GOLF CHAMPIONS

Evening Star, Issue 22773, 7 October 1937, Page 5

GOLF CHAMPIONS

Hornabrook’s Defeat HORTON’S BRILLIANT PLAY Douglas Beats Shaw New Zealand Wins Tasman Cup

Surprises and brilliant golf were again features of yesterday’s play at Hamilton when the Amateur and Professional Championships were advanced a further stage. The. elimination of J. P. Horxiahrook the amateur titleholder, was one of the sensations of the tournament,.and the golf in his match with T. H. Horton was perhaps the most exciting of the tournament so far. In the Professional Championship E. J. Moss had to withdraw With a strained thumb. E. S. 'Douglas eliminated A. J. Shaw. In the women’s tournament at Napier New Zealand defeated Australia for the.Tasman Cup by four matches to two..

THE AMATEURS NORTON'S SENSATIONAL VICTORY AN EXCITING MATCH [Psb United Phess Association.] HAMILTON, October 6. Among the interesting incidents in the play in the amateur and professional championships at St. Andrew s to-day were the elimination or the amateur titleholder, J. P. Hornahrook and a great round by It. H. Glading. It was high-class golf in the match between Horton and Hornabrook, the former’s medal pound ' being 71 and the tatter’s 72. A feature of the tussle, the most exciting match play of the tournament so ’' far, ' Was ' the brilliant ohiipptng. of. both players,. Particularly Hornabrook. The champion had command on one occasion only, and, if anything could be attributed as the cause of his defeat other than the magnificent, golf of Horton, it w<as His lapse in tee shots. Hornabrook was not as > convincing as usual, and over the ■' concluding stages of the game his tee shots were often steered to the rough. On the other hand Horton cut truly down the fairway with almost every drive. On the green his work was of a class seldom seen in quarter-firtal match play, and time and again long putts were sunk. Following halves at the first two holes, with bogey figures at the first and then birdies at the second, Horton took the lead at the third. There Hornabrook was bunkered, but he used the explosion shot well only to putt weakly and lose the hole. At the fourth hole the contestants were both short with their seconds, and while the titleholder chipped past the pin Horton ran up to within 15ft of the cup. Hornabrook again approached and putted weakly, and his opponent went to a 2 up lead by holing his long putt. The fifth hole was completed by both players in bogey 4’s, but at the next Hornabrook reduced the deficit by one by sinking an excellent putt for a birdie 3 following a fine recovery from

tho rough. After missing 4’s at the seventh, both players completed the next two holes in par figures to give Horton a lead of 1 up at the turn. .The strain was now on, with both players having excellent chances. Horton was out in 36 and Hornabrook in 37, both being better than the scratch score of 38, In the first of the homeward holes neither player found . the green with his iron shot from the tee, and, while Hornabrook was bunkered, Horton was in the rough to the right. The hole was halved'in 4’s.

The champion squared the game at the eleventh after hitting to the hole with his third, and went down in 4. Meanwhile Hortonmissed a surprisingly easy pntt, and failed to halve the hole. Hornabrook, who appeared to be standing the strain a little the better of the two at this stage, took the 1 lead for the first time in the match, when he holed a fine 15ft putt for a “birdie” 3 at the twelfth. Then cam© the first real sensation, of the match in which there were others to come. When playing a chip shot from the rough to the left of the green, Horton sank tho ball from'2o yards out. Hornabrook there missed a,difficult putt for a half, and the match was again square. ■ At the short fourteenth Horton failed to hole a long putt, and halved the hole. For the first time a .real indication of the ultimate result came when Hornabrook steered his drive at the fifteenth, but recovered well to be fortunate to halve the hole when Horton missed a putt which was just bordering on being difficult.

