GOLF FREYBERG ROSEBOWL TOURNAMENT

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27664, 21 May 1955, Page 9

GOLF FREYBERG ROSEBOWL TOURNAMENT

Charles Beats Woon In Fine Match WELLINGTON LEADING BY HALF A POINT

Wellington and Manawatu-Wanganui jean certain to fight out the final of the Freyberg Rosebowl interprovincial golf championship at Russley this afternoon. Yesterday they won both their matches, leaving Wellington with four points and Manawatu-Wanganui with three and a half. Both play comparatively weak teams in the fifth round this morning. Other teams which are arithmetically in reach of the leaders are Otago, with three points, and Canterbury and Waikato, each with two and a half. But on the form shown on the first two days, the leaders deserve to hold their position. Except for a brief period in the morning, when there was a howling wind and heavy rain, overhead conditions for players and public were very pleasant Under foot they had less to commend them. Heavy showers during'the night had made the approaches to some greens and a few of the tees very muddy, and the course, not having had time to recover from a minor drought did not often offer the reward of a good lie for the well placed drive As the weather improved, the pace of the greens quickened, requiring nice judgment of strength, but they provided beautiful surfaces for putting Wellington did not retain its unbeaten record without incident. In the morning it scrambled home against Waikato, the match depending on J D. Hurry’s match with G. T. Taylor. Durry was dormie two, but lost the seventeenth and his second at the last hole finished at the front of a long green. Taylor approached beautifully to 12 feet from the hole, and had he succeeded with his putt, the game and the match would have been halved But Taylor missed his birdie by half a roll of the ball. The points scored so far are: Wellington 4, Manawatu-Wanganui 34 Otago 3, Canterbury 2J. Waikato 24 Auckland 2, Hawke’s Bay 2, Taranaki 2, Bay of Plenty 1, Southland 1, Gis-borne-East Coast j, Nelson-Marl-borough-West Coast 0. Woon and Charles The game of the day was undoubtedly the morning meeting of the open champion, R. J. Charles, and the amateur champion, D. L. Woon. Charles came from far behind to win an exciting match which produced some grand golf. Charles made most of his few errors in the early stages of the round, when both players were victims of the depressing weather. Charles played beautiful golf, his relaxed and easy swing giving him as much length as Woon’s more hurried hitting at all j but a few holes. Charles took care i yesterday not to hit very high ap- ' proaches into the wind, and as usual his chipping and putting were phenom- ■ enally accurate. He also won respect ; for his course manners, which are im- ■ peccable. His example was lost on at i least one of the country’s outstanding : golfers, whose tantrums were unworthy of a player in his or any posi- ! tion. At first it was nearly all Woon, who j putted methodically but without sue- i cess for birdies at the first three holes. 1 He seemed then to have found the cer- * tain touch which had eluded him on j the first day. He won the second hole. < but duffed his chip at the fourth like ; a tyro, and Charles rolled down a 14- < foot putt for a win. Woon immedi- < ately regained the initiative however. , and although Charles had.a birdie at tile ninth, Woon achieved a half after i a delicately controlled chip which had 1 to carry a bunker and stop quickly. j When Woon sank an eight-foot putt fir a birdie at the tenth, he was three 1 up and it seemed impossible that ; Charles could recover so much ground from a player of Woon’s calibre. But ’ he did, with some of the finest golf of < the tournament. At the eleventh Charles’s second, played from rough, pitched two feet from the cup and it was a moral birdie, for when he putted rather hurriedly he had two for the , ynt He won the twelfth with another j birdie and at the thirteenth played a j v ery fine wood second off a sloping lie : to halve the hole in birdie 4. j So in only five holes, the pair had i sx, virtually seven birdies, and Charles, three down with eight to play, had squared the match four holes from j home. Charles went to the front for t ®e first time with his orthodox 3 at 1

