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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 132, 7 June 1930, Page 22

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THE BRITISH AMATEUR SECRET OF SUCCESS MASTERTON TOURNEY Two pleasing facts are to be recorded this week, the deposing of T. H. Horton, .admittedly* the Dominion's;, finest golfer, by a Wangauui boy at Masterton, who played fine golf to do it, showing that there is someone coming on to take the place of the few'natural golf heroes, and the Commencement' of the erection of the new golf pavilion, a, really fine edifice, at the Morningtou municipal links. Almost every club in. Wellington is strengthened by the membership of good golfers who.first took an interest in the game at Mornington, and now that comfort and proper starting will be possible, there, still more golfers will be made; there. The_ excavations are finished, the bricks are on the ground, and soon the pavilion will take shape.

Jones's Temperament, The general idea that the golfing temperament is born with people is an [ erroneous one. Tho imperturbable chap who never lets anything worry him is rarely a brilliant golfer, because ho lacks the intensity of feeling necessary j and tho inspiration that can comd only (from visualising success and playing for it when it looks - hopeless. ■■' Tho player whoso mind is a dead level will ; never be a Bobby Jones, though he may | play very steady golf. . Jones lost a stone weight in. six days, the result of overcoming his natural temperament, which is much like- that of many an eight handicap man, except that he has learnt to control it. It was a long time at the commencement of his.career before he learnt to do it, and even now it makes him lose ' Weight. He has learnt to concentrate to the exclusion of everything but tho playing of the shot as the needs of the moment demand, and his sueeoss is due to the ability to play the shot in just that way to exclusion of a natural temperament that wai once his despair. In<wiuninjg the British amateur, Jones defeated the fears and promptings of tho natural Jones for perhaps the < thousandth round, a. wonderful example of a triumph of will. Wethered started-off the same way. Reputedly the best.player of golf at St. Andrews, he turned all square with Jones after going out in 35,- but thereafter fell from grace, and finally cracked up. Pandemoniac Scots with "neighing- bagpipes" (the message comes from London) notwithstanding, Jones held Jones well in and played with "machine-like perfection." Bobby Jones has won all the trophies that golf can offer, and has nothing left to' beat but himself. That he will continue to do every match he plays. Voight mads it a near thing in the semi-final. Wethered 's trouble was probably- a slice, which St. Andrews penalises ' pretty, thoroughly. ' ' The Jist of all his victories in the world's great gold prizes is an astounding one. He won tho American Open Championship in 1923 and 1926; tied for it in 1923 and 1928, but lost in the replay, and was runner-up in it in 1922 and'l924. He won the Southern American Amateur Championship in 1917, 1920, and 1922; won ;the ; ' American Amateur Championship in 1924, 1925, 1927, and 1928, and was runnerup in 1916 and 1926. He won the British Open Championship iii, 1926 and 1927. In previous attempts ,on theBritish Amateur, he was beaten in. the fourth round in 1921, and in .the sixth round in 1926. The Masterton Tourney.

' B. M. Silk (Wanganui) has been well to the fore lately, and,, though T. H. Horton was not putting well when he defeated him, Silk wasonly one over fours when the game finished. Horton was satisfied that he would have to play really weir to-beat Silk at the top of Ids game. J. Hornabrook (Masterton) is another young player, only eighteen, but his card when he beat 11. A. Black (Miramar) was 73 to Black's 75. The tourney was the biggest yet held at Masterton. A team from Palmorstbn North of 12, and representatives from Wanganui and Miramar helped the record entry. The course was in excellent order and the fairways good, but some of the visitors found the greens tricky. . Armstrong and Johnston (Hutt) formed one of those rare combinations in the bogey fourball, where each made up for the other's mistakes, returning the card of 12 up. Young Hornabrook will develop into a striking player iii a few years. He is tall and slim, like Sloane Morpeth, and like him delights in taking loug chances, which conic off fairly' often. He will make a spectacular player as he improves. C... Armstrong (Hutt), who beat 1. Scifert (Manawatu) 6 and 5 in.the first round and accounted for C. Heard (Masterton) —who beat A. Seifert (Manawatu) 8 and 7—in the second round, went down to H. A. Black in the semi-finals. Armstrong has been put back on the 5-4 mark from 7-5. Hutt Handicaps. Since the Hutt course standard scratch score has been raised from 72 to 75 by the remodelling and lengthening carried out by Mr. Bedhead, handicaps have been raised to fit, most players having gone up two strokes, though some of those who have improved a good deal remain where they are. The first test of the new handicaps was on Saturday. H. N. Burns 86-17-69 was an instance of the difficulty of preparing against flashes, of form. For some time Burns was on the 12-9 mark, but his play had not justified it, and for Saturday he was put on the 17 mark, when he "went mad," and returned a net score six stroke's better than standard scratch. South Canterbury Ladies, i The final of the South Canterbury ladies'' open championship was contested by Mrs. J. C. Templer (AVaimate) and Miss M. Beadcl (Christchnrch), the former winning by 2 and 1 after an exciting match. Although tht medal scores wore not brilliant, the figures were good as regards match play. Mrs. Templer held the honour all the way to the Poplars, and was there 4 up. From then on, Miss Beadcl made a wonderful recovery, and reduced her opponent's lead to 1 up and t»vo to play. . Mrs. Templer ther took the Gap, thus winning the South .Canterbury ladies' open championship, * and 1. If Mrs. Templer's return to form is maintained she will be prominent in the Dominion, ladies' championship at Heretaunga, though she has been out of 'the game for yeM's. Lusk Beats Ross.

It is a matter of surprise to a Dunediu scribe that 11. B. Lusk beat Dr. Ross, 6 and 5, i; the Campbell-Hosking and Hanmer Shield matches .between the Otago and Cliristchurch Clubs, especially as Lusk was playing on' the courso for the first time. When it is stated that Dr. Ross was playing much below his form.any other result would.have been peculiar, as Lusk is still one of the best golfers in New Zealand, arid very steady, which latterly Dr. Ross is not.