After two good drives had been seen at the sixteenth, Hornabrook again got into difficulties by pulling his wood snot on the fairway, into the rough to the left of the green and in a hollow, while Horton was correct in his progress to the pin. Hornabrook encountered a stymie for a 20-foot putt. He had no chance of overcoming it, and lost the hole to Horton’s 4. More thrills came at the seventeenth. When recovering from the rough in splendid style, Hornabrook over-ran the green with his second shot, only to chip back 18 yards and jump the cup, and the ball poised on the lip. Horton halved the hole by sinking a difficult putt. On the last hole of the gruelling contest Hornabrook pitched his ball pin high with his second shot. _ Horton had the crowd in suspense as his second just carried the bunker and pitched on to the carpet to run to within 15 feet of the pin. The odds were in favour of Hornabrook at this hole,. but Horton had the satisfaction of seeing that long putt drop for a half, thus winning the match and stepping up to the semifinals to-morrow. It was the end of a brilliant game.

OTHER GAMES IN QUARTER-FIKALS FORMER TITLE HOLDER IN FORM Outdistancing his opponent with his drives, which were again working well, and displaying brilliancy on the fairways, H. W. Hattersley scored a merited victory oyer W. 6. Horne. The latter lost the majority of his strokes on his driving, which was inclined to be inaccurate and short. Both players putted well, and Hattersley finished with two “ birdies ” on„his card by holing in 3 at the third and another 3 at the fifth. The match between the Seaheld brothers, A. R. and R. F. Kitto went to the nineteenth, when. A, R, Kitto, the younger, who is a scratch player, secured the right to enter the semifinal. Although at times he played excellent golf, the elder Kittp did not display the form that gave him 69 and 71 in his two rounds yesterday. It was even pegging throughout, the Kjijue being all square at the ninth, to which both players took 38 strokes, .and they were again all square at the eighteenth with cards of 74. A. R. Kitto took the decision at the nineteenth, where Jus opponent became bunkered. _ R. h ■ Kitto took the lead at the thirteenth but bis brother squared the match at the seventeenth. Playing his best golf of the tournament so far, B. M. Silk entered the semi-finals of the championship to-day when he defeated J. R- Hobbs, the Napier 1 handicap player. Silk is now playing excellent golf, but in meeting Hattersley in the semi-finals to-morrow ho will have to fight probably the ultimate winner. Silk won the amateur championship at Wanganui, his home course, in 1934, and was runner-up to the new champion, J. P. Hornabrook, in 1935. At the championships last year Silk, after playing well in the open, was eliminated early in the amateur event. To-day Silk played well on the tees, while his iron shots in the fairway were correctly accomplished. On the greens, however, Silk experienced one or two lapses, but except for these his work around the cup was up to. his normal standard. Hobbs was at times wild ■with his tee shots, with the result that he was obliged to play from the bunkers more often than he should have. That was his main trouble early in the game, but coming home ho improved considerably*