fifteenth, but very nearly lost his at the next hole, where Woon Pfficd two spectacular shots and was a touch of a birdie. The game ®ded with Charles, not for the first demonstrating the virtue of the tow approach into the wind. Woon’s Was much higher and fell short of the Charles was two under coming “ olne even with his four at the seventh, and again his temperament ®d skill stood the test. Woon also splendidly most of the time. w hen they last met, Woon won, in the wnateur final at Heretaunga. Canterbury’s Matches After an easy win in the morning, Can*bury was badly beaten by Wellington fourth round. Canterbury’s only was R. E. Clements, who has had wins. The only other players witn a record are Charles and I. A. Ewen Wellington), N. H. Amon (Manawatuwanganui), and G. C. Halligan (South- ®“). J-tements has been playing splendidly in f lB tournament. Against L.' Domigan m p* morning he was two under scratcn out, and 4 up. Clements hits a way, and if he was occasionally off S* bis powers of recovery were reAt the sixth hole he came out * * bunker and had the good fortune to w into the hole, on the first bounce. But “we 497-yard ninth two long hits put s® pin high in a bunker, and this time g* explosion shot left him a putt of an "J? or two. fc ~? nter bury’s number one, C. W. CaldJr l ’ squared his match with K. J. Smith J?** a poor first half. Smith sank a putt “ ® feet for his birdie at the thirteenth. Caldwell kept at him and drew level 5* .“Ole from home. E. G. Kerr played r'amly to beat D. J. Day, his win by 3 being a fair reflection of the difbetween their putting. C. Jb <2 Played a fine round of 74 to beat tLi- Evans, and R. C. Kearns showed form against A. W. Black. M. -L?teptey, whose form has been someS?J«sappointir.g, lost to T. E. Pfahlert. through his inability to drop short J?. afternoon Caldwell began miangly against Charles and was 1 up kour holes, but he then lost four holes to par figures, and by the match was almost over. Caldthe eighteenth with a perfectly EwZ? .“frdie and lost no further ground, iJ*,® 6 short seventh he failed to hole •Fate which he needed to keep the Paying W. G. Horne, struck most az?. trouble in the first four holes, three he lost, and this margin was too against a player of Home’s calibre, this point, however. Ward tried desEi 1 ? - hard to bridge the gap. and he back two holes by the turn. . he lapsed, losing the tenth and and three-putting at the fifteenth, the end Home gave him no against W. B. Reilly, Stanley

wberp ‘hl h h h °l? untll the thirteenth. Ib v hrrdie. Reilly, reason<i throiigh the fairways, apa remarkable precision, using ?n f T n to . run the ball U P from 30 to Clement* Putting accurately, had another easy win over J. S wel? could do lew things the wS-w ritnn-Cihb. using what must be or Z r » ld biggest driver, was in and out thnl h wY ee A and a ‘though Clements this hMTer rr thr o e . ov M r - he needed nothing tMtS' n. tlnmilton-Gibbs. perhaps frusnF hI S laclt 01 success from tee to mr , ?' , ’ la o ved pi his best putts on the m £? e — anc J Put it in from 15 feet. r4 ?z? rr the 19-year-old former exrfi?4»nt Utl r» J ' D ‘ Durr y« whose form was t+ C ?u ent ’ . Durr y was one under scratch and I^ rr ' s game, although was n °ti«good enough. wen established an early lead ar P s ’ and again it was a case of I%U^ e £ ngto . n man yielding no point a “er getting in front. Ewen was out in « i? Kearns s 39, and the game swung Fj 1 + 1 2 y ,?\ V£ L y Kearns when he was in the ditch at the tenth and the trees at the eleventh, losing both holes.

Hole-in-One Perhaps the other major event of the day was the hole-in-one by A. C. Relph, of Bay cf Plenty, who was 4 down at the a * ri li E- Wilson (Hawke’s Bay). At the 161-yard tenth Wilson put his tee shot three feet from the pin. Relph. after complaining to Wilson that he had not left much room, contradicted himself

