Pulman’s steadiness pays off

Press, 10 May 1980, Page 60

Pulman’s steadiness pays off

PA Hamilton ] i Terry Pulman, the slightly i; built Aucklander who won-’ the national amateur golf championship in 1976-77 and i was beaten on the last greeni in a semi-final by the ulti-p mate winner, John Durry.jt last year, came through two;i tough matches at Lochiel : yesterday to reach the quar-H ter-finals. Pulman beat his ex-ji perienced Grange clubmate, ! Peter Creighton, yesterday]' morning after'Creighton had 1 shown unaccustomed loose-ii ness in his iron play. 'i In the afternoon Pulman’s • steadiness; served him well i .in a tight match against Phil I ’ Mosley (North Shore) whoii also became wayward with I < his iron shots' at a vital! stage • and dropped shots in;, the last four, .holes of the i match, which Pulman won' 2 i and 1. - • ■; Experience generally wonji through in the second andii third rounds yesterday, but 1 ]

-the 22-year-old Alan Smith, playing on his home course, iand 19-year-old Clyde Burnley (Manukau) who is playing steadily, still present a challenge from youth. ] The New . Zealand representatives Geoff Clarke (St Clair) and Paul Hartstone ;(Te Awamutu) kept them- ] selves right ' in contention with fine wins. Clarke weathered some uncanny putting from Lance Phelps (Paraparaumu), to win 2 and 1 in the morning, but had to fight to beat Michael Barltrop. (Manukau) in the afternoon. Jim Lapsiey (Winton), and Colin Taylor (Hamilton) who were well up in the queue in the qualifying rounds, have continued their good form. / Lapsiey entered the last /eight' easily ■ by going to six up at the turn against an.out-of-form Keith Roberts, of (Shandon, who had won his (earlier two matches at the i nineteenth and twentieth ‘holes. Lapsiey ended the

, match with birdies at the :J twelfth and thirteenth. -; Taylor has played with -(admirable steadiness] 1 (throughout the tournament, and'the dogged Aucklander, - Phil Reid, who has twice t previously reached the semiz finals, is. still in with a - chance. ’ The draw for the quarterfinals this morning is: Reid 5 v. Lapsiey, Clarke v. Taylor, 2 Burney v. Smith, Hartstone 3 v. Pulman. Semi-finals will be played t-in the afternoon, and the ) I final over 36 holes tomor- ! row. Results: I Second round. — i P. A. Reid (Muriwai) beat J. ; iS. Thomson (Waikare) 3 and 1;] tR. T. Hogg (Whitb.v) beat R. A. 11 White ■ (Remuera) 1 up; K. A. .(Shandon)- beat M. F. .Neill (Titirangi) at the 20th: J. H. Lapsiey (Winton) beat R. Hyland f (Whakatane) 2a'nd 1; M. E. S Barltrop (Manukau) beat G. Dyer B (Manukau) 7 and 5; G. E. Clarke 7 (St Clair) beat L. Phelps (ParaUjparaumu) 2 and 1; D. J. Render e‘(Shandon) beat S. Morpeth (Maa-

awatu) 1 up; C. E. Taylor (Hamilton) beat B. Roderick (Tauranga); 6 and 5; C. Burney (Manukau) i beat Q. Scheurich (Lochiel) 1 up; T. Treen (Titirangi) beat R. D. Morgan (Hamilton) 5 and 3; A. R. Smith (Lochiel) beat G. A. Kelly (Balmacewan) 2 and 1; C. D. Castle (Wellington) beat A. D. Walker (Shandon) 1 up; P. E. Hartstone (Te Awamutu) beat G. Joynes (Hamilton) 3 and 2; R. M. Barltrop (Miramar) beat K. I. McDonald (St. Clair) 2 and 1; P. W. Mosley (North Shore) beat T. Cochrane (Waitemata) 4 and 2: T. R. Pulman (Grange) beat P. K. Creighton (Grange) 5 and 4. Reid beat Hogg 2 and 1: Lapsiey beat Roberts 6 and 5; Clarke beat M. E. Barltrop 3 and 2; Taylor beat Render 3 and 2; Burney beat Treen 2 and 1; Smith beat Castle 2 and 1; Hartstone beat R. M. Barltrop 5 and! 4; Pulman beat Mosley 2 and] New Zealand Plate — elimin-! ation round. — J. Kurta (New Plymouth) beat R. W. Stevenson (Lochiel) 4 and 3; S. Barron (Waikanaei beat G. Waite (Palmer•ston North) by default; M. T. Davidson (Patea) beat S. S. Robinson (Shirley) 3 and 2; I. A.] Peters (Springfield) beat C. H. Neill (Paraparaumu) 4 and 3; H. Winchester (Omanu) beat MN. Nicholson (Whakatane) 1 up; J, G. Gatley (Lochiel) beat R-

A. Godso (Pukekohe) 7 »r.d 5; IP. K. Keenan (Levin) beat B. Soland (Titirangi) 5 and 4; S. Bittie (Hamilton) beat B. C. Taylor (Russleyj 1 up; R. P- Bell (Ashburton) beat K. Johnson (Rotorua) 4 and 3; M. J. R. Atkinson (St Clair) beat C. Treen (Peninsula) 5 and 4; M. K. Webber (Paraparaumu) beat J. J. V. Bary (Lochiel) 3 and 1; S. E. Reid (Ngahinepouri) beat J. R. BlUington (Miramar) at the 19th; G. Ritchie (Muriwai) beat P. D. R. Burney (Manukau) beat R. Street (New Plymouth) 4 and 2; Kitto (Wanganui) 3 and 2; P. Alckin (Whitford Park) beat J. Ferregel (Pukekohe 3 and 1. First round contested by the 16 winner of elimination matches and the 16 players eliminated in the second round of the chamI pionship matchplay).— ' Kurta beat Thomson 3 and 2; ; White beat Barron 3 and 2; M. IF. Neill beat Davidson 5 and 4; i Hyland beat Peters 3 and 1; Dyer beat Winchester 4 and 3; Gatley beat Phelns 6 and 5; Radka beat Morpeth 2 and 1; Roderick beat Keenan 7 and 6; Bittie beat Scheurich 5 and 4; Morgan beat Bell at the 19th; Atkinson beat; Kellv 4 and 2: Webber beat' Walker 3 and 2; S. Reid beat; iJovnes 4 and 3: Ritchie beat Me-] fDonald 5 and 3: R. Burney beat (Cochrane 1 up; Alckin beat [Creighton 4 and 8.