FLIGHT MATCH SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD PLAYER'S GREAT ROUND The finals of tho flight match for the 1G amateurs below those who qualified for the championship was played to-day. \V. A. Donald (Auckland) defeated H. E. Crosse (of Napier), a former New Zealand titleholder. Donald was 3 up at the fourteenth, hut Crosse won tho fifteenth in 3, tho sixteenth in 4, and tho eighteenth in 4. The nineteenth was halved m 3 s, and Donald won at the twentieth with a nicely-played 4. Since failing to qualify for the amatuer championship Donald has struck his best form, and his medal rounds over tho past few days have been 73, 71, 71, and 77. Tho record for St. Andrew’s was again unofficially equalled to-day, when tho youthful Hamilton star It. H. Glading completed a brilliant round in 69 after covering tho. first nine holes in 34. Glading is only 17, and two years ago was on a 17 handicap. He had six birdies in the round and 11 bogeys, and the only hole in which bogey beat him was at the short fourteenth, where ho needed a 4 after encountering a little trouble. His card read;—• Out: 3,4, 4,4, 4,3, 5, 4,3—34, In: 3,4, 4,4, 4,4, 4,4, 4—35. Total, 69, Results of flight match:— H. E. Crosse beat J. Shanley, 3 and 2. W. A. Donald beat J. Shelly, 4 and 3. In the final W. A. Donald (Auckland) beat H. E. Crosse (Napier) at the twentieth hole. NEW ZEALAND PLATE. SECOND ROUND. K. C. Ward beat B. G. Thomson, 3 and 1. „ „ _ H. D. Brinsden beat A. D. S. Duncan, by default. ' J. Young beat P. G. F. Smith, 1 up, J. Logan beat J. A. Eweu, 1 up. R. A. Glading beat S. 6. Cooper, 8 and 6 SEMI-FINALS. Young beat Smith, 1 np. Ward beat Brinsden, 2 and 1., Logan beat Ewen, 1 up. Glading beat Cooper, 8 and 6. STROKE HANDICAPS. Amateur. —V. Saleb, 78—6—72; J. Galloway. 75—2—73. . Professional.—R. C. Butters, net 69; J Watt, net 70. THE PROFESSIONALS SHAW ELIMINATED Rated for some time as the leading golfer in New Zealand, A. J. Shaw lost his chances of gaining his seventh professional championship to-day, when he was eliminated in the semi-final in a decisive manner by E. S. Douglas, the Otago player, 6 and 5. Douglas has never w,on a New Zealand professional title, although ho has held tho open crown on four occasions. He is the veteran professional of the tournament, and his prospects ■ now, after his overwhelming defeat of Shaw, appear bright. Douglas played excellent golf all day, and deserved to win the match. His long work was impressive, but he overcame Shaw more on his play round the greens, where his putting was splendid. On the other hand, Shaw spoiled his excellent work from the tees and good approaching by lapses on the greens. After defeating Shaw on the thirteenth Douglas completed the course, and returned an excellent card of 70 for the round. His card read:— Out; 2,4, 4,4, 5,4, 4,4, 4—35. In: 3,4, 5,4, 4,4, 5,3, 3—35. Total, 70. Results of semi-finals: — E. J. Moss defaulted to B. J. Smith, jun., after 18 holes. E. S.. Douglas beat A. J. Shaw, 6 and 5.

WOMEN’S TOURNEY TASMAN CUP AUSTRALIA DEFEATED [Per United Press Association.] __ NAPIER, October 6. The Tasman Cup, presented by the Australian Golf Union and the New Zealand Golf Union, was played for to-day at Waiohiki, for the fourth time. Australia has won it twice in home matches, and now New Zealand has won it twice, also in home matches. Results:— FOURSOMES. Misses E. M. Hutton and B. Keniot (Australia) defeated Mrs G. Hollis and Mrs R. S. Fuflertcm-Smith (New Zealand), 1 up. Miss P. Helean. and Miss J. Horwell (New defeated Mrs Sloan Morpeth and Miss S. Tolhursfc (Australia), 1 up. SINGLES. Mrs Morpeth (Australia) beat Miss Betts (New Zealand), 2 and 1. Mrs Fufierton-Smith (New Zealand) beat Miss Tolhurst (Australia), 1 up.

Miss Helean (New Zealand) teat Miss Hutton (Australia), 3 mid 2. Mre Hollis (Now Zealand) beat Miss Kernot (Australia), 6 and 4. New Zealand ... 4 matches Australia ... ... 2 matches Both the foursomes matches played provided exciting finishes, and after the morning’s play Australia had won ouo match ami New Zealand one, making the position, all square.

