GOLF

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20983, 11 October 1933, Page 13

GOLF

-. -FOURSOMES MATCHES 1 gIGHER STANDARD OP PLAY . (fIUSd ASSOCIATION IELEOKAiI.) 'AUCKLAND, October 10. fhe annual New Zealand golf dhimpionship tournament was continued at- the Titirangi links in beautiful'weather. The course was in splendid order, and the standard of play W as higher than on the two preceding L days. Foursomes matches for both professionals and amateurs were played, and the scoring by the amateurs was ; a gGoMeal better than that of the 'pro-, fagsionals. best' amateur cards ' returnee! were those of jH. p. Brinsden (Titirangi), and . B.; i. Smith, jun.: (Akarana), and byiß. )V. Wright, and, T.;.8, Ferguson (Otago), who .regis-j teredf 147-:-. Both pairs went round' in 7f and 73. There was also' a tie in the professionals' foursomes betvrteri E. J. Moss (Auckland) and H. B. Blair (Christchurch), and C, C. Clements (Christchurch), and N. ; C. Bell (North Shore). They recorded rounds of, 152. The first-mentioned pair >: returned cards of 75 and 77 wMle Bell and Clements did two rounda of 76. flie scores in the amateur fourlotneis were:--. • ■ • ' ' Ist 2nd . round..round. Tl. H: D. Brinsden and B. J t Smith, jun. .. 74 73 147 B. V. Wright and T. B. Ferguson .. 74 73 147 J. P. Hornabrook and B. M. Silk .. 72 76 148 H. A. Black and J. L. Black .. 80 72 152 R. M. George and F. A. Goulding ..79 76 155 J. P. Mortland and J. F. Pym .. 79 77 15C K. Tareha and J. Hope 83 75 158 K. 1.. Caldwell and R. E. Edmonds .. 79 79 158 T. 11. Horton and K. Ross ..83 75 158 E. G. Tallis and J. H. Young ..82 76 158 E, L. Abbott and H. P. Dale ..77 82 159 H. E. McCrystal and B. H. Menzies ..80 79 159 W. S. Ralph end I. McEwan .. 79 82 161 B. D. Horton and P. C. Savage .. 84 SO 164 B. B. Carr and A. E. Guy • .. 81 83 164 L. J. Williams and J. Smith, ..79 86 165 '. J. M. Coltman and F. W. Lucas .. 83 82 165 j H. Plumley and S. P. . 1 Aldred .. 84 81 165 j A. E. Browne and H. ] C. Stevens .. SI 84 165 I / H. G. Hamster and R. . , ' D. Wright ... 85 SO 165 ! E. L. Bartleet and W. ! A. Donald ..78 88 166 ] L. Quin and H. P. : _ Wills .. 86 81 167 ' F. Colbeck and R. L. 1 7/ilson ..88 79 167 F. A. Goulding and E. 1 E. Beehan '■■s... -82 -85 167 i J. G. Duncan and M. i _ H. Duncan' ■■-■--— BI -w -v KR "j T. F. Clark and H. F. ■ 7 168 \ Buckley .. 551 p= Irq 1 I K. Hobbs and C. S. ■ Geddis .. 89 82 171 i lills and O'CaUaghan 84 87 171 i Wiggins and Bailey .. 85 87 172 ' feinie and Wilson .. 90 82 172 Arnould and Delph ..88 84 172 McLean and Stratmore ..86 87 173 Minogue and Baker .. 05 89 174 Whitcombe and Hus- „. se y ■ • ■ • 92 .82 174 HWes and Shelby .. 93 86 179 ' Hayward and Thomas 88 91- 179

