Hartstone, Clarke win foursomes play-off

Press, 9 May 1978, Page 44

Hartstone, Clarke win foursomes play-off

PA Hastings Two New Zealand representative golfers, Paul Hartstone (Napier) and Geoff Clarke (St Clair), won the national amateur foursomes championship in a sudden-death play-off at the Hastings Golf Club yesterday.

Hartstone and Clarke won the title at the fourth hole; on the play-off from the two Barltrop brothers, Rodney (Miramar) and Michael! (Feilding). Both pairings finished the, 36 holes on 144 (even par) to force the first-ever play-1 off in the foursomes chain-! pionship. After the morning round, the Barltrops held first equal place with a I-under pari score of 71, with Clarke and' Hartstone three shots back.! Both combinations wre; J-under the card after the first nine holes of the second eagle at the par five tenth! by Clarke and Hartstone put widl’the^Barkro'ps 6 ' PeBg ' n6 i The Barltrops scrambled over the last two holes, but! secured pars to finish the' round with a 1-over 73 to I maintain the 1-shot lead. Hartstone drove well on! ♦he long eighteenth, and, needing a birdie to tie,; Clarke hit a magnificen’j 7-iron to within four metres from the hole. Hartstone I

i holed the putt to force the, ! play-off. Clarke won the toss and! i elected to tee off first. Uncharacteristically, he I sliced his drive into the pines flanking the right of ; the fairway and the foursomes title looked to favour I the Barltrops, who went up I the middle. Hartstone played a precision recovery shot, leaving Clarke a 120 m pitch to the !green. Michael Barltrop’s approach was too strong, but his brother Rodney, one of 'golf’s great chipping exponents, played to within a metre of the hole to secure (the half. As darkness descended the |second and third holes were both halved in par, again •hanks to Rodney’s deftness both on and around the I greens. The par-3 fourth proved I the Baritrops’s downfall iwhen they were bunkered off the tee and finished with a bogey to Clarke and HartIstone’s'par. ■ Third was the St Clair i pairing of John Finn and

i.Kim McDonald, who shot a |l-under par 71 in the afterli noon to finish on 146. Canterbury players did not fare well, reported a special : correspondent from Hast- ’ ings. The seasoned pair of Bruce Taylor and Des Tumi er performed the best, but they finished 10 shots behind . the eventual winners. Their morning round was ; a poor 79, seven shots over the card, but they improved slightly on this to record a : 75 in the afternoon. One shot behind Taylor . and Turner was the pair of i Simon Robinson and Geoff Saunders, who carded 79 and 76. Results were.— 144—M. E. Barltrop (Feilding) and R. M. Barltrop (Miramar), : 71, 73; G. E. Clarke (St Clair) and I P. ,E. Hartstone (Napier) 74, 70. 146—J. Finn and K. I. McDonald (St Clair), 75, 71. 148— P. T. Carrigan (Grange) and F. Nobilo (Titirangi), 74, 74. 149— 1. Peters (Springfield) and P. A. Reid (Muriwai), 74, 75; P. R. 1 Wells (Napier) and J. M. Dorreen (Hastings), 71, 78. 150— P. M. Burney (Manakau) and R. A. White (Remuera), 78, 72. 151— R. D. Morgan and M. A.

Randrup i Hamilton), 75, 76; R. D. Bradley and M. D. Piper (Miramar), 78, 73; J. J. Barv and J. G. Gatley (Lochiel), 76, 75; K. R. Downie (Invercargill) and J. H. Lapsley (Winton), 75, 76; S. Hoare (Manor Park) and P Mosely (Miramar), 74, 77; P. A. Maude and W. L. Hill (Hastings), 75, 76. 152— S. Barron and L. Phelps (Paraparaumu). 77, 75; A. D. Walker (Shandon) and D. A. Render-Walsh (Coringa), 76, 76: I. S. MacDonald (Wellington) and G. D. White < Wellington). 74, 78. 153— R. J. Johnston and C. M. Harper (St Clair), 78. 75; T. J. Joseph (Manakau) and Michael Leitch (Maungakiekie), 77, 76. 154— H. Winchester and A. B. Smith (Masterton), 79, 75; P. Harnish (Manakau) and G. A. Ritchie (Muriwai), 76, 78; P Gallagher (Coils Harbour, N.S.W.) and A. R. Smith (Te Aroha), 80. 74; S. G. Jones (Hastings) and E. J. Brodie (Taupo), 78. 76; G. M. Hughson (Karori) and M. J. S. Williams (Paraparaumu), 80. 74; M. T. Davidson and R. A. Wilson (Miramar), 77. 77; B. C. Taylor (Russleyl and D. N. Turner (Christchurch), 79, 75; S. E. Reid (Ngahinepouri) and G. B Weatherly (Lochiel), 75. 79. OTHERS 155— S. S. Robinson and G. C. Saunders (Chch), 79, 76. 162—M. G. Brown and J. R. Parlane (Chch), 84 , 78. 165—8. K. Street 'Harewood) and S. J. Paterson (Waltikiri), 85. 80. 169 —W. L. Poka (Feilding) and I. D. Dobson (Chch), 85, 84; D. J. Cochrane (Coringa) and R. Sisson (Russley). 83. 86.