SURPRISE VICTORIES AT GOLF TOURNEY

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 142, 6 September 1927, Page 13

SURPRISE VICTORIES AT GOLF TOURNEY

TAREHA, QUIN, TWO WRIGHTS AND SHAW ARE BEATEN BY BETTER GOLF (Special to THE SUN.) HAMILTON, Monday. The first round of the Amateur and Professional Golf Championships at Hamilton to-day saw a number of surprise victories. Quin, ex-amateur champion. Tareha, the two Wrights, and A. J. Shaw, ex-open champion, were all eliminated. The results in the first round were: AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP N. C. Bell beat W. C. Wynne, 6 and Donald Grant beat Leo Quin, 4 and 3. G. F. Colbeck beat K. D. Duncan, 11 and 10. W. S. Ralph beat B. V. Wright, 2 up. Rana Wagg beat T. A. Goulding, 6 and 5. M. H. Duncan beat Digby Giles, 1 up. T. IL Horton beat F. Quin, 11 and 10. J. Goss beat R. D. Wright, 3 and 2. Sloan Morpeth beat A. R. Blank, 10 and 8. H. W. Tidmarsh beat M. Macbeth, 2 up. Philip Grey beat Kapi Tareha, 3 and R. M. George beat H. P. Dale, 3 and w ’ A. D. S. Duncan beat J. M. Hussey, 5 and 3. H. B. Lusk beat lan Mac Ewan, 4 and ’A. G. Sime beat L. V. Bellingham, 1 up. J. L. Black beat H. Wiggins, 9 and S. PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP E. J. Moss beat J. A. Clements, 3 and ~ J. D. Mclntosh beat H. R. Blair, 8 and 7. R. C. Butters 'beat C. C. Clements, 2 and 1. J. R. Galloway beat A. J. Shaw, 3 and 2. Perfect weather conditions contmueu. Bell, whose performances in Hamilton during the past few years made him a prospect for the amateur title, defeated Wyne, another club member, and stopped the run of defeats which the first to qualify in the list has, for the past three years, suffered at the hands of the last, starting with A. Duncan and R. O. Gardner at Auckland. Bell did a 76 in the morning, and was one over 4’s at the end of the match in the second eighteen. QUIN GOES OUT Bell will now meet D. Grant, the recent acquisition to Christchurch golf, who to-day beat Leo Quin, ex-amateur champion, and finalist last year. Grant did a 75 on Saturday, and to-day was in much the same form. Quin was three down in the first six holes of the thirty-six and never recovered the position. RALPH’S FINE WIN B. V. Wright, the young Timaru player, who created a sensation last vear by defeating Morrison, the New South Wales amateur champion, was one up on W. S. Ralph, of Middlemore. after the morning round, but Ralph began his real attack in the afternoon, after he was three down at the fourth. He recorded a 3 on the 308 yard stli, and stymied Wright at the Bth, winning the hole. Wright then put a shot off the fairway down the bank at the 9 th, and the match was all square turning for home. Wright won the 11th, and Ralph sunk a 2 to square the match at the 14th. Bad putting then let Wright down on three greens running, and he was one down going to the last hole, which he made a desperate effort to reach in two, and in so doing lost a stroke and finished two down. ANOTHER DUNCAN Morgan Duncan, following in his family’s footsteps, produced good enough golf to beat D. Giles, of Adelaide —a relative, incidentally, of the man who intends to try and fly from America to Australia —by one up, «.fter a match that was as close all the way as the score indicates. Horton was in excellent form, and recorded a 73 in the morning, 38 out, and one under 4’s home, which was too much for Frank Quin, who was 9 down at lunch, and the match finished ten holes before home. R. D. Wright, playing great golf, was round in 76 to J. Goss’s 77 in the morning, and this left Wright with a 1 up lead. Goss sunk a 60-foot approach putt at the second in the afternoon to square, and gradually assumed the lead after that, being 38 out. and level fours on the way in until tho match finished, 3 and 2. Sloan Morpeth, Titirangi, who should go into the final with Bell; was playing unbeatable golf all day, did a 74 in the morning, and was 6 up on R. Blank, of Christchurch. The match finished ten holes from home. H. W. Tidmarsh, Auckland, will be Morpeth’s opponent to-morrow, having put Macbeth, the Hamilton player, out to-day. Tidmarsh was 4up at the 6th in the afternoon, and was then stymied. He lost the hole, and four more in a row, to become one down, but coming home in 36 he proved too good for Macbeth, to win on the last hole. P. Grey, during a magnificent ball which left him on even terms with Kapi Tareha, proved surer on the greens, and eventually won, 3 and 2. Tareha negotiated a stymie on the 7th in the morning, and was three down in the afternoon, the match finishing with that margin. Grey had a few good long putts which decided the match. R. M. George, the ex-Titirangi champion, had a hard match with H. P. Dale, a comparative newcomer from Taranaki. A. Duncan was still not certain with his wood, but won without being extended from J. M. Hussey. H. B. Lusk had to do his best to get a lead on lan Mac Ewan, Wellington, and A. G. Sime found the local golfer. Bellingham, a very good putter. Sime played good, steady golf, and needed it to win by one hole. J. L. Black won his match in his first round, when he did a 73 and obtained a lead of 8 holes on H. Wiggins, a local player. Black plays Sime to-morrow. The match between the two veterans. A. D. Duncan and IT. B. Lusk, will be worth seeing. Lusk has been going better than Duncan of late. EX-OPEN CHAMPION BEATEN The outstanding match in the professional event was that in which Shaw went down to Galloway. Galloway, playing steady golf, was 4 up at the 13th, but Shaw reduced that to one at lunch time. Shaw had gained the lead at the 7th in the afternoon, but that did not affect Galloway, and he was square again at the turn. He continued on to lead 3 up at the 14th, including the negotiation of a stymie at the 11th. Shaw could not shake that lead off. and Galloway won at the 16th, after a line exhibition on the greens. He played out, taking a 74. BRILLIANT SCORES Mclntosh played the last round of the day to Mat Blair, his card reading: 0ut.—4.3,4,4,4,5.5,4,4 —37 In. — 4.3,4,4.3,4,4.4,4 34 71 It will be noticed that he took 4’s on ] two of the short holes, and recorded 3’s