THE PLAY FOURSOMES MATCHES In the first match New Zealand) won the toss and took the honour, and Mrs Hollis hit a well-placed drive. Miss Hutton took the honour for Australia, and hit her ball close to tho trees. The New Zealand, second was through the green, and. the Australian short. Both sides chipped up to have long putts, and tho hole was halved in 5. New Zealand took the lead at the second, where the home players holed out in 4 to 5. The third hole was halved in excellent birdie 4’s. At the fourth New Zealand found the hunker alongside the green, and chipped out to leave a long putt. Australia looked likely to win this hole, but their approach putt overran the cup, and the hole was halved in 4. The fifth hole saw the Australians square the match after the New Zealanders had hooked their second outside the bunker on tho left. The sixth, seventh, and eighth were halved in 4, 4, and 5. At the ninth the Australians secured a well-played 5 to be 1 up. The scores for the outward journey were: Australia, 41; Now Zealand, 42. At the tenth Miss Kernot’s drive caught a bad patch of rough, and the Australians were unable to reach the green with their second. The New Zealanders were nicely on an 2 to take the hole and square the match once more. Then New Zealand took the lead hy winning the next two holes in par 5 and 4. At the thirteenth both sides got poor tee shots, and eventually the hole was halved in 5. The fourteenth and fifteenth saw the Australians take these two holes to square the match. At the fourteenth Miss Kernot played a great tee shot to the green, and Miss Hutton lipped the hole for 2. They secured their 3 to New Zealand’s 4. From a great drive by Miss Hutton at the fifteenth, Miss Kernot hit a haif-mashie to within 6ft of the pin, giving them a chance for a birdie. The New Zealanders were short with their second, their chip shot was too strong, and they holed out in 5 to Australia’s 4. . The sixteenth was halved in par 5, and then the Australians took the lead at the short seventeenth, when Miss Hutton hit a magnificent tee shot to within 3ft of tho pin. The Now Zealanders were short, and their chip shot also was short. They missed a 3, but Miss Kernot made no mistake with her putt to hole out a birdie 2, putting the Australians dormi© 1. Both sides hit great tee shots at the eighteenth, and both were on in 2, about 15ft from the pin. Mrs Fuller-ton-Smith made a great attempt to hole her putt for a birdie 3 to square the match, the ball just missing. The Australians putted up dead and secured their 4 to finish the match 1 up. 111-luck which befell the Australians, Mrs S. Morpeth and Miss S. Tollmrst, at the eighteenth, cost them the game against Miss P. Helean and Miss J. Horwell. The New Zealanders won 1 up Misses Horwell and Tolhurst drove off, and Miss Helean found the green •with a high raashie lOveir the poplar in almost precisely the same manner as she did in yesterday’s championship play. Mrs Morpeth also found tho green. Misses Horwell and Tolhurst missed 6ft putts and the hole was halved in 4’s. A fine mashie shot from the side of the bank with her second saw Miss Horwell bring tho New Zealanders out of a difficult situation, and, when Miss Helean chipped*incely to within 3tt or the hole. New Zealand had a chance of a win, hut Miss Tolhurst laid a stymie and Miss Horwell missed her putt, the hole being halved in os. The Neu Zealanders were 1 up when they took the third. A stymie laid by Miss Helean enabled the New Zalanders to square the fourth in 4’s. Great seconds at the fifth-by Miss Helean and Mrs Morpeth took the New Zealanders on to the orecn, and the Australians just short. The hole was halved in 4’s. Miss iolhurst’s second at the sixth was .short. Miss Helean’s chip shot went 6ft past the pin, and Miss .Horwell failed to sink her putt by 2m. Miss Tolhurst sank her putt to make the game all square. At the seventh Miss Tolhurst put her tee shot on to the edge of the green but Miss Horwell found a bunker, from which Miss Helean recovered brilliantly to get to within 3ft of the pin. Miss Tolhurst made no mistake with her putt to put the Australians 1 up. The eighth went to the Australians when Miss Helean missed a 4ft putt. The ninth went to the New Zealanders through Miss Tolhurst missing a putt. . The match was squared at the tenth, when the home players won, 5 to 4, as the result of xi magnificent snot from a bunker by Miss Horwell. Ihe home players were 1 up after the eleventh hole, where Miss Tolhurst had a difficult lie and only sent tho hall 25yds. Both were on the green in 4, and Miss Horwell succeeded with a 12rt putt. The twelfth was halved, hut the Australians took the next in 5, Miss Horwell having to play across a bunker near the green. At the short fourteenth both overplayed the hole and halved in 4. At the fifteenth Mrs Morpeth was short, but Miss Helean found a bunker. The hole was halved in 5. Mrs Morpeth went through at tho sixteenth, and the home players gained the hole. 5 to 6. At the short seventeenth Miss Horwell was on the green, Miss Tolhurst going to the left. Miss Helean got within four feet of the pin, and Mrs Morpeth almost sank a 30ft putt. The Australians gained the hole, 3 to 4, Miss Horwell missing the putt. The match was then all square, with one hole to go. Miss Horwell and Miss Tolhurst sent their seconds into the bunkers at tho last hole. Miss Helean’s and Mrs Morpeth’s shots went through tho green, the first to strike a tree, from which it rebounded, and tbo second finishing against the tree. Miss Tolhurst failed to move tho ball, hut Mrs Morpeth cleared magnificently. Miss Horwell’s approach went six feet past the pin, while Miss Tolhurst almost laid a stymie. Miss Helean nutted to within a foot of tho hole, but Mrs Morpeth, after sinking her putt, conceded the hole, the New Zealanders winning one up.