with a seven-iron which never wavered from the line to the hole. It was Relph’s first hcle-in-one. Thus encouraged, Relph ■ came home in 33, but even that was not . quite enough. The first blow in Manawatu-Wanganui’s ! heavy defeat of Otago was struck by B. ’ M. Silk, who beat A. R. Timms hand- • somely. Silk was one under at the turn, and 4 up, and he was still one under at the end. He played with typically easy skill, and he played such precise golf that Timms, whose seconds sometimes wandered, had no chance. In the afternoon Silk beat another fellow-member of the New Zealand team which went to England—S. G. Jones, of Hawke’s Bay. This match produced some spectacular shots, notable among them Jones’s full brassie at the 226-yard fifteenth, which left him, a putt of two feet. Jones was the longer’ hitter and did not allow his own eccentricities to depress him. He must be among the most cheerful hitters of the occasional bad shot. Silk was as methodical as ever and won comfortably. Today’s match between ManawatuWanganui and Wellington will begin at I. p.an., with Silk meeting Charles, and this should provide a fitting climax to three days of enjoyable golf. Horne will play D. G. Leng-Ward, Hamilton-Gibbs ; wr?l meet N. H. Amon, who yesterday played extremely well, Durry will play : J. N. Andrews. Reilly will play K. S. Glendinning. and Ewen will meet E. J. Astin. On the form of the first two days Wellington must have an excellent chance ‘ of remaining unbeaten. Results yesterday were:— THIRD ROUND Canterbury v. Nelson-West CoastMarlborough C. W. Caldwell halved with K. J. , Smith; C. J. Ward beat N. T. Evans, 5 and 4; R. E. Clements beat L. Domigan, 5 and 4: M. W. Stanley lost to T. E. Pfahlert, 1 down; E. G. Kerr beat D. J. Day, 4 and 3; R. D. Kearns beat A. W. Black, 4 and 3. Canterbury won by 4J games to IJ. Auckland v. Gisborne-East Coast W. W. Smith beat J. C. Corson. 1 up; N. V. Edwards beat L. D. Roderick, 3 arid 2; J. C. Oliver beat E. S. Toogood. 1 up; J. P. Ralph beat R. T. Field, 5 and 4; N. F. Dowden lost to H. W. Larmer, 1 down; N. W. Osmond beat G. Farmer. 4 and 3. Auckland won by 5 games to 1. Hawke’s Bay v. Bay of Plenty S. G. Jones beat I. E. Deadman, 2 and 1; F. T. Gordon lost to M. J. Thornton, 4 and 3; G. E. Wilson beat H. C. Relph, 2 and 1; R. B. Darley beat D. TC Boone, 6 and 4; H, R. Davis lost to H. P. Dale, 4 and 2; J. Doreen beat I. A. Wylds, 2 and 1. Hawke’s Bay won by 4 games to 2. Manawatu-Wanganui v. Otago B. M. Silk beat A. R. Timms, 5 and 4; D. G. Leng-Ward beat A. Gibbs, 4 and 2; N. H. Amon beat T. C. Tyrell, 2 and 1; K. S. Glendinning beat B. A. Colquhoun, 2 and 1; J. N. Andrews beat R. C. Murray, 2 and 1; E. J. Astin beat N. H. North. 3 and 2. Manawatu-Wanganui won by 6 games to O. » Taranaki v. Southland T. J. Jeffery beat E. J. Geary, 2 and 1; J. Holden beat W. N. Hollands, 2 up; D. V. Sutherland beat A. T. Maley, 6 and 5; J. Jeffery lost to H. A. Walker, 1 down; R A. Court beat G. McKay, 2 up; J Lacy lost to G. C. Halligan, 3 and 2. Taranaki won by 4 games to 2. Wellington v. Waikato R. J. Charles beat D. L. Woon, 2 and 1; W. C. Horne halved with R. H. Glading; J. S. Hamilton-Gibbs lost to M. R. Thompson. 1 down; W. B. Reilly lost to J. H. Harker, 4 and 3; J. D. Durry beat G. L. Taylor, 1 up; I. A. Ewen beat A. F. Bullick, 4 and 3. Wellington won by 3-J games to 21. FOURTH ROUND Auckland v. Bay of Plenty W. W. Smith halved with I. E. Deadman; N. V. Edwards beat M. J. Thornton, 1 up; J. C. Oliver lost to A. C. Relph, 3 and 2; J. P. Ralph beat D. K. Boone, 1 up; N F. Dowden beat H. P. Dale, 4 and 3; N. W. Osmond beat I. A. Wylds, 2 up. Auckland won by 41 games to 11. Manawatu-Wanganui v. Hawke’s Bay B. M. Silk beat S. G. Jones, 4 and 3; D. C. Leng-Ward lost to F. T. Gordon, 3 and 1: N. H. Amon beat G. E. Wilson, 3 and 2; K. S. Glendinning halved with R. B. Dailey; J. N. Andrews beat H. R. Davis, 5 and 4; E. J. Astin beat J. Doreen, 4 and 3. Manawatu-Wanganui won by 41 games to U. Waikato v. Southland D L Woon beat E. J. Gray, 4 and 3; R. H. filading beat W. N. Hollands, 6 and 5; M. R. Thompson beat A. T. Maley. 6 and 5; J. H. Harker beat H. A. Walker, 3 and 2; G. L. Taylor beat G. McKay, 3 and 2; A. F. Bullick lost to G. C. Halligan, 1 down. Waikato won by 5 games to 1. Wellington v. Canterbury R. J. Charles beat C. W. Caldwell, 3 and 2: W. G. Horne beat C. J. Ward, 2 and 1; J. S. Hamilton-Gibbs lost to R. E. Clements, 6 and 4; W. B. Reilly beat M. W. Stanley, 2 and 1; J. D. Durry beat E. G. Kerr, 4 and 2; I. A. Ewen beat R. D. Kearns, 2 and 1. Wellington won by 5 games to 1. Taranaki v. Nelson-West CoastMarlborough T. J. Jeffery lost to K. J. Smith, 4 and 3; J. Holden halved with N. T. Evans; D. V. Sutherland beat L. Domigan, 4 and 3: J. Jeffery beat T. E. Pfahlert, 3 and 1; R. *A. Court beat D. J. Day, 4 and 3; J. Lacy beat A. W. Black, 6 and 5. Taranaki won by 4J games to IJ. Otago v. Gisborne-East Coast A. R. Timms beat J. C. Corson, 4 and 3- A. Gibbs beat L. D. Roderick, 4 and 2; T. C. Tyrell halved with E. S. Toogood; B. A. Colquhoun beat R. T. Field, 6 and 5; R. C. Murray beat H. W. Larmer, 1 up; N. H. North lost to G. Farmer, 1 down. . ~ Otago won by 41 games to IJ. New season’s stocks of world famous Dunlop 65 Golf Balls are now available. * —Advt.