fssL°J t A he p . airs ho , tied in th e New AWand Amateur Golf Championship Foursomes played the Dunlop Ball—tte choice of champions— the ball that wins championships. 4 ...THE PROFESSIONALS Following• y/ere• cards', in the.'pro-. tesional foursomes:— 2. J..MOS3 and H. R. ■•■ .'. 75 -~77 152 <« C. Clements and N. - " ■ C. Bell .. 7S 76 352 i ■J- Clements and E. S. : ! , T '.'Douglas . ..72 81. 153 «>• Lambie and T. Galioway .. 75 79 154 J Mcintosh and J. = 3. Watt .. 78 76 154 *-. Branch and G. W. •.■"Ritchie ..75 SI 156 *>■ J. Saaw and J. r L vf*& , ■•■ 76 81 157 *-• Vi. Woodrbffe and » -n" ¥\? ykos ■ ■ • 77 80 157 f- H. Fuller and J. Jl b 6 & , .. 80 78 158 "' a. btratmore and ■ w f r - C ■ Butters ■.. 85 76 161 *»• I iorrica and C. H. ,» Stephenson .. 85 82 167 »«and B. J. Smith 90 85 175 fmn ami Burridge 92 83 175 Jai » lo , s . s ' H - R: BJair - c - Clements, S«-Beli tied for the New Zealand 2W»slona2 Golf Championship FourS s Playmg the Dunlop Ball—the . wttce of champions—the ball that ™s championships. —5

EXCITING .FINISH EXCELLENT PLAY BY AMATEURS ffsojt Oya Special Cosbespondeht.) ■,;. AUCKLAND, October 10. The foursomes championships ' of ' 9w Zealand, both professional : and were fought out at Titirangi w-aay under ideal golfing conoltions. ; *>» scores as a whole were not good; am i e performan ces of the leading . amateur pairs were excellent. In this and B. J. Smith, wi oVJght out an exciting finish w«a B. V. Wright and T. B. Ferguson, : *;D«nedin, eventually tieing for first 'fS, w«h an aggregate of 147 for kkIX? lmds - B - M - Silk and J - pi:ifel'«, - ok P ut themselves right in ■'SiiSX&Ji 1 * hy n completing the morniuE Uad m 72 > and when they re;;*fi2S, afternoon card of 76 they :;S|t« Q ': n g hailed as the winners; bill *»tf£«J% to win a national title was : ' :; ' : #ffi o^ seß ! ack brothers, holders of M % the last two years, put of the running by re!ffl:»PWcard of 80, but came best'round of the ;2S'*\Place them in fourth posi:MM behind the.leaders. ■ ■ W\& 52S 18 *»» owed up his success sw'SrJ? 6 ? championship- yesterday «K for the Professional four*f» Wh r T onsnip iO - da y in Partner!3ifS Blair. Their mornliffiJi'lW them three IfjiSv',. " tmm E. S. Douglas and J. !ss&."■'■

« Ret F nin S a mediocre iloK „?. 7 *? tJ i e a , ft ernoon, their total l Sr r r o, to be , beatea Norri e Bell Znd„Mft lemen M et a morning K°! 76 ' cached the turn in, the ttfMT* in . 37 > but asix at the DtetinS and comwm? g «$ e - round in 76 saw them tie Blair. Eame score as Moss anc! thM? U^f and J : A - Clements, alter SSH^A m the afternoon. Going auired i\ r afte^ no °? in 38 > the y «- whk-b i™, *, or , the inward Journey, and a *?v n de *? a Eeven at twelfth and a six at the seventeenth.

