N.Z. TOURNAMENT ENDS

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26869, 23 October 1952, Page 5

N.Z. TOURNAMENT ENDS

GOLF

Amateur Title Won ■ By H. Berwick PROFESSIONAL TO G. E. HUDSON (New Zealand Press Association) WANGANUI, October 22. A ft " beto B 2 «P midday, 11. Berwick (New South Wales) won the New Zealand amateur golf title at Belmont today, beating J. Coogan (Queens - «nd) 7 and 6. Berwick is the first Australian to win the title. A much harder final was played in *he professional event, G. E. Hudson (Palmerston North) beating J. B. Tunnell (Castlecliff), 1 up. Both finals were over 36 holes. C. J. Ward (Christchurch) won the New Ze aland Amateur Plate, beating b. G. Jones (Hastings) 2 up, and A. Murray (unattached, Auckland), beat F ; x - Buckler (unattached, Auckland) at the nineteenth in the final of the New Zealand Professional Plate. Glorious sunny weather prevailed at Belmont today. There was just enough nip in a light breeze to make conditions for golf ideal. Fairways and greens were in splendid order. There was not the same interest in the final of the amateur event as would have developed had there been a New Zealander playing, and when Berwick established a big lead on Coogan in the afternoon round the attention of the gallery, estimated to be 1000, switched to the professional match. During the first 18 holes of his match with Coogan, Berwick was always more impressive. On the outward journey the lead fluctuated, but coming home Berwick established and held a lead of two holes. Berwick was good in all departments. Coogan had some bad holes when he hooked or sliced his drives, but Berwick was never in much trouble after he had settled in, and when he occasionally had a bad lie his amazing chipping saved him. He invariably recovered from the roughest position to be within a few feet —or less—of the hole. Coogan’s main failure was in his putting. He short-putted many times. When Berwick missed the hole it was by little, but Coogan often was so short as to make his second putt difficult. At times Coogan sank some long putts, but he missed short ones when he badly needed them.

Berwick’s driving carried a little more length than Coogan’s. Berwick played loose tee shots on the short tenth and twelfth, and only his powers of recovery enabled him to record bogeys. Coogan played exceptionally fine tee shots until the fifteenth, where Berwick dropped to the green and Coogan hit out of bounds twice and conceded the hole. This was an amazing reversal of form for Coogan after a brilliant birdie at the short twelfth, which is probably equal in difficulty to the fifteenth.