AVONDALE LADIES’ OPEN TOURNAMENT The draw for Tuesday, May 24 is as follows: No. 1 Tee t\/t B t 3( L S * Che twin, Mrs E. Mclntyre, Mrs C. M. Lipscombe. 8.35 • Mrs R. Casbolt, Mrs M. P. Rousham, Mrs J. Brooke-Taylor. 8.40: Mrs P. Goulding, Miss A. Mcßean, Mrs J. Bissett. 8.45Mrs A. J. Dickey, Mrs G. Alexander, Mrs H. Cuttance. 8.50: Mrs A. J. Sowden Miss M. Sowden. Mrs A. Grayson. 8.55’• Miss D. Irvine, Mrs J. Clay don, Mrs N Robertson. 9 a.m.: Mrs R. G. Edward, Miss V. Fleming, Miss M. Manning. 9.5: Mrs J Cobden Cox, Mrs Davey, Mrs J. Paton. 9.10: Mrs M. Wilkins, Mrs L. Walker, Mrs R. Calder. 9.15: Mrs R. Reynolds, Mrs A. C. Fraser, Mrs W. Toomey. 9.20:“ Miss V. Scott, Mrs R. Hegan, Mrs V. Atkinson. 9.25: Mrs E. Sigley, Mrs E. Ryde, Mrs C. Wood. 9.30: Mrs A. B. 8001, Mrs H. Fowler, Mrs S. E. Nixon. 9.35: Mrs G. Wright, Mrs L. R. Burt, Mrs I. Arundel. 9.40: Mrs N. V. Ching, Mrs D. Adamson, Mrs R. Blatchford. 9.45: Miss I. Robson, Mrs C. Rogers. Mrs E. Bailey. 9.50: Mrs M. Murray, Miss M. Morton, Mrs J. Turpin. 9.55: Mrs F. W. Maples, Mrs J. Glasson, Mrs F. Collins. 10 a.m.: Mrs C. Thom, Miss E. E. Horrell, Mrs F. I. Hames. No. 10 Tee 8.30 a.m.: Miss A. Allington, Mrs N. Hay, Mrs H. M. Minson. 8.35: Miss A. Hine, Mrs J. Nicholls, Mrs B. Houlahan. 8.40: Mrs R. Trangmar, Miss R. Kidd, Mrs H. Cordery. 8.45: Miss M. Findlay, Mrs V. Claridge, Mrs Mahon. 8.50: Mrs C. Rhodes, Mrs D. Millard, Mrs D. Watt. 8.55: Mrs L. Oakley, Mrs M. O. Smith, Mrs T. Ware. 9 a.m.: Mrs P. Z. Harris, Mrs L. Broxton, Mrs M. Duckworth. 9.5: Mrs N. Martin, Mrs A. D. Brown, Miss N. Mason. 9.10: Miss E. Dick, Mrs G. B. Nevell, Mrs R. K. Allan. 9.15: Mrs A. Anderson, Mrs D. Bennett, Mrs U. Herdman. 9.20: Mrs A. Manson, Mrs N. Chatfield, Mrs A. Jecks. 9.25: Miss M. Browne, Mrs M. Landreth, Mrs R. Taylor. 9.30: Miss J. Browne, Mrs J. Carr, Mrs L. Draw for foursomes at club house.