Golf Champion On Count-Back

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32235, 2 March 1970, Page 22

Golf Champion On Count-Back

(N.Z. Press Association > INVERCARGILL. Otago won the South Island interprovincial golf championship at Otatara over the weekend, on a count-back from Mid-South Canter-; bury. Each had two wins and a half, but Otago scored 15 individual victories, three more than Mid-South Canterbury. Southland and Canterbury! were equal third each win-! nine twice, and the combined Buller - Westland - Marlborough • Nelson team won once. Of the three New Zealand representatives who played in the match against Australia in September—R C. Murray. G E. Clarke and G. D. Brown —Clarke had the best record. He beat Murray and M ■Gyde on Saturday, and yes-

’terday, after a 7 and 6 victory lover R. Farrant, the Canter-1 bury No. 1, he fought back from dormy three to halve his game with the top lefthander. P. Adams (Southland). Murray, following his onehole defeat by Clarke, halved with Adams, then decisively beat E. H. M. Richards (Can Terbury), 5 and 3, and K. Gar-1 diner (Combined), 6 and 4. But Brown had a poor tournament, losing to Gardiner and M. Strange (Southland),, halving with A. Browne (Mid-! (South), and beating Richards, 2 and 1. R K. Atkinson was the most successful of the Canterbury team, being one of. the six players to remain un-! beaten in the tournament. He, Clarke, C. Munro (Otago), P. Conlan (Otago); Strange and K. Downie (Southland) had three wins and a half. In the only match he failed to win, Atkinson was three

down at the turn to A. Morgan (Mid-South) but then won four- successive holes to take the lead for the first time. However, he lost the sixteenth and seventeenth but won the, last hole with a par to square the match. Farrant. a reserve for the last New Zealand team, had • two wins on Saturday, against. Adams and Gardiner, and two ! losses yesterday, to Clarke and Browne. The team results were:— i Saturday.—Canterbury 7, Bui- ' ler-Wcstland-Marlborough - Nelson 1: Otago 6, Buller Combined 2: Southland s*. Mid-South Canterbury 21; Canterbury 4? <( Southland 34: Mid-South Canter bury 4. Otago 4. Sundav. —Buller Combined. 5| Southland 2U Mid-South Canter bury 4). Buller Combined 31; Otago 51. Canterbury 21; Mid South Canterbury 4U Canter burv’34; Southland 4|, Otago , Details of the Canterbury' matches were: v. Buller Combined—Rich ards beat Gyde. 4 and 2: Taylor beat Rainbird, 3 and 1: Bradley beat Dailies, 1 up; Titmus lost to Nicholls. 3 and 2: Farrant beat .Gardiner, 3 and 2; •

Broadhurst beat Stephens. 4 and) 3: Logie beat Templeman, 3, and 2; Atkinson beat Stapp. 1 up. v. Southland—Farrant beat j P. R. Adams. 1 up; Broadhurst, and Downie, all square: Logie, lost to Vear. 4 and 2; Atkinson; beat Williamson. 3 and 2; i ; Strange beat Richards. 4 and 2; Taylor beat Kerr, 4 and 2: t Bradley lost to G J Adams, 3 and 2: Titmus heal McKenzie, j .3 and 2. I v. Otago.—Farrant lost to Clarke. 6 and 5. Richards lost to Brown. 2 and 1; Broadhurst lost to Roche. 4 and 2; Munr,o beat Taylor. 4 and 2: Conlon beat Logie. 8 and 6: Bradley Deal Colquhoun. 4 and 3: Atkinson beat Whitaker. 1 up; Tit '. mus and Mackay, all square, j v. Mid-South Canterbury.— ; Farrant lost to Browne. 1 up; Richards lost to Murray, 5 and, 8: Broadhurst lost to Maw. ‘U and 1; Taylor beat Vasty. 1 up; j Logie beat Maguigan, 5 and 3: ' Bradley lost to Barbour 5 and 4: Atkinson and Morgan, all j square: Titmus beat Alexander., ;4 and 2.