GOLF TOPICS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22223, 25 September 1935, Page 20

GOLF TOPICS

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS ~ INTEREST IN FINAL STAGES CHANCES OF LEADING PLAYERS j BY ROVER 1 The various club golf championships ] were continued during the week-end, (• and, with tho exception of Akarana, the final stages will shortly be reached. At Titirangi, the results were much as l expected, It. It. McCrystal beating A. , Harvie comfortably,- while I. MacEwan I had almost a maximum win at the expense of L, J. Clifford. In the provincial championship last Easter, Clif--3 ford made quite a creditable showing, t but against MacEwan lie cotdd do noth- ) ing right. MacEwan will now meet J. H. Young, and with the ground becorn- - ing firmer an interesting match should 1 result, although recently Young lias ■ been obtaining quite sufficient length i from the tees. E. G. Tall is and H. D. I Brinsden have yet to play and the winner of this match will meet McCrystal. .... ' One match was played in the junior r division, A. K. Jackson beating A. .A. 3 Tysoe, and on present form the winner should have a great chance of ' being the champion. In the Stableford r bogey H. L. Itobson and C. G. Fisher 1 tied, Fisher playing the last eight holes i in 32, and these players were followed f by F., G. Alpe and C. L. Hewson. ! • SENSATIONAL SHOTS ' HAZELDEN HOLES TWO IRONS 5 The second qualifying round was - played at Akarana, A. Wyness playing 5 steady golf for an 80 to lead the field i by one stroke. F. Hazelden distinI guished himself by holing two ful! iron shots during the round, the first being • at the third hole, and he reached the j turn in 37. He commenced the home . journey by holing his second shot, bogey 3 four, but even with these sensational 5 holes he was hard pressed to" better 80, . owing to a weak finish. H. Brown, who shared the honours with G. Biss for the best individual round, was next, and he was closely ! followed by L. Bryant, Biss and P. J Smith. The automatic draw has distri- ! buted the leading players fairly well, ' Bi'sr and Bryant being in the top half, J while Hazelden and Swanson are in the 5 lower. . > EXCITING CONTESTS t j PLUMLEY'S FINE RECOVERY 5 " 1 There was no lack of excitement in 5 the matches played at Middlemore. S. - S. Wilson accounting for A. L. McLean, who lost chances in the early i stages. Wilson established an early . lead by sound rather than brilliant ; golf and, although McLean held him , coming home, he could not make up the leeway. The game between T. MarfEwan and H. Plumley was evenly contested, as there was little between the pair at any time. Each player missed chances on the greens and, although MacEwan had a decided advantage from the tees, Plumley was very sound with his irons. A feature of the game was Plumley's splendid recovery at the loth, where lie sliced his drive behind the trees and* finally obtained the half in four. His putt stopped on the lip of the hole and just as his opponent was about to play his shot Plumlev's ball fell into tlie hole. Facing the last hole all square, Plumley was outdriven by .'JO yards, but he 'p' a yed a masterly iron to the green and ftlacEwan, after finding a bunker with his second, failed to recover. The match between E. L. Bartleet and P. C. Savage wn* the best of the day both from a scorhig and tho spectators' point of view. With Bartleet 4 up at the turn it appeared that the match would soon be over, but Savage recovered splendidly to halve the 13th and 14th holes, and he won the 11th and 15th holes with brilliant threes. At the 16th Savage struck trouble from the tee, put his third into the bunker and eventually won the hole in five. He was now only 1 down, but, following a good second to the next green, he required three putts and Bartleet won the hole with a correctly played four. By defeating V. E. Wells, R. D. Wright still retains his place and in the next round he will meet S. S. Wilson. MAUNGAKIEKIE EVENT SEMI-FINALS REACHED The semi-fi:.al stage of the championship at Maungakiekie has now been reached and next week J. H. Earle will meet H. Tidmarsh and J. D. Shanley will play I. McOwan. Tidmarsh played a steady round of 78 to beat J. Earle, becoming 2 up at the 9th, where he holed a fine three, and he maintained his lead throughout tho match. J. H. Earle established a useful lead to the turn, but J. Pelham had a good run coming home and he squared the match at the 14th, when he holed out from a bunker. After winning the loth, which was poorly played. Earle won the game with a great three at the 17th. McOwan played his usual steady game to beat L. Schnauer, while Shanley, r.lthough he did not produce his brilliant figures of the previous week, defeated a very sound match player, 11. G. Moffitt. SOME SURPRISE RESULTS PROGRESS AT OTHER LINKS The margin of the win of E. W. Mills from It. Pace.v at Pupuke is surprising, as Pace.v has been the most consistent performer in his club this season, but the unexpected in championships this year has been the rule rather than tho exception. At Hamilton, It. F. Edmonds failed to survive tho first round and tho Waiuku champion, S. C. Col beck, wont down to 0. E. Howden, although, of course, as far as this result is concerned one cannot class it wholly as a surprise. Results at North Shore were much as anticipated, although B. E. Goldwator and F. J. Layzell might reasonably havo been expected to offer mora opposition than was the case. A. J. Spraggon beat Goldwater by 9 and 8. and Layzell managed to halve only one hole with M. H. Bush. H. C. Stevens and A. E. Browne each had comfortable wins at the expense of It. Stnnllfield and W. Oliver respectively and the winners of these matches should go far in the event. The intermediate grade is still \ery open, but on recent form R. N. White, S. Foot, A. F. Halvey and S. W. H. Chambers should do well. Among the juniors, S. It. Dickey, A. It. Motley and W. Badley should prove hard to eliminate, and of the others M. O. Asfi and W. ltees-George are playing well enough to upset calculations. OLYMPIC GAMES BUILDING The first building for the Olympic Games in Berlin has been dedicated. This is the yachtsmen's quarters, and it possesses elaborate accommodation, ineluding a post oflico. A village covering 140 acres is to be constructed to house all competitors in dwellings fitted with all the latest labour-saving devices. Berlin school children are taking special langunge lessons to fit themselves for jobs as guides and messengers to tho competitors in the village while the games are in progress.