THE GAME OF GOLF

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 262, 1 August 1933, Page 6

THE GAME OF GOLF

Major and Minor Clubs WATT CUP FORM (Notes by “Niblick.") • The Watt Cup contest has done wonders in stimulating interest among the younger golf clubs in the suburbs of Wellington, and has been responsible for greatly improving the standard of play in all. Each club in the competition already possesses a number of low handicap players, who only require match play against scratch men to bring them into the first flight. An Excellent Suggestion. A, move is on foot to promote an annual match between teams representing the major clubs of Wellington—Wellington, Miramar, and Hutt —and the clubs engaged in the Watt Cup contest. It is proposed that the teams should consist of fifteen aside, the three major clubs supplying five players each, and the live Watt Cup clubs providing three players each. A golfing enthusiast has offered to donate a handsome shield for such a competition, and all that is now required is the agreement of the major clubs, as the minor dubs are unanimously in favour of the proposal. By consenting to such an annual contest, the leading players of the major clubs would be assisting in the education of the players in the younger clubs, and thus helping to raise the standard of play all round. The proposal is worthy of general support, which is almost certain to be forthcoming.

A Brilliant Colt. That the minor clubs possess some able players in their ranks was proved by the fact that Max Moore, the youthful Titahi No. 1, defeated J. L. Black, the Shandon No. 1, for the second time in succession on Saturday. The pair first met in the Watt Cup match on the Shandon links in May, when Moore, who had just annexed the Nelson provincial championship, proved victorious by a narrow margin. The tall Titahi colt proved that his win over such a redoubtable opponent was no flash, in the pan by defeating Jack Black by 6 and 4 in the Watt Cup contest on the Titahi links on Saturday. Out in 39 to Black’s 42, Moore turned for home 2 up, and then made a brilliant spurt to take the next three holes in 3,3, 4, to stand 5 up at the 12th. At, the 10th (248 yards), he landed his drive pin high a foot off the right hand edge of the green. He bettered this, however, at the ll’th (347 yards), where he planted bis iron second two feet from the pin. Driving a long ball off the lee, Max Moore also got great length with his irons, and several times planted these seconds on the green. Possessing ideal temperament, this youthful Titahi player handles all his clubs expertly, and he must now be classed with the brilliant young players who have come to the front during recent years, such as Brian Silk, Jack Hornabrook, Stanley Longuet, Basil Smith, and “Boy’’ Wright. It is good to see the youngsters pressing forward to the goals in this fashion. Max Moore did the round in 76 on Saturday, taking 37 for the run home. He was 57 to the fourteenth, but three s’s in the last four holes spoilt a pretty card. Jack Black was all at sea on the Titahi greens, which were on the rough side. Titahi is faced with the problem which troubles most local clubs —that of getting adequate water to the greens—and in such hilly country Titahi’s difficulties are accentuated. A Strong Side.