Brilliant Driving by Berwick In the afternoon, Berwick’s driving was brilliant. At times he was ahead of his opponent by 50 yards, and.on the second hole he was about 50 yards from the pin. Only once during the afternoon did he fail with a chip shot. Often he chipped even from the bunkers. His approaching was most accurate, and in this he also overshadowed Coogan. On the nineteenth the pair did bogey fives, but at the twentieth Berwick scored a remarkable birdie to be 3 up. His drive was some 75 yards better than his opponent’s. Coogan reached the green with his second shot, but two-putted, and Berwick holed out with his first. On the twenty-first, Berwick outdrove Coogan, but was placed badly at the foot of the rise to the green. Coogan approached to the green, but Berwick’s chip shot fell short of the green. His third shot was excellently placed near the pin. Coogan failed with an 18-footer, and the hole was halved in fours. At the twenty-second, both players reached the green with their second shots, but Coogan missed his first putt and Berwick holed from well out. Berwick was then 4 up, and Coogan, fighting a losing battle, started to crack. At the short twenty-third, Coogan’s long putt lipped the cup, but he halved it in threes. On the twenty-fourth, Coogan played badly. It was his worst hole of the match. He went into a bunker, and after recovering from it, he three-putted and Berwick became 5 up with his bogey 4. Berwick hooked his second at tne twenty-fifth, but his chip shot was near the pin, and the hole was halved in fours. At the twenty-sixth, Berwick became 6 up. Coogan missed an easy putt and needed two more strokes on the green before he holed out. Berwick missed with a long putt, but sank his second for a bogey 4. At the twenty-seventh, Berwick sliced his second shot, but chipped across a bunker and sank an easy putt to halve the hole in fours. Berwick chipped out of a bunker at the short twenty-eighth, but the ball rolled some distance away from the pin. It was one of his worst chips, but he scored a 4, as did Coogan. Berwick sliced his approach at the twenty-ninth, but he chipped on to tne green. Coogan missed with a long putt, and Berwick also missed a long one, but sank his second and became dormy 7. On the short Terawhiti, both players played on to the green, and it was obvious that the game was over. Berwick holed for an even 3, and Coogan could not better this. Professional Final Over the first 18 holes Tunnell and Hudson played fairly evenly. Hudson duffed his drives at the fourteenth and at the sixteenth, and at the fifteenth he was out of bounds to the left over a fence. Tunnell won the first two holes of the morning round and then lost the lead. They squared the match at the sixth, and were all square at the turn. Both went out in 37, against the standard score of 35. The tenth was halved in 4’s. Tunnell was bunkered with his third shot at the long 521-yard eleventh hole, and Hudson took the lead. They halved the 143-yard twelfth, but at the next hole, 410 yards, Hudson drove poorly. The ball hit the peak of the fairway and bounced over, but won the hole, 5 to 4, to increase his lead to 2. Tunnell was on the green in two at the fourteenth, Hudson taking three. Tunnell maintained the advantage and won the hole, 4 to 5. Then Hudson drove out of bounds through, the narrow fairway between hill and trees. On the green, Hudson conceded the hole. His second drive was almost as bad as the first, the ball curving away to the left and falling into the rough. Tunnell was within 3ft of the pin with his second shot, and was in a commanding position. Nevertheless, Hudson attempted to chip up from the rough into the cup, but when that failed he conceded the hole. At the next Hudson duffed his drive, the ball travelling only a few yards. His second veered to the left and flew through the gallery watching the amateur final between Berwick and Coogan. Tunnell was short of the green, and Hudson's third shot put him* within 10ft. Tunnell missed a 40ft putt, and Hudson won the hole. Tunnell won the next hole after a sound recovery from a bunker that laid the ball within 2ft of the pin. Hudson took three to reach the green, and his third, a chip shot from the fairway, left him a 4ft putt. He missed, and Tunnell easily sank 4iis. Hudson won the last hole of the morning round. Both drove off the fairway, but Hudson played a better second shot and lay within 4ft of the pin. Tunnell was short on the green. Hudson sank his putt to be 1 up at the end of the morning round. Afternoon Round In the afternoon round the play was not as good as in the morning. Hudson went out in 38 and Tunnell in 40, and at the twenty-fourth Hudson was 4 up. He was 3 up at the turn. Hudson was again inclined to top his drives, but he played his second shots much more accurately than Tunnell on the outward journey. Tunnell was not putting accurately, and he was inclined to be off in driving, both in direction and length. Tunnell won the twenty-sixth hole and reduced Hudson’s lead to 2, but lost the twenty-seventh. Tunnell pushed his drive out to the right into the rough, and his second shot put him into a bunker. In getting out he lifted the ball too high and too far. The twenty-eighth was halved in bogey 3’s. Both had good drives at the

521-yard Long Tom, but Tunnell’s second shot was brilliant." It was short of the green by about 10ft. Hudson reached the green with his third shot, but it was rather strong, leaving a 20ft putt. Tunnell won the hole with a birdie 4. Tunnell was back on his game at this stage, and he won the next, the 143-yard Terawhiti, with a birdie 2. Hudson took 4. The next was halved in s’s, but Tunnell could have holed out his putt and claimed the hole when Hudson walked aw r ay. Tunnell picked up the marker, although it seemed that he could reasonably have asked his opponent to putt out. The next hole, the thirty-second of the final, was disastrous for Hudson. His drive was hooked out of bounds. He put his second drive out to the right, and then was bunkered with his fourth, and took 7 to Tunnell’s 4.

