THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME OF GOLF

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20364, 23 July 1934, Page 13

THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME OF GOLF

Templeton Club. The bogey ioursome played on Satur- |

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“THE COLONEL"

Boisterous conditions prevailed over the week-end and matches were played 1 under difficulties. The weather on Saturday was cold and unsettled, but yesterday the wind freshened considerably and players who could control their shots took the honours. Courses generally are somewhat drier, but teeing up is still being enforced on some links. At the present time the sandy j courses nearer the sea have a distinct i advantage under foot. x :: A Great Come-back. A great come-back was recorded bv l P- M. C. Angus playing in the qualify- , * n K rounds of the Godby Cup comp'stition at Harewood over the week-end. , Tn the morning Angus returned a gross . 106. giving him 95 net with his handi- < cap of 11 off. He jokingly remarked . lhat he would have to do a net 70 in j the afternoon if he was to qualify. He i then went out and rattled off a gross 80: taking his 11 away that made the i required net 70. In that great round. , for the boisterous conditions were against good play. Angus went out in 45 and did the return nine holes in 3G. one under bogey. *« » i Brevities. < Consistency is the watchword of A. J R. Blank these days. In spite of the 1 boisterous conditions at Harewood yes- < terday he went round to return' a < gross score, only five over the course ' bogey. Blank had a great fight with < S. H. Hooper in the semi-final of the Campbell c U p at Shirley. the pair j finishing all square. They will have l to play off in the future. • v J. Millard is back at Avondale again = and playing as No. 1 for the club i against the Christchurch team vaster- ' day. he heat C. J. Ward. Christchurch i met the Avondale side on the Avondale t links and went down by a narrow \ margin. Some of the Canterbury courses are 1 coming back to splendid condition. Both Avondale and Waimairi. with their basis of sand, have stood up verv well to the wet weather. Waimairi is coming on wonderfully and shows the efforts of Millard as greenlceener. 1 x s Richmond gill Improvements. > The short ninth hole at Richmond t Hill has been improved considerably by t guarding the front of the green 'with a five small turf mounds. Formerly a 1 topped shot off the tee might run on ? to the green. This has now been t obviated and the ball must be pitched * on the green to obtain par figures. An- a other improvement has been the placing e of a high, white direction post behind r the green at the sixth hole. This was c needed badly because, owing to the * steep slope in front of the green. w neither the location of the green nor the " flag was visible from approaching dis- 1 lance. This innovation has the com- e mendation of the players on the hill course who much appreciate the faeilitv provided. Owing to slow growth of grass up to the present combined with a seasonable amount of moisture, the r course is in good order and shots’may t be played firmly for the pin on all 1 greens. s x x f Sawasley Cup Items. * The final round of the Rawnsley Cup at Richmond Hill resulted in Mrs 3. P t pal ton and R. R. Senior leading the field after playing steady golf through- l °Ut. There was a good deal more 5 merit In the scores than is indicated, s for a cold southerly sprang up in the 1 afternoon and increased to gale force 5 during play. In spite of this, good 3 golf was provided by the leading pairs. 1 The mixed matches at Richmond Hill Uila year have, for the most part, been s . untested under adverse conditions and C ihe women have shown great pluck in 4 • arryrag on in the merciless southerlies 2 as. of course, there is little or no 1 shelter on the hill. It is a remarkable 9 coincidence that in the Rawnsley Cup s competition Mr and Mrs F. J, Glackln 1

