GOLF

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24867, 6 May 1946, Page 6

GOLF

MIXED FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIP

BLANK AND MISS HUDSON WIN TITLE

By winning, with Miss Z. Hudson, the Canterbury amateur mixed foursome golf championship at Waitiklri yesterday. A. R. Blank became the holder of three Canterbury titles. Earlier he won the men’s foursomes, with R. D. Frizzell, and at Shirley at Easter he won the Canterbury championship. The win obtained by Blank and Miss Hudson was a meritorious one, although at one stage in the second round they were in real difficulties, and seemed likely to return a scorer nearer 90 than 80. However, birdie fours at the fifteenth and seventeenth holes enabled them to escape with an 84, and they won the title by three strokes

The course was in fine order for the tournament, although the greens, which had plenty of grass* on them, were a little on the slow side. There was a good entry, most of the province’s low handicap pjayers taking part. In the morning Blank and Miss Hudson played extremely good golf to return a 78, four over the winter standard scratch score for the course. They scored birdies at two of the three long holes on the way out, to turn for home in 38, two ever par. Steady golf on the second, half, and a birdie four at the seventeenth, “The Gap” (430 yards) gave them a 40, again two over par. L. A,. Watson and Mrs W. Toomey, with halves of 39 and 42, were in second place after the morning round. D. L. Woon and Miss L. Johnstone were out in 38, but they took 46 for the last nine, to finish the morning in sixth place, six strokes behind the leaders. M. R. Blank and Miss E. WhiteParsons played steadily, but a six at the last. “Home” (375 yards), gave them an 82 In the afternoon Blank and Miss Hudson again began very well. A par four at the first was followed by a fine birdie four at the second, “Three Oaks” (420 yards/ At the fourth. "The Comer” (400 yards). Miss Hudson got into the trees and they took a six. At the 420-yard (par five) sixth, “Sedge,” a good drive by Blank and a fine second by Miss Hudson gave them a birdie four. Miss Hudson was most accurate off the tees, but she pushed her drive out a little at the seventh, “The Knoll” (405 yards), and they took six. Blank appeared to be striving for extra distance when he duffed his drive at the tenth, “Poplar” (370 yards) Miss Hudson had to find the fairway and although Blank’s third had plenty of length, it went into the bunker at the right of the green, from which Miss Hudson failed to recover. Blank, however, played a remarkable shot from beneath a steep bank at the edge of the bunker, but the hole cost them seven. Blank missed a very short putt at the next, which took them six, 1 one over par, and when he put his tee shot over the fence at the short fourteenth, "Target,” they appeared to have lost their grip on the championship. At the fifteenth. "A.R.B ” (425 yards), however, Blank played a magnificent brassie second te the edge of the green, and they were down in a birdie four. They obtained an unexpected birdie at the 430-yard seventeenth. “The Gap.” Miss Hudson’s drive was off the line for once and Blank, with the green obscured by the trees at the left, had to play out on to the fairway. A fine third by Miss Hudson and a very good putt by Blank completed a remarkable recovery.

M. R Blank and Miss E. White-Parsons, whose afternoon round of 83 gave them second place, were out in 39 in the afternoon. Trouble on the homeward half, however, culminated in another six at the eighteenth. Miss White-Parsons was in gooc’ form, although she was consistently short on the holding greens. The lonjMiitting I B. Cromb and Miss H Buchanan had the best afternoon round. 82, and it took them into third place. The iunior championship was won by H A Montgomery and Mrs Kingscote. who returned a fine 88 in the afternoon Result* in the championship events were:—A. R. Blank and Miss Z Hudson, 78. 84—162; M. R. Blank and Miss E. White-Parsons, 82. 83—165: I. B. Cromb and Miss H Buchanan, 84. 82—166; L. A. Watson and Mrs W. Toomey. 81. 88—167; D. L Woon and Miss L. Johnstone, 84. 84—168. C. J Ward and Mrs Ward. 83. 88—171.

Junior.—H A. Montgomery and Mrs Kingscote. 94. 88—182; J. Prew and Mrs Sinclair. 91, 95—186; M. W. Beavan and Miss M Talbot. 95. 101—196.

Remarkable Round by D. L. Woon Playing in a four-ball bogey handicap on Saturday afternoon, D. L. Woon returned remarkable figures for the first nine holes. Starting off with three consecutive birdies, and obtaining another at the 420-yard- sixth, he turned for home in 33, three strokes better than par He scored a birdie at the twelfth, slipped a sUoke at the sixteenth, and scored another birdie at the seventeenth. At the last he missed an 18-inch putt for a birdie three, but finished with a round of 70, four under the standard scratch score. Best scores in other events tn the tournament were :

Men’s srabieiord Bogey.—A. R. Blame 34. W. R. Ayers 33. M. R. Blank 32, D. L. Woon 32. J. V Glasson 31, W. McGavock 31

Women’s Scableiord iiugey.—Mrs H. L. Stuart 26, Miss L. Johnstone 23.

