A. J. SHAW’S TITLE

Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1929, Page 5

A. J. SHAW’S TITLE

OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP HORTON 3 STROKES BEHIND WINNER’S* AGGREGATE 299 THE FINAL ROUND HIS BEST By. Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Last, Night. It was a great relief • te players in the golf championships to have a change from the boisterous conditions of the opening day. Conditions .to-day -were perfect for golf. Friday's rain freshened the course and the green indeed was almost a golfer’s paradise. The wind died down and was just- sufficient to make play pleasant for ■ the players.; Under such' perfect conditions good scores were'anticipated, and they were duly forthcoming. The third and-fourth, rounds of the open ’ were played, with the result that the • 1929 -champion, is A. J. Shaw, making his second- open,-, with T. H. Horton, present amateur champion, three strokes behind. Eltham win the O'Rorke’s teams’ match with a score of 313, Wellington, being second with 316. . There was keen competition to qua!-, ify in the amateur. A play-off for 32nd place between C. A. Seymour, A. N. Colliding, T. S. Parkes and F. Quin was necessary, as all did 336. Seymour won. A -pleasing feature of- those to qualify in the amateur is the presence of K. C. Ward (Avondale), C. N. Armstrong (Wanganui), B. M. Silk (Wanganui). R. J. Smith jun. (Akarana), all youthful players and at their first championship meeting. Other first-timers are F. Huggins (Nelson), M. Mangan (Invercargill), T. Park (Westport) and H. Cathro (Castlecliff). Horton, 71, and Morpeth, 71, were the best cards returned. The Christchurch veteran, W. T. Harman, livened things by holing his tee shot at Terawhiti, 139 yards. Monday will be an off day when the championship foursomes will be played. The weather seems settled. ‘ The draw for the amateur championship is: — , Horton plays -Seymour. ■Ekstedt plays Seifert. H. Black plays Harold. I. Quin plays J. L. Black. Dale plays Conway. Ward plays Armstrong. Sime plays Wagg. Blank plays Silk. Morpeth plays Reilly. Grey plays Whyte. Collins plays Park. Mangan plays McFarlane. ’ Tareha' plays Louisson. Huggins plays Smith. Goss plays Cathro. L. Quin plays Duncan. In the professional championship Shaw will play T. Galloway, Mclntosh will play C. Clements, Douglas will play J. Clements and Rutter will play Moss. Following are the aggregates in the-