Titahi, the holders of the Watt Cup, have the strongest team in the competition, and unless Waiwetu can rise to the occasion they appear likely to retain the cup. In J. F. Pym, the ex-Sydneyite, they have a finished player who can always be depended upon to break 80. He had to do a 75 on Saturday to beat K. G. Hayward by 2 up. J. W. Gibson (Titahi) has come on to his game of late, but he had to strike his colours to that resolute young player, Keith Jeffery, who is improving with every game. The margin was 2 and 1. J. C. Marchbanks (Shandon) is also getting the proper feel of his clubs, and he and Dr. It. F. Aitken had a regular battle royal,' victory only going to the Shandon man by the narrowest possible margin. H. Boon (Titahi) did well to down J. 8. Hunter by 2 and 1, and IP. B. Carr (Titahi) was too steady for M. R. Bowring, the gap being 4 and 3. 11. T. Poole (Shandon) put up a good performance in defeating the Titahi captain, D. A. Crombie, by 3 and 2. This is about the only defeat the Titahi captain has suffered in a Watt Cup match. A. Moore, father'of Max Moore, uses a cleek off the tee, and he used it to such purpose that O. L. Bishop (Shandon) had to submit to defeat by 7 and 6. The Moores should make a formidable pair in the “Father and Son” contest. .Titahi won the Watt Cup contest by 84 games to 3}, and the inter-club match by lli games to BJd. Waiwetu’s Good Win. Local knowledge appeared to play an important part in Saturday’s Watt Cup matches. Paekakariki, who had beaten Titabi on the Paekakariki links, fared badly against Waiwetu on the Waiwetu course on Saturday, only winning two games out of. the twelve. F. Kember (Paekakariki) did well to defeat A. T. Clelland in the battle between the No. I’s. Kember completed the course in 8,1, while the Scotsman could not keep direction off the tees. G. B. Ward (Waiwetu) is a rapidly-improving colt. . A tall lefthander, he handles his clubs skilfully, but he was hard-pressed on Saturday to beat G. H. Scott by 1 up. G. F. Hogg, J. Gilbertson, A. J. Gwilliam, and R. G. Holland were all in good form for Waiwetu. K. Twiss was the only other Paekakariki player to register a win, and he showed commendable steadiness in downing G. Cook by 2 and 1. If Waiwetu can reproduce this form against Titahi, they may yet make a bold bid for the Watt Cup. Mary Alward Cup. There is keen emulation among the women’s clubs for the Mary Alward Cup this season. Another match was played on Saturday, when Titahi defeated Shandon on the Shandon links by 6J games to 3j. Mrs. Burke (Shandon) handled her clubs well in defeating Miss White in the No. 1 tussle. Miss Ilodgins (Shandon) squared things by beating Miss W. Davis by 3 up in the fight between the No.’2’s. Mrs. Fair, Miss McKee, Miss Davis, Miss Yeoman, Miss Adams, Miss Hollis, Miss Buncehall, and Miss Jmccna all scored wins for Titahi, while Mrs. Burke, Miss Hodgins and Miss Walker registered victories for Shandon. Miss Cooney (Titahi) and Miss HayMackenzie, the popular bon. secretary of the Shandon Ladies’ Club, had a'great tussle, which rightly finished all square. Holes in One. Holes m one are rare occurrences, and it is not often that two such feats are recorded on the same links on successive days. This, however, happened on the Mornington links during the week-end. M. Shale holed his tee shot at the first hole (110 yards) on Saturday, and next day R. McKeen did the 17th (200 yards) in one. As Mr. McKeeu is a member of Parliament and a City Councillor, he will be challenging the Prime Minister and the Mayor to a round at golf if he plays many more such shots. INTER-CLUB MATCHES Hutt’s Wairarapa Tour The Hutt club sent 31 players to the Wairarapa at the week-end. The teams played matches on Saturday at Greytown and Rototawai, and combined forces against Masterton on the following day. Hutt lost both fourballs and singles against Greytown and Masterton, but

