GOLF TOURNEY WOOD WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 74, 24 September 1912, Page 2

GOLF TOURNEY WOOD WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

EXCELLENT PLAY. WRIGHT'S UPHILL FIGHT. A few light ehowera at about 9 o'clock made anxious golfere pessimistic at Heret&unga yesterday morning. They were flot anxious for themselves, for only two players were left in the tourney, fmt the general feeling was that it behoved Wellington, to produce one good day out of the box where the | weather was kept, if only in atonement I for the deluge of the past Week. It die! clear, and at about noon the eun came | through th« clouds, making the afternoon an extremely pleasant one. Much of the casual water that had collected towards the latter part- of that week had gone, and the links were really in good order. The greens wer« in great trim, though, of course, they were still soft. A large crowd of (Spectators went out from lown to See the. final between Messrs. B. B. Wood and Harold Wright, both of Chmtchurch, and they were rowarded with an excellent exhlbl' tion of' golf. Wood never gave hi» op« ponent an opening worth the name from the first hole to the thirty-eixth. He putted accurately, and hie long driving helped him all through. The course., as laid out, is a very good tefit of prowess, and the length of the holes ensures a genuine "try-out" for tho players. They are so , marked out that a long driver like 1 W6od has certainly an advantage— 4hi« was -proved by the play in the final. Wright did not have an atom of luck in the morning, and in the afternoon, too, ballad to depend absolutely on his game to bring him holes. Without a doubt Wood was the only man who deserved to win on the play, throughout the meeting. THE PLAY. First hole i Wood started play with a magnificent drive, which Wright faii' ed to overtake. Wright played hid iron to the left on the. greefij and Wood sent away a mashie shot which landed about fifteen feet from the pin. Then, just as Duncan had done when he was playing Wright, Wood put down the putt for a three, which id two Under bogey. Wright got a four. Wood one up. Second hole : Wood got a splendid drive, but Wright sliced hk» somewhat, and had to play for safety down the parallel fairway. Wood wa* through the green with his second, and out in four. Wright played a putt for four short, and lo«fc, Wood two up. Third Hole: Wood landed about twelve feet from the pin with his te* shot, but putted badly, and the hole was halved in three. Wood two up etUl. . Fourth Hole : This hole fell to Wright, for Wood absolutely duffed his second when playing from the rough near, the river bank. Wright won. with a four to a five. Wood one up. Fifth Hole : This also should have been Wright's, bufc he missed a. ehort putt, and Wood halved in four. Wood one up, Sixth Hole: At this hole Wright pulled his second, and got into long grass. He put bis fourth alntosfc down, but Wood went out in four and Won. Wood two up. Seventh Hole : Drives* almost equal, but Wood put his second hard into bunkor, and wa& five before he reached the green. Wright had three for it, artd Wood gave up the hole. Wood one Up. Eighth Hole : At theeighth, 512 yawls, both were on the green after playing three very good shots. Halved in five. Wood one up. Ninth Hole : The ninth Wright won with a Very clever second played oat ol long grass and close against a wire fence. It was a perfect shot, and landed him Oil tho green with a tWo-fooV putt for a three, which he got. Wood took a four, and they were .thus all square. This was the only time in the whole found of 36 holes that Wright got square. Tenth Hole: Again Wright Went down, for he duffed his second altogether. Wood won with a four. Wood one up. Eleventh Hole: Wood won again, in an excellent four with a great putt. This put him two up again. Twelfth Hole: Wood pnt his dead, and -went out in 'four, beating Wright's five, Wood three up. Thirteenth Hole: Both pulled their drives. Halved in four. Wood still three up. Fourteenth Hole : Wright was on the green, -with hie tee shot, but Wood was in. the bunker to the right of the green. He played a. perfect second out, and went down in three. Wright took two hutts, a-nd halved in three. Wood still tbreej up. Fifteenth Hole: Halved in a good three. • Sixteenth Hole: Halved in four. Wood three up. Seventeenth Holes Wright had a twofoot putt for * win on th» green and got it, making Wood's lead only two up. Eighteenth Hole: This also fell to Wood, for he played his third from the edge and "Went out in four to * five. Wood three up again. This finished the morning's play, and after lunch Wright started off three down. Nineteenth' Hole: Wood found the green with his second, and went out in Four. Wright missed a putt, lost tho hole, and went four down. Twentieth Hole: Again Wood's good putting stood him well, for he got another four to » five, and increased his lead to five up, Twenty-first hole : the shots went on the green and they halved in three. Wood still five up. Twenty-second hole : Wood got away with a great drive and lay. with his second close tip to the hole. Wright was the 3a me, and the hole was halved in four. Wood still five up. Twenty-third hole : Wood missed his putt and loet to Wright, who went down in a three. Wood four up. Twenty-fourth hole : Wright sliced his second into long grass. Wood was on in three and out in four to Wright's five. Wood five up. Twenty-fifth hole : This was halved in six, after Wood had to pick ont of a bunker and lose a stroke. Twenty-sixth hole : Both men got two splendid shots, but Wright took four to reach the green. Wood took three. Wright half stymied him and in trying to do a fancy shot Wood put hi/s opponent's ball in and lor.t the hole. Wood four up. Tw-eney.aevertth hole : Wright got a three and Wood missed his patt, losing the hole. Wood three up, Twenty-eighth hole : Wright put his drive into long grass and took hi* niblich to get out. He lost with ft five to a four. Wood fonr up, Twenty-ninth hole : Halved in four, both plftyers doing it Well. Thirtieth hole : This wag halved in five, but in putting Wright nearly put his opponent's ball in. He liad half stymied him. Wood four up. Thirty-first liolr : Wood putted for a thrcp. but took four to Wright's five Fix i* «p and five to play. Thirty -second hole : Mfood^ljced^liis

drive and just missed a bunker. Wright topped his tee shot and made a bad second, giving Wood tho hole with a four to a five. Wood thus won by six ftp and four to play.