GOLF

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 22

GOLF

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SLACK SUMMER DAYS

SEASON APPROACHING

HUTT CLUB'S COURSE

With tho final of the championships played by tho Wellington "Golf Club, there is little doing in golf' at this stage c.' the summer, except to enjoy tho gamct in tno early mornings and ovenings, which are cool enough now to make it a pleasure. ; Probably less summer golf has been played by other clubs this year, on account of the boisterous woathcr, but the courses have been in better order that usual, the rain keeping the grass green long aftor it is usual soarcu yellow. . Tho weather' has been of great benefit to the Hutt Club in the formation of its improved holes, which arc taking the grass well, and, wi 'i a few showers in the autumn, the whole of the rearranged course should be fit for play with the commencement of,the golf season proper. Only one green xis finished, the first, but t,.ose who have tried it -out s#y that tho bunkering systcnj, at ,this dog:leg hole wjll trap.most long handicap men. Golf elsewhere on*the Hutt links at present is i a ,chancy matter,*,- and the fellow who hooks and slices his second at some of the;.longer holes has" a rather unfair advantage over tho 'man who plays straight, as," in the unfinished nature of tfie greens and, bunkers, both have the privilege "of picking up and dropping off the rough stuff. ' . Hagen and Kirkwood? ; ;- ' The majetsie .sileneo" which,, drapes the movements of Hagen ■.a.na. Kirkwood clings fast to the Pacific Coast. It is not so remarkable that no word has been received from the gentlemen themselves. As a rule their publicity jis done for them. But it is extraordinary that there has been no cablegram announcing what they will.do lo golfers over here, at any rate in the case of Hagen, because matters not half so important,, such aa what he wears and says, have before now been cabled. It may, be that Hagen, as befits a man with, his head screwed •on the right way, 13 considering other and greater fixtures, and he' may even reconsider his decision not to 'take part in the British Open. If he did make an attack on the title there, it might mean shortening his engagements en route'to it, and thd whole programme may lu"ve been recast. We will know whether ho has come or not, at any rate, even if he does not play here. Kirk-Windeyer Cup. The New Zealand,team for the KirkWindeyer Cup will be picked on Tuesday. A far as is 'known at tho moment, all the possibles are willing to play, some eight or nine, who should inak* a good team. There is one exception, in the person of J, Goss, who has asked the selectors not to consider him for the team. Progressing. A beginner at golf, when asked how ho came out on the first day on the links, replied that ho made it in eighty. "Eighty," ejaculated his friend; "that's really remarkable. Most oldtimes would envy you with that score. You'll surely be/an enthusiast from now on." "Yes," said the novice, condescendingly. "I'm going Lack tomorrow to try the second hole." Veteran Passes. Golfers all over the world will mourn the death of Jack Morris, professional to the Koyal Liverpool Club at Hoylako, Cheshire Thus passes the oldest surviving member of a family which by its deeds on the links has made the name of "Morris" known all over the ■world. Jack Morris learnt his golf on hisi native links at St. Andrew's, in company with young Tommy Morris, his cousin, and under the watchful eye of Ids uncle, old Tom Morris. He never forgot those lessons, and he was a staunch supporter of the old school of "gowfers," who had little in common with modern innovations. Morris went to noylako when the Koyal Liverpool Club was instituted in July, 1809, and was professional to the club until his death. In his young days ho played frequently with his cousin, Tommy, who won the Open Championship Belt outright in 1870. , He'was a great golf teacher, but never became a really great golfer, so fas as championship winning was concerned. Two years ago to celebrate his 80th birthday, he played a match on his favourite Hoylakc links, going round the course in 75 strokes —three strokes better than the> standard scratch score of the links. Kirk-Windeyer Cup. With the dates now definitely fixed for the playing of the Kirk-Windeyer International Cup matches. at Shirley on Wednesday and Thursday, 16th and 17th April, 'the Christchurch Golf Club may confidently anticipate a record entry, both as to quality of players and as to number of entries for its 22nd annual Easter tournament, which will be played at Shirley,** commencing or Saturday, 19th April, and lasting throughout the following week. Good Friday intervenes between the playing of the Kirk-Windeyer Cup matches and the opening of the\ tournament, and probably all, or at least a-majority of, the Australian and New Zealand,teams will take part in the tournament, so that the Christchurch public will have tho opportunity of seeing the best of Australian and New Zealand golfers in action at Shirley only a few weeks after the Hagen-Kirkwood , exhibition match oil the same links. , Miss Collett Tries Again. Miss Glcnna Collott, the -American lady champion, will make her fourth attempt ou tho British ladicd' championship in May. Twice she has been Btopped by Miss Wethered, and once by Miss Mabel Wragg, tho Yorkshiro champion, who at Hunstanton, in a terrific storm of wind and rainj), contrived to keep some sort of control of tho ball, while, on the other hand, the American girl was in a hopeless plight. By winning the U.S. championship Miss Collett has, like" Miss Wethered and Bobby Jones, won a major title four times. If Miss Wethered sticks to her decision not to contest tho British ladies' championship this year, an interesting trial'for'.fifth major title be-, tween these two ladies will . fall through. Miss Collett, who is 26 years of age, has, under professional advice and the guidance of Bobby Jones,' learned much since she first began to dominate women's golf in the ' States. In those days,' though obviously the best golfer, she often became a victim of a. sudden attack oi: "nerves" and was beaten by an inferior player, just as Jones was beaten in his earlier career, much to the astonishment of the public.;. '; ■;; "'■'■ .""■■.■' / : ;"" . •