GOLF KIRK-WINDEYER CUP

NZ Truth, Issue 1220, 18 April 1929, Page 15

GOLF KIRK-WINDEYER CUP

Probables For Team Under ..... . y ,- • / - Discussion THE OPEN CHAMP. AHEAD ' (From ''N.Z. Truth 'sy Special Golf Correspondent). Miss Olive Kiety, New Zealand's wonderful girl golfer, has added another record to her long list of great successes.

AT Maori Hill she handed m a card of 74 m the qualifying, stages of the Otago. Championship. Without doubt, she is the -finest lady golfer m New Zealand to-day, but," like Abe Mitchell at Home, she cannot win the open. • On every course she has played over she has set up a record score, which is usually m the low seventies. The Open must' come her way 'soon. At the last three or four championships she has happened to meet an opponent playing the one great round of her life, and Olive has gone under on each occasion. Just how many cups and trophies she has won she has probably lost count of; but it must be nearing the century mark. Each year the writer has noted an improvement m her play, and she is now becoming more mechanical m all her shots. ' Her powerful , long game, hole after' hole; has its moral effect on her opponents, while her short work is becoming nearer perfect.

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the big golf event, T. H. Horton replied that he would. "He then arrived m Wellington out of practice and attempted to play himself into form at the invitation tournament prior to the big event." Why pick on Horton? He was one of the players to win his match, and he defeated Wally Smith m the singles. Take the case of Dr. Lee Brown, who was off color until the big event and then went on to defeat Morpeth 6 up. Morpeth was m form and broke down to a player reaching the peak of his play. . Horton did all that was asked of him, and had he been . paired with Morpeth m the foursomes, the Cup would still have been here. It is going to be difficult to pick the Kirk Windeyer team this year for Australia. , V Morpeth is a certainty. The brothers, J. and H. Black, played so well m recent championships that their claims must be considered.

It is hoped she can to visit Australia this year and make another attempt to i '...■• win the Australian Open. A winner of ;the provincial cha m - pionship m each centre, her turn is due this year, for the Open, Tom Galloway, formerly coa.ching at »i school m Auckland, has been appointed by the New Zealand Golf Council to tour the northern clubs. Galloway, though young,- has spent his life at the game and has had great experience m coaching; The . northern circuit clubs are fortunate m having this fine- player to show them.how ; tp hit the ball straight. Galloway starts north immediately and should have a busy time ahead.

n "Bus" Colbeck crops up after his fine display in* medal play at Shirley and at Dunedin. T. Horton won at Palme rsto n and keeps his name m the limelight. Horton has won both singles m this event and his claim as amateur champion looks a certainty. Dr. Ross has not shown form this season and may have to . give way to the younger players. A. D. S. Duncan, if he could master the green work, would be as of old, but the greens are where the matches are won. It is not easy to select a possible team ' yet, but i t should come from th'e names mentioned. Mount Denby links at Whangarei are one of the prettiest links m New Zealan d. Three new holes of the dog leg type will soon be m play, which will make the course more interesting.

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Ted (3arr, of Rotorua, has now The opening match resulted m astarted to. attend tournaments and did win for the club captain, Mr. Harriweli at Tltirangi until the greens beat son ' and his Partner. j. • . • E. S. Douglas has just completed . . ' „.,,, „- , - laying out hew bunkers on the - Carr and his brother Malcolm are Belmont course, the venue of this born golfers, who want tournament year's open championship, play to get the best out of them. Several of the holes will be tightened Natural and easy swingers both, up round the greens, and placing of they hit great length with wood and long shots will be essential to reachironS. It is only experience on dif- "ing the pin m the second, ferent links they require to blend their Douglas, who has had great experishort game to the standard of their ence at championships at Home, says long. ... Wanganui will be a great test of golf E. L. Bartlebt showed fine form at when the alterations are completed, the Auckland provincials. His quick Mrs. H. Collinson, who won the Open eye' and fine touch help him m the for Palmerston two, years ago, is short game. He will be hard to beat again coming into form. She had a m club matches this season, as he is hard fight to defeat Miss Brewster m keen and improving each year. the Taranaki championship and only ' Another - tennis champion m Dr. succeeded on the last green. Laurenston has the championship of The Hutt Club had a most sucthe Matamata Club to his name. He cessful opening day and visitors has not reached the standard m golf were surprised at" the great imBartlett has, however. provement m the course. Referring to the reasons why the The membership for clubs affiliated Kirk-Windeyer Cup is now .reposing with the N.Z. Golf Council is ■■ now m Ausb-alia, a northern paper says almost 15,000. This means that there that "one of the reasons is the fact must be 20,000 golfers m New Zealand that, asked if he would be m form for j slogging each week-end.