GOLF

Evening Post, Issue 2, 2 July 1932, Page 20

GOLF

■r "Chmhot" CUP ECHOES

WEAK PUTTING

ABOUT THE VICTORS

The Kirk-Windeyer Cup has done-a lot of good to all the' New Zealand-par-ticipants, and particularly to the. two youngsters^ to whoniothe-: j experience gained should be invaluable. : '. Golf igplayed as much with the head as with the stroke, and, though full of all sorts: of good advice beforehand, it is left for the in dividual player to. judge what -, \ is .the best course .'to-'.pursue in the eir- : cumstances which-confront; him in tha■■'•'■ round; Whether to play .safe or-hot when faced with a shot full of wonderful possibilities on the one hand, and dire disaster on the other, is a matter between the golfer and the god; of the Boyal and Ancient: game. '■Nobodyelse can help.; - Big golf ;brings o'iit the thinking powers of the.player in away that club golf never -will.. ,Silk and ttornabrook-were.well .aware of these fundamentals before they Trent to Australia, but if the visit has given them fuller confidence: in - their own judgment, it will have greatly helped two of the: most promising youngsters: in New Zealand.. Silk is at present the steadier. Black fully proved his steadiness over there; ■ particularly in taking Hattersley to the twenty-first in. the State.-event. The indecision, regarding his inclusion in.-the singlesof the Cup was due to fine ; practice work Joy Wagg, Who had irpt-yet been included, in .the team, but Brinsden. insisted upon Black taking/the place assigned to him, probably because ha agreed with Press'; comments on the changes in the team very .similar-to that of the "Sydney Morning Herald" which wrote:—"Black's omission will cause;some surprise.' There was little wrong .with his form1: yesterday, : although the same; cannot•'lie., said of Brinsden. Brinsden. played several fine short approaches, but. his brassie play was very faulty i; . He, ma-y reveal better, form, to-day, .but- on.--yesterday'» showing he is decidedly fortunate to'b« in the team ahead of.Black."'. Brinsden, had he played Bettington instead of Wagg, might-have made a better showing, as.,Wagg was; all over the place, in every department of the game, butr-the result would: probably . have been, the , same as regarded, the Cup. Brinsden 'a. showing in the State event, however, proves that his selection, iot the :teani : in :!the-: first place . was thoroughly : justified,' and his willingness to stand down- in the' Cup singles showed liis-sportsmanship. •.;.. One- of the strongest .-features.)1 of BrinsdenV game at the Hutt was his straight seconds to the -green/bufr/thM' quality apparentlydeserted him''in the final of the State event. , The majority of the matches,, however, ;wer«; either won or lost on the greens.,-.: With r the feel of their own greens in hand, New Zealanders should have , better fortuno1 ia the Teturn match here, which may ba played'in the north/; ;/ - .-. .-. The Australian Team; ' '; ■■■■ Sidelightsi.on : the victorious Austrahan team in the Kirk-Windeyer Cup show it to be a formidable .one. ' Dr. Bettington; who should' be sure of place in the' nest, team, is a terrific hitter, playing a, toe'shijt thafis nearly, all carry, and his iron'shots .also are high, with, a .drop to the grpen He might- easily 'be penalised1 in a-strong wind, but even then-the: length of his shots might: carry,him- through, unless the ::: ball - was • blown', into trouble. Putting is hot-his strong" point, except when ; he. is on it, and then he is exceedingly good. Ferfier, like Shaw, possessing: tremendous' length-, has no.W concentrated; on accuracy rather tbaa length from the tee, and is therefore the more deadly. 'He-can get on all greens in 2, of ten i playing a run up shot for his second.: -At-the 502 yard sixteenth at"\. Eose • T Bay, ■ Ferrier was left with a small: chip from'ten feet off the green. : He plays all'his clubs weu,- and: is a; -good sputter, "-'■ always going for the. hole, and rarely taking any' borrow. If he* has a; fault, it.i* ■that he is■ inclined to .lunge at hit shots, the.right shoulder dipping. Dobson, would probably ihave, been in th» team btit for-an injured; knee. Thompson, who was runner-up>in- the Australian championship last year, -is moi;'; a longihitter-frbm -the-rteej but he; is very accurate; and is deadly- round tha,: greens, an ideal foursome"player' good with his second shots, with Which he; reaches, most of tlie greens '.in two; Withycombe, secretary of the .Golf CouncD, beat the-; best amateurs arid professionals in' New South' Wales just before the 'Kirk-Windeyer'.ebktest, in a- meeting at Xa ■Perouse, where he did; the equivalent of 71's under bad weather conditions. He gets as great a length as Bettington, but plays rather a more dnadly type of ball, : with * lower trajectory. '": I. K. Harrison, wh» recently did a 68 at Kensingtbri, ison« of the soundest Australian^ goliers; but has lapses of form. ■ He- is a.membee of. the New South Wales Golf Asso-i ciation. ;-' : Brinsden,beat:him 1 up. I* was unfortunate /for- the :New Zea»: lander that he should turn oa ; one ofi the worst rounds he has played fofi^ some time, either..in, New/Zealand o«! Australia, an : .83, iagainst Dobs on. i» v the semi-final, of .the State champion- ■ ship. : ■" ■• ..-'.-.,'■;..-.'i:'-. ( ' i:-:.."..'.','';. ■';',!,';'.Z'.: - ■ '-. ' New Zealanders &t Home. : , .:. -..'.. '■ Members of the New ;Zealand;. Society held their 'Spring Golf; Meeting last month .at ■'• the West Middlesex Golf \ Club Links, when. 28 took 'part in the play. Good fortune ;as to weather was theirs, a really; fine, day in a week of rain. f The com* petition in. the morning was an IS'-holft bogey handicap. - It -was ; won by; Brigadier-General Jack (with a handicap of-1"0),'! who was one down; Mr.1 F." J. Abbott was" runner, up. Other leading.scores: were mad» by. >Ir'-' T. :^B. Chin g, Mr. V Graham. Michie, and Mr.. M...M.;.Smith.;, In :tha afternoon four-ball -: foursomes ■ wei-a played. • This •competition was wba by Mr. Walter Young and Mr. F. T. Sandford, with' a' score of • 5 up .or bogey.------After.' the play' all' the competitors assembled in the'club house, where Sir Thomas Wilford,' who Was one: of the competitors, presented tha customary silver tankard to Brigadier* General Jack and gave the other prizes; Stiff Left in Pitch. , " . , The. real secret: of the pitch shotj and also the pitch and runj is to play; them with a straight left, arm, especially, at contact .with the. bill, and during the follow. through,. ) say,S; Ivo Whittoh. If your left arm .breaks' on the down* ward swing the chances^ are .that your club will dig into the ground,.and tha ball will go only a>few yards.. Also the breaking of this arm is the maia cause of the much-dreaded' socket shot, the horrible disease; which comes' to every golfer "some time, in ; his carter^ and. very often •when': least ■ expected* So remember,: a ■ straight^ left .<> arm is the best cure:for w .?pcketing,., also.- se« the left-heel is.oathe ground at impact. For a successful mashierniblick shot .with stop, the arms must follow well after the ball, but the 'wrists; instead of turning over after the ball has been hit, must; keep under the club, so a* the face; of tlie "blade will; be facing, square to-the sky; at the finish of 5 th» swing. '