GOLF

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 May 1934, Page 11

GOLF

1 U.S.A. WINS WALKER CUP. i [BY CABLE —I’BESS ASSN. COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, May 12. ; Singles results in the Walker Cup 1 matches were: — Goodman (U.S.A.) heat Scott. 7/6. Little (U.S.A.) beat Tolley 6/5. Torrance beat Marston 1 4/3. Mcßavie and Westland halved. Moreland beat McKinlay 3/1. Ouimet (U.S.A.) beat Crawley 5/4. Dunlop beat McLean 4/3. Fischer beat Fiddian 5/4. Britain was completely eclipsed by nine matches to two, one being halved. The Americans disproved the belief that they cannot play in bad' weather by leading in five matches in the first round. Scott fought gallantly against the American open champion, Goodman, but was deprived of three holes in the first round by stymies, after which he was outputted by Goodman. Crawley gave Ouimet (U.S.A.) the lead by mistakenly knocking in the American’s ball at the first hole, after which he was always behind. Tolley temperamentally collapsed against Little. The weather improved in the afternoon, but the British golf became steadily worse, until their debacle became complete, although Torrance's good putting enabled him to gain a victory. . In the doubles on Friday, the biggest surprise was the sweeping defeat of Tolley and Wethered. Both putted indifferently and Wethered’s driving was so erratic that he became dangerous to the spectators. He actually hit one. The American pair were consistent, but not. brilliant. They were astounded to win 8 up and 6, with a round of 75. The golfing correspondent of the “Daily Mail,” referring to the TolleyWethered match in the Walker Cup contest, says: “It was one of the most pathetic displays of erratic golf I have ever seen. Wethered has never driven so badly. He simply could not keep straight. He never gave Tolley a ghost of a chance. Bentley and Fidd'ian were beaten mainly owing to their own indifferent putting. Scott and McKinlay had a fine fighting match, but after the eighth, nothing went right for the British pair. The tenth was a tragedy. Scott, with two for the hole, knocked an American ball into the hole. This completely unsettled Scott and the game which Britain might easily have won, was lost. McLean and Mcßuvie, after an unlucky start, played magnificently to save the British team from ignominy. All the matches were followed by huge crowds, which were controlled for the first time in St. Andrew’s history, by professional stewards. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. LONDON, May 12. At the ladies’ tourney at Porthcawl, 64 scores of 173 and under qualified for match play on Monday. Miss Gotirlay with 152 leads the field. She beat the women’s record on the reconstructed course with 74. Misses Fishwick and Gunzbourg did 155, Mrs Garon and Miss Morgan 158. Others qualifying included Miss Gaisford (N.Z.) 169, Miss Kay (N.Z.) 169, Miss Jacobsen (N.Z.) 172. Mrs Collinson did not qualify. Miss Jacobsen has been drawn against Miss Gotirlay, and Miss Gaisford against Mrs Garon.