GOLF TOURNEY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 97, 21 October 1931, Page 9

GOLF TOURNEY

FINE PLAY IN WIND

SEVERAL CLOSE MATCHES

WELLINGTON SURVIVALS

(By Telcoraph.)

(From ''The Post's" Special Roportcr.) CHRISTCHUECH, 20th October.

A stiff northerly died away as the heat increased at Shirley this morning, but it was windy more or less all day. Some fine golf was seen in both professional and amateur championship matches, (he weeding out process of yesterday having left in the contest mostly those whose games were nearly enough of a strength to make them interesting. The sensation of the day was the defeat of JMillard, the Avondale champion, by Mortland, the promising colt from Xaihape, on the twenty-first, green, while Grubb, a longer handicap player, took Silk to the nineteenth. PROFESSIONAL MATCHES. H. jl. Blair found a worthy antagonist in N. H. Fuller, who came back in 35. Tho younger player from Taranaki was 2 down at the turn, and 3 down at the eleventh, but had squared the game at the fifteenth. A 6 at the sixteenth put him 1 down again, and he came in 2 dowD. Blair was 37 each way, playing very steady stuff. In the afternoon Blair stymied Fuller at the ninth. At the tenth Fuller was on the edge of the rough in a bad lie, and was 4. down, which was increased when Blair sank a putt for a 3. Douglas did not keep the Jine form shown yesterday, taking a 6 ut.t-lie second after winning the first. Forrest was 1 up afc the turn. Both missed six-foot putts for a 2 at Crossways. Forrest took the fifteenth in 3, and Douglas missing a putt at the last hole, Forrest linished 2 up. In the afternoon Forrest played golf of excellent quality., and he was two under 4's when the match ended. Forrest was amazingly steady. Douglas was, strangel.7 enough, weak in his seconds, giving him bad lies. Forrest was 2 up and 3 to go, and won the Pagoda.

Butters played steadily and was 5 up on G. Forrest at lunch, doing 37 each way. He continued steady in the afternoon, too steady for his opponent, who was beaten 5 and 4.

Shaw led at the turn 4 up on Branch, but the Wanganui professional thereafter held the crack player well. He took the tenth in 4, halved the next, and missed a, putt for a win in 3 at the twelfth, halving in 4. Branch was bunkered at the thirteenth, and Shaw approached too strongly, a half in 4 resulting. Branch was nicely on the fourteenth green in 2, but Shaw eank his approach putt for i 3. Shaw got a»2 at the iron shot hole, which to-day is almost a niblick shot. Shaw found the ditch at the sixteenth, but played a good shot out. Branch was over the ditch via the bridge, and laid his second on the back of the green. Ho had a long curly putt to the hole, but lay handy, and was then half stymied by Shaw, but sank a tricky putt for a win in 4. Branch overran the green with the wind behind him, but played a tricky shot nis feet past ths pin, and got his 4, and a half. Shaw missed an eightfooter for a 3 at the eighteenth. Branch was to the right with hi.- drive, and between the bunkers with his second, but played a well-judged shot wild sank a curly seven-footer for his hall. In the afternoon Shaw gave Branch no chances, and though the Belmonfc professional produced some of his best, he failed to_holfl the Open champion, who was out in 35 and finished at O'Jtorko's with a brilliant 3. the last four holes to this point requiring only 12. Shaw has found putting touch. He sank more than one 30-footer on the greens. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. B. J. Smith, jun., turned on piic golf against E. J. Puinpbrey, and beut him 2 and 1, doing 71 to his 71. Smith stymied himself at the eleventh, and took two putts at the sixteenth. His card read: 454533442, 36; 453433514, 35—71. They were all square at the turn. Roberta was 5 up at the turn, but Anderson played better golf coming back, 444344, and was only 2 down at the fifteenth. The finish really happened at the sixteenth, where Anderson found the creek from the tee. Rana Wagg had quite a struggle with Wood. Wagg was 2 up at the turn, having gone out in 3S. He won the tenth, but lost the eleventh, where he took three putts. The twelfth was halved. With annoying regularity Wagg missed a threefoot putt on each of the next greens, halving only the fourteenth, but won the .sixteenth. Wood got the seventeenth in 3, arid Wagg won on the last green, taking 39 to come in. _ Buiat started off well against Hoynabrook, holing his chip for 3 at th nrst, but Hornabrook took the next in 3, and was 4 up at the turn, bach took three putts at the tenth, which was halved in '-, ITornabrook won the eleventh, ond Buist the twelfth, where Hornabrook s second found the bunker. Hornabrook, though his tee shot was down in ground under repair, won the thirteenth m 4, and'the fourteenth in 4. , , , , . H. A. Black, as was expected, had a tough battle with R. T. TosswiU. winning 2 and 1. The game was all Square at the eighth, but Black holed a medium length putt for a 2 at the short hole, and .waa I up at the turn. Black got very .nicely out of the bunker at the Tines where Tosswill took three putts, and took Old Nick" in 2 and the fourteenth m a classy 3. Tosswill took the fifteenth in 3, and missed a chance of a 4 on the green ot the sixteenth. The seventeenth was halved. Black played good golf, returning a 76, proving his return to form. Blank was 3 up at the turn on LawICJ C(L. Black was 4up at the turn, having gone out in 34, and was two under 4's when he finished. ' ' X Rons had a very steady round, and won easily. He now looks like a semifinalist.

