N.Z. seventh in golf championship

Press, 20 September 1982, Page 18

N.Z. seventh in golf championship

NZPA special corespondent Lausanne The Auckland golfer. Philip Aickin. scored a brilliant final round four-under-par 68 to help New Zealand into seventh place in the Eisenhower Troph.v world team championship which ended in Lausanne at the week-end. The championship, played aver the narrow Lausanne course, was won by the United States with a total of 859. seven shots clear of Sweden and Japan, with France and Taiwan filling out the top five. South Africa was sixth on 879. two shots ahead of New Zealand.

The New Zealand side had their best day of the week thanks to Aickin's score, returning a total of 216. with Mike Barltrop's 73. and 75 from Greg Turner counting as well. For the third consecutive round there was no contribution from Colin Taylor who shot 78. Aickin. aged 21. had an individual total of 288 to tie for sixth, only four behind the best performer. Argentina's Louis Carbonetti. a 30-ycar-old law student. The Aucklander set up his good score with five birdies in the first nine, four of them in the stretch from the fifth

to the ninth, and he turned in 32. Yet another birdie at the short eleventh, which was his third two of the round, put him five under and in sight of a course record. Mistakes then set in as the pressure increased and he dropped shots at the next two holes.

He held on bravely though, clinching his final birdie at the fifteenth.

"Philip has really improved since going to Oklahoma University." Barltrop said.

"He’s so much more of a solid player now than he ever was back in New Zealand. He's rid himself of his

loose shots." Barltrop had reason to feel pleased with his play as well, because after turning in a miserable 39. he produced three birdies on the back nine to return in 34.

Turner was going sweetly before running up a seven at the switchback par-five thirteenth. a hole which caught him out early in the week. He had played the first nine in 36.

The New Zealand selector. Jim Treacy. also an administrative committee member of the World Amateur Golf Council, said afterwards that New Zealand golf was falling behind the European nations.

' With all the money they are pouring into golf on the continent they are producing more good players, and I think it's up to our Government to do something similar to keep pace." he said. Final scores at the 6300metre. par-72 Chalet-a-Gobet course, were.— (Best three of the four scores each day count towards total):— 859 — United States. 212. 215. 221. 211. (Saturday's best scores — Nathaniel Crosby 68. Bob Lewis 70. Jim Holtgrieve 73). 866 — Japan, 214, 215. 223. 214 (Kiyotaha Oie 69, Kasuiko kato 72. Masayuki Naito 73).

866 — Sweden. 221, 214. 218. 213 (Krister Kinell 70. Ove Sellberg 70, Magnus Persson 73). 874 — France, 221, 218, 218, 217 (Philippe Ploujoux 71, Marc Pendaries 72. JeanLouis Schneider 74). 878 — Taiwan. 225, 212. 222. 219 (Yuan Ching-Chi 69, Lai Chen Jen 7.3. Lin Ki Hsiang ("I8/9 — South Africa. 222. 220. 220, 217 (Derek James 70, Duncan Lindsay-Smith 71. David Suddards 76) (Neil James 76). 881 — New Zealand. 221. 219, 225, 216 (Philip Aickin 68. Michael Barltrop 73. Greg Turner 75). 882 — Britain-Ireland, 221,

219. 218. 224 (George MacGregor 74, Philip Walton 72. Andrew Oldeorn 78). 882 — West Germanv, 220, 224, 216. 222 (Hans Reiter 72. Ulrich Schulte 72. Frank Schlig 78). 884 — Switzerland. 220. 225. 218, 221 (Johnny Storjohann 72. Marcus Frank 73. Michael Buchter 76). Other standings: 888. Spain; 889. Italy: 890. Philippines; 893, Argentina: 897. Denmark: 904. Belgium; 911. Mexico: 912. Chile: 915. Norway; 915. South Korea; 917. Austria; 920. Netherlands: 924. Brazil; 937, Finland: 937. Venezuela; 960. Iceland; 971, Hong Kong; 976. Bermuda; 990, Guatemala; 1025 Greece.