on the 431 yard second and 380 yard 11th. J. L. Black’s 73 was as follows: 0ut.*—3,4,4,5,4,4,6,5,4 —39 In.— 3,3,4,5,3,5,5,3,3 —34 73 The marvel about this card is that he had 3’s at the 380 yard 11th, the 407 yard 17th, and the 438 yard 18th. Talk about moas! Galloway did two 74’s against Shaw, being out in 36 and back in 38 in the morning, and reversing the order in the afternoon. To-day’s bogey handicap resulted in a win for P. Grey, of New Plymouth (plus 1), -who finished 4 up. The next best cards were:—R. George (scr.), L. Seifert, jun. (2), IT. W. Tidmarsh (2), L. V. Bellingham (4), and W. D. Ross (5), two up; Donald Grant (scr.), and H. P. Dale (scr), one up.

TO-DAY’S PLAY

BITTERS HAS SURPRISE LEAD Press Association. HAMILTON, To-day. After the rain overnight the weather is still threatening and showery. The second round of the amateur and the semi-final of the professional championships are being played. The results of the first 18 holes in the semifinal of the professional championship are as follow: R. C. Butters, 7 up on J. R. Galloway. J. Mclntosh, 2 up on E. J. Moss. The second round of the amateur championship (first 18 holes) resulted as follows: R. Wagg and M. Duncan, ail square. T. H. Horton and J. Goss, all square. S. Morpeth, 6 up on K. W. Tidmarsh. R. M. George, 2 Tip on P. Grey. A. Sime, 5 up on J. L. Black. N. Bell, 4 up on D. Grant. A. Duncan, 1 up on H. B. Lusk. G. F. Colbeck, 7 up on W. G. Ralph. Among the professionals the surprise was that R. C. Butters was 7 up on J. R. Galloway. Galloway is playing an entirely different game from that he played yesterday, and Butters is playing very steadily and putting very well. Mclntosh took the first hole and increased to 3 up at the 6th. This position he maintained to the turn. Moss reduced the lead to 1 up, but McIntosh regained with a good 2 gLt the 14th and maintained this lead. The golf of Rana Wagg and Morgan Duncan, the two Wellingtonians, was what would be seen in a friendly club game. Goss and Horton, 75 each, are fighting hard with good golf. Sime is repeating his game of 1921 against Black. Playing with the utmost confidence, he produced a 73. N. Bell produced his fourth 76. But for missing a few putts Grant would have been closer, as he too is playing well. The veterans, Duncan and Lusk, are having a close game. It is now raining hard.