Brilliant Play. Only to miss by one stroke in thr deTn-lvW ?/ sil SmiS Md Bri h s°tumin^.lS,t br^ a , ntl3r u- to reach the ,w^ 3 t".« trni ? takesb y both °n the E a i d , what looked like Ff* 1 score ' and the y had. to.be. satisfied to do the return CcS f 5 t0 be two strokesbenmathe leaders and level with Wrieht F «-fP°»- , Recording a par fm,r at the first in the afternoon, Brinsden mis-hit his drive at the second hole, and Smith, essaying a big pkvL!^ h ! 3 n S( ; COI 5 d shot « f ound the £nw«l : b ~ lt Bri nsden recovered well to find the. green, and, with the orthodox two putts they escaped with a five. fr«w rd « n§ -f£ r figures at the next three notes, Smith placed his second shot nicely sixth green, about 10 feetlrom the nole; but Brinsden putted boldly for a three, over-running, and leaving Smith a three-footer, which he missed, recording a five. The short seventh saw Smith pull his tee shot mto the.green bunker, and come to : rest in. a very awkward position. After much consultation with his partner, Brinsden borrowed Smith's niblick, and, much to his surprise, played a (peat shot,. which finished four feet from the pin. Smith finished off what might have been a disastrous hole by holing the putt for three. Again.at the eighth loose play left Smith with a 20-footer for a four, which he duly sank. -Smith chipped dead at the ninth hole, and they reached the turn in 37. Again at the tenth fortune smiled on them, for after ; Smith had pushed his second out to a I bad position behind the bunkers Brinsden, hitting his approach badly! hit the face of the bunker and bounced on. to the green, and-rolled right up to the edge of the hole. Sinking a 12i footer- on the green they carded three for the famous .Redan hole. After a good drive by Brinsden at the twelfth, Smith found the bunkers with his second; but Brinsden again recovered well to find the green—five for the hole. Negotiating the' perilous Wrecker hole in five, they reeled oft the last five holes in par figures, finishing the round in 73. Their card read:— Out: 4 5 4 3 5.5 3 4 '4—37 In: 43553444 4—36

Meritorious Performance. The performance of Wright and T. B. Ferguson in tieing for first place was very meritorious. Both are young golfers, Wright being the more experienced of the two. Both played a great long game to-day, "and it was only the trickiness of the terraced greens that stopped them from recording some great figures. Their performance was very popular, as was judged by the applause accorded them on completing their round. Commencing the afternoon round with a three was a good tonic, and after a good drive by Ferguson at the second Wright placed a No. 3 iron shot four feet from the pin; but Ferguson missed the putt. A short second at the third by Ferguson, and the hole cost five. Par figures were recorded for the next two holes; but the terraced green of the sixth hole beat both players, and another five was carded. Again at the seventh, Wright came down the terraced green too strongly, resulting in a four. The eighth and ninth holes were left behind in fours, and the turn was reached in 37. !

I Starting the homeward journey into 1 the breeze with four and three, they 1 played the long twelfth in a bogey Jive, negotiating the famous Wrecker in four, one under par. They seemed assured of a great round when Ferguson placed his tee shot eight feet from the pin at the short fourteenth, but Wright putted short of the hole and Ferguson missed a three-footer to card a four. The last five holes were soundly played, and fours were recorded. On the last green, Ferguson was left with a tricky 14-foot putt, to win the title; but he wisely played a safe putt, which just trickled down past the cup, allowing Wright to hole the next safely. Their afternoon card read:—

Out—3, 4, 5, 3, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4—37 In—4, 3, 5, 4, 4, 4. 4, 4, 4—36 T <>tja .. ..73 Silk and Hornabrook. Silk and Hornabrook started off their afternoon round with four fours but a topped drive by Hornabrook and a topped second by Silk nearly spelt disaster for them. At the fifth a good iron by Hornabrook found the well-guarded green, and a par five was recorded. Reciuiring a four at the ninth to be out in 37, Silk badly sliced his second behind the «reer> bunkers, and a five took them to the turn in 38. Again at the tenth fortune frowned on.them. Silk sliced nis drive, and Hornabrook badly pulled his second into tea-tree, in a deep gully, the ball being practically unplayable, but Silk borrowed a lefthanded club and recovered to the top of the gully, where Hornabrook put Ine finishing touches on by holing his mashie chip for a four. Hornabrook played a great iron shot to the middle of the eleventh green, but Silk putted too strongly, and another four was carded. They were in trouble all along the twelfth hole, holing out finally in six. They finished the last hole brilliantly. After a great drive by Silk. Hornabrook placed his second five feet from the pin, and Silk holed the putt. Their afternoon card read:— Out—4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5—38 In—4, 4, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3—38 Total 76 Black Brothers. After playing very poorly in the morning round, the Black brothers produced some very sound golf in the afternoon round, a feature of the play being several 12-footers, with which Harold Black found the cup. Their afternoon card was the best recorded. It read as follows: Out—3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5—35 In—s, 4, 5, 5, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4—37 Total 72 !

