GOLF TITLES

Southland Times, Issue 22448, 11 October 1934, Page 8

GOLF TITLES

DOMINION TOURNAMENT AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL EVENTS UNEXPECTED RESULTS (Per United Press Association.) Wanganui, October 10. A fine day after a night’s rain saw the Belmont links in perfect order when the New Zealand golf championships were continued to-day. The first and second rounds of the amateur and professional championships were the principal events to occupy the stage, but the elimination round for the New Zealand Plate was also played after the second round of the amateur championship. The final result still appears to be very open, although two fancied players were removed, namely, J. P. Hornabrook and A. E. Guy. The greens were rather on the holding side and a strong westerly wind was sweeping the back country. Results:— AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. First Round. B. M. Silk beat J. C. Bidwill, 5 and 3. J. A. Scouler beat Kapi Tareha, 2 and 1. L. Quin beat C. J. Ward, 1 up at the 19th. H. P. Dale beat V. B. Haworth, 1 up. A. Guy beat E. Abbott, 5 and 4. I. Mac Ewan beat D. R. Pharazyn, 1 up at the 19th A. B. Barns-Graham beat J. Jeffries, 2 up. D. C. Collins beat T. H. Horton, 1 up. J. P. Mortland beat E. L. Bartleet, 4 and 3. W. Kuru beat A. G. Sime, 2 up. J. P. Hornabrook beat I. Saunders, 3 and 2. F. Quin beat W. G. Horne, 1 up. H. A. Black beat. J. Hape, 3 and 2. K. Ross beat. F. W. Huggins, 1 up at the 19th. J. L. Black beat J. Jeffries. 2 up. L. Cathro beat A. E. Ekstedt, 5 and 4. Second Round. Silk beat Scouler, 2 and 1. Dale beat L. T. Quin, 2 and 1. *MacEwan beat Guy, 5 and 4. J. L. Black beat Barns-Graham, 3 and 2. Collins beat F. Quin, 1 up. Mortland beat K. Ross, 2 and 1. H. A. Black beat Kuru, 2 and 1. L. Cathro beat Hornabrook, 2 up. PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. First Round. A. J. Shaw beat J. Weir, 6 and 4. J. D. Mclntosh beat J. A. Clements, 1 up. E. J. Moss beat R. Galloway, 2 and 1. C. C. Clements beat J. Lambie, 1 up. A. Murray beat G. Watt, 1 up. H. R. Blah- beat N. Fuller, 1 up at the 20th. E. S. Douglas beat N. Bell, 3 and 2. T. S. Galloway beat W. Campbell, 1 up at the 25th. Second Round. Shaw beat T. S. Galloway, 5 and 3. Mclntosh beat Moss, 1 up. C. C. Clements beat A. Murray, 1 up at the 20th. Douglas beat Blair, 2 up. NEW ZEALAND PLATE. J. C. Bidwill beat Kapi Tareha, 4 and 3. C. J. Ward beat V. B. Haworth, 3 and 1. D. R. Pharazyn beat E. L. Abbott, 3 and 2. J. Goss beat J. Jeffries, 6 and 4. T. H. Horton beat W. G. Horne. E. L. Bartleet beat F W. Huggins, 3 and 1! A. G. Sime beat J. Hape, 4 and 3. I. Saunders beat A. E. Ekstedt, 5 and 3. COMMENT ON THE PLAY. C. C. CLEMENTS IN GOOD FORM. DEFEAT OF HORNABROOK. (Per United Press Association.) Wanganui, October 10. The best golf of the day was turned on by the professionals, particularly that provided by C. C. Clements (Harewood) and A. Murray (Auckland Aero). Murray, who was finally beaten on the 20th green, was 4 under fours at the 12th where he had his opponent 2 down, but Clements recovered with brilliant play and was 72 for 18 holes, after missing two half stymies. Clements went out in 9 fours and home in 3 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 5.

Shaw, who is defending his title and has won the event five times in the last six years, had comfortable wins in the first and second rounds and looks likely to carry off the event again. C. C. Clements, who is right on form, appears to be his most dangerous opponent. After a marathon contest, T. Galloway accounted for W. Campbell at the 25th in the first round. Campbell is a professional, newly arrived in New Zealand, and has an excellent golf record. He has yet to strike his true form. Silk in the morning beat Bidwell fairly easily, but the Otago man Scouler proved more difficult in the afternoon. On the way out Scouler took the lead, but Silk was 1 up at the short 12th when he sank a 15-foot putt after being in a bunker with his tee shot. Scouler was nicely on with his tee shot, but took three putts. At the 13th he missed a two foot putt and let Silk in to be 2 up. Scouler made amends at Encampment by sinking a long putt and taking the hole and the match went on to the 17th where Silk sank a 12ft putt and won 2 and 1. The Dale-Haworth match in the morning was interesting and both played excellent golf. Haworth holed a 15ft half-stymied putt at the sixth where the pair were all square, and he was 1 up at the ninth where Dale hit his first drive out of bounds. Dale squared the match at the short 10th and was dormy 2 at Bunkers Hill. He lost the 17th, but halved the last to win 1 up. Dale was round in 74 and Haworth in 76. , . , , In the afternoon Dale met his clubmate, L. Quin, and took the lead at the third hole with a brilliant 3. Quin squared the match at the seventh when Dale missed a short putt. They were all square at the turn, but Dale took the tenth.with a 2. Both were nicely on with their tee shots, but Dale got his putt down. Dale had the match won at the sixteenth with a birdie 4 and although he put his drive out of bounds at the 17th, he halved the hole and won 2 and 1. Guy had no trouble in disposing of Abbott, although he started very badly with 5 6 6 5, being 4 down on bogey and 2 down to his opponent at the fifth. Then Guy settled down and squared the match at the seventh and was 1 up at the turn. He continued to notch birdies and the game was over on the 14th green, 5 and 4. In the afternoon Guy met his Waterloo at the hands of the Aucklander Mac Ewan, who outdrove the hard hitting Manawatu boy who lost form when he commenced to press. Mac Ewan, playing with great confidence, forged ahead and had Guy dormy 5 at Encampment where the Aucklander finished it off with a beautiful iron second on to the green, Guy being through with his shot and missing the bogey 4.