The game was all square, with three holes to play, and the gallery doubled itself to follow the, final stages of a tenacious match. French Pass went to Hudson in 3 to Tunnell’s 4, and Hudson again took the lead. Tunnell failed at the 417 yd Bunkers Hill. He duffed his drive and it struck the hill and stayed there. Hudson was over and on the fairway with his drive. Tunnell took 4 to reach the green and Hudson 2, and two putts won the hole; At the thirty-fifth, Hudson went into a bunker with his second shot. He topped his ball trying to chip out, and it did not rise over the bank. He changed club for the next shot and exploded out too far, and Tunnell won the hole in bogey 4. At the last hole, Tunnell went in a bunker with his second shot and was left with a 30ft putt to win the hole and square the game, but he failed, and the hole was halved in s’s. Results of matches today were:— Amateur Championship Final.—H. Berwick (New South Wales) beat J. Coogan (Queensland), 7 and 6. Professional Championship Final.—G. E. Hudson (Palmerston North) beat J. B. Tunnell (Castlecliff), 1 up. Amateur Plate Semi-finals.—C. J. Ward (Christchurch) beat J. H. Collins (Wanganui), 3 and 2; S. G. Jones (Hastings) beat J. Jeffery (New Plymouth), 2 and 1. Final.—Ward beat Jones, 2 up. Professional Plate Final.—A. Murray (unattached, Auckland) beat F. X. Buckler (unattached, Auckland) at the nineteenth. Events at the tournament were won as follows: Open Championship.—A. Murray (unattached, Auckland); runner-up, H. Berwick (New South Wales). Former holder, P. Thomson (Victoria). Amateur Championship.—H. Berwick (New South Wales); runner-up, J. Coogan (Queensland). Former holder, D. L. Woon (Hamilton). New Zealand Amateur Plate.—C. J. Ward (Christchurch); runner-up, S. G. Jones (Hastings). Former holder, W. G. Horne (Wellington). Amateur Foursomes.—W. D. AcklandHorman and R. Stevens (South Australia); runners-up, H. Berwick (New South Wales) and J. Coogan Former holders, R. Dailey and W. G. Horne (Wellington). Professional Foursomes.—A. B. Jolly and A. Murray (unattached, Auckland); runners-up, E. Fennell (Gisborne) and E. A. Southerden (Napier). Former holders, A. J. Shaw (Miramar) and P. Thomson (Victoria, Australia). Open Foursomes.—W. D. Ackland-Hor-man and J. Stevens (South Australia); runners-up, H. Berwick (New South Wales) and J. Coogan (Queensland). Former holders, A. J. Shaw (Miramar) and P. Thompson (Victoria). Bledisloe Cup for the leading amateur. —H. Berwick (New South Wales). Former holder, D. L. Woon (Hamilton). Jellicoe Cup. for the best single round in the Open Championship.—R. Stevens (South Australia) and D. L. Woon (Hamilton), each with 69. Professional Championship.—G. E. Hudson (Palmerston North): runner-up, J. B. Tunnell (Castlecliff). Former holder, R A. Jackson (unattached, Auckland). Inter-club Challenge Case for Teams’ Match.—New Plymouth Club (J. Holden, T. J. Jeffery, J. Jeffery, and D. V. Sutherland). Former holder, Titirangi Club (A. E. Browne, N. V. Edwards, G. A. Lawson, and E. W. Young).