been runners-up on two occasions. They stood a good chance of winning on this occasion, but after a good first round in 41 their game went off and they did not recover. « « x Consistency Itself. Consistency itself is J. IX Lawrence, jun.. who Plays for Richmond Hill; and. m addition to being well in the running for the Captain’s Trophy, he has reached the semi-final in the Donnelly Cup. His name has appeared many times as club champion and his present toriu indicates th-.it he will again be a serious contender for the title. Lawrence has been associated with the club since he was a lad. He quickly acquired a natural swing and a liking for the the game. His swing appears to start from the point of the left shoulder and, playing with a very straight left arm, he blends all his movements into an harmonious effort. His work with the irons and on the putting green leaves little to be desired and is carried out with crispness and decision. x x British Team’s Visit. The British golf team that will play in Melbourne during the Centenary celebrations is likely to visit New Zealand as well, probably in October. A letter has been received from London on the subject and the Dominion Golf Council is now considering details. The team which is being sent to the Centenary celebrations by the Royal and Ancient Club will be captained by the Hon Michael Scott, and is expected to leave England by the liner Orford on September 13. Players who have so far agreed to join the party are D. R. H. Martin, J. Maclean. L. M. Garnett and T. A. Bourn. Maclean intends to play in the American championship in September, so that it might be difficult for him to reach New Zealand in time to play here with the rest of the team. 2? x All Fluff Sometimes. “It is a funny angle to me,” said Walter Hagen to Grantland Rice, in a recent talk on golf. “why so many merely average golfers get sore and blow r up over some bad shot. I have won sl few championships here and there, and yet I have always expected to miss five, six or seven shots during a round. Why? Because experience has taught me that I nearly always <lo. So when I mak'o a bad shot I simply think to myself, ‘That’s one of several that will come later.’ if the average ‘golfer would only take his error, his bad shot, or his mistake, us part of the round, forget about it, and concentrate on his next shot, he might be surprised at the difference in his score. Golf, after all. is about 60 or <0 per cent mental, or emotional, or psychological. And that goes for everyone who plays it—duffer or star. ’ X X X Wonderful Scores. In view of the wonderful scores '■fK'stered by 1.. Little in the fin t i of the British amateur ip ni Prestwick and T. H. Cotton in the second round of the open at Royal wt Georges it may be of interest io publish the scores for the purposes or comparison. ..** r ® measures 6531 yards and the distances with Little’s score are as —No. 1, 339yds, score of 4; 2, * ’, 3; z - 505yds. 3; 4. 378yds, 4; *?• f2P' d «. 3; 6 363yds, 3: 7, 433vds, 5; ?• 436yds. 4; 9, 463yds, J —Out 33; No. 10. 474yds, 4; H, 190yds, 3; 12 s“:’.yds, 161yds, 4; 14. 376yds, 3; 13 •!29yds, 4; 16. 288yds, 3: 17, 383yds. 4: ls - 283yds, 3—ln. 33—Total, 66. ' The Royal St George’s course measures 6751 yards, and the distances and Cotton’s scores are as follows: —No. 1, 4 41yds, score of 4; 2, 370 vds. 3. 3. 3; 4. 460yds, 4; 5, 296vds, 4; 6. 193yds, 3; 7. 493yds. 4; S, JB3ydr., 4: 9. 396yds, 4—Out, 33; No. io. 380yds, score of 4; 11, 384yds, 3; 12, 343yds, 4; 13 » 443yds, 4; 14, 520yds, 4; 15, 15 lyds,

4; 16. 163yds, 3; 17. 423yds, 2; 18, 441yds, 3—ln, 32. Total. 65. X X X Bead, for Loose Arms. Nothing is so misleading to the average golfer as the “stiff left arm” in golf. Some misguided body, who didn’t know what he was talking about, originated tine idea and set hundreds of thousands of searchers after truth groping on the wrong track. Although the left arm may not be stiff, it must be straight, and the only way to get, and keep, it straight, is to feel the weight of the clubhead until the ball is away, flying far towards the hole. The centrifugal force will cause it to remain, straight, and if the body be permitted to remain, dutifully, at an invariable angle, then nothing much can harm the stroke. Of course, centrifugal force means that the arms are swung, or slung, by some thing rotating. and it is the duty of the shoulders to attend to this job. Swing the arms from the shoulders is, therefore. the main thing to do in order to hit the ball a powerful and true blow that alone will propel it 240 yards or sp, down the fairway. Merely a Relation. Miss Shirley Tolhurst is beginning to understand how some of the Hollywood husbands of great film stars must Lee! (says the Melbourne “ Herald ”). a twinkle in her eye, she related at Victoria, befoiy: winning with her more famous sister the V.L.G.U. scratch foursomes, that in New Zealand she was generally referred to as the sister-in-law of Mr Morpeth, while in .A usis r^l I:idl y becoming the custom to refer to her as the sister of Mrs S a lact * and w ‘th all due popular and probably most competent married golf couple bare. Miss Shirley on the links needs no reflected (nor related) light * up ° n . her - She is one of the sweetest swingers f„ Australian golf. £ for several years has played so well that many of us are surprised that -she has not had greater comp-titlon success I’or some months she ha., been playing more consistently than at snv oth"v time, and it would not be surpVising if *ht er t her the matches for the big titles. in the very keen competition at present going on for Places among the five from Australia she Zea,and Tiext October, trip. y her WQy tbioijgh to the x x Timing the Hit. • ? “ ?be ordinary golfer talks about timiug in a way which creates the impie-s-H 0”, * hat « Oming is actually a feature ot the swing. it does not follow, how- ■*. ° an °P ln i°n there may be, that it is a fact.” So wrices in a leadJ ° urnal » professional named tr, A * w , e have all been accusto * egard tuning as of the vnrv essence oi the successful swing this catement. appears to be pure nonsense, , so ’, ,n °ne sense, jt is (comments aj it seems ai tn C n ltic) ‘ Tet inasmuch Solnion <1? v. xpr f ss , the eons.oiered snous one, perhaps, on writer to convey the idea a hit differs radically from a swing i’,-, swiftfy, y P e r t°smoothf f .° rCe 9°™’-* from a a ppa ren ti y ‘effort 1 e s’s,™ °Tv h !5, rough the ball with undiminishSCH" 6 'izvzs; mere must be a space of l°in or cn ! with ne »«7ii loh the i: hj,, bead may operate I " ,U1 maximum effect, whereas in the i SflnrhYl? hit - hot more than !5 , *„ ho, '% rilth or than deliver a placnetfr y auPiSl® *’**•, a ' mless because, 11,l 1 , always, at instant of contact aimin'^ 6 ‘ S em P lc, l' ecl otherwise than in