THE SINGLES MRS HOLLIS v. MISS KERNOT. In tho match, between the two No. 1 players, Mrs G. Hollis (New Zealand) and Miss B. Kernot (Australia), both started off with well-played 4’s. Then Mrs Hollis took tbe lead at the second hole with par to her opponent’s 5. At tho third Miss Kernot’s tee shot did not carry the bank in front of tho tec, but she recovered well to reach tho edge of tho green in 3, tho same figures as her opponent, a half in 5 resulting. Mrs Hollis took the fourth with a 3 to bo 2 up. At tho fifth Mrs Hollis was short of the green with her second, while her opponent was through. Mrs Hollis chipped iip and

holed her shot for a birdie 3 to be 3 up. After a visit to the rough at the sixth, Mrs Hollis reached the edge of tho green to hole another chip shot for 4, to become 4 up. Tho seventh was halved in 3, then at the eighth (480yds) Mrs Hollis hit two magnificent shots to reach the green, but Miss Kernot holed a six-footer for 5 to get half after Mrs Holds had three putts. The ninth was halved in par s’s. Mrs Hollis was out in 36, and .was 4 up at the turn. Miss Kernot was out in 40. Mrs Hollis continued her brilliant form, winning the tenth to bo 5 up. The eleventh was halved in s’s after Miss Kernot had recovered well from a bunker. The next three holes wore halved in par figures, 4,4, and 3 to give Mrs Hollis the match, 5 up and 4 to play. Mrs Hollis played brilliantly throughout, playing all her shots with case and confidence. Miss Kornot payed well, but occasional lapses round the greens prevented her from holding her opponent. Mrs Hollis’s figures for tho 14 holes played were even 4’s and one under par, as follows : Out: 4,4, 5,3, 3,4, 3,5, 5—36. In: 4,5, 4,4, 3—20. MRS FULLERTON-SMITH v. MISS TOLHURST. A brilliant fight to a finish was tho match in which Mrs Fullerton-Smith (New Zealand) defeated Miss S. Tolhursb (Australia) by 1 up. Mrs Fullcr-ton-Smith was in much better form than her opponent during tho early stages of the match. Miss Tolhurst, demonstrated her fighting abilities, winning the tenth and eleventh after her