Four-ball Bogey Handicap.—Miss Z. Hudson and Mrs W Toomey, 9 up, W. McGavock and D. L. Woon, 8 up; I. B Cromb and C. J. Ward. 6 up; F. Hinchliff and E. Cox. 6 up; S. Hinchliff and R. Powell, 6 up; A. Grubb and M. W. Beaven, 4 up: M R Blank and T. B. Hampton. 4 up.

Sunday ikUXwU £ oursome stroke Handicap, Senior.—L. A Watson and Mrs W. Toomey 81, 8—73; M R. Blank and Miss E. White-Parsons, 82, 8—74; A. R. Blank and Miss Z. Hudson, 78. 3—75; C. J. Ward and Mrs Ward, 83, 7—76; I. B. Cromb ana Miss H. Buchanan, 84, 7—77; D. L. Woon and Miss L. Johnstone, 84, 5—79.

Junior.—L. Chappell and Mrs Chetwiu, 96, 26—70; J. Prew and Mrs Sinclair, 91, 19—72; M. W. Beaven and Miss M. Tallot, 95, 22—73; L. Blumski and Mrs South, 101, 23—78; H Rendall and Miss J Burtt. 97, 19—78.

Mixed Foursome Stroke Handicap, Senior.—l. B. Cromb and Miss H. Buchanan, 82, 7—75; M. R. Blank and Miss E White-Parsons, 83, 8—75; W. M. batterthwaite and Miss E. Nutt, 85, 9—76; C. Caldwell and Miss C. Wood, 85, 8—77; E. J. Pumphrey and Miss K. Johnstone, 86, B—7B, L. A. Watson and Mrs W. Toomey, 86, 8—78; D. L. Woon and Miss L. Johnstone, 84, 5—79. Cromb and Miss Buchanan won on the count back. Junior.—H. A. Montgomery and Mrs Kingscote, 88, 14—74; J. W. Prew and Mrs Sinclair. 95, 19—76; M. W. Beaven and Miss M. Tallott, 101, 22—79. A teams’ handicap match was won oy C. Caldwell, H. A. Montgomery, Miss C. Wood, and Mrs Kingscote. with a net score of 151. Hole in One D. J. BarKle did a hole in one at Waitikiri recently, sinking his tee shot at the third hole. “Simmy,” 125 yards. CHRISTCHURCH CLUB Results of. the first round of thr Campbell Cup, played on Saturday were:—C. M Kavanagh and T. McCorkindale beat G. R. Hunter and R. Grimmer, 1 up; J. Ramsden and M. J. Russell beat H. A. Montgomery and C. W. Caldwell, 4 and 3; H. W Macfarlane and F. S. Grant and R. O. McNeil and H. Rendall. all square. RICHMOND HILL CLUB Results of the second qualifying round of the captain’s trophy and stroke handicap. played by the Richmond Hill Golf Club. Siimher, were as follows: Senior.—H. D. Graham, 78, 9—69; G H. Richards, 85, 16—69; R. S Beveridge. 80, 10—70; K K. Wood, 86. 16—70; D. B. Treleaven. 84, 13—71; C. G. F. Hamilton, 81, 10—71; D. Barr, 90, 16—74; J. D. Lawrence. 79, 5—74; R. D. M. Bassett, 89. 14— 75; R H. T. Hamilton. 85. 8—77; F. O. Strong, 93, 15—78. Junior.—H. D. Jeffreys, 90. 22—68; F. H. Howard. 87, 17—70; J. C. Quane. 96, 24 —72: A. J Sandom, 90, 17—73; J. Croft, 97, 24—73; S. Chandler, 98, 24—74; R. D. Thompson, 95, 19—76; F. A. Malley, 102, 24—78: G M. Dalziel, 103, 24—79. HAGLEY CLUB The following were the best scores in stroke competitions held at Hagley on Saturday:— Senior.—J. H. Orr, 77. 12—65; W. A. Purdie, 76. 9—67; C. L. Crowley, 79, 12— 67; R. B. Smythe, 79. 12—67; P. G. Greenwood. 83. 16—67. Junior.—R. E Gillespie. 86, 20—66; S. Jameson, 91. 24—67; A. West. 90 . 21—69; F J. Latham. 93, 24—69. WAIMAIRI BEACH CLUB ' A four-ball best ball Stableford bogey was played by the Waimairi Beach Golf Club during the week-end Results were: L. Calvert and C. Wells, 43 points; P. Butler and I Moor 42; W. G. Walker and J. A. Wright, 42: W Ayers and H. Ayers, 41. The afternoon sealed partner match was won by J. McGavock and Mrs de la Mare, RAWHITI CLUB Best scores in a Stableford bogey match played by the Rawhiti Golf Club during the week-end were as follows: Senior.—J McClymont 35, R. N. Clark 34, P A. Hobson 34, C. Shaw 33. Junior.—E Day 33. K Falloon 32. E. Healey 31. J Millard 31 Results of a mixed foursome were: R. Matthews and Miss I Pine. 88. 21—67; : W S Brown and Miss M Rowley. 93, 25 —6B: G. Shaw and Mrs Stevens. 89, 21— I 68. TEMPLETON CLUB Best scores in a Stableford match played by the’Templeton Club during the weekend were as follows:—R. E. Spicer (5), 30- R Riddell (8). 30: A. E. Benzie (11), 29: J N Thomas (6). 29: E. G. Mitchell (15). 28: S. F Craze (18), 27: G. P. Anderson (8). 27. TEMPLETON LADIES’ CLUB Results of a Ladies' Golf Union match played by the Templeton Ladies Golf Club on Saturday were as follows: —Miss M. Petrie, 109, 35—74; Mrs P Collins. 101, 25—76; Mrs A. L. Tucker, 102, 23—79.

