ON THE LINKS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 12 April 1939, Page 7

ON THE LINKS

NELSON PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP MOULDER WINS TITLE i ROGERS MAKES GREAT EFFORT IN SECOND HALF The final of the Nelson Provincial Golf Championship was played on the Tahunanui Links yesterday in perfect weather, between Moulder (Nelson) and Rogers 'Sounds', the former winning on the last green. Moulder definitely had the uppet hand in the first half, playing very 1 sound golf indeed whilst Rogers was i out of touch round the green. Moulder was four up at the turn and won the j eleventh before Rogers settled down, 1 but he then produced wonderful golf, i He won the eleventh with an eagle. | the twelfth with a birdie, and they halved the fifteenth in birdies. Mouldj er was dormj' two up but Rogers won ) the 17th but took three putts on the | last to leave Moulder the winner 1 i up. I ALLOO WINS NEWMAN PLATE By beating Mooney (Miramar) in the final Alloo (Nelson) who was playing great golf won the Newman Plate which is competed for on match play I by those eight put out in the first round of the championship. PRIZE GIVING j The President (Mr H. C. Cock) be- | fore asking Mrs Cock to present the j prizes, welcomed the visitors, especj hilly those who came to the Easter so regularly, in particu- ! lar Mr A. Mabin (Miramar), who he I referred to as the “Patron Saint” of | the Nelson Easter Tournament. He al- ; so again thanked the Miramar visitors j who had so generously donated the Nelson-Miramar Goodwill Cup to be ; competed for in any club event the i committee chose to select, j The president congratulated Moulder on his excellent win after being well in the running for the past three or four years and he paid a tribute to Rogers for the great fight he had put up after being five down and eight to I play. i Mrs Cock then presented the follotv- ; ing prizes: | No. 1 Flight: R. Ralfe (Nelson*, i No. 2 Flight: Marsden (Miramar). No. 3 Flight: Ross (Nelson). No. 4 Flight: Evans (Mornington *. No. 5 Flight: Davies (Hutt). No. 6 Flight: Stronack (Marlborough). No. 7 Flight; H. G. Smith (Greyj mouth). No. 8 Flight: J. Turley (Nelson). I First Stroke Round: Shields-Brown (Hutt). Second Stroke Round: Cock (Nelson ). First Bogey Competition. D. Halley I (Miramar). Second Bogey Competition: Alloo (Nelson). Four Ball Bogey: Dixon and AUoo (Nelson). Mabin Cup teams match: Nelson B (Alloo. Cock. Dixon. Newman). Best Qualifying Score: N. Rout (Nel-Runner-up, Newman Plate: Mooney (Miramar i. Newman Plate Winner: Alloo (Nelson). Championship: Winner. Moulder (Nelson); runner-up, Rogers (Sounds). Three cheers were then called for the visitors and Mr Mabin (Miramar) and Mr Thorp (Motueka) replied on behalf of the visitors and thanked all Nelsonians for a very enjoyable weekend and for the perfect weather. PLAY IN THE FINAL ! Right throughout the match Moulder used a No. 2 iron off the tee, getting phenomenal length and great accuracy. Only on the last two holes did he stray from the fairway. At the first hole after good tee shots both were on the right hand edge of the green, pin high, but Rogers, by missing a short putt for a half, lost in 5-4. At the second Moulder hit a wonderful tee shot right to the foot of the hill. Rogers having caught the edge of the bunker and bounced clear, was well behind. Both were on top of the ridge overlooking the green with their seconds but again Rogers missed a six foot putt to be two down. At the corner hole Rogers was well through and Moulder on the back edge. Moulder missed his three after being too strong with his approach putt and laid Rogers a semi stymie which Rogers negotiated to reduce Moulder's lead to 1 up. At the fourth Moulder was just on with his second whilst Rogers was •lust short of the green Rogers was short with his third and Moulder laid his dead Rogers’ putt just missed the hole. Moulder 2 up. Rogers at the fifth, after placing his drive in the rough on the right, hooked his second to the left of the green. ' whilst Moulder was just short of the ! green with two well hit irons—Rogers j missed a fifteen footer for a four. Moulj der holing his for birdie figures. Moulder 3 up. Both missed holeable pu, 4 -' at the sixth, a half m five resulting. At the seventh Moulder was nicely on for two | whilst Rogers’ ball lay just off the | green to the left about 30 feet from the j pin. His chip was very nicely played 1 and just missed the cup whilst Moulri- | er sank his 24 footer for a birdie three ! making him 4 up. From a drive that found the rough on the right Rogers placed his second just off the green whilst Moulder hooked his second into the bunker on the left, short. He did not quite get the green with his explosion shot and missed his five, leaving Rogers three feet away and two for a win. Moulder 3 up. With a nice kick off the ridge Rogers’ tee shot at the 9th lay about 20 feet short of the pin. Moulder’s ball only just missed the bunker on the left. I A nice chip and a five foot putt gave him a three whilst Rogers missed a three footer. Moulder was thus 4 up at the turn. A number two iron followed by a number 3 iron put Moulder nicely on the tenth green. Rogers, after a poor drive which bounced out of the manuka, a second that failed to carry the ridge, played his fourth down to the pin from the back of the green. After missing a six foot putt for a 4, Moulder negotiated a \ stymie to win in 5—6. Moulder 5 up.

Rogers from then on played a great I game. He won the eleventh in an an- j gle three with a 30 foot putt from the j back of the green and the 12th in a . birdie 3 after driving to the edge of the green. Moulder was then 3 up. ( At Spion Kop they both had very , long tee shots against the breeze, Rogers’ second being at the back of the . green and Moulder on the right side. . The hole was halved in fours. | At the fourteenth (Manuka) Rogers! ’ was just through whilst Moulder was; on the short edge of the green. Mould-; , er failed to get his approach putt up. being 7 feet short. Rogers won the hole in 3 to 4. Moulder 2 up and four ( to play. At the fifteenth both had very long j drives and excellent iron shots saw' them both on the green and the hole: was halved in birdie fours. At the 16th Moulder was just off the green to the left whilst Rogers’ shot just carried the hazard to the right, j Rogers left himself an eight footer ,for a half in three as Moulder laid j his approach dead after just missing a j two. Rogers sank his putt. Moulder j was then dormy 2. i Both found the rough to the right with their tee shots at the 17th. Mould- 1 er being in long grass from which he recovered well. Rogers, from a bet- 1 ter place, got his well away and was able to reach the green with his third, which Moulder could not do. being out of range. Moulder’s fourth left him i a 16 foot putt for a five and a half, but I he just failed. Moulder dormy 1. At the 18th Rogers found the back i of the green just off the fiat, whilst] Moulder found the hazzard to the left just short of the ditch. A great chip placed him 14 feet past the pin. This green was very heavy and Rogers failed to get up with his approach putt and stopped inches short with his third. The hole was halved in fours leaving Moulder the winner by 1 up. The scores for the round read: Moulder, 38 out, 39 in, 77; Rogers, 41 out 35 in. 76. HORXABROOK WINS WELLINGTON TITLE ' United Brens Aiwneiaiinnl WELLINGTON. This Day. Finishing with the brilliance of a true champion. J. P. Hornabrook, former New Zealand open and amateur champion, won his fourth Wellington provincial golf title by defeating H A Black in the final over 18 holes on'the Hutt links yesterday, 5 and 4.