FIERY GREENS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21926, 9 October 1934, Page 11

FIERY GREENS

i BELL'S IMPROVEMENT JELLICOE CUP WINNER MORTLAND'S POPULAR SUCCESS HORTON LOSES PLACE [nv TELEGRAPH SPECIAL REPORTER] wanganui, Monday For the final two rounds of the open glorious sunny weather prevailed, but the hot sun soon made the greens very fiery and many sad stories of v ' ost opportunities on greens were told Q at the conclusion of play. The sloping i_ gieens had the holes pJaced in very e awkward places, especially the ninth hole, where many last hopes of doing •] the fiist nine holes in good figures were - shattered. - As predicted after the first day's t ! I'hiy, Shaw scored a meritorious and £ comfortable win. At no stage of to- . day s play did ho seem perturbed and, after seeing him play the first nine - holes in the morning round, it was 3 generally thought that it was only a 1 matter of how many strokes lie would win bv. j ISorrio Bell, playing wonderfully 3 sound golf, was always in the picture, t and his finishing second stamps him 3 as a much-iraprovecl player. Knowing | that he required a four at the last hole to win the honours of second place ) from Clements, he was faced with a » curly eight-footer across the sloping ) 18th green, and amidst tense silence | ho holed a beautiful putt. [ Sun Troublesome ' Starting off for the final round, Bell. who was one of the last away, knew ; that Shaw was out in 3G. After taking three putts oil the first green to > record n five, he reached the turn in 1 35, started the run in with 3, 4, 3, 4, ; and required only par figures to record ; 63 for the round. But the last four I holes arc a great tost. Throe putts at the 220 yards loth cost him a four. ' Ihe long 16th, with the sun setting 1 just over the high hill to be carried, I ! proved \-er3- troublesome. A ballooned 1 drive and a topped second eventually ' cost him a six, and his chance of win--1 «nin°; the Jellicoe Cup was lost. C. Clements, the Christchurch professional, placed another fine performance to his already great record in the open championship by finishing only one stroke behind Bell. Clements has been in the first six places for the past five years. Moss, who was laid up on Sunday, was very undecided as to whether ho would play or not. He made a lastminute decision to start and gave a polished display to finish the round in even fours. His only blemish was three putts 011 the tricky ninth green. Again in the afternoon he recorded nine fours for the outward half, but the finding of a down slope in the bunker at the short 15th saw him card a five, two over bogey. Poor fives at the 16t'n and 17th saw him also lose a chanc-p of winning the Jellicoe Cup. Form Not Reproduced Players, who on the first ami second j day's plaj- were up with the leaders, I bus who cracked badly to-day under , the strain, were the young professional ! Watt, Horton and Harold Black. Watt j was one of the first away, and j news soon came back to the clubhouse that he had reached the sixth in three ! under fours. The gallery then followed him, and he reached the turn in 34. He gave an inkling of what was to happen in the afternoon by coming j homo shakily in 39, to finish in 73. He did not go far in the afternoon before he completely lost control. Level fives for the first six holes put him out of the running. Horton started off the morning round playing steadily, but the ninth green proved" to be his downfall. Requiring a lour to reach the turn in 38, he played a poor second, which caught the bunkers. Two shots in the bunker and four putts saw his chance gone, and from then on his golf lacked its characteristic crispness. Harold. Black lost all confidence in his putting, taking three putts on as many as ten greens, and his 84 put him well down the list. Jack Black started the day disastrously with sixes at the first two holes. His drive at the first hole lodged in a huge footmark >n the banks or a bunker, and lie eventually decided to play the ball back towards tlic tee. taking 43 for the first nine. Ho carded 1 four throes on the run in, to complete ' the round in 78. Best Round in Afternoon The afternoon saw him produce his J I host round of the tournament. The only , bad hole he played was the 11th, j a pulled drive cost him a six. Black j travo the clubhouse gallery a thrill 111 i both morning and afternoon rounds for after good woods to the edge oi I the green, he holed a 40-footer 011 each occasion for a birdie three. The honour of winning the Jellicoe Cup for the best single round in the open fell to the popular young laihape amateur J. I'. Morthhul, and lie | received well-merited applause as lie climbed the slopes to the clubhouse at j the conclusion of his great round. , Beaching the turn in even fours, he started home with a three at the tenth, j but a topped second at the 11th cost j him a five. Holing a six-footer at the , ( *mii 111111 a two - Thc " ext r 1 i long holed he covered 1.1 perfect fours, j _ Leaving the treacherous loth behind - in three, he required only three fours < to finish. By holing eight-footers at the 1 (3th and 17th, lie got his fouis, but a , slight hook with his second found tin , creen bunker, and, fining out short, jfust missed his four, his ball stopping just on the edge of the hole. Bartleet's Bad Start ( TJartleet- did verv well to qualify after a "disastrous start in the inorn.ng rnun< l. Included in his 4o for the first nine wcra sixes at the seventh and eighth, and a disastrous seven at the ninth. Undeterred, he clung grimly to his task and completed the second nine in. 37 to still be in the running for the amateur event. He rose to even <'reater heights in the afternoon round. Being one of the last away, lie know that about eighties were needed to qualify, and when he took 43 lor the first nine, his chances vwre very However, he toured the last nine in 34, which included a brilliant three at the last hole, to place him. safely among the -qualifiers, _ .. Mac-ewaii was playing some great golt, and his afternoon round placed him well up the list. Included in his outward nine holes was a three at the long sixth, where he holed his niblick from the bunker, only to follow with a disastrous eight the" next hole, where he found the rough with his drive, and eventually hacked his way to the green in five more shots, However, he is playing good match play golf nnd might be an upsetting element in the amateur event. It must be noticed that the wellknown amateurs have played to form and finished in the first ten places in the open championship.