RUSSLEY CLUB Matches played on the Russiey Golf. Clubs links resultea as follows: Faurball atableford aggregate (hidden partners) , p Gilmour and C L Fisher 72 points R. L. Ronaldson and H. R McKegg 7u points; H. F. Butland and S. Dowldnd 68 points; J. B. McCormick and G. H Owen 67 points. Thirty-six holes stroke match:—A grade, best gross scores: D. Swift 161, J. H Scott 166. H P Rennie 171, K. J. McMenaE“ n t 7l «, Best handicap score: D. Swift t 5l f J hM cl ?£. D s Gower 154 ££ade. best £ r oss scores: J. M. CromIT?’ G. H. Owen 183, L. G. Davison 186, T. S. Wilson 186. Best handicap G „ 143 - J - M ' Crombie 14S. JJ. R McKegg 148, J. Marshall 148.

'v RANGIORA CLUB Ihe following were the best scores in a bisque bogey match played by the Rangiora Club on Saturday:—G. Appleton 1 an A R^ de n i down: H A Barnett and E Bissett, 2 down

WAIMAIRI BEACH LADIES’ CLUB s J ro e ke match played during the week-end for the Aotearca Cup, best o r r. etl^ ned as Allows: Miss G. McWhwter 89 19-70; Miss D. Irvine 92, xr X 3; C Graham 97. 22—75; Mrs >V. Rossi 99 24—75.

RAWHITI LADIES’ CLUB hv A tk S } a n lef bqgey match was played by the Rawhiti Ladies' Golf Club during lows-^ elt end BeSt scores wer e as fol-

R A T G qmifi,“4Y rS iur M ’ o ß ’r Hay^S Mrs A - L- Smith 31, Mrs R. Low 30, Mrs E. W Christiansen 29, Miss Lyttle 29 v7 B yS rad wi~^ s J Potts 30 - Miss Pirrie 27. Miss M. Gilmour 26. Miss M. Rowley

AVONDALE LADIES’ CLUB The following were the best cards re&J?. ed e in a La^ s ’ S olf Union competition •“Seniors: Miss T. Knowles. 91, 16— 75; Miss G. Bellamy, 90, 14—76; Mrs D. A Gunn, 95, 18—77; Mrs A. L. Large, 96, 17— -Juniors: Miss E. Lawrence. 99, 29 70; Mrs H. Sparrow. 96, 23—73; Miss M fo9 S 35^74 95 ’ 21 “ 74: MrS HS ' Chetwin -

RUSSLEY LADIES’ CLUB A Stableford bogey match for prizes presented by Mrs R. Barbour was won in the senior division by Miss C. Wood and the junior division resulted in a tie between Mrs H. W. Anderson and Mrs Cottee Best scores were—Seniors: Miss C. Wood 29 points; Miss L. V. Gates, 25; Mrs H. McGavock, 25. Juniors: Mrs H. W. Anderson, 31 points: Mrs Cottee, 31; Mrs A A. Mitchell, 28.

PATEY WINS ENGLISH AMATEUR

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 5. lan Patey won the English amateur golf championship, defeating Kenneth Thom bv 5 and 4. Patey, who is a former boy international, won the championship by cool, steady play. Although he was frequently outdriven in the final, his iron play and green play were vastly superior and outweighed any disadvantage.

WAIMAIRI BEACH LADIES’ GOLF CLUB OPEN TOURNAMENT t SATURDAY. MAY 11. Morning: Medal Round; Afternoon: Fourball Best-ball Bogey. Entries close May 8. Post entries will bef taken. Secretary: ’Phone 40-645.