GOLFING CHAMPIONSHIP

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1930, Page 9

GOLFING CHAMPIONSHIP

RUTTER THE PROFESSIONAL

BLACK BROS. UN THE AMATEUR.

MATCHES PLAYED IN THE RAIN.

" By Telegraph.—Brees Association. Palmerston N., Last

The elements were very unkind to-day for play in the semi-finals of the amateur and the final of the professional golf championships. All day there was ii bitter wind and during the mornings heavy driving rain. The new professional champion,is F. Rutter (Auckland), who “'triumphed' over J. Mclntosh, lhe amateur .“championship is now a family affair -between the Black brothers, J. L. and H. Interest will not now be so keen in the. final. Hie detailed results of to-day s play Professional championships final. F. Riitter beat J.t Mclntosh. 6 and 4. ; Semi-final ' of' the- amateur championship—Hr A. Black beat L. Cathro 2 and 1; J. L. Black beat T. H. Horton 2 and 1. Four-ball bogey.—W. G. Clark and H. Blvth 1, G. P. Roberts and F. Huggins

/Driving competition. -A. Alurray won both individual (244 yards) and/aggregate (243 yards).

BLACK’S DEFEAT OF. CATHRO.

description of the match.

/ : - r (By Wire. —Special 'to News). i,< J- N., Last Night.' The at Palmerston North has ' :ios been good but this morning was easily the worst that has been experiplayers, spectators and caddies were all drenched. Nevertheless the ■ZSedursai"played Well and. the golf was good. The result of the day’s play' was unusual in that it leaves two. biothers, J. L. and H, A. Black, to contest the final of the amateur championship. ' Horton played fine golf against J. L. >. ' Blackon'the morning but in the afternoon -he was not • nearly so impressive end the match likely to end at 1': the 32nd hole, but he then staged a »-j great recovery, only to slip on his puttd ing-at the 34th and 35th. . . V game between Cathro" and H. A. Black was well contested all the way .but Black’s consistency and fine putting and'his opponent’s inability to lay his approach putts dead just turned .the scales in his ; favour. Horton started off against J. L. Black by holing a 20-footer for a three and a win at the first. The second and third /were halved, Horton styming Black at 'the latter. Black’s tee shot at the - sho.rt: fourth was not up to standard but he played a fine chip to within inches of the Hole and a half in 3 resulted. Both played fine tee shots and seconds at the long fifth but Black put his third into a bunker and, failing to recover, gave up the hole. Black, however, was on the job at the next and played two fine shots into the wind and won the hole with a 4. Black struck trouble all the way at the seventh and Horton had no difficulty in annexing the hole with a fine 4. Black, however, came again at the Sth, where he played a magnificent shot against the wind io Within two feet of the hole and., holeing his putt, reduced the lead to 'one. ‘ •/ _ ■ ‘ ' The 9th and 10th were halved m pat .figures. Both had chances at Band -s ' End but the hole was halved in fives. - Both played fine tee shots at the short 1 12th and Horton, running his down for a 2, was two up again. The next two were 2' halved in par figures and Horton was 3 up when Black pulled his second at the 15th. Black should have won the next but putted badly. However, Horton’s putter failed him on the seventeenth and Black reduced the lead and fob . lowed this by annexing the 18th. He was only- one down at lunch time.

FLUCTUATION OF FORTUNES.

