Amateur Golf Title Won by Hornabrook

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 248, 21 October 1935, Page 8

Amateur Golf Title Won by Hornabrook

Silk Beaten by Fair Margin

MORNING ROUNDS WERE

GOOD

Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 357.

J. P. Hornabrook (Masterton) teat B. M. Silk (Hutt) five up and lour to play in the final of the amateur golf championship of New Zealand, which was played to-day. After nine days of perfect weather for the tournament, today the conditions were trying and unpleasant. The morning Droke mild with a light nor’-west hreeze. About midday, however, a stiff cold sou’-west wind sprang up and the second 18 holes of the match were played in the only really had weather of the tournament.

The two players were iu t good form in the morning round. Hornabrook’s figure being 71 and Silk’s <3 and Hornabrook finished one up. In the afternoon, with a driving wind and occasional light showers tho standard of play fell away considerably. Hornabrook reached the turn in 3S and Silk in 40, leaving Hornabrook three up. Hornabrook then won the 11th and 12th to be five up. The end was now in sight and playing tho 14th, the 32nd of the match, Hornabrook played safe with his second short of tho creek . which crosses the fairway in front of v the green. Silk had to play for the win and ho went for tho green. He was bunkered to the loft of tho green and the best he could score was a five, halving the holo and making Hornabreck the winner of the match 5 and 4. Ward Wins N.Z. Plate.

In tho final of the New Zealand Plate, open to players eliminated in the first two rounds of the championship, C. J. Ward (Christchurch) beat J. P. Mortland (Taihape), 4 and 3. In this game Ward early established a lead which, he steadily increased and he won at tho 15th greeu.

NO BRILLIANT GOLF IN THE FINAL AFTERNOON CONDITIONS PROVIDE SEVERE TEST As so often happens in tho final match of a golf tourney, the play of Silk and Hornabrook was disappointing. Hornabrook-’s form. in the preceding play had been uneven but generally of a high class and ho played at least three brilliant rounds. Silk had improved with play, showing that he was in need of practice and serious match play. However, the general opinion of watchers was that they were the two ought to fight out the final. , Tho only ~ real rivals to either were Duncan, who relapsed after four steady rounds in the open, Horton, who was put out by J. L. Black when he played -is freak round of 67. and Ferguson, who took Silk to the 41st green on Friday. It is possible that the nervous strain of that marathon match affected Silk to-day. While the conditions wero good, that is, in tho morning round, Silk held Hornabrook reasonably well and he played'golf of Championship standard. Some 'of his friends thought he would stand tho test of the trying conditions in tho afternoon better than the hardhitting Hornabrook but ho failed. He was not-beaten by any brilliance on the part of his opponent for neither played golf worthy of the championship final even when all allowances were made for tho blustering cold wind. Silk went into the lead at the first hole but Hornabrook squared at the second and he went into the lead by winning the fifth hole with an eagle 3 and'the match was never squared again, Hornabrook won the eighth to be two up and Silk won the short ninth with a birdie two so that they turned with Hornabrook one up. Silk had a bad patch for three or four holes but Hornabrook could not increase his lead materially. Ho was threo up at the 13th. Silk won the nest two holes in par figures and. the. remaining holes wero halved and Hornabrook went to lunch one up. Hornabrook increased his le.ad to two . at the. first hole of tho afternoon after laying Silk a stymie. Silk . allowed Hornabrook to escape at the second holo after being in trouble in a bunker below the green and the hole was halved in fives. At the short .third Silk fluffed his tee shot and . Hornabrook won after a very anxious iongish putt. Tho fourth was halved . scratchily in fivps.and then Hornabrook .won the fifth in live to six. Hornabrook was now four. up. Silk halved the next two holes but had to run down long putts to do so. Silk won the eighth with a good four and tho next being halved they turned for homo Hornabrook four up. The tenth was-halved and Hornabrook won the 11th to be five up. Silk won one back at the 13th, the state of the game then being Hornabrook four up and five to play. Playing to Shirley, t Ik o 14th, Silk had to risk everything in going for the win while Hornabrook could afford to play safe against the wind. In the end Hornabrook holed a long putt for a four and the win and the match was over.

British Ladies Beat New Zealand ' Per Pres 3 Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. . In the singles matches of the women’s golf test Mrs. Walker outplayed Mrs. Fullertou-Smith, her .long drives and wonderful- iron shots being features of her game-that won :d?he--admiration of the big crowd, Mrs. Fullerton-Smith began well, holding’Mrs. Walker for the first half dozen holes,-but lapsed into errors of direction and length and her putting was poor. She missed several xeasonabler.putts. Mrs. Walker putted brilliantly, and iras,, wonderfully accur-

ate with high pitch shots to the green,

Miss Anderson was more accurate in every respect than Miss Kay though sometimes there was little to choose between the drives of both. Miss Anderson was deadly with her irons and around the green and she putted better than Miss Kay, who also found trouble in several bunkers. Mrs. Greenlees and Miss Horwell finished all square. The New Zealander played more accurate golf from the tees and got longer drives but Mrs. Greenlees recovered brilliantly and putted strongly, holing several long ones. The game was closely fought ali tho way, Miss Horwell coming out with an enhanced reputation. Miss Pam Barton ontdrovo Miss W. Barns-Graham but found herself frequently in tho long grass. From there, her recoveries were invariably remarkable. Miss Barns-Graham played more accurately from the tee to the green and while her putting was fair it was not up to the standard of Miss Barton who once negotiated a stymie to maintain her one up lead. On the whole Miss Barns-Graham played splendid golf and was unlucky not to have won. On the other hand Miss Barton deserves the greatest credit for tho wonderful way she effected recoveries from very difficult positions. Time, after time it seemed that Miss Barns-Graham was safe for the hole but invariably Miss Barton recovered to win tho hole or, get a half. ~The results of the play were (British players mentioned first):

Foursomes: Mrs. Walker and Miss J. Anderson beat Airs. Fullerton-Smith and Miss O. Kay, 2 and 1; Mrs. Greenlees and Miss Wade and Misses Horwell and Fleming, all square. Singles: Mrs. Walker beat Mrs. Ful-lerton-Smitn, 6 and 5; Miss J. Anderson beat Miss O. Kay, 5 and 3; Miss Pam Barton beat Aliss Barns-Graham, 1 up; Airs. Greenlees and Aliss Hortreii, all square.