REVIEW OF GOLF

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 265, 4 August 1932, Page 3

REVIEW OF GOLF

Hutt’s Wairarapa Tour HORTON DOES A 69 Some Hot Rounds Recorded

(By

“Niblick.”)

As mentioned in this column last week, Wairarapa possesses a quartet of players who are about as good as auj’ j n tlie game in this country to-day. •P ns r J vi )s proved last week-end, ■ when the Hutt club sent a strong team to play matches against the Wairarapa and Masterton dubs, i Fourballs were played on the Kototawai links on Saturday afternoon, when Wairarapa beat Hutt by six games to five. „ . J. C. BidwiH and D. C. Collins, Wairarapa’s leading pair, proved too good for T. R. MacGregor and S. Hogg, winning out by 2 up and 1 to go. Fireworks at Masterton. Some brilliant golf was seen in the match between Hutt and Masterton during the week-end. In the fourballs in the morning, Masterton won by eleven games to three, with one game halved. T. H. Horton and J. F. Hornabrook (Masterton) had a great fight with Rana Wagg and T. R. MacGregor (Hutt). Despite the fact that Horton and Hornabrook’s best ball for the round was 64, the Hiitt pair fought to the last ditch, and the game was all square at the 17th. Horton brought victory to his side with a 4 at the last hole. He made a magnificent mashie approach of <0 yards with his third shot, which placed him near enough to sink his putt. The, Hutt pair are to be complimented upon putting up such a brave fight. Horton again played brilliantly to defeat Rana Wagg in the singles by 4 and 3. The Hutt No. 1 started off in great style, and was 3 up at the sixth. Horton then jumped into his best form, and playing like a machine rang on 3’s at the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth. Masterton won the singles by 19 games to 7, with five games halved, and took the match by 30 games to 10. The weather was delightful, and the Hutt team was loud in its praises of the hospitality extended to them by both the Wairarapa and Masterion clubs. ' The Watt Cup. By their sweeping victory, over Paekakariki on Saturday by twelve games to nil, Waiwetu are now leading for the Watt Cup, being three points ahead of Titahi, who, however, have played one match less than Waiwetu. Titahi still have to meet Waiwetu and Shandon on the Titahi links, and Waiwetu. Paekakariki, and Manor Park away from home. The only team at all likely to upset Titahi is Waiwetu, who still have to play Titahi away and at home, and Paekakariki and Manor Park away. Titahi should register good wins in the two matches still to be played on their own course. So far this season they have not lost one game at home. The Titahi links abound in features requiring considerable local knowledge. Points so far recorded are as follow: —

H. W. Gwilliam was in fine form for Waiwetu in the Watt Cup match at Waiwetu on Saturday. Playing in No. 2 position, he made the pace so hot that F. Kember could not succeed in winning a single hole. Gwilliam went out in 41, and returned in 37, and finished 14 up. He told “Niblick” on Saturday that he was taught the game' by the late Mr. R. C. Kirk, for whom he acted as caddie for five years. The Waiwetu team was weakened on Saturday by the absence of J. Gilbertson, who recently met with an accident. Hopes were expressed that this popular player would soon be able to retake his place in the team. Mary Alward Cup. The Mary Alward Cup continues to arouse much interest among the minor women’s dubs of the city and suburbs. As a result of the two matches played on Saturday, the position of the clubs is now as follows:—

The Titahi ladies climbed to the top of the cup ladder by their solid win qjer Manor Park on Saturday by eight games to two. Miss Wilson (Titahi) played very steadily to’defeat Mrs. Butler by 3 up in the tussle between the No. I’s, but

Miss Stevens (Manor Park) evened things by beating Miss Batham by 2 up in the contest between the No. 2’s. Miss White (Titahi) never threw away a shot in outplaying a steady performer like Mrs. Sherwood to the tune of 7 up. Miss Bath (Titahi) was 9 up on Mrs. Barnard at the 11th, when the Manor Park lady unfortunately collapsed, and the game had to be entered up as a win for the Titahi player by 17 up. The Titahi players were right at the top of their form, Miss McKee defeating Miss Bray by 9 up, and Miss Dennehy beating Miss Murphy by the same margin. Paekakariki did well to defeat don by 7 J games to 21 last week-end. £he country club have two very able players in Miss Reba Whitwell and Miss Pat Newman as No. 1 and No. 2. This pair have won every one of their games.in the Mary Alward Cup competition this season, and they were in winning vein again on Saturday. Mrs. Whitwell beat Miss Hodgins by 4 up, and Miss Newman finished 5 up on Miss Read. Shandon only managed to win two games and halve one. Miss Oughton (Shandon) played good golf to defeat Mrs. Hegarty by 8 up, and Miss Thompson (Shandon) also handled her clubs dexterously in outplaying Miss R. Unite by 5 up. Father and Son. I remarked in this column last week that A. Moore would have to be at ms best to beat his 17-year-old son, Max Moore, in the first round of the Tita'} 1 club championship bn Saturday. Well, the contest came off)on Saturday, and a regular battle royal it proved. Though the colt had registered a couple of 76 s recently, he found that father was an exceedingly tough proposition, and victory only went to youth on the last green by a single stroke. The father had the satisfaction of knowing that he had had a tug hand in teaching the young idea how to shoot. / Experience Tells. The star turn of the match between the Rqyal Melbourne and the Victoria clubs on the latter’s course was the clash between Whitton and Williams. The former, winner of Australian and State championships galore, both amateur and open, personified skilled experience. Williams, still under 20, is the holder of the Australian amateur title. Williams consistently outdrove the older man, but the cool and imperturbable Whitton carried on at his usual even rate to win one up, after a hooked drive had spoiled Williams’s chance of halving at the 18th. Victoria won five matches to two. The British Amazon. Enid Wilson, who for .the second time won the British women’s golf championship, is a player of the Amazon type. She is six feet in height, and weighs just over 12 stone, while an average woman has to run to keep up to her when she is striding along. She won her first championship at the age of 15; in those days she was merely a big hitter, but now she has developed all round, and is considered by some judges to be the most promising player since Joyce Wethered.

Matches played. Games won. Waiwetu . • < .... 4 34J Titahi ...., .... 3 31 i Shandon ... .... 4 24 Manor Park .... 4 17i Paekakariki ... 3 i

Titahi Games. Points. 35 Manor Park Vfaiwetu fx 31 Paekakariki .... 5 15 Shandon .... 4 12