In the afternoon Black had to negotiate a stymie to halve the first. Horton became two up by winning the second with a 'birdie 3. The next two holes were halved in par figures but a great ’four by Black at Strang’s enabled him to get one back, and he squared the game .at. the next, with another good four. Tlie seventh was halved and Black, repeating his morning’s performance, holed a two at the eighth and was in the lead for the first time. Horton ■' was bunkered at the fith and Black with . a , fine three turned for home 2 up. He had come out in 34. . Horton ran down a 112-footer for a birdie 3 and a win at the 10th but lost Ulis advantage when his putt for a half at Land’s End refused to go down. Both played the short.'l2th badly, Black winning with - a four. Black was short with his chip at the 13th and Horton, p.nking no mistakes, got one baick. f After the 14th had been halved he ■ : sndtched another one at.the fifteenth with a great three. Horton looked sure to square the match at the 16th but missed a two-footer, and when he failed ...o persuade a four-footer to go down •it the next hole the game was over. L. Cathro and H. A. Black commenced ■,y hitting screaming shots off the tee • it- the first, but Black’s second was too •trong in the bunker at the back of the 'ieen° and Cathro with, a steady four was one up. Black pushed his tee shot 'mt at the second but played a fine secrnd to the . green and - the hole was halved in fours. Both played fine sec>nds at the third but Blacks wpnt hrcamh and, he failing to chip dead, 3 was two up. The fourth was „. : .ilved ih threes .after Cathro had playd a perfect chip from the bank at the back. Black was bunkered with,his second at String’s but played a fourth to within five feet of the pin and won the hole after Cathro had lake., three putts. . J''Black squared the game at the sixt where he played two perfect shots, and ■' Cathro found a bad place in an island • bunker and . failed to recover. Cathro 1 diced his tee-shot at the seventh but ' recovered well. Black canned an eightfooter for a four and a win. Black -£• was one up. Cathro played a perfect ■ hot from the tee at the eighth within 10 feet of the pin and seemed sure to square the match when Black chipped t-io strongly. The Miramar man, however, rose to the occasion and canned ' a. 30-footer for a half.' The ninth was ‘ halved in par 7 threes. Black had come • fit.:* in 36 to his opponent’s 38 and was ’ Olie'Up. . Both’were bunkered with their tee ' : ' ’c|mts at the 10th 'but recovered well CJ ,]y to take three putts, and the hole vah halved in fives;' Cathro was through and Black short with the seconds at T und’s End but Cathro stymied his opponent and won the hole. He went through the 12th with his tee shot, and -IhoiA he made a valiant attempt to ; n k°a 20-footer he lost the hole to Black’s five. The long 13 th was halved in fine fives. Black was bunkered with h-o second at the. next-but recovered and halved the hole with a' four. Cathro

squared the game with a fine four at the fifteenth, where Black caught the rough on the edge of the green with his scend and just failed with a 12-footer for a half. Both were a little astray with their seconds at the 16th but a fine chip within inches of the hole saw Cathro take'the' lead' again. ' The 17th saw Cathro take three putts' and Black’s ball after stopping on the edge dropped in and the game was square again. The last hole seemed sure to be halved but Black was too strong with his approach putt and failed with his return and they to lunch with Cathro one up. Cathro 1 was round in approximately 77 and his opponent in 78. • In the- afternoon Cathro commenced badly. He put his second in the bunker at the first and was right through with the second and Black with two fine fours was' one up. Both were astray with'their seconds at. the third and the hole was halved in fives. Cathro looked like squaring the game again at the fourth,, where Black was short with his tee shot, but a 12-footer saw the hole halved. Strang’s was halved in good fives. Black topped his second at the sixth and Cathro with a fine 12-foot putt squared the game. He looked, like winning the seventh, where Black sliced his drive,, but .he hit a poor second and the hole, was halved. Both played magnificent tee shots into the wind at the Bth but Cathro took 3 putts and Black was one up, a lead that he increased to two when Cathro was too strong with- his tee shot at the l)th. Cathro, however, was not done with. He holed a tricky putt for a three and a win at the l'Oth and squared the match at the next when Black put his second out of bounds. He seemed to have a chance of another win at the 12th, where Black was very short with his tee shot, but the Wellington man laid his second dead and halved the hole. Cathro failed to lay his approach putt dead at the 13th and Black was one up again.' Both played great seconds at the 14th and Cathro ran down a 12-footer for a birdie three and the game was square. Both hit great tee diets at the 15th but were bunkered with their seconds. Cathro chipped out dead to the pin and seemed sure to win but Black made an equally good shot and the game was still square. At the 16th Cathro was bunkered from his tee shot but Black’s second also found a bunker. Cathro was short and bunkered with his third and Black, recovering well from a nasty place, was one Tip. The end came at the seventeenth, where Cathro was once more badly short with an approach putt.