TO-DAY'S PLAY PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS (PBSSS A.S3OCIATIOS TELSGEAM:.) AUCKLAND, October 10. To-morrow's play in the New Zealand golf tournament will consist of two rounds over 18 holes in the professional and amateur championships. t Further qualifying scores were:— j Fourth Round. Total. B. H. Menzies ..82 311 R.M.George ...81 318 H. Pliimley • .. 77 319 A. M. Goulding 82 329

These did not enter for the open, but qualified for the amateur championship. '. The.Gibson Cup for the best aggregate in the first two rounds of the open resulted in a tie between Blair and Mcintosh, and Blair won. the Pl The° Myers Cup for the best aggregate on handicap over the .last two rounds was won by J. Clements who defeated five others by one stroke.

DOCTORS AT GOLF THE FOSTER CUP Medical practitioners of panterbury played their annual match for the Foster Cup yesterday afternoon—a competition over 18 holes against bogey. There were about 40 players, several of them members of distant country clubs. The links were in splendid order, but the cold and strong'easterly wind made playing conditions difficult. Following were the scores:— E. W. Hunt .. .. 1 up F. L. Scott .. .. 1 down A. C. Thomson '..-"" ~ '2 down M. K. Gray .. .. 3 down E. R. Reay .. .. 3 down J. F. Duncan .. .. 3 dowii M. G. Louisson .. .. '4 down W. G. Scannell .'. .. 4 down J. K. Davidson .. .. ' 5 down P. S. Foster .. .. 5 down W. A. Johnston .. .. 5 down L. A. Bennett .. .. 5 down C. F. Morkane .. .. 6 down W. T. Glasgow .. .. 6 down P. E. Allison .. .. C down E. J. Cooke .. ... 6 down A. McKillop .. .. 6 down Robinson E. Hall .. .. 7 down W. Hamilton .. ~ 7 down J. D. Marks .. .. 8 down W. E. Minty .. .. 8 down W. G. Todd .. .. 8 down J. H. Fahey .. .. 8 down Walton Bremner .. .. 8 down R. G. T. Lewis .. .. 9 down R. S. S. Stewart .. .. 9 clown T. Beveridge Davis .. .. 10 down L. C. L. Averill .. ..10 down J. R. Thomas .. ..11 down W. A. Fitzherbert .. .. 11 down M. K. Aiken .. .. 13 down D. N. Eppstein .. .. 13 down

A HOLE IN ONE After coming into prominence by tying with*E. J. Corcoran for the Hunter Cup played by the legal profession at Shirley on Tuesday last, G. S. Branthwaite again distinguished himself on Saturday by holing his tee shot at the short fourth at Harewood. The event was celebrated in the timehonoured manner. HAREWOOD LADIES' CLUB The Captain's v. Secretary's team match will be played to-morrow. The draw is as follows:—Miss M. Ward (captain) v. Mrs M. J. Lynskey (secretary), Mrs D. Skinner v. Mrs J. Smith-Wilson, Mrs A. S. Geddes v. Mrs T. Armstrong, Mrs C. Bell v. Mrs D. Crozier, Miss M. Haisty v. Miss B. Beadel, Miss M. Thacker v. Mrs H J. QuarrelL Miss A. Beadel v. Mrs C. N. Fraser, Mrs I. Cattell v. Miss D. Daly, Miss M. Best v. Mrs A. R. Blank Miss J. Donnelly v. Miss D. Hepburn, Mrs J. Davis v. Mrs T. C. Wallace, Miss ] 1. Bethune v. Mrs N. Warden, Mrs! W. A. McQueen v. Mrs L. C. Stephens Mrs D. Neil v. Mrs R. Smith, Mrs Stedman v. Mrs J. Grant, Mrs A. T. Bell Xi -^ s 5, F ,N May ' Mrs R - R - Be H v. Miss N. McCullough, Mrs P. O'Shea v. Mrs W. Barker, Miss M. Stallard v. scorer.