WIN ON THE TWENTY-FIRST. Mortland defeated Millard on the twenty-first. TBe young 1 aihape golfer played some magnificent shots, and miosrd quite a few putts that should have ended the match earlier, 'Hie first two were halved. Millard took the thivtl, where Mortlsnd found the bunker in 3 Ihe next «,ix were halved in bogey, pretty strong aolf, and Millard was still 1 up at he I urn. Mottland squared the gume at the louth with a long putt for 3. Mi lard retaliated with a Ion? putt for 3 at the next, and was 1 up again, but lost the next, TV here he took three putts. Mortland put his tee ehot through the green tit Old Nick," and overran with his second .Milia rd taking the lead attain. Jlie ourfeenth. was halved in 4. Millard found the !onz grass from the tee at the nlteenUi. which Mortland took in 3, the match standing all square again. Mortland fomul the bunker at the sixteenth with his third, but played a strong explosion shot Urn I icft him only a two-foot putt, and Mi - lard, missing his putt, was 1 down. HI ills rd sank a 20-footer to halve tho seventeenth, and Mortland was dormy 1. Martland caught a tree with his drive jit the eighteenth, and was sh-.rt with his second and though he chipped up well, missed an ei&ht-foot putt, and the game was all square again. At the nineteenth Mortland nearly reached the green from the tee, a tremendous shot, but Millard, from a hooked drive, played a wonderful second to within 12ft from the pin, and halved in 4. The twentieth was halved in 5 Millard was short at MugKcridge s, •which Mortland took in 3. after the classic struggle of the day, which attracted finite a gallery. DUNCAN'S WINNING PUTT. One of the sternest struggles was between A. D. S. Duncan and J. Goss. Duncan found the bunker with his second at the first, which Goss took in 4. The next two were halved in 4's. At the fourth Duncan put his second in the bunker, but played a very fine spoon third to the green, a plucky shot considering the terrain. Goss was on the green in 3, suid the hole was halved in 5. Duncan found (lie. first bunker on the left at Ihe fifth. | and played out of that into the next | ahead, but got his half. Goss look the 'ixtb in ■(, and sinking Ins putt fny a pretty 3 at the seventh, was 3 up. Dun-I can took the eighth in 4, and the ninlli, . where Goss was bunkered, in 3, and fumed for homo only 1 down. At. the tenth Goss tried to pick up his second with the xpoon, but pushed it into the frees, and picked vv, Duncan squaring the game

there. Duncan took the next in \. The i twelfth was halved. Goss took the thirteenth in 3. The next, two weiu halved. Duncan took the sixteenth, whore G'oss found the creek with his second in 5, but Goss squared the game by taking the seventeenth, in i.

Both were on the eighteenth in 2, Goss the further away, and when Duncan sank a beautifully stroked ln-footer, (Joss having been only half an inch from a .'! with liis long putt, the match was over.

,1 C. Bidwill halved the first in 5 with Culbeck, and tho next in -1. C'ulb<?<k won tho next in 3, but was out of bounds with his second at tho fourth, and lost the hole (all square). Colbeek won the fit'lh in 5. Three perfect 4's were then recorded, but Colbeek won the short ninth to turn 2 up. The tenth was halved in -1. Bidwill reduced the lead to 1 up at tho next by sinking a lovely 3, but lost the next three, muking Colbeek dormy i. Bidwill won the next three in Sol, but only got a half at the last.

Silk finished 1 up at the nineteenth on Gmbb, a Methvcn man on about the 7 mark, after a very close game, in whifh the golf was on the rough side. Grubb had the better of the game most of tho way, and was evidently playing well above himself.

The contest between club teams for the intcrelub challenge vase presented by (he late Mr. E. Dennis O'Rorke, will be played to-morrow morning. In the afternoon the course will be closed to play, and have the attention of the greenkcepors.

RESULTS IN DETAIL. PROFESSIONAL CH.A MPIONSHIP.

A. J. Shaw beat F. Branch, S up and

H. R. Blair beat N. 11. Fuller, 5 up and 4.

R. C. Butters beat G. B. Forrest, 5 up and 4.

J. Forrest beat E. S. Douglas, 3 up and

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. B. .1. Smith, juu., beat K. J. Pumphrey, 2 up and 1. J. P Hornabrook beat L. Buist, 2 up and 1.

J. P. Mortland beat J. A. Millard at the twenty-first.

G. P. Roberta beat W. P. Anderson, 3 up and '2. R. Wig? beat W. D. Wood, 1 up. A. R. Blank beat J. D. Lawrence, 3 up and 2. IT. A. Black beat E. T. Tosswill, 2 up and 1.

B. M. Silk beat A. E. Grubb at the nineteenth.

J. L. Black beat K. A. Wilson, 5 up and 4.

K. J. Walker beat A. H. Warren, 4 up and 2.

A. D. S. Duncan beat J. Goss, 1 up. L. A. Dougall beat G. N. Francis, 3 up and 1. S,' C. Colbeck bent J. C. Bidwill, 1 up. M. Duncan beat W. O'Callaghan. C. A. Quanc beat A. L. Macfarlaue, 5 up and 4. K. Ross beat A. Lawrence, 5 up and AMATEUR STROKE HANDICAP.

The amateur stroke handicap was won by C. E. White, 84, handicap 18, net 60. PROFESSIONAL BOGEY HANDICAP.

J. Lambie won the professional bogey handicap, 2 up, .J. D. M'lntosh and R. Fox were 1 up. Dyke was 1 down.