managed to win the fourball games at Rototawa i. , Hutt v. Masterton. The following are the results of the match against Masterton, Hutt players being mentioned first:— Fourballs. Wagg and Cook lost to Horuaibrook and Horton. Horne and Hogg lost to Heard and Jameson. Adamson and Armstrong lost to McKenzie and Dunderdale. Hines and Ward halved with Harding and Broad. Anderson and Ronald lost to Mackie and Hugo. , Caselberg and Phillips beat Booth and Boys. I Burgess and Howell boat Herbert and 'Bowie. Fordham and Ellerm beat Wiekeus and Henderson. Hart and Gibson lost to Shearer and Page. Wiren and McDonald beat Todd and [Caselberg. 1 Mlles and Clayton lost to Divers and (Stewart. . narrower and Jenkins lost to James and Irwin. Paulin and Monkman halved with Marsac and Gordon. Wedderspoon and Willoughby beat Pither land Tong. Turner and Ward lost to Holley and Horne. ■ A. McLean and Cooper lost to Allan and Ninness, . Wiley and Singleton lost to Jenkins and Cunningham. Hutt, 6 games; Masterion, 11 games. Singles. Wagg lost to Hornabrook, Cook lost to Horton, Horne lost to Heard, Hogg lost to Jameson, Adamson beat McKenzie, Armstrong beat Dunderdale, Hines, lost to Harding, Ward beat Broad,. Anderson beat Mackie, Ronald lost to Hugo, Caselberg lost to Boys, Phillips lost to Booth, Burgess halved with Herbert, Howell beat Bowie, Fordham lost to Wiekeus, Ellerm beat Henderson, Hart lost to Shearer, Gibson lost to Page, Wiren lost to Todd, McDonald squared with- Caselberg, Miles - lost to Divers, Clayton beat Stewart, narrower lost to James, Jenkins beat Irwin, Paulin lost to Marsack, Monk-man beat Gordon, Wedderspoon lost to Pither, ’ Willoughby halved with Tong, Turner lost to Holley, Ward lost to Horne, A. McLean halved with Allen, Coo-per lost to Ninness, Wylie lost to Jenkins, Singleton lost to Cunningham. Hutt, 11 games; Masterton, 23 games. Hutt y. Rototawai. 1 Following are, the results of the fourball games-played against Rototawai, Hutt players being mentioned first:— W. K. Cook and H. K. Adamson lost to J. C. BidwlH and A. H. Warren, 3 and 2; W. G. Horne and C. N. Armstrong beat G. Fenwick and W. 11. Rolles, 4 and 2; I. A. H. Symes and A. E. Park lost to N. C. Shepherd and 11. B. McMaster, 2 down; G. C. Phillips and A. K. Caselberg beat K. H. Allen and 11. R. Bloxham, 1 up; S. G. Wiren and I. G. Hart halved with I'l, F. Trustram and J. W. Card; J. McDonald and D. L. narrower beat T. Lang and L. G. Benton, C and 5. P. C. Mlles and L. Monkman boat 11. Lawson and W. G. Russell, .1 up; A. Jenkins and 11. M. Ward beat F. Ashworth and Dr. Stout, 2 and 1. Hutt, 5f games; Rototawai, 21 games. Hutt v. Grey town. In the match against Greytown, singles and founballs were played concurrently. The following are the results, the Hutt player -being mentioned first:— S. J. Hines beat F. C. Bunny, P. Anderson beat H. R. Feast, Hines and Anderson beat Bunny and Feast; J. A. Ronald lost to J. C. Feast, P. J. R. Fordham lost to 11. W. Feast, and Ronald and Fordham halved with Feast and Feast; C. A. Burgess lost to A. D. Balfour, P. E-llerm lost to E. Maddison, and Burgess and Ellerm lost to Balfour and Maddison; M. Poulin beat 11. P. Berney, W. C. Wedderspoon lost to J. C. Skeet, Pau-Un and Wedderspoon halved with Berney and Skeet; J. H. Turner lost to R. Ingley, A. L. McLean lost to C. Stunntll, Turner and McLean lost -to Ingley and Stunnell; F. E. Cooper lost to W. Tully, G. A. Wiley beat R. G. Vllos, Cooper and Wiley lest to Tully and Viles; B. M. Gibson beat 11. Keltle, J. F. McLean beat R. R. Barrett, Gibson and McLean beat Barrett and Keltle. Hutt, 0 games; Grey-town, 12 gomes. CLUB COMPETITIONS Brett Cup at Mornington The best cards returned in the third round of the Brett Cup competition on the Mornington links at the week-end were : M. J. McElligott, 85-19-00; W. Taylor, 77-10-67; G. Estall, 01-22-69; N. C. Jacobi, 87-18-69. The best -two rounds to date are: M. J. MeElllgott, 67 and 60, 133; T. O. Kelly, 66 and 73, 139; -N. Sanford, 67 -and 73, 14Q. The best scores in a stroke round were: G. Estal-I, 91-22-69; N. G. Jacobi, 87-18-69; W. O'Neill, 91-24-70. The bogey competition found the winner in T. C. Johnstone, 2 down; the next best being N. Byng and W. V. Morton, 3 down. Next Saturday the Mornington club will hold the event of the year. Post entries will be accepted until Friday at 5 p.m., phone 52-480. Wellington Ladies’ Club The first round of the Weston Cup (foursomes) will be played by the Wellington Ladies’ Club to-morrow, players to arrange their own games. Those unable to play in the Weston Cup may play the second round of the Ward Cup. Mornington Ladies’ Club The best cards returned in the second round of the Morgan Cup were: Miss Lyndon, 120-36-84; Miss Hollis, 122-36-86; Miss Short, 123-35-88. Next week-end competitions will be an L.G.U. medal, the third round of the Morgan Cup, and third round of the eclectic competitl on. ____