Henry Cotton's Style. !>ion en ht S C ?M°"' the neiT Bri,ia h rhamn’ r n ‘T r °* some years been in ih» . ln li ef /i, o ta v° f fbe British professionals J his year be shared with Padgham fj?? .honour of being regarded as a? m s mam hope for the open. Cotton is twenty-seven years of aev T ,“i and built and has a style Ttvnb 1,1 comparison with some of the sjAbsts appears to be artificial. There is nothing pf the full, round and smooth BwlnJ drC rL S ♦f w " ,nfir ;,bout thf ‘ Cotton ston*?’ hf rary, he deliberately siopf, hfs swing for a fraction of a noth!i a „sserer5 e r top - Apparently he loses ouun & in accuracy or length from this

characteristic as he is a noted long driver and accurate iron player. Cotton, who is an English public school boy, was intended for a career entirelv different from the one he has adopted. Golf, however, made such a strong appeal to him that he took up the game professionally. He is an example of the success which follows wholehearted application. X X X Walter Hagen in Trouble. Paul Runyan won tire Metropolitan open championship at Echo Lake County Club course. New Jersey (U.S.A.) on May 26 with a score of 257, just beating Walter Hagen and Witty Cox. who tied with 28S. It may or may not have accounted for his defeat, hut Walter Hagen was playing with -a boi - rowed set of clubs in the final round, lx seems that some one (unknown) has an attachment against Hagen. The uttherefore, proceeded to attach C Jp Ubs n i°rniog f just before he teed off. Hagen, however, was rot dis mayed. He walked into the shop asked the pro whether there ) Vds a *i e t or Hagen clubs available n?/TY d „ \ hem nn<l off as 1C nothipg had happened.

Christchurch v. Avondale. The annual match werPtL^Ja-? 1^* 10 11 • The following the details (Avondale names first.): T Singles. il- Mlllara 1 c. J. Ward 0. S' "f rd Arnould 1. iJ- T Y- Sharp 0. K. w. Morgan 1 ™ 0, L. A. Douga] 1 3 W. Cleland 0. R. s. Re ad el 1. Adam*l I M. W. SJmes 0. f 1 ’ V Smith 0, A. A. Boon 1. S. Smith 1. F. S. Taylor 0. £r. Berry J. 1,. Harris J. *• T>eighton 0. L. M. Best 1. g-, Peafson t. W. <5. Morrison 0. A. Gibson J. W. ;r. Brown 0. F,. A. Cleland 0. C. Bonnlngton I T. Patterson 0. P. D. Sl, e a 1. 3.. A. Campbell 1. H. R T Stem let- O R - J - Four-balls. an?A?„mld" d i K ' C ' Ward 1 ■ C - J - WaTd Dmtgan i and Knieht «• MOT *»n and SimeJ a o <i an<3 Adams 1. Beadel and and'/ayfo’?'"’ and S "”«* <*• B °°" Best”' 1 ' and Oei§;hton 1. Harris and Brown T* a " d Gtbson ’• Morrison and Cleland and Patterson 1, Spanjer and Hobbs 0. Campbell and IJghtband 1. Bennington and Shea 0. Totals: 55. 2i. Rawhiti v. Waimairi. between Waimairi and Rawhiti played at Rawhiti during the resulted in a draw. Hollow-first-are resu * ts » Waimairi names I>. Bowker and J. Arnold lost to C. ShJjw and B. T. Coburn. s. Bowker and W. Russell beat J. 15. Gudgeon and W. Queree. R Bake and J. Oreenslade lost to 11. Tavlor and M. Minson. T> ■'• Henry and .1. A. Wilson beat E. 11.I 1 . Miller and A. K. Barge ix Bowker lost to Shaw! Arnold lost to Coburn. S. Bowker beat Gudgeon. Russell beat Queree. Rake beat. Taylor. Greenslade beat Minson i Henry lost to Miller. Wilson lost to Rarge. Russley Club.