Playing beautiful iron shots, the young Taihape player, Mortland, who, with Guy won the foursomes yesterday and also won the Jellicoe Cup for the best round in the open championship, succeeded in eliminating the veteran Dr Ross 2 and 1. On the way out the fortunes of the game were first with one and then the other, and the players were all square at the turn. Mortland won Long Tom with a perfect birdie 4 and Terawhiti with a bogey 3, making him 2 up. Mortland found a bunker at Encampment and Ross reduced the lead to 1. At the next, French Pass, Ross squared with a bogey 3, but Mortland won the next two in perfect 4’s to take the match. The young Taranaki player, BarnesGraham, had an interesting game in the first round with the local veteran, J. Goss. Barnes-Graham took the lead early and was up at the eighth, but then Goss came to light with firstclass golf, commencing with an eagle 3 at the ninth and following up with holes in 3,4, 3 and 3. After this run Goss was all square with his opponent, but Barns-Graham put down a longish putt at the next, Encampment, to win the hole, and followed it up with a 3 at French Pass, making him 2 up. Again Goss was dormy 2 and dormy 1, but he crashed with a bad drive from which he got a difficult lie and Barns-Graham won 2 up on the last green. In the afternoon Barns-Graham was put out of the running by J. L. Black. The latter was 3 up at the turn, but then the Aucklander matched him hole for hole in the following figures: 3 4 3 4 4 3 5. With s’s on the 16th green Black had won the match 3 and 2.

The local player Cathro put Ekstedt out of the contest rather easily in the first round, but he had a different proposition in the afternoon when he met Hornabrook. Fortunes fluctuated throughout the tussle. Cathro turned for home 1 up, but Hornabrook squared at the next with a 12ft putt. Going to the 17th the pair were all square, but Hornabrook overran a long putt and Cathro took the hole in bogey 4. Both were on the edge of the green at the 18th with their seconds, but Hornabrook was short after Cathro had laid his third dead, and the game went to Cathro 2 up. Going out in 36 to his opponent’s 38, D. Collins, who is an all-round athlete, accounted for the veteran Horton. Collins won the 17th with a stymie and the last was halved.

Collins had another narrow victory from F. Quin in the afternoon after starting off with an eagle 3. Quin won the 15th and 17th, but could not overhaul his opponent. The young Eltham player L. Gibson had the expensive distinction of holing in one at the short fifth. This has been done three times since the tournament commenced. SARAZEN AND KIRKWOOD. EXHIBITIONS BEFORE CENTENARY. VICTORIAN UNION’S BAN. (United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 8 p.m.) Sydney, October 10. It was reported from Melbourne today that the Victorian Golf Union intends to prohibit Gene Sarazen and J. H. Kirkwood using any registered golf course in Victoria for exhibition golf prior to the Centenary golf fixture. Mr M. Mcßoberts, president of the Victorian Union, in a statement said: We cannot allow Sarazen and Kirkwood to commercialize the game. If they play on unregistered courses before the Centenary we may have to consider what we shall do about their entries for the big events. We are .under heavy expense and we tried m vain to get the New South Wales golf authorities to help us to organize the Centenary fixtures, consequently we are under no obligation to New South Wales, and it is quite unreasonable to allow Sarazen and Kirkwood to come here and scoop up all the money before our big events Kirkwood, interviewed at Manly links to-day, expressed amazement at the Victorian attitude which, he described as unsportmanlike. . “It completely upsets our plans as it is quite unlikely that golfing enthusiasts will want to see us in exhibition matches after we take part in, say, ten days Centenary golf,” he said. EXCITING MATCH AT MANLY. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 10.10 p.m.) Sydney, October 10. Sarazen and Kirkwood had. an exciting match at Manly to-day with J. Ferrier and H. Hattersley. The match was all square at the 16th, but the visitors won two up. Sarazen equalled tne course par with 72 and Kirkwood was two strokes more. H. Hattersley aiso equalled par, but Ferrier had an approximate 73. Hattersley holed a 55ft putt. The local pair were rarely cutdriven.