GOLF Outstanding 68 Gives Dunk Tournament Lead

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30226, 3 September 1963, Page 8

GOLF Outstanding 68 Gives Dunk Tournament Lead

(New Zealand Press Association) PALMERSTON NORTH, September 2. A phenomenal five-under-par 68 in poor conditions gave the Sydney professional W. Dunk a two-stroke lead of 139 at the end of the second round of the £lOOO Metalcraft golf tournament at the Hokowhitu course today. Behind Dunk, who had returned a 71 in the first round, was another Sydney professional, E. Ball, with 141 after rounds of 72 and 69.

Two strokes away was K. D. G. Nagle (N.S.W.) on 143. The New Zealand professional, W. J. Godfrey, and P. W. Thomson (Victoria) were on 145.

Heavy rain during the afternoon made conditions difficult. Surface water ap- • peared on the greens but the i players were able to hit their balls right up to the pin i without fear of going through the green. Dunk was out in 35 and home in 33. He was attaining great length from the tees, and his shots to the green were strong. , However, he did miss a couple of short putts, which, had they dropped, would have given him a superb score.

On the outward journey, after dropping a shot at the first. Dunk had birdies at the short second and the long sixth and seventh. He came home with birdies at the tenth, thirteenth and sixteenth holes. His card read: Out: 5,2, 4,4, 5,4, 4,3, 4 _ln: 3,3, 4. 2,4, 5,4, 4, 4 Five Birdies E. Ball returned an excellent card of 69. He had birdies at the second, third, fifth and seventh holes going out and another at the thirteenth. His card read: Out: 4,2, 3,4, 4,5, 4,3, 5 _ln: 4,3, 4,2, 4,5, 5, 4,4 Nagle followed his first

round of 71 with a 72 in the second. He was again hitting the ball well but some of his putts hung on the lip. He registered three birdies on the outward journey—at the second, the fifth and the seventh—but dropped strokes at the fourth and ninth for a half of 36—one under par. On the inward trip he dropped a stroke at the fourteenth and gained a birdie at the sixteenth. Improved Score Thomson followed his first round card of 74 with a 71. He had halves of 36 and 35 — one under on each half. After dropping a stroke on the first, he had birdies on the fifth, sixth and eighth, only to drop a stroke on the ninth. Thomson dropped another stroke on the tenth, recovered it with a birdie at the short thirteenth, was one over at the next, and followed this with birdies at the next two holes. F. Phillips, the New South Wales professional, who had a 73 in the first round, returned a similar card in the second. He had halves of 36 and 37—one under going out and one over coming home. R. S. Brown, the tail Australian professional, who led the field after the first round with a 70, slipped in his second effort with a 79 made up of halves of 39 and 40. He found the conditions all against him, and was not hitting the bail well. Another to fare badly in the second round was the slightly built Timaru amateur, G. D. Brown, who was the leader in his division after the first round. He slumped with an 86. W. J. Godfrey was out in

38 after dropping a stroke at the tenth. He recovered with a birdie at the next only to drop strokes at the seventeenth and eighteenth. He completed the next half in 34—three under par—which included birdies ait the first and fifth and an eagle at the long, par-five sixth. He dropped a stroke at the ninth. B. W. Devlin, the unattached Sydney professional, found the conditions against him for the second round and followed his fine 72 in the morning with a 76 in the second round to slip back through the field. Superb Shot Ait the tenth hole during the afternoon round the Japanese professional, H. Sugimoto, found has ball just past a tall tree, but close to the trunk. When addressing it, he had two feet of backswing, and was about 100 yards from the green. He played a superb shot to within two feet of the hole, and then sank the putt for a birdie. Sugimoto was out in 34, three under par, and came home in 36 (par). The leading second round scores were (‘denotes professional) : 139—‘W. Dunk (N.S.W.), 71, 68. 141—‘E. Ball (N.S.W.) 72 69. 143—‘K. D. G. Nagle (N.S.W.), 71, 72. 145 ‘W. J. Godfrey (Auckland). 73, 72; P. W. Thomson (Victoria), 74, 71, 146 ‘F. Phillips (N.S.W.), 73, 73. 247—‘8. J. Coxon (Manawatu), 72, 7»; ‘P. R. Mills (Victoria), 74, 73. 148— ‘B. W. Delvin (N.S.W.), 72. 76; *W. Touhy (N.S.W.) 74, 74. 149 ‘R, S. Brown (Victoria), 70 79. 150— J. Stern (Palmerston North), 77, 73; ‘H. Sugimoto (Japan), 80, 70; ‘L. Thomas (Western Australia), 77, 73. 151— ‘D. Welch (N.S.W.). 74, 77. 152 ‘J. C. Davis (N.S.W.), 75, 77. 154—J. Shand (Manawatu), 80. 74; H. R. Carver (Wanganui) 75, 79. 15a—‘A. A. Murray (N.S.W.), 80, 75; ‘A. Murray (Auckland), 80, 75; B. M. Silk (Wanganui), 78, 77. 156—‘T. A, Brady (Miramar), 80. 76. 157.—G. Q. AttwiM (Mangai kino). 79, 78; ‘F. X. Buckler , (Lochiel), 75 , 82; R. Montgom- • ery (Manawatu) 75, 82; R. H. M. Knight (Otaki). 76, 81. I. 158—J. A. Andrews (Manawatu), 76. 82; ‘A. E. Guy i (Manugakiekie), 79, 79; R. A. Mohekey (Manawatu), 77, 81.