Competitions held over the week-end were played in very boisterous weather and good scoring was difficult. Results:—

Avondale Club. The first round of the Members’ Cup resulted as follows: Ij. Andersou (7) beat R. Frizzell (24). 6 and 5. T. Condlifte (16) beat A. W. Spence (Ift), 6 and 5. R. Hay-Mackenie (13) beat V. C. Penfold (15). 2 and 1. A. Gibson (12) beat J. Newman (12), 3 and 2. I). Adams (8) beat J. R. Grange (12), 2 and 1. Tu. S. Smith (9) beat R. S'. Pearson (11). 4 and 3. J. S. Piper (20) beat G. Hunter (22), 5 and 3. H. V. Sharp (7) beat 1,. C. M’Menamin (24), 5 and 4.

Harewood Club. A very large fielc? competed in the Godby Cup competition and stroke handicaps at Harewood yesterday under most trying weather conditions. A sou'west gale blew throughout the day. making conditions most unpleasant. The senior medal was won by C. J. M’Fadden. 58—12—76, and? the junior medal by M. W. Beaven, 01—18—73. The winning scores were excellent, considering the conditions. The following qualified for the Godby Cup:—

The last four players play off for the last two places. STROKE MATCHES.

Rangiora Club. The first qualifying round for the Rangiora Club's championships was played on Saturday with the following results:— Seniors. E. O. Heney 77, R. G. Edward 8-3. J. D. Galloway 87. P. G. Ellis 87. J. LX Palairet X 7. AY. Smith 91, A. Purdie 95, W. Keir 96. Intermediate. W. C. Keetley 91, A. C. Eraser 92. C. I Taylor 95. A. AV. A’errall 95, R. Mac- I donald 97, Geo. Mehrtens 99, A. Bucking- i ham 99. T. A. Ambrose 101, T. H. Blain 102. A. 1,. Bock hart 102, E. D. 11. Smith 104. R. G. Grant 106, A. Macdonald 107. | J uniors. P. M. Gilts 97, J. A. M’Kay 99, R. W. j

Ellis 102, H. O. Mehrtens 103, R. Ballinger 104, C. L. Meredith-Kaye 106. A. L. Hindie 106. H. A. Bennett 108, R. £». Smith 108. E. B. Read 109, J. A. F. Watson 110, E. A. Verrall 115, J. R. Fahey 115.

Diamond Harbour Club. P. Gilmour, 97—23—74, was the winner of the final round of the Jackson Cup competition played at Diamond Harbour yesterday. Gilmour won the cup. Playing in the first round for the Godley House trophy, W. Paine and Mrs Paine beat W. C. Cleary and Miss I. Cleary, 2 and 1. Templeton v. Lyttelton. During the week-end a team representing the Lyttelton Golf Club was entertained by the Templeton Club. Fourball matches were played during the morning and singles In the afternoon. Templeton had a total of twenty-Six wins as against seven by the visitors. Complete results are as follows (Lyttelton names first):—

Rawhiti Club. A stroke handicap was played over j the week-end at Rawhiti. The follow- | ins were the best cards:—

day afternoon at Templeton resulted in •i tie between Mrs A. M'Klllop and Miss G. Shand and Mrs W. Smith and Miss K. Seymour, both pairs returning a score of C down. The following is the draw for the four-ball bogey to be played on Thursday, July 26, players to arrange their own opponents:—Mrs W. Simes and Miss M. Still. Mrs W. Millner and Miss A. Marshall, Mrs E. Rudkin and Mrs F. Grant. Mrs A. Humphreys and Miss L. Ifanham, Mrs K. Lewis and Mrs P. Anderson, Mrs W. Toomey and Mrs W. Jones, Mrs I. Maclntyre and Mrs G. Dickey. Mrs M. Eeggett and Mrs J. Eadie. Miss X. Ryan and Mrs R. King, Mrs \Y. Smith and Mrs W. M Kinney-, Mrs S. Priest nail and Mrs F. M'Teigue, Miss X. Middleton and Mrs A. Donaldson, Mrs J. Gundersen and Mrs F. Neale, liazelton and partner.

Four-ball Stroke Aggregate. O. W. Russell and 01 ’ 088 ’ HCP * Net ’ A J 0 V 'we“a and 24 J5 ° F. D. Jones 178 2G 15 •> T. C. Clarkson and G. L. O’Halloran .... 180 26 154 J. S. Middleton and O. S. Thorpe 187 30 137 H. A. Penn and J. Binated 1S6 27 139 L. E. Robinson and

F. A. Jarrett .... ISO 20 160 A. M. Fowler and J. E. Hamilton .... 1S2 21 D. A. Hudson and R. W. K. White 1S3 22 Canadian Foursome Stableford Bogey. Points. Hep. Tl. T. C. Clarkson and G. J,. O'Halloran 20 10 J. R. Stevenson and E. F. Hill 21 9 P. Wynