Tip lias Kendall leading field

Press, 26 April 1988, Page 56

Tip lias Kendall leading field

P'A ■ .J i J ! ‘ ! < • i Auckland Owen Kendall can thank his brother for the tip which has him in the lead as he began his defence of the New Zealand amateur golf championship yesterday. ' |

| The Kiwi ve shot a solid twri-uhder par 69 to emerge ris only one of nine playerjs to maiager .par or better after he first round at the North Shore course. ' i '. P Kendall . sought some advice from ] his oiler brother Terry,; tjie pro essional j attached to Chamberlain Park, indi was told to alter the position of his head when, he addressed the (ball. ; "He said my head was down too low; j and that was why I wasn’t getting the ball out too jfar," Kendall said after! his round. With the slight alteration, the Mt iMaunganui. player scored ! -three I birdies with a solitary bogey on the short I par three second to lead a strong challenge from the visiting Australians.! j ; [Four of the. visitors managed par .or better as th, 'ey built on; their excel-

lent : form which gave them the; Sloan Morpeth Trophy at- the week-end. ! Kendall; believes ! a score of four or five under par will take out the stroke-play championship before the matchplay begins on Thursday

with the leading 32 jualifiers. - ; .1. “I didnjt | hit it close very often so I didn't have many birdie! chances," he said. The 35-yehr-old d< fend-, ing champion said he played safe ;yesterdry. The fairways were getting harder and the greens plajying slightly more difficult becaise of the traffic in the past few days. 'Nelson's 1 Robert Watt looked set for the round of; the day Jas’ he scooted three under at the turn. 'However.!a triple bogey on the ddg-leg No. 12 brought him back- o the field before he parred his way home.! 'The New' South' Welshman, Lester Peterson, had the day’s brist second nine as he charged home with fpur birdies to finish the round one under] | ! First round scores:—

The top 32 are: 69l — 0. Kendall (Mt Maunganui). 70! — M. King (Wynnum. Aust |). L. Peterson (N.S.W.. I Aust]). E. Boult (Marlborough). 71! — D. Sipson (Mt Maun ganui), S. Bouvier (Southport. Aust.). D. Ecob (Castle Hill Ausl.i, R. Watt (Nelson), M Tuniata (Onewhero). 72 — G. Waller (Peninsula). .M. Phillips (Waitakere . P. Berthelsen (Greenacrei), P. Simpson (Wanganyi), C. Newman (Huapai:, D. .Crisp (Maungakiekie). k. Billington (Sherwood Park). 7|l — J. Finn (Lae P.N.G. , .1. Coulson (Adelaide, Aust. . J. Sincock (Waitakere).’ F. Dewoney (Morrinsvillej. 7 | k — T. Cochrane (Nort 1 Shore), L. Takser (Pupuke . R. Burney (Manukau). 5 . Pettigrew (Hutt). S. Alkcjr (Hi.milton), B. Johns (Tasmania, Aust;), B. Hughus (Vic.. Aust.), P Tataurangi (Whitomo). K. Mariu (Wa[tak'ere), G. Thorne (North Shrire), I. Carruthers (Co - ing’a).