: opponent had found trouble in the i rough. Losing the twelfth to a bogey : 4, Miss Tolhurst laid Mrs Fullertoni Smith a dead stymie at the next, -winning the hole and going to the fourteenth 2 down. A beautiful tee shot and a perfect approach putt gave this 1 hole to the Australian in 3, the New Zealand player chipping through the green and failing to get up with her next. One down now, Miss Tolhurst sank a 12ft putt to halve tho fifteenth, bub threw away an excellent chance for a win at the sixteenth, taking three putts from 14ft. At the seventeenth Miss Tolhurst played a difficidt shot to be within three feet of the pin and sank the putt for a half in 3. At the final hole, amid tense excitement, Mrs Fullerton-Smith, who was still 1 np, played her second too strongly, and went up against the netting at the back of- the green. Mrs Fullerton-Smith sank her fourth with a perfect putt, which never looked like missing tho cup, anld the match ended in her favour -by 1 up. MISS HELEAN v. MISS HUTTON. Fortunes varied considerably in the match in which Miss P. Helean (New Zealand) defeated Miss Hutton (Australia) by 3 and 2. After winning tho first with an excellent 4, chipping dead after going through tho green too strongly, Miss Helean struck _ hopeless trouble at the second and picked up her ball after playing four shots. Miss Hutton won the third, 5 to 4, to bo all square. Miss Helean won the tenth with a 4 against Miss Hutton’s 5, •but at the long eleventh Miss Hutton squared it with a 5, Miss Helean taking 6, The New Zealander became 2

up when she took the twelfth, 4 to 5, and the thirteenth, 4 to 6. Then at the short fourteenth Miss Hutton registered a perfect 2, sending her tee shot right alongside the pin. For the first time in the match Miss Hutton' outdrove Miss Helean at the fifteenth, hut Miss Helean was on the green with a- beautiful second. Bunkered with her second, Miss Hutton “exploded” out nicely, but missed a long putt and Miss Helean laid a dead stymie, taking the hole, to be 2 up with three to go. Both players put their seconds out of bounds at the sixteenth, but Miss Helean. then got on to the green, Miss Hutton taking two shots. Each took two putts, and Miss Helean was the winner, 3 and 2. MRS MORPETH v. MISS BETTS. After a game of fluctuating fortunes, in which the winneb "held a distinct advantage for most of the distance, Mrs S. Morpeth (Australia) defeated Miss Betts (New Zealand), 2_ and 1. The first hole was halved in 5 and the second in 4, but when Miss Betts missed a 3ft putt at the third Mrs Morpeth took the hole, 5 to 6, to he 1 up. At the next both took 3, and the hole was halved. The fifth was halved in 4 after Miss Betts had gone through the green with her second. The Australian took 4 to' her opponent’s 5 at the sixth, and became 2 up. The short seventh was halved in 3. When Miss Betts twice failed to get out of a bunker at the eighth she conceded the hole to make Mrs Morpeth 3 up. An air shot for the second, followed by a duff, saw Miss Betts take 5 to.reach the green at the ninth, and Mrs Morpeth was on in 3. She took the hole to fee 4 up at tjie turn*

Bunkered at the tenth, Mrs Mora. peth recovered well to square the hole' 1 in 5. Mrs Morpeth went from the lip of one hunker into another at the eleventh, and when a putt lipped the cup Miss Betts had a win by 6 to 7.A beautiful second by Miss Betts at the twelfth finished inenes from the pin, and she took the hole to reduce the leeway to 2 down. At the thirteenth' both played weak seconds, and after, Miss Betts had narrowly missed the hole with a 40ft chip the hole wa* halved in 5. The fourteenth _ waa halved in 4, and Miss Betts, sinking a 4ft putt for a win at the fifteenth,; was 1 down. Mrs Morpeth was almost out of bounds with her drive at the sixteenth, but both were on. the green in 3, and the hole was halved in 5. Miss Betts’s tee shot was short at the seventeenth, where Mrs Morpeth reached the green. Miss Betts chipped too far, and two putts were sufficient to give Mrs Morpeth the hole and the match, 2 and 1.