RICHMOND HILL CLUB The following is the draw for the ladies' foursomes match, to be played to-morrow for the trophy presented by Mrs C. H. Hamilton:—Miss M. B. Wilson and Mrs A. V. Palerson. Mrs F. J. Glackin and Mrs K. Brooke, Mrs V. E. Hamilton and Mrs R. F. Bakewell. Miss G. E. Wilson and Miss K. Selby, Miss M. McCallum and Miss A. Bel!, Miss Z. Hudson and Mrs Penwell, Mrs F. L. Brandt and Miss P. Hamilton, Mrs F. P. Dalton and Miss J. Dean, Mrs H. L. Evans and Mrs J. Jamieson, Mrs H. Y. Widdowson and Mrs F. O. Strong, Mrs E. Gosset and Mrs H. J. Williams, Mrs C. L Allen and Mrs J. E. Brodie. Players are asked to arrange their own opponents.

AVONDALE CLUB The Avondale Club announces an open tourney for the week-end, October 28 and 29. Avondale has not been affected by the dry spell. A comprehensive handicap programme has been arranged. There will be teams matches (teams of four), stroke handicaps in senior and junior divisions, a Canadian foursome, a four-ball bogey, and also continuous putting competitions. Entries received by the secretary by October 24 will be drawn and will take precedence over post entries at the starting tecs. GLEX-ITI V. PLEASANT POINT A match played at GJen-iti between , Glen-iti and Pleasant Point, resulted as follows (Glen-iti names being given first):— M^w'f^ 1 " 1 A. Roberts 0. Mrs Robertson i, Mrs Evans i. Miss Selwood 0, Mrs Mclhvrlck 1. Miss Ishp 1, Miss Mcßean 0 wf.f« SS U n'- e , SS h Mrs Wakefield 0. Miss Mcßride 1, Mrs Roberts 0. Miss I. Methven 1, Miss Oliver 0. Mrs Swing 1, Mrs P. Roberts 0 Miss Townsend J, Miss J. Miller \ R. Jones 1 H. H. Roberts 0. F. Cave 1, F. B. Wilson 0. J. Menzies 0, A. Roberts 1. K Dodd 0, R. Roberts 1. C Steele 1, R. Mcllwrick 0. V Nicholas 1, M. Roberts 0. W. Skelton A, J. Roberts A. W. Jones 1, S. Gray 0 B. H. Low 1, K. Candy 0. G. Carmichael 1, L. Simmons 0. Totals—Glen-iti 14£, Pleasant Point GLEN-ITI V. FAIRLIE A match played at Glen-iti between Glen-iti and Fairlie resulted (Glen-iti names first:— R. Jones 1, R. Seay 0. P. Sinclair 1, R. Gillingham 0 J. Menzies 1. H. Carlton 0 C. Steele 1, P. Carlton 0. V. Nicholas 0, A. Carlton I : W. Jones 1, J. Burt 0. J. Healey 0, W. Whitehead 1. O. Robertson 1, J. Macdonald 0. W. Mantell 1. W. Morton 0. J. Wain 0, S. Hatton 3. R. Jones and Sinclair 1, Seay and Gillingham 0. Menzies and Steele 0, H. and P Carlton 1. Nicholas and W. Jones 0, A. Carlton and J. Burt 1. Healey and Robertson 1, Whitehead and Macdonald 0. Mantell and Wain J, Morten and Hatton §. Totals—Glen-iti 91, Fairlie SJ.

ASHBURTON LADIES' CLUB

The draw for a flag match to be played by members of. the Ashburtou Ladies* Golf Club to-morrow °js as follows:—Mrs J. Smith and Mrs Grigg, Miss A. Madden and Miss E. Millichamp. Miss J. Lane and Miss Blunden, Mrs S. J. Thomas and Miss J. Newton, Mrs R. Kennedy and Miss Brown, Mrs E. B. Condell and Miss S. Newton, Mrs F. W. Seldon and Mrs Macdonald, Miss A. Amos and Mrs J. Bathgate, Mrs T. Thomas and Miss Z. Bonnington, Miss F. W. Watt and Miss P. Cox, Mrs A. L. Jones and Mrs Bennett, Mrs W. H. Amos and scorer, Miss T. Cowan and-Miss D. Vesty, Mrs Doig and Mrs W. R. Ryburn, Mrs S. H. Truman and Mrs C. M. Innes.