DOMINION GOLF TOURNAMENT

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25021, 1 November 1946, Page 8

DOMINION GOLF TOURNAMENT

PROFESSIONAL TITLE TO A. J. SHAW GLADING BEATS WOON ONE UP (P.A.) PALMERSTON NORTH, Oct. 31. The New Zealand golf championships were continued at Hokowhitu to-day in fine weather. The course was much faster and there was some brilliant golf, especially by Shaw and Murray in the professional final, and by Glading and Woon, whose game finished when Woon missed a short putt on the last green, after being 2 down at the end of the first round. Results were:— Professional Championship FINAL A. J. Shaw (Hastings) beat Alex Murray (unattached, Auckland), 6 and 5. Amateur Championship QUARTER-FINALS R. H. Glading (Hamilton) beat D, L. Woon (Waitikiri), 1 up. W. B. Reilly (Hutt) beat L. B. Quinn (Manor Park), 4 and 3. A. R. Kitto (Castlecliff) beat K. S. Glendinning (Manawatu), 5 and 3. W. G. Horne (Hutt) beat <3. P. Roberts (Hutt), 1 up. New Zealand Plate FIRST ROUND B. Bamfield (New Plymouth) beat E. J. Astin (Manawatu), at the twentieth. H. A. Black (Miramar) beat R. HayMackenzie (Titirangi), by default. J. L. Black (Tlnu) beat B. H. Gray (Otaki), by default. C. J. Ward (Christchurch) beat A. H. Boyd (Dunedin), 1 up. D. H. Graham (Manawatu) beat Ji Holden (New Plymouth), 1 up. W. E. Jones (Taumarunui) beat J. P. Ralph (Remuera), 2 and 1. I. A. Ewen (Hutt) beat H. J.« Longstaff (Hastings), 4 and 3. B. M. Silk (Wanganui) beat N. H. Amon (Manawatu), 2 up. SECOND ROUND Bamfield beat Black by default. Ward beat J. L. Black. 7 and 6. Jones beat Graham, 5 and 4. Silk beat Ewen, 2 and 1. NOTES ON THE PLAY Superlative golf by Shaw against Murray, in the professional final, and a titanic struggle over 36 holes by Glading and Woon in the quarter-final of the amateur championship, were highlights of the seventh day of the championships. There were other notable games, but the Glading-Woon match, which provided the best golf of the tournament, was a classic. It finished on the thirty-sixth green, when Woon missed a short putt. The game was followed by a big gallery. Glading won the third hole. Woon got that back with a two at the fourth, but lost the next two. Both were playing brilliant golf. Their cards out were:— Glading 44435453 3—35 Woon 44 5 26553 3—37 Glading electrified the spectators when he holed out from a bunker at the tenth. At the next Woon rolled down a long putt. They were one under par for the next four holes. Woon had to negotiate a stymie. Woon lost the seventeenth, and when they went on to the eighteenth tee Glading required a three for a 69. He lost that hole, but was 2 up at lunch. Their cards in were:— Glading 34354444 5—36 Woon 53353445 4—36 Best Golf of Tournament Glading s round would equal 71 and Woon’s 73. The golf in the afternoon was the most brilliant of the tournament. When the match finished the green was rimmed with spectators, and the result depended upon the last putt, which Glading sank after

*Woon had missed one just a fraction longer. Woon was unlucky. He hit a better second, but the ball pitched into a shallow bunker and rolled close to the outside edge. Woon missed a putt on the second in the afternoon and was 3 down. Glading missed another on the next. Woon got a second hole back at the sixth. Their figures out were:

Glading 44535553 3—37 Woon 45433453 3—36 Woon was 1 down at the turn’, but squared the match with a three at the tenth. Glading was down in three to win the eleventh. He won the long thirteenth with a birdie. Woon squared the match again with wins at the fourteenth and sixteenth. It was the seventeenth where the pressure was fight on. They played two of the grandest shots of the match. Playing first to the green, Woon tVas six feet to the left. Glading replied with one less than four feet away to the right. Both sank the putt. Glading won the last hole. His aggregate for the day was 144, and Woon’s 145.

The Professional Final Shaw was 1 up at the turn in the morning, and both played superlative golf. Murray’s only bad shot was one which

put him into a bunker at the third. From the trap he played a masterly shot to get a half. At the fifth (563 yards) Murray was not far past the flag with his third, and Shaw was about eight feet away. Murray lay dead for an easy five, and Shaw’s putt hit the back of the hole and stayed out. Shaw won the seventh, and Murray the eighth. Shaw holed a 10-foot putt for a win in two at the ninth. Their cards out were - Shaw 44435544 2—35 Murray 44435551 T 3—36 Murray missed a short putt for a half at the twelfth, and at the fourteenth was 3 The . fifte enth was halved in birdie fours. Murray was in a bunker to lose the sixteenth. All the time Shaw was putting for birdies, but at the seventeenth he missed a four-foot putt, and Murray got one back. Murray was on the back of the home green with his second, and Shaw was in front of the pin. Murray s approach shot left him a longish putt, which he missed. Shaw went in to «l unch 4 up - Their cards read:— Shaw 54354445 4-38 mn, Mu X ray 544 5 5454 5-41 _ resumed Murray missed fh?2L o ? the £ green - The y halved hl par fi ® ures ’ hut a birdie three fhirri J?s re^ ed his lead to six at the the Sh aw sank a putt for a birdie four, and was 7 up. At the next it was Murray who turned on the firehalved ’fll ® brtl ♦£ nt < eagle three They " a Jy® d £ he seventh in fours and the out* reJd 1 :—* ShaW WaS 8 up ’ Their ca *ds Shaw 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 3-34 Murray 54435344 3-35 „ »< next hole was halved in par fours and Murray got one back wifi a pa? K® ve j at the eleventh. He put one ° f £° Un & at the thirteenth, and that !r here ShaW clinched the match, 6 WELLINGTON WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT FOUR SOUTH ISLANDERS IN SEMI-FINALS " The Press ” Special Service , Four South the semi-finals ot the Wellington £r“vto? S golf championship at P Heretaunga to-morrow. They are Mis« 7 Hudson (Christchurch), who ptays Mil H pia^ i^ < Sr«in. The fiM ‘ WIU Ifol . t WM pi« y ed by Min °° m Pletely overwhelmed her . Mra Cl “ ch *n <Mlr»mar), winning 9 and 8. In the afternoon V The match provided some spectacular Play. Miss Smith was out in 38 and wl» h X r baU eflor tlessly with a swing that was the acme of grace and rhythm ®h« wa ® 2 up at the turn. She was in Ind .’•.*?* £a o£ 016 ten th green, lost the hole. She won the eleventh an * 41 but Miss Fleming took with at birdie, holing an 18-foot Eln mi’. n . ext . tw-® holes were won by Miss Smith in bogey figures. The |

fifteenth was halved in indifferent fi’s After a splendid drive at the sixteenth toot hn 'IJd a V hOrt wlth her approach thokevi laid £ e F. sec ond chip dead to by 3 h and f 2 r “ 4s and the match ho headed the qualifiers on Wednesday, played steady golf in the H s’m’lfh 1 ? S^\ her efc Hutt o PPonent Mrs 8 a J ld s> . She secured the same I oPPonen k Mis,

MISS R. HODGES WINS AUCKLAND TITLE Aiiniri a r^ UCKljAN . D ’ October 31. ine Auckland women's chamoion nf champtons golf competition was wSn bv M iB6 d? Miss Hodges tied with G ‘ Hollis with 169 for 36 holes