MORPETH’S BIG GALLERY. Morpeth was followed by a big gallery in the hopes of a sensational round but he was not too steady oh the greens and his 75 was not good enough. Shaw commenced with three beautiful fours but dropped a stroke at the next. He had a four at the short fifth .but it cost him five. He lioldcd a chip for a three at the seventh and helped-himself to another at the quarries. A four at the ninth saw him out in 36. .He startr 6d well coming in with 4; 5,3, but then two more fives weiit'down iii. his card. Then he started on the sensational stuff bv getting three threes in a row at the' 15th, 16th and 17th. At the 16th 1 he holed his«chip. He seemed sure to. get a four at the 18ih for his 71, but he missed a three-foot putt. His .72 was good enough as it was seen that it would be too much" to expect Horton to do a 68 to tie. Horton, however, was playing beautiful golf. He was bunkered at the first and took five. He redeemed himself with a three at the next but took threeputts at ’the third. He then reeled off the next holes in .4; 3,4, 4 r 3 by dint of sparkling golf ahd this would have been bettered but for missing an. easy putt at the Bth; He missed a probable, putt at the 10th for. two' and an easy one at Long Tom for a four but holed a nice chip for a two at the 12th. Another easy missed putt after two perfect shots to the green saw him get another five at the 13th. The encampment cost him five but he reeled off four fours to finish with a 71, a wonderful effort and the best score ever recorded in the / final round of the New Zealand open. This enabled him to tie for the Jellicpe Cup with Morpeth. One of-the features of the day’s play was the fine showing of A. D. S. Duncan, who showed that he can still hit as well as the best of them by returning a 75 in the morning and a 73 in the afternoon. He should take a lot of beating in the amateur. He and Morpeth will be in the lower half of the draw, Horton and. Dale in the. top half. . Dale again played fine golf and for the second time in succession holds fourth place among the amateurs. He took 40 to go out this afternoon but came home in great style in 35. Jimmy Quinn -was the sensation of the day. At the close of yesterday’s play he appeared to be hopelessly out of it but to-day returned two great 74’s; His putter was a real wand and he holed everything in sight.. . Grey was playing’ his- short;game-well and this enabled him to "get into the amateur easily. His 77 this afternoon, however, was a good effort. Conway played steadily for a 78 and 81. Leo Quin is gradually improving. His long game is splendid but he is not at home on the greens. He handled them better to-day and he might go well next week. .... F. Quin is playing off with three others for the final place. Stepliensdn finished one stroke behind the qualifiers, a disastrous six at French Pass proving his downfall.'Chong was completely off his tee shot while O’Callaghan was right off form. There is great jubilation in the Elthain camp to-night as the' Taranaki club lifted the New Zealand teams match championship trophy, the O’Rourke vase, finishing three strokes ahead of Wellington. Their scores were J. Quin 74, H. P. Dale 75, L. Quin 79, A. A. Stewart 84. New Plymouth, P. Grey 77, A. E. Conway 81, C. H. Stephenson 81 and G. M. Chong 84, were fourth. LADIES’ GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. PLAY IN THE FIRST ' ROUND.' Christchurch, Sept. 28. The first round of the New Zealand ladies’ golf championship was continued to-day in perfect weather. There was no wind but ‘bright sunshine, and the course was in excellent condition. The results are: — Miss MacCormick (Auckland) beat Miss B. Cqtterill (Christchurch), 2 and 1 to play. Mrs. Dodgshun,(Otago) beat Miss Culling (Auckland), 3 up arid 1. Miss Barnett (Miramar) beat Mrs. Preston (Avondale), 1 up. Mrs. Mills (Miramar) won from Miss Upton (Auckland) by default. Miss Gaisford (Marton) beat Miss M. Stevens (Otago), 3 up and 1. Mrs. Fraser (Sunnydale) bqpt Miss Acheson (Nelson), 5 up and 4. ’Miss O. Stevens (Otago) beat Miss Upham (Miramar), 7 up and 6. Miss Payton (Rotorua) beat Miss Richardson (Wellington), 3 up and I. Miss Rathbone (Auckland) beat Mrs. Foreman (Miramar), 6 up and 5. Miss O. Kay (Otago) beat Miss Cracroft Wilson (Christchurch), 9 up and 7. Miss Beadel (Christchurch) beat Mrs. Godby (Christchurch), 3 up and 1. Mrs. Weston (Wellington) beat Miss R. Rutherford (Hawarden), 3 up and 1. Mrs. Collinson (Manawatu) beat Mrs. R. Wilson (Titirangi), 4 up and 3. Miss Pharazyn (Hawke’s Bay). beat Mrs. Pumphrey (Christchurch), 3 upland 1. Miss Chrystall (Christchurch) beat Miss Moore (Hokitika), 6 up and 4. Mrs. Kerr (Timaru) beat Miss Snodgrass (Rotorua), 4 up and 3.

NEW PLYMOUTH LADIES’ GOLF. DRAW FOR L.G.U. MATCH. The draw for the L.G.U. match at New Plymouth to-morrow is:— Seniors. —Mrs. Duff and Miss Morton; Miss Dell arid Mrs. Hill; Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Quilliam; Mrs. Strang and Miss Gavin; Mrs. Nicholson and Mrs. Wyatt; Miss Brewster and Miss Horner. Mrs. Larsen a bye. Juniors. —Mrs. Wilson and Miss Hawes; Mrs. W. Weston and Miss Leatham; Miss Webb and Miss Smart; Miss Allemann and Mrs. Burgess; Mrs. Taylor and Miss Grover; Miss Home and Miss Johnson; Mrs. Waterston and Miss Blundell; Miss Thomson and Mrs. McQuade; Mrs. Mander and Miss Russell; Mrs. Stainton and Mrs. Rea; Miss M. Morton and Miss Nicholson; Mrs. Anderson and Miss Cameron; Mrs. Ogle and Miss Laing. MORPETH VISITS NEW PLYMOUTH. EXHIBITION GAME ARRANGED. (By Wire—Special from “Stance.”) Wanganui, Last Night. Arrangements have been made for Mor* peth and Mo.?s to play an. exhibition game in New Plymouth next week-end.

