FENWICK’S SECOND TITLE FOR 1950 : TOOGOOD 2 DOWN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23367, 25 September 1950, Page 6

FENWICK’S SECOND TITLE FOR 1950 : TOOGOOD 2 DOWN

With only two or three lapses from the highest standard of golf seen on the Awapuni links in the

pas' two or three seasons. F. Fenwick yesterday defeated E. S. Too(rood iwo-ut) in the final of the P.B. Golf Club’s championship and took his second title of the 1950 season, having previously won the club's open championship. The match wen: the full 36 holes, and became particularly tense over the last six when Toogood. three down at the fourteenth, took two back on successive holes and halved :lie seventeenth.

On the morning round. Fenwick emerged one up. shooting three birdies and exceeding par figures on only two holes He did the round in 73-one better than bogey —against Toogood’s 74 His opponent' was playing first-class golf, and left no room for errors on Fenwick’s part He also registered three birdies, including one at the 515vds. twelfth hole, where he sank a long putt • o square ‘he match to that stage. He was not getting the same length as Fenwick on his drives, but was playing some beautiful seconds and appicaching brilliantly. Morning Round They started the early round with sixes at the first, and Toogood went .o the front with a birdie two at tne second but Fenwick came back with a three on the third —one under pai and took the third with a par four Toogood squared things on the fifth, where Fenwick pulled his tee-shot into the next fairway, and from there to the ninth they halved in bogeys, ten wick scored a par four at the ninth, whereas toogood went through the areen wi'h his second and took three more to hole out. Fenwick turning one UP Ti ev halved the next two in fours and throes, and on the twelfth Toogood out down his long putt for a birdie four to square up. They continued on even terms to the sixteenth, where Fenwicn s third lipped the cun and he got an easy four to Toogood’s five, going one up a«ain. At the par five seventeenth both oot fours Toogood playing n magnificent second to the edge of the green, and at the eighteenth they halved again in fours. Fenwick making a good recovery from the bunker near the green. Fenwick went oul in 37 and home in 36 and Toogood took 36 f or the first nine and 36 for the second.

Afternoon Round Starting the afternoon round, they did the first in par five and both weic on the green at the short second with their tee-shots Fenwick downed Ins lonmsh putt and Toogood took three, standing two down as they went to the third. There they were on the green with their seconds. Toogood on the edge with a difficult line. He rolled a beauty up to the pin, however, and halved with a four - , • , . , , Fenwick’s putting, which had been very solid through the first round, developed the first signs of trouble at the fourth, where he was inside Toogood with his third and seemed to have an easy four. He missed, however, and Toogood took the hole with a four to his five. . . , The 500vds. fifth, which Toogood had ivon in the morning with a five, gave neither olayer anv trouble in the afternoon. They halved it in birdie fours, after Toogood nad made a brilliant second to the green from a poor lie. His seconds were serving him well, foi on almost every drive his opponent had a margin of length and kept an excellent line Toogood was on the green safely with his tee-shot at the short sixtii. but Fenwick pitched into a shallow bunker, and in playing out overshot the pin badly and came back again still too hard. He finally got down for. five—the worst hole of the day for him but a very satisfactory one for Toogood. as it squared the match once more. The satisfaction for Toogood was short-lived, however, for his opponent took the next with a birdie three. Both had great length and direction in their drives, and were on the green for two, but Fenwick this time made no mistake with a putt of several feet, his opponent missed by inches only. This put Fenwick ahead once again, and he nearlv made it two up at the eighth, where he lipped the hole with a long putt and halved in fours. They made the ninth look easy, with par fours, and Fenwick turned one-up to start the last nine holes.

Both got about 260yds. out of their drives on the tenth, and were on the green with short chip shots and down for fours. At the eleventh of 144yds., Fenwick’s tee-shot went to the back of the green and 'loogood’s lodged in a most uninviting lie on the deeply-grass-ed bank of a nearbv bunker. A beautiful second out Toogood two feet from the pin however and Fenwick, mis trusting his down-sloping line, putted feeblv and only got half-way. finally sinking his fourth. Toogood had a great chance to take back a hole, but he strained at the short putt and had to be content with a half. Fenwick Two Up At 13th.

The 515yds twe’fth, which Toogood had won in the morning with a birdie four, cost him five strokes on the afternoon round and was halved. At the thirteenth. Fenwick was 30yds longer with his drive and put his second up to 'he green, whereas Toogood pulled a bit to the right and short. An overshot approach by Toogood gave Fenwick cverv chance, and he holed his fourth from two feet away, his opponent taking five. Fenwick was now two up. From a fair to-average lie on the fourteenth fairway. Toogood out his second info a bunker, and Fenwick followed him in. but came out with a weT-judgcd chip which put him 2fl. from (he pin. Toogood was well out, b"t had to play his fourth from the edge of the green, and thaush close he could not halve Fenwick’s four. Three up and four to go. Fenwick looked a “sitter’ as they went to the fifteenth tee. and he drove beautifully end acein out-distanced his opponent. Tongood’s second was through the green slight'v and Fonwwk’s 40yds. short of <he nin. and after both had played excellent aonroaches a half on the hole seemed certain Fenwick looked too long on his two-foot putt however, and lost' the hole to Toogood's birdie four. Still two up and ‘hree to play. Fenwick again had what seamed a winning nosition at the sixteenth when he put his second about 12ft. from the pin. with an unhid lino for hi? pu’t, while Toogood was well away on the rightband edge of the wide green. While Toogood trundled un carefullv for a sure" four, however, his opponent putted weaklv, then overshot the cup, and wooed up with a five Things had taken a decided turn in Toogood’s favour, and when after a fine, drive at the sevonfeenlh he put his second well on the green he seemed to have everv chance of squaring the match there Fenwick’s second was excellentlv placed, however, and he was o'utting for’ an eagle three. Toogood cot in four, and scored a half when Fenwick once again fumbled his short Tno Little Sand and Too Much Ball

Thev went to. the eighteenth with Toogood still one down and this time he followed a beautiful drive with a second to the bunker at the right-hand edge of the green, Fenwick dropping his second Hist on the green on a good line. Toogood's lie was not a bad one—normally he would have no difficulty in chipping out to within a foot of ‘he pin •'fom this shallow bunker But a lot ••est'od on his third out of 'he sand, and he did what Fenwick had done at 'he s i Xt h—took too iittle sand and too much ball. Away went his shot to the far side of" the green, and his fourth was a near-miss Fenwick played a good third uo to the pin and made no mistake about the match stroke, winning the hole with a bogey four. On the afternoon round. Fenwick went out in 36 and home in 39, a total of 75 for the round and an aggregate of 146 for the day. Toogood went out in 35 and.home in 40. a total of 75 for the afternoon and an aggregate of 14 for the 36-hole match.