CHRISTCHURCH LADIES’ CLUB A flag match was played at Shirley yesterday for trophies given by Mrs G. E. F. Kingscote. The winner in the bronze division was Mrs M. L. Page, who carried the flag to the nineteenth green. Mrs P. O’Shea won the bronze division and took the flag to the eighteenth. WAIMAIRI BEACH LADIES’ CLUB A bisque bogey match played by midweek members of the Waimairi Beach Ladies’ Golf Club resulted: — Mrs D. Nesbit (24), 1 up; Mrs G. Brown (23), all square; Mrs J. Dawson (21), all square. ASHBURTON CLUB Labour Week-end Tourney A tournament will be held on the Ashburton golf links over the fweek-end, beginning on Saturday with a mixed Canadian foursorqe. Intermediate and junior championships will be held on Sunday and the senior championship on Monday. The draw is as under:— Saturday Canadian Foursome 9 a.m.—S. K. Carswell and Mrs Robilliard, E. Brophy and Mrs Brophy, D. Batten and Mrs Bonnington, A. Sutton and partner, L. Todd and Mrs Todd, H. D. Johnston and Miss Johnston, H. McElrea and Mrs Cooper, J. Byrne and Mrs Porter, E. Nightingale and Mrs Lord, A. A. Caithness and Mrs Caithness. 12 Noon.—K. Cookson and Mrs Easterbrook, A. Robertson and Mrs Robertson, D. V. Piper and Mrs Russell, J. Coward and Miss Cowan, C. J. Bonnington and Mrs Hardy, A. F. Wells and partner, D. Silverwood and Mrs Shannon, J. A. Porter and Mrs Nottle. 12.15 p.m.—L. Harper and Mrs A. Bruce, E. V J. Bingham and Mrs Williams, G. Thompson and Mrs Knox, H. H. Freer and Mrs Freer, W. K. Wilson and Mrs Wilson, M. Gilbert and Mrs Allen, J. M. Mcßae and Miss Thomas, F. W. Pipef and Mrs McElrea. 12.30 p.m.—R. B. Knight and Mrs Knight, D. W. Russell and Mrs Drummond, E. Hood and Mrs Hood, R. Finn and Mrs Garrard, A. W. Low and Miss Kilworth, R. D. Penney and Mrs Stapleton, P. Whatman and Mrs Whatman, I. Wilson and Miss Wightman. 12.45 p.m.-r-R. G. Holmes and Mrs McKellar, F. Horgan and Mrs Moore, A. S. Williamson and Miss Langley, T. C. Dolan and Mrs Barclay, G. King and Mrs Truman, D. B. Thomas and Mrs Spencer, D. J. Stewart and Mrs Stewart, T. Hanrahan and partner. Sunday Intermediate and Junior Championship and Medal, Senior Stableford Bogey, and Bogey and Novice Medal 9.0.—C. J. Bonnington, S. K. Carswell, J. Allen, I. M. Hamilton, T. C. Dolan, A. Wells, H. D. Johnston, E. Hood, L. McLaine, B. Kell and, H. A. Vezey, A. A. Caithness, E. R. Easterbrook, R. Jenkins, R. D. Penney, M. Gilbert. 9.15 R. B. Knight, K. G. Nicoll, K. Cookson, I. Kelland, D. Silverwood, F. W. Piper, G. King, A. Sutton, D. Russell, R. G. Thompson, A. W. Low, S. H. Truman, E. Brophy, O. D. Riddell, I. White, N. E. Kirkman. 9.30 T. S. Sewell, E. J. Bingham, D. J. Stewart, L. W. Spencer, P. Jackson. O. Hoar, A. Croy, D. C. Piper, S. Denton, J. Byrne, J. M. Mcßae, J. Isaacs, A. Sutherland, S. D. Porter, G. Ward, T. S. Clay, W. C. Burton, T. Currie, I. Wilson, J. A. Porter, F. Horgan, T. Hanrahan. Monday Senior Championship, Novice Championship, Intermediate Stableford Bogey, and Bogey Match 9.O—D. J. Russell, R. D. Penney, E. Hood, F. W. Piper, J. M. Mcßae, A. A. Caithness, A. Wells, T. C. Dolan, L. McLaine, E. Kirkman, R. Jenkins, T. S. Clay, E. R. Easterbrook, S. Gallagher, H. J. Stevens G. Wesley, T. Sewell, J. Coward, E. J. von Tunzelmann, L. Todd. 9.15 J. Russell, L. V. Pitcher, R. L. Galloway, W. J. Heenan, L. G. Harper, C. J. Bonnington, H. V. Reid, L. Galloway, P. Whatman, E. J. Bingham, A. Robertson, R. Finn. 9.30 S. K. Carswell, K. Galloway, R. G. Holmes, J. Potts, L M. Hamilton, W. R.

Collins, L. Chappell, K. G. Nicoll, G. Ogier, K. Cookson, E. Brophy, D. Silverwood. 9.45—P. Jackson, W. C. Burton, I. Wilson, J. A. Porter, S. H. Truman, A. Sutton, O. Hoar, D. V. Piper, H. F. McElrea, M. Gilbert, E. Nightingale, T. Hanrahan, J. McMaster, F. Horgan. Advt. RANGIORA CARNIVAL GOLF TOURNAMENT A ladies’ open tournament will be held on the Rangiora links on Tuesday, November 4, commencing at noon. Eight-een-hole medal round. Entry fee, ss. Entries close on Friday, October 31. MRS R. ROLTON, Tournament Secretary. ’Phone 350. 557