BRILLIANT GOLF.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1924, Page 8

BRILLIANT GOLF.

L. QUIN THE CHAMPION. . DEFEATS J. GOSS 8 AND 7HIGH STANDARD OF PLAY. FINEST SEEN IN DOMINION. Leo. Quin, of Eltham, won the NewZealand amateur golf championship on Saturday, when he defeated J. Goss, of Wanganui, last year’s champion, 8 up and 7 to play. Quin played & brilliant game, and though Goss gave a splendid exhibition it is considered that no one in New Zealand could have defeated Quin on the day. The match is regarded as the finest witnessed in Dominion championship finals. (By Wire—Special Reporter.) Auckland, Sept. 13. The championship play in the New Zealand championship golf tournament at the Middlemore links concluded this afternoon, when Leo Quin, of Eltham, played a brilliant final with J. Goss, of Wanganui, and beat last year's champion by 8 up and 7 to play. Despite the fact of his decisive defeat Goss played good golf throughout, but he met the young challenger on a day when he was unbeatable. Mr. J. B. Colbeck (president of the Auckland Club), who was umpiring the match, gave it as his opinion that he did not think there was a player in New Zealand who could have beaten Quin on his form in this match, and that it was the best final he had witnessed for many years. A feature of Quin’s play throughout was his consistenly long, straight driving and his beautiful iron shots, which time and again laid him within easy putting distance. Added to that, his putting was sure and confident. During the morning round he went out in 37, never making a mistake with his second shots, and putting beautifully. On the return journey he holed his mashie shot from 30 yards at the twelfth hole, and sank sensational long putts at the sixteenth and eighteenth holes. He finished the round In 73. In the next round he did nothing sensational, but he maintained a brilliant standard In playing the first nine holes In 37. Goss at last went off his game, winning only two holes in the round and being 6 down at the turn. Quin had a lucky kick off the bunker at the tenth hole, which helped him to win It in three, but playing the next hole perfectly he won in four and he was acclaimed the champion before a gallery of about 400 spectators.

It wag a marked feature of Quin’s victory that until the end of the third round this morning he was not thought of as the likely winner. He was low down In the open championship, but the manner in which he disposed of George and Gunson marked him as a very much better match than stroke player. Even then the well-informed spectators felt that If he beat Goss It would be only a fluke win. This, however, proved to be an absolutely wrong forecast, for Goss was playing a scratch game throughout, and he was beaten by a performance which is considered by many to be the hest final game ever played in a New Zealand championship match. The cards for the final were:— First Round. Quin. —73 (bogey 39). Out: 4,4, 4,4, 4,4, 3,5, 5, making 37. Back: 3, 5. 3,3, 4,5, 3,5, 5. Total, 36. Goss.—77. Out : 4,5, 5,5, 4,4, 3,4, 5. , Total, 39. Back: 4,5, 5,3, 4,4, 4,4, 5. Total, 35. Second Round. Quin (8 up).—Out: 4,5, 4,4, 5,3, 2, 4, 6. Total 37. Back: 3, 4. Goss (8 down). —Out: 4,5, 6,5, 4,4, 3,5, 5. Total 41. Back: 4, 5 (8 down). The winner was beaten earlier in the season by H. P. Dale for the Eltham Club championship, but since then he has improved his form out of sight. NEW PLYMOUTH CLUB. SATURDAY’S MATCHES. A bogey handicap was played on the New Plymouth Club’s links on Saturday. Results: Seniors. —H. N. Johnson (hep. S), 3 up; R. T. McQuade (9), 1 up; A. H. Hasel! (5), 1 up; C. H. Stephenson (10), 1 up. Juniors.—R. H. Quilliam (hep. 15). 2 up; K. Kirk (17), 1 up; B. T. Twoomey (18), 1 up; T. P. Anderson (14), 2 down; A.. G. Johnson (18), 2 down; C. H. Wyatt (15), 2 LADIES’ MATCHES. There will be no ladies’ matches at Waiwakalho to-morrow on account of ‘the unveiling of the cenotaph at New Plymouth. All matches this week are postponed. INTERNATIONAL CONTEST. AMERICA v. ENGLAND. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Received Sept. 14, 5.5 p.m. New York, Sept. 13. In the Walker Cup golf tournament at Garden City, Long Island, the United States led the British team in the first eighteen holes, winning three foursomes and tying In the fourth. Marston and Gardner defeated Story and Murray 1 up; Ouimet and Guilford defeated Tolley and Hazlet 1 up; Jones and Frownes defeated Michael and Robert Scott 3 up. Sweetser and Johnston tied with Torrance and Bristow.