open championship. — 76 75 76 299 76 79 76 71 302 7779 73 77 306 E. J. Douglas ... 80 80 75 73 308 A. D. Duncan .... 80 81 75 73 309 Sloan Morpeth .., 80 83 71 76 310 C. . Clements .... 77 81 77 75 310 J. McIntosh .... 79 80 74 78 ' 311 •J. H. Clements ... .78 81 78 76 313 T. Galloway 81 81 74 78 314 80 83 75 76 314 79 80 77 79 315 B M Silk 81 80 77 78 316 N Bell 85 81 75 76 317 E. M. MacFarlane 80 80 80 78 318 H. P. Dale 77 84 82 75 318 W. A. Keeling .. 84 83 72 76 320 Kapi Tareha .... 82 82 82 75 321 R. C. Butters ... 83 81 71 80 322 W. G. Ritchie.... 82 81 78 81 322 J. G. Black 80 77 76 79 322 J. R. Galloway .. 86 83 76 79 325 B. Smith, junr... 86 z 84 74 81 325 C. N. Armstrong 86 80 81 78 325 D. C. Collins .... 80 86 76 81 325 H. Black 83 88 78 76 325 L. Seifert 85 82 83 -76 326 A. G. Sime 82 83 83 78 326 J. Goss 84 82 82 78 326 D. 0. Whyte .. 84 82 80 80 326 A. E. Ekstedt .. 87 81 76 83 327 L. Cathro 80 90 78 79 327 A. Pass 88 82 80 80 327 P. Grey 83 87 81 77 328 K. C. Ward .... 83 84 81 80 328 Rana Wagg .... 81 89 75 83 328 J. Lambie 88 81 82 78 329 T. S. Park 89 85 76 79 329 F. Huggins 79 87 78 86 330 J. Harold 89 84 82 76 331 J. Quin 95 88 74 74 331 J. Mangan 88 91 75 78 332 A. E. Conway .. 86 87 78 81 332 L. Ross • 85 85 84 78 .332 Louisson 86 87 74 85 332 N. Fuller 84 86 82 81 333 A. R. Blank .... 87 82 79 86 334 W. B. Reilly ...., 85 84 83 82 334 Quin 86 .88 81 80 335 A. Colliding .... 85 86 82 83 336 F. Quin 85' 87 83 81 336 F. S. Parkes .... 84 85 78 89 336 C. H. Stephenson 84 89 83 81 337 E. J. Pumphrey. 86 ■79 85 87 337 Jas. Watt 83 83 87 81 339 C. E. Howden ..- 89 88 82 80 339 I. Saunders ..., : 85 90 79 85 339 W. Smith 83 89 85 83 340 M. Fenwicke ....- 81 86 84 89 340 E. W. Perry .... 95 86 78 81 340 J. M. Hussey ... 83 87 85 85 340 G. Richmond 93 86 80 82 341 A. A. Dykes .... 85 86 81 89 341 Toswill 87 86 88 80 341 J. D. Dick 88 87 83 84 342 R. 0. Gardner.... 85 86 89 82 342 F. Fryei; 89. 92 .80 81 342 F. C. Hutchison.. 86 88 83 85 342 P. L. McNiven .. 89 87 83 83 342 S. Powdrell 87 94 81 80* 342 H.-Hutchison .... 90 87 84 83 355 G. M. Chong .... 82 93 85 84 344 H. MacFarlane .. 81 98 80 87 346 B. J. Smith .... 85 84 90 86 345 J. P. Mortland .. 86 93 83 85 347 J. S. Harrison .. 91 91 80 85 347 F. G. Beaven ... 92 89 77 90 348 P. Weston 90. 86 88 84 348 C. Pharazyn ..., ; 91 87 85 86 349 C. Holmes 88 84 88 89 349 L. D. Hurst .... 85 87 92 85 349 J. G. Watt ..... 91 93 80 86 350 D. Meldrum .... 96 84 85 85 350 J. Mowat ....... 89 91 88 84 352 J. D. Lawrence . K 87 99 82 84 352 R. D. Harding .. 94 92 86 80 352 R. Kissling 95 92 79 89 3*5<>

w. O’Callaghan .. 91 94 '86 83 354 R. 0. Chesney .. 89 93 95 •82 359 W Harman .... 03 88 88 93 362 R. B. Anderson .. 03 93 87 90 363 J. R. Aldred .... 97 94 • 88 85 364 A. A. Stewart .. 101 92 89 94 366 Le Cren 93 103 ■94 94 384