GOLF NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23094, 21 October 1938, Page 4

GOLF NOTES

Otago Club. W. G. Wight again played golf of a very high order to enter the final of the clufi championship at the expense of H. J. Pollock. Wight has not yet won this title, but has on. several occasions been ruuner-up. He has held the provincial championship, and a win in the club event would he a very popular one. Last Saturday, in a high wind, he was out in 36 to be 4up at the turn. Pollock reduced this lead to 2 by winning the short tenth and Tipperary in bogey figures. The twelfth was halved in regulation 4 s, but won the thirteenth to become 3 up,° At Roy’s both played excellent tee shots to halve the hole in birdie 3’s. Both players were short with their tee shots at the fifteenth. Wmht fluffed, his third shot, and overran his fourth 10ft past the pin. Pollock approached to 12ft from the pin and putted 18m short. Wight missed his putt, but laid Pollock a dead stymie. The latter attempted to chip the ball _ over_ his opponent’s, but knocked Wight in for a win in 5, and the match. The other semi-final between Tyrrell and Sime will be played this week-end. Intermediate Championship. R. F. Barr just shaded A. R. Woods to enter the fnal by 2,ard 1. 0. W. Glover and N. H. North had a sterling tussle before the former won on the last green. —Junior Championship.— A. N. Barnett and A. M’Millan now meet in the final of this event. —Veterans’ Cup.— A. Smellie scored a popular win in the final of the “veterans,” defeating N. R. M'lsaac by 3 and 2 after h game of fluctuating fortunes. —Stableford Handicap.—

D. A. Ferguson is again playing at the top of his form, and easily won the trophy with 36 +4—4o. He is deserving of a lower handicap, and was round in the standard scratch score of 73. Consistent A. Gibbs was next with 35 +l-36. ' „ n ni •' . In the B grade P. S. Glasson played sound golf to record a tie with 20 +l2 32. I). Wright, scoring 17 +15 —32 was also, never off the line. , St. Clair Championship. There were no surprises in the first roluhd of the club championship, although the present holder, C. B. Wight, had to hole a 3 on the last green to defeat A. Gibson, 1 up. Gibson is a newcomer from Wellington, and plays a very useful game. He will bo a decided acquisition to the St. Clair interclub team. . . . W. W. Clayton is playing golf of a hi w h order, but last week was taken to the nineteenth by Otago’s best lefthander, D. S. M'Lean. M'Lean has earned an enviable reputation as a match player, and with a few breaks could have turned the match the other C. Bennie was too sound for the long sitting ' Rhodes, apd finished a splendid match on the seventeenth green. In the semi-final old rivals in Wight and Clayton again cross swords, while in the other half Bennie will , not need to let Lawrence get far away over the first nine holes. In the Goldsmid Memorial Cup two pa’irsT-M‘Lean and Wolstenholrae and St. Gesrge and Gourley—tied with -aggregate scores of 10 up over 36 holesLabour Pay Tournament. The annual Otatara Cup competition for club members will be held on the St. Clair links on Labour Day. This event takes the form of two aggregate medal rounds on handicap (limit 18). . , The winner will receive the cup, ana the runner-up a trophy. Trophies will also be given for the winner and runnerup of the morning and afternoon medal rounds.-. North Otago Championship. Quite a number of Otago players are journeying to Oamaru for the championship, to be played on Labour Way. Low-markers from the Otaro Club include A. Gibbs, W. G. Wight, _T. Wight. A. Lucas. N. H. INorth, and H. J Pollock In the foursome championship Wight and Wight, Lucas and North, Gibbs and Pollock will be pairing.

Too lonj to Play Shots. “ Most golfers take too mock time playing a shot.” says Gene Sarazen. “ This goes for pros, as well as average plavers. You can make tip your mind as you walk up to the ball what club you will need the greater part of the the picture of the shot to be played— and then play it. The more time you take, the more tension you -build up. /, , r . , “ Alex Smith used to say Miss em quick.’ I agree with that—and you won’t miss so many. If you take too much time, you start ‘ freezing on the shot, and then everything is lost. _ “Do your best to quit thinking about bunkers and hazards and other trouble on ahead. You can’t do that and think about right swinging at the same .time.' Pick out your line and then let 'er go. “ Give that clubhead a chance to pick up speed. The speed in most swings is dying ■ fast well before the clubhead ever gets to the ball. . Don’t get dead hands. Put them to work and don’t let them quit at any Po “j' jj aY Q always thought golfers should think more about hand and wrist action than they do. Your feet and legs will work naturally—if you 11 only let them. . Yes.” said Gene again, " it’s hard to think about running a farm and controlling a back swing. I’m liable

to start wondering what the, cows and calves are doing just before impact. _ “ All you ■ need is a few outside thoughts thoughts outside making the swing and the caddie starts looking for a lost ball.”