GOLF

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 20

GOLF

•lv "CHifSHar" ' "SENIOR "AND ''JUNIOR*

JAPS GOOD PUTTERS

APPERLEY IN FORM

Why should golfers be divided int»

seniors and juniors in -club -competi-. tions, why nof ; first and second grade! It is noticeable .that the ladies do things better, with A, B, aid C divisions, thus avoiding tie dubious honour of age with tact.. It is not a little hard on'a player who has led his club's teams for years to gradually become a "junior" again, just as though he had1 entered upon the second childhood of.--■ the game. It is hard to think of ~ r—7 as a second grade . golfer, even with the^ passage of many .years. . Hia "" driving has lengthened lately, his iroa work is steadier, and his whole game ii excellent. He-is so good round the greens that he will always.be a.hard opponent. But think of seeing -^—'g rtnme sandwiched into a "Junior?' te>ain. Id cricket there is.no unpleasant', natss to. -he old lipns in being labelled grade/ but it is not easy for all golf "juniors" to carry that-ap. pelfetion jauntily, not that old golfers are sensitive persons,-: but because the.name does .not ring true: / A Tftlß Card. .■":'■ ■[<■■• ■'<:':■ .'.-;• The .best card on Miramar for iriariv month* was 'that of H.; A. Black last week, a, snappy 68. It wasiT-445433434 34; 34. A 5 at-the long thu-d is xnore than offset by a 31 at the 470 yard, seventeenth, where i, Black sank a ap-foot ..putt.,; With- a ■ little luck at stwne of the one-shot holes, the card might have been better. .V Japanese as Putters. v » . A feature, of the San Francisco eblf tournament \for £2000Y has been the first appearamce of-Japanese- prof essionals outside their own country All the evidence of people from th.c western hemisphere : who ought to know goes to- show that the- standard .of native ; play in Japan, has 'improved remark--ably during the'past two or three years. JNoneof. the leading Japanese golfers has ever competed in Europe: The three _who appeared at-San Fraricisee were.B.Asami, champion 6f his people, T, Miyamoto, and E. Tasuda, who have embarked' upon the compEere circuit of winter tournaments: in Uhe' Southern btates of America.-. Twoi of them sii*, vived the qualifying stroke'compete tion of 36 holes—in itself ao small feat, seeing that Billy, Burk*, open champion of the United States, "and George Yon Elm, runner-up for that; title, only just secured their places. :'Both finished behind. Asaini, whose sooreAwas i J \cln the match Pay Miyamoto- - «° S- i? *" a tie t0 Bnrke» th *> match finishing at; the twentieth- h'c^; while Asami, was beaten by Leo D&gel by 5 and 3. .This is clearly a'pramising start by the Japanese in the Aid of international: golf. ; Golfers twhose judgment is sound say that these Jittle players from the East are certainly .the most deadly, and consistent putters'ik .the/world.' '■"" ;c''"'-''v-; ■ w ;■. Play in the Dark! . iv The recent interesting' ' game; ia" Christchurch, where matches' haiHo be held to allow the Tiding of putts,'fecalls some great matches in the murk, played .years., ago. : An interesting volume, entitled ;"Sportaserapiana,M published in 1868, gives :.an. account'from the report of an ■eye-witness: Mr. Horatio Ross, of:a,match- at1 St.'An- - drews between two :" great sportsmen, " Lord Kennedy and; Mr. Cruikshank, :df Langley Park. It was to consist of three holes; and the stake was £500 a hole, and to be played, after dark. The players started .about 10 o'clock, and no light was allowed save a lantern da each hole. Mr. Ross could '.* not- te- • member who.won the,match, biitther^ was only one hole ,to pay: '.for,; aria the most remarkable. thing was: that: they, made out: the holes in. about the 'same number of strokes they;, would , haVei taken.in.daylight.- On 29th.November, 1878, Mr, R.W. Brown backed iimself to go round the Hoylake links in 150 strokes, starting 'at 11 p.m. Several spectators, including Mr; Ball, walked all -the way round with him. The conditions: of the match were' that Mr. Brown was only to bo penalised^"loss of distance" for a. lost ball, and that no one was to help him to find it. When he had driven from, the [fourth, tee he could not find, his ball. As '"is well known to; all players 1 on. these links, this hole used to be a perfect nest of rabbit holes;. soVit was not strange Tiis ball could not be found.'Ho then drove another ball, arid those'who: remained forward saw the second ball drop into a rabbit tolei Mr. Brown also failed/ to, find this orie,vand went back to drive a,third. ball:stopped; short of tno same rabbitVhple, ; tfnd ."after''.'he had ' played it the spectators tpld'him where his second was. The first ana. 'second, balls were both in the..same hole, and' •. the third not a foot short of it. Even- ' tually he went; round in 147 strbke_s, and won his bet by the narrow:' inargiii'; of three ; strokes.- In' December, 1864,; <. Tom -Morris aha Charlie' Hunter/ with, " two- amateurs, Mr. Knowles,-a/French* .-■' Canadian dentist, and '■ Major/ Criehton, started a round of Prestwick at 11 p.m. The.: ■ course was then twelve holes. They; finished at 1.30 p.nv! The' expected moon; did not' appear,; arid the match wa,s:played in total, darkness. They lost two; balls. In 1876 -Dayia ; Stra^K' backed himself to go rourid St.'Ajidrewf under 100, in moonlight. .He'took: 95^ and did not lose-a ball. ~ ".'.' .•.-.-■ : ■_-:.-. r Aipperly at' Manly. - ; r-{ :^--, ;;, ■ The .Manly ; Cltib champion,■". Erj«" Apperly, broke the record of. the'eour'sa with a 69 (Jim Ferrier holds.the record with 70), but as the score was. done in' , a handicap against par, it; docs "no* V'ount as a record, nothwithstanding that the discs' were at "the back: of the: tees. Apperly' 8 record was tlie more];■'• :;emarkiible because; of an'■; iridifferenili start. 1 = Thd' first hole is a rather easy, par 4j.but he took 5. Neverthelessihe' was out in 35, par being 37, "With a run of 434445524, he dropped anotßef, stroke'to par at the seventh, but ha had birdies at the fifth, siithj eighth^ and ■ niiith. He played faultless goM coming home. He had a 3 at the 11th,; a par 4, and all the other holes in pair figures. The surf affects the play 6£ . many . golfers. 'Apperly;; appears.'to* thrive on if.' : ; '~';:' ' : " : ;;•'; Len Nettlef old,' a "graceful left", hander, has for five or six years been' the Bobby Jones of Tasmania; Some years ago he macle a record at the Bbyal Hoba'rt links of 67. This.had remained, untouched until recently,, -when tho figures were equalled by J..-Morriss^ -; who was out in 35 .and , home in 32; ; Morriss played fine golf.- Ne£tlefpld • will now have something to play up to if he is ambitious ■• to make' another ' record! At the Australian open: touma- •. mentin Aiigust last the'; Tasmamaii star (twice amateur champion' of Anstralia) was not seen at his'best,as he had injured his ankle and' looked "fa* from happy as he limped around the course at Kensington. When Nettlefold took hisifirst title he outed'lvo Whit* ton in, the • final. Two years later;h«( outstayed Stan Keane in the final.at . 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'Otago has a : sprinter over fifty.'yewS. of age in, active competition:: HeV.:ii W. J. Duff, who can still lead in mans* of theyourigsters. His'son, C.,H, Du»> an ex-IFniversity sprinter, ii a me-mbtf of-the Dunedia-Clnb, .";-'-.aL/,;;.