GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Evening Star, Issue 23237, 10 April 1939, Page 16

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

SURPRISE IN SECOND ROUND WIGHT'S FINE PERFORMANCE SATURDAY'S PLAY The second day of the Otago amateur championship tournament was again all that could be dcsil-cd as far as, conditions go. The course was in almost perfect order, and the result was some very interesting golf. The afternoon play produced in the nature of a surprise in the first match, when T. W. Wight beat A. Gibbs, who was a hot favourite, 3 and 2. Wight played the first nine holes in 33, giving a very convincing display. Gibbs won the first hole, and Wight squared the score at the sixth, leading all the way. The other matches all showed very close finishes. There was nothing between Ferguson and Scouler all the way round except that the breaks were not coming Scouler’s way. He was stymied three times in the round. The quality of the golf is shown by the fact that Sconler was round in level 4’s and Ferguson one over 4’s. Tyrrell and Lawrence, too, had a match that provided good golf right up to the last hole. They were all square at the turn, and all square again, playing Roy’s. Tyrrell won that hole, they halved the fifteenth, and a win to Tyrrell at the short sixteenth left him dormie 2.

Trewern and Clayton both played golf that was good at times, but very patchy. A match which had fluctuated consistently ended in Trewern’s favour 1 up. As was the case on Friday the handicap competition played in the afternoon was notable for exceptional scoring. It was a Stablcford, and J. R. H. Caiman won it with a card reading 28—-16—44, perhaps the best score ever returned in a Stablefqrd at Balmacewon. Saturday’s results were as follows; OTAGO AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP —First Round.— i A. Gibbs beat D. C. Bennie, 4 and 2. T. W. Wight beat A. Lucas, 5 and 4. J. IV. Trewern bent F. W. Dixon, 4 and 2. W. W.. Clayton beat H. J. Pollock, 2 and 1, T. C. Tyrrell beat K. Ross, 1 up. A. Lawrence beat A. G. Sirac, 4 and 3. J. A. Scouler beat P. J. Gill, 3 and 1. T. B. Ferguson beat J. R. Laidlaw, 5 and 4. —Second Round. Wight beat Gibbs, 3 and 2. Trewern beat Clayton, 1 up. Tyrrell beat Lawrence, 2 up. Ferguson beat Scouler, 1 up. OTAGO PLATE. —First Round.— ! Bennie beat Lucas, 6 and 4. Ross beat Sime, 1 up. . • Gill beat Laidlaw by default. Dixon beat Pollock at the nineteenth. FLIGHT MATCHES. No. 1. , First Round.—A. H. Boyd beat F. S. Avent 6 and 5, S. E. Field beat G. C. 'Morris 1 up, J. N. Fafvey beat C. H. Hitchon 5 and 4, S. H. M’Kechnie beat J. N. Sams 3 and 1. Semi-finals: Boyd beat Field 4 and 2, Falvey beat M'Kechnie at the twenty-first. No. 2. First Round.—J. M. Fraser beatJ. Clark 1 up, E. A. Lucas beat J. A. Bevin 2 up, W 7. J. W 7 eston beat C. W. Glover at the twentieth, K. Chalmer beat H. S. Ross at the nineteenth. Semi-finals: Lucas beat Fraser at the nineteenth, Weston beat Chalmer 2 and 1. No. 3, First Riiund.—W. 0. Aitken heat J. C. St. George 2 and 1, J. T. M’Corkiudale beat F. B. Kerr 3 and 2, J. W. Bain beat J. W. Delbridge 1 up, D. T. Poole beat M. W. Connors .3 and-2. Semi-finals: Aitken beat M’Corkindale 3 and 1, Poole beat Bain 4 and 2. No. 4. First Round.—P. A. Barton beat F. Kennedy 1 up, L. M. Satterthwaite beat F. Duthie 2 up, A. Hindle beat J. P. Cartwright 4 and 3, L. A. Dolan beat A. E. Jefferson 3 and 2. Semifinals ; Satterthwaite beat Barton 3 and 2, Dolan beat Hindle 2 and 1. No. 6. First Round.—F. Hunt beat W. M‘Ghie 6 and 5. A. E. M’Dougall beat S. L. Wilson by default, I. H. Penrose beat S. 1. Heckler 2 and 1, W. J. Coifghlan beat G. P. Latimer 6 and 5. Semi-finals; Hunt beat M'Dougall . 4 and 3, Penrose beat Goughian 1 up. No. 6. First Round.—H. H. Dobie beat S. G. Gourley 2 and 1, S. G. Cook beat L. W. Jamieson 2 up, G. L. Ferguson beat J. Hardie 4 and 3, A. F. Wethey beat E. M. Lake 2 and I. Semi-finals: Dobie beat Cook 4 and 3, Ferguson beat Wethey 2 up. No. 7. First Round.—J. E. Finch beat G. Gregory 2 and 1, F. Roberts beat A. D. Thomas 2 and 1, 0. L. Holden beat T. J. Butler 5 and 4, G. F. Dunne beat O. E. Rout 5 and 4. Semi-finals-Roberts beat Finch 4 and 3, Dunne boat hidden 2 and 1.