F. FENWICK WINS DOUR FINAL WITH JENSEN OF NAPIER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23349, 4 September 1950, Page 6

F. FENWICK WINS DOUR FINAL WITH JENSEN OF NAPIER

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After an uncertain start and the Ipss of two holes as a rcsull of shakv putting. F. Fenwick went on to win the T.R. Golf Club’s open championship final on Saturday in a dour tussle with A. Jensen, of Napier, a young player who will surely have his share of championship honours before long. Fenwick won 4 and 2, in a round of 72 —two strokes under mr—including three birdies and a brilliant eagle.

The match was worthv of the occa sion. for although Jensen was well beaten at the finish, he extended his more experienced opponent and obliged him to produce some of the best. amateur form seen on the Awapuni links for veers. After the first two holes Fenwick played superb golf and onlv twice exceeded par figures for any hole. He con'd not afford to make anv slios, for Jensen exceeded par on onlv four holes, and could bo said to have had only one bad hole in the whole round up to the stage when Fenwick clinched his win. Both were driving lone balls from the tee, straight up (he fairway, and though the Napier man was setting more loft and conseouent'v less run after his ball hit the ground, there was not i much between them on most of their drives. Both used woods and irons with skill and iudgment. and on the medium-length ho'es were consistentlv clocg to the green with their seconds, n was in his nnproach shots that Fenwick secured his small adand once he settled down to his puffin* he was unbeatable. Tn his semi-final mr'ch during Satur dav morning, with T. Atkins. Auckland. Jensen had b'azod round tho course in 70 —four under nar—-and had made hav of the Aucklander’s chances to win 7 and 6. His performance was the highlight of a busv morning, and the possibility of his repeating it give unusual interest to ihe final. Fenwick had been playing workmanlike but not spee'acular eolf throughout the match rounds of the tournament, and had won his semi-final against B. Kohlenberg f-irlv comfortably: but he had not showjn form that gave anv special confidence to his suonorters against the up-and-coming Naoier man. Jensen Takes First Two Holes

Th° manner in which Jensen took the first hole of 527 yards, with a par five to Fenwick’s six, gave a decided fillip (o_ the younger man’s standing, Fenwick . missing a reasonably easy putt to miss the par figure. At the second a one-shofter to the green, both were on with their firsts, but it took Fenwick three more to hole out, a short putt again proving too much for him. and Jensen went to the third hole two up.

The Naoier man got the better- of the drives at the third, and Fenwick had to plav a long diagonal second from a none too favourable lie. They were both on the green with their seconds, however. Jensen .well out to the left and on level ground. Fenwick on the edge of the cut grass to the right, and faced bv an undulation which takes a lot of judgment to surmount.

The local man made no bones about his putt this time, and he rolled his ball uo and over with i".st enough momentum to reach the hole, scoring a birdie three. Jensen missed narrowly with his third, and found his lead redu"nd to one-up. The dog-le*gcd fourth offers a good chance to a long hitter to cut the corner. but neither finalist took the risk. They plaved their tee-shots straight down, and their seconds to the vicinity of fhe_ green. Jensen was a bit short with his annroaoh. and wh<m he missed his putt with the fourth Fenwick had an easy-won hole, squaring the match. The first and almost the only poor shot played bv Jensen <n th" course of the match lost him the fifth. He duffed his (■w-shot and cot about half his normal distance, and then found the deep “donga” with his second. Fenwick was c’nse to (he green with his second, and wh»n Jensen came out of the hollow with a sfeenlv-lofted shot which had the length but not the direction, the shot pulling off into the gully to the right of the green. Fenwick’s par five W"s an easy winner.

From this staT on Jensen was fighting a losing battle, for when he made a par Ihre" at the short sixth Fenw.iek countered with a birdie two. ”nd the Napier man was two down going to the seventh. He won this hole with a nnr four and halved the eighth, but Ponw'ck put his second on the green at the ninth and again registered a birdie making the turn two up. Birdie at 16th. Clinches Match

Jensen got one back at the short 11th. where Fenwick took four to get down, but the 515yds. 12th. saw the Gisborne man again on par. winning that and also the following hole. Thev halved the 14th.. and also the five-par_ 15th.. where Jensen rimmed the hole with his approach. Fenwick was now dormie three, and he clinched the match at the 16th.. where ho put his second on the sloping green about 10ft. below the hole and holed a brilliant putt for another birdie, against Jensen's par four. Playing the match out. Fenwick again reached the green at the 17th. with his second and had no trouble dropning his putt for a three against a par five, and then rounded off a fin" performance with a par four at the 18th. His card read: — Out.—6. 4. 3. 4. 5. 2. 5. 4. 3. 36. In 4. 4. 5. 4. 4. 5. 3. 3. 4. 36. Total 72. The Barrington Miller Cup tournament was won by R. C. Bauld. who in the final accounted for J. S. Adams 6 and 5. rounding off a consistent three days’ play in the principal handicap event. Details of minor tournament features were:—

Barrington Miller Cup Tournament.— R. C Bauld (10) d. J. S. Adams (71. 6 and 5. No. 1 Handicap Tournament.—A. N. Williams (10) d. R. Rare (11). No. 2 Handicap Tournament.—T. P. Sullivan (5) d. N. Balfour (12). No. 3 Handicap Tournament.—R. R. Watchman (17) d. E. R. Black (15). at the 19th.

No. 4 Handicap Tournament.—Tony Chrisp (21) d. L. Jackson (16).

Char’ r, i"”sHi, Flight,—-F. T. Gordon (4) d. U. DnVies. Barrington Miller Cup Flight. — D. C. Morpeth (8) d. W. Bury (7). No. 1 Tournament Flight.—J. p. Andrew (6) d. W. W. Langlnnds (9), at the 19th.

No. 2 Tournament Flight.—T. W. Burke <9) d. L. Potter (8).

No. 3 Tournament Flight. —L Eadc (12) d. D. McWhn (13). No. 4 Tournament Flight.—L. T. Smith (15) d. J. Crawford-Smith. In a bogov match played in conjunction with Saturday's tournament semifinals P. L. Singer (handicap 6) won 1 up. second place being taken by G. E. Law »12). 1 down. A four-ball best-ball match was won by G. E. Law and M. W. Howe. 5 up: (he next best being T. McMurray and R. L. Ma-’nin's. 4 no.

In the final match of the Bree Handicap Cup tournament, one of (he minor fixtures of the P.B. Golf Club's closed championship fixture. R. Ogilvie yesterday defeated R. I. Crafts -ver 18

Tournament players who tuned up holes.

their games during the previous three days almost monopolised leading places in a stableford bogey competition for club members yesterday. M. W. Howe (handicap 8) returned a score of loots, for first place and F. Playfair (15) finished second with 34pts. Other leading scorers were W. J. I.anglands (16) 34pts„ S. S. Hardman (14) 32pts„ A. J. Humphrey (13) 32pts., F. T. Gordon (4) 32pts.. J.'H. Dobbie (11) 31pts„ J. H. Mansfield (1) 31pts., L. Machines (6) ?>opts.. P. Richardson (11) 30pts.. M. J. Brownlie (8) 30ots„ R. F. Daniels (22) 30pts., and D. W. Hardwick (14) 30pts.