REVIEW OF GOLF

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 275, 16 August 1932, Page 13

REVIEW OF GOLF

Watt and Mary Alward Cups PLAY AT PAEKAKARIKI Notes by “Niblick,” With the advent of better weather, city and suburban golf links are becoming faster, and players can now get some run on the ball and gauge the pace of the greens with something like reasonable accuracy. Golfers appreciated the spell of glorious spring weather which prevailed over the week-end, when a strong sun beamed down from a cloudless sky, and players could let themselves go without being hampered by stiffened limbs and halffrozen fingers, as was their unhappy fate the previous week. With better weather and longer days, the leading players will be able to seriously set themselves to building up their best form in view of the national championships at Heretaunga in November. Paekakariki's Brave Showing. The surprise of the week-end was the valiant fight put up by Paekakariki against Titahi in the Watt Cup match on the Paekakariki course. The match was regarded as a walk-over for Titahi, as even the Paekakariki players consider that Titahi is the strongest team in the Watt Cup competition. Aided by local knowledge and feeling more at home on their native heath, the Paekakariki team on Sunday played so well that Titahi had to fight hard to come out with an equal share of the honours. Both teams won six games, and the result came as a pleasant surprise to followers of the game. J. S. Pym, the ex-Australian. maintained his consistent form as No. 1 for Titahi by outplaying Pat Anderson, the Paekakariki captain, to the tune of 6 up. Pym is deadly when he has a putter in his hands, and many players are attempting to copy the lovely roll with which lie sends the pill straight and true for the cun. S. Kemher (Paekakariki) played surprisingly well to beat such a strong opponent as J. W. Gibson by 2 up m the battle between the No. 2’s. 1 Max Moore, the baby of the Titahi team, once again showed his mettle by routing R. Kember to the tune of 7 up. It was sound policy on the part of the Titahi captain to promote this promising youngster to No. 3 position. Langbein nnd Blow were both in form for Titahi. both romping home by 8 up. and Dr. Aitken handled his clubs stylishly to outplay Marshall by 6 up. One of the surprises of the match was the victory Wheeler (Paekakariki) scored over Crombie by 5 up. This is about the first reverse the Scot has suffered in a Wntt Cup match. Dr. Shirer (Titahi) made no race of it in his game with Living, the margin being as wide at 11 up. Living had been showing quite good form, but be was sadly troubled by nervousness in his first cun match, and did not do himself justice against an opponent who played solid golf. This surnrisingly good showing should give the Paekakariki team confidence, and remove the inferiority complex feeling. Manor Park’s Success. The picturesque Manor Park links wore its gayest garb for the Watt Cup match with Shandon on. Saturday. Local knowledge counts for a good deal on these links, as pitfalls lie in wait for those who do not keep to the straight and narrow way, and many n brand new ball has found its way into the Hutt Riv?r simply because players have either sliced or hooked off the wrong tees. Manor Park had a sweeping viciory by 9J games to 2J, one game finishing all square. R. G. Hayward has been playing so Well lately that he was promoted to No. 1 for Shandon in this match. When he went out in 37, and stood 4 up on C. A. Quane. it looked as he was in for a solid win. The ex-Shirley player, however, then set his teeth, and came home in such solid fashion that he managed to square the game on the home green. J Ogilvie (Manor Park) played steadily to beat M. R. Bowring by 2 up in the fight between the No. 2’s. Bowring has been Shandon’s No. 1 for some seasons, but he modestly stood down a place for this match. J. S. Hunter (Shandon), who has been playing very consistently this season, went out in 38 against J. Burns, and sticking to his lead, eventually finished 6 up. D. Cody was in form for Manor Park against Burke, and made the pace so hot that the Shandon man found himself 9 down at the finish The Manor Park men won 39 holes to Shandon’s 8. which was evidence of their striking superiority on the day in the inter-club match, which was won by Manor Park by 124 games to 2j. Titahi and Wniwetu will meet m a cup match on the Waiwetu links on Saturday. Mary Alward Cup. A match in the Mary Alward Cup competition was played between Shandon and Manor Park Ladies’ Clubs on the Shandon links on Saturday, and resulted in a decisive win for Manor Park by seven games to three, with two games squared. Miss Stevens (Manor Park) and Miss Hodgins (Shandon), the No. 1 pair, had a great battle, victory going to the Manor Park player by the narrowest possible margin. Mrs. Butler was in her steadiest form as No. 2 for Manor Park, and outplayed Miss Oughton to the tune of 9 up. There were some runaway victories in this match. Miss Smith (Shandon) beat Miss Nash by 8 up, but Miss Murphy (Manor Park) made amends by finishing 10 up on Miss Levy. The points for the cup now stand as follow:—

Titahi and Waiwetu will play a cup match on the Titahi links on Saturday. Short Putts. The veteran H. B. Lusk played the best round of the season on the Middlemore links at Auckland on Saturday to return a card of 72, two under the scratch score of the course. Harold Lusk is an able player, as he proved in 1910, when he carried oft the amateur championship of New Zealand at Christchurch. Miss B. Gaisford had to play like a champion recently to win the Palmerston club’s championship from Miss G. Garner. The Dominion champion was three down and four to piny, then winning three in a row to finish all square. Miss Mollie Garner, however, fought back and only acknowledged defeat when Miss Gaisford holed a “birdie” at the 21st to win the match. Miss Garner’s approaching and putting were excellent, and this game proves her ability as a fine match player. Susie Tolhurst, back in Australia from Britain, is denying the rumour prevalent that she was “ostracised” on British courses. The lady says she had a royal time, while the fact that she beat an English and an American ex-champion in two rounds of the British women’s championship also helped to make things pleasant. The Wellington club has obtained a valuable acquisition in P. Savage, a low handicap English player. He gave a taste of his quality recently by doing a 72 at Ileretntinga. which was good enough to win the bogey handicap, off the 2 mark, by 4 up. Savage went out in 35, with 2’s at the 3rd and sth. This young man should be heard of at the national championship meeting in November. The Australian golf championships opened on Saturday on the Royal Adelaide course. Victoria and New South Wales make up the bulk of the 70 entrants, though, naturally, South Australia is well represented, Den Nettlefold is the sole representative of Tasmania. Eleven professionals have entered from New South Wales, nine from Victoria, and one from West Australia.

Matches. Points. Manor Park .. ..6 41 Titahi Waiwetu R 31 Paekakariki .. .. 6 17* Shandon .. .. 6 17|