WEEKEND GOLF

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 266, 5 August 1940, Page 3

WEEKEND GOLF

Manor Park Too Strong For Titahi WATT CUP MATCH

Conditions were ideal for the M att Cup match on the Manor Park links on Saturday. Manor Park won by eight games to three, with one game .halved. The links were Hooded with sunshine, and a .light northerly breeze tempered the sun’s rays. The greens were in perfect order, and, as placing was permitted on the fairways, it was surprising that better scoring was not recorded. Following are the results, the Manor Park player being mentioned first:— F. W. Page beat H. D. Gyles, 4 and 2; E. Moriarty beat C. G. Swinburne, 2 and 1; E Butler beat A. E. Doneghue, 2 and 1; T 1 H. R. Boon lost to N. W. Parker, 3 and 2; A. Radford beat H. C. Boon, 5 and 4; J. Hennessy beat P. Jacobson, 9 and 7; E. McKenzie lost to G. S. Lccder, 4 and 3; A. W. Clouston lost to E., Ragg, 4 and 3; J. G. Dymond beat J. Watkinson, 3 and 2; B. Davidson beat T. Johnston, 3 and 2; J. Stanley beat J. Brooks, 1 up; S. A. Frankpitt and L. C. Bydder, all square. Extra games resulted :—II. Harman beat J. Tunnington, 1 up; H. Marshall beat J.’ Hugos, 1 up; K. Marshall and I. Jose all square. Page in Form.

Resuming his place as No. 1 for Manor Park, after missing a match through illness. Page played steady golf to account for Gyles by 4 and 2. Out in 38 to 39, the Manor Park player was 1 up at the turn. He made it 2 up by taking the short tenth in 3 to 4, but Gyles then got one back by taking the 400-yards eleventh with a birdie 3. The Titahi man here hit a magnificent brassie second from far out to within six feet of the pin. Page drew 2 up again by taking the twelfth (475 yards) in bogey 5 to 6, and drew 3 up by winning the short thirteenth in 3 to 4. They halved the short fourteenth in 3, and both played brilliantly to halve the fifteenth (425 yards) with birdie 4’s. This left Page dormie 3, and the end came w-hen Gyles pushed his tee shot at the tricky “porthole” out of bounds, and had to play his third shot oft the tec. Page took the hole in 4 to 6, which gave him the game by 4 and 2. They finished out the round. Page placing his brassic second in a bunker to the right of the home green, and took six for the hole, but even with this he did the home journey in 36 which gave him 74 for the round. Gyles took 38 for the run in, which made his score 77. Brilliant Out Journey. Moriarty (Manor Park) and Swinburne had an even tussle in No. 2 position. Swinburne started off well, taking the first two holes in bogey figures. The Manor Park player got one back with 4 to 5 at the fourth, and squared the game by sinking a 7-foot putt for a birdie 2at the sixth. Moriarty drew ahead for the first time when Swinburne drove out: of bounds off the seventh tee, and took 6 for the hole. They halved the next two holes in bogey figures, which placed the Manor Park player 1 up at the turn. Moriarty went out, in 35 to his opponent’s 37. Moriarty drew 2 up with 3 to 4 at the tenth,- and placed himself 3 up by taking the long twelfth in 6 to 7. Swinburne then showed bis fighting spirit by winning both the short holes in 3 and 2 to reduce his leeway to 1 down. Moriarty took the sixteenth (425 yards) with a birdie 4, which placed him 2 up again. Swinburne got one back when the Manor Park man drove out of bounds oft the sixteenth tee. The end came at the seventeenth, which Moriarty took in 4 to 5 to give him a win by 2 and 1. They halved the home hole in 5. Moriarty took 40 for the home journey, which made his full round 75. Swinburne did the last nine in 41. which gave him 78 for the full eighteen holes. Baek to Form. A pleasing return to form was shown by Parker, the popular secretary of the Titahi club, who used to play No. 1 for

tlie team. Out in 36, lie stood 4 up nt the turn on Boon, captain of the Manor Park team, and went on steadily to take the game by 3 and 2. Parker covered the course in 75. E. Ragg (Titahi), who attended the match in R.A.F. uniform, handled his clubs skilfully in beating (Houston by 4 and 3. BUSTIN CUP MATCH Tui Glen Beat Mornington A Bustin Cup match on the Tui Glen links on Saturday resulted in Tui Glen beating Mornington by 12 games to 6. Tut Glen won the singles by 8-J games to 34, and the fourballs by 34 to 21. Following are the results, the Tui Glen players being mentioned first: — Singles: Rudman beat Stratmore; Shannon beat. Satherley: Wallace beat Eversleigh ;■ R. Mudgwny lost to Taylor; Hansen beat. Hood ; Petersen beat Everitt ; Wells lost to J. Watkins; Jarvie bent F. W. Andrews: Voting beat Coy: Byrne boat Shearer; Weston lost to Dean ; Hunt, and Doogan, all square. Fourballs: Rudman and Shannon beat Stratmore and Satherley: Wallace and Mudgway lost to Eversleigh and Taylor: Hansen and Petersen beat. Hood and Everitt: Wells and Jarvie and Watkins and Andrews, all square; Anting and Byrne bent Coy and Shearer; AA’eston and Hunt-. Jost to Dean and Doogan. MARY ALWARD CUP Manor Park Beat Titahi A Mary Alward Cup uuitch on the Titahi links on Saturday resulted in Manor Park beating '.l'itahi by seven games to three. Following are ( lie results, I lie Titalii players lining mentioned first: —Miss Hollis lost, to Mrs. Allan, 5 and 3; Mrs. Metjuarrie lost to Miss Fairbrother, 1 down; Miss M. Adams lost to Mrs. Harman, 2 and .1 ; Miss AVilkitis lost to Miss Hogg, 2 down ; Aliss Bow lost to Mrs. Elsmore, 3 and 2: Mrs. Gault beat Miss Melndoe, 5 and 3; Aliss AVhite beat: Mrs. Marshall. 3 and 1 : Miss Adams lost to Miss McGrath, -I and 3; Miss Carr beat Miss Allen, 2 up; Miss Gray lost to Mrs. Livingstone, i> and 4.

Extra games resulted :—Miss Armour lost to Miss George. 5 and 3; Miss Stew art lost, to Miss A'orston, 6 and 4 ; Mrs. Brice lost to 'Miss Robertson. I down.