Mnr mstabdra of the vlctemn. D. K. Moe ptitentie, faued to qnilify fewer than foar |Vt the title, Jds&e P. Sbtodler Ega«, 8. David* |iTMac B. Marston, kept $» Aid tho two British (L Tolley and E. B. Mtowplon, who in the sectiw British amateur took |f* 19th hole before the £ th« two eighteep-hole t|Uh play saw the elimit<!4ior« Walker Cup playipttg going under to W. i Francisco, at the d Ffaneis Ouimet to C. 3 and 8} and T. P< pt amateur champion jn I'been very aueeassfui in Bjttttrs tournaments, was E. Lehmanu, of te seeond round two mora |»r6t of the 1930 Walker i'jnut x>Ut of the running, p' wingtbeaten, 2 and 1, pilifornian hope; Charles mtf* von Elm going down pCtethy, jcn., after a Marended at tho 28th IHrttT finals, played over Bpron comfortably 6 and HMMDUttu and Seaver front W, Sweetser, Mr- down in the morning pttttally by a fair margin and Eugene |Kirear'B winner of tha ||Ksßarried the honoarn fH|-'defeat of Lehman)) HMtticaUy par golf.' The WSiaed 'his form in the Hfjft'.afternoon round of.. BfiPt of 5 li6lcs to II gSs*r, X up, at the last |k; Jones, equalling par |||lW; holes played, wa# with' S to play, had been aroused were soon diaand Jones met in I*ka}l9nger, possibly ||#l hi# previous ÜBOd to show his trite >a so far behind that Mvtion of bow great I lose by, Bobby himP ahakily, with throe np to the turn, hole to the end Of be was ope .below W 1 np. This became & tb« 12th and 13th lini.' the margin r#- . the ninth jrM dicing Ma teo»

sho tinto & bunker, Bobby picked Up wh«n his first putt missed, Homana belag left with two for the hole from seven feet away. Both were bunkered in front of the tenth green, and the nolo was halved in Bix—.Tones dormy ?« weffi on with their seconds ut tile difficult eleventh hole, and JonoS putting first, lay dead. Homans had a la»foot putt to keep the match alive, and as ha ijaw it sworve from the lift*' he rushed over to be the first to con* gratulate the winner. Cards read:— Par— Out 453544443 .. 30 In 444344434 .. 34 Morning Round. Jones*-* Out 463554543 .. 99 In 434348444 . . 38—72 Homans— Out 564654444 42 In 54 4 3 55/524 [ sr—7y Jones 7 up. Afternoon Round. Jonas— Out 453544544 .. 3S In 64 Homans— Out 454644543 ' .. 39 In 64 Jones 8 up and 7 to play; Thd unparalleled record of national championships won by Bobby Jones now ?oon ~ Amer ' ean Open: 1923, 1926, *930. American Amateur: 1924, 1927 > 1928 > I£)3o ' British Open: inon' British Amateur: l. 30. His record for the 1930 amateur -tournament was;— Won medal with 69-73—142, equalling record. First round: Beat C. Eoss Somervillo (Canada), 5 and 4. Second round: Beat F. G. Hoblitzell, 5 and 4. Third round (36 holes,): Beat Fay Coleman (California), 6 and 5. Scmi-flnal round: Beat Jesse W. Sweetser (New oik), 9 and 8. Final round: Beat 8 an°d ? * mafis (Engiowood, N.J.), The champion's peculiar power to rise to whatever heights of golfing ability may bg required by the occasion Was not especially in evidence in this series after the first 18-holo round. In .this lie had a worthy opponent in Hoss Somerviiie, the Canadian amateur champion who might very well have got away with a lead that could not be overtaken an the short round, but Bobby g * V t.. hl ™ no cha ««o TOth a first nine of 33—three strokes below the diffi. cult par of the course. The elimination in succeeding rounds of his more dangerous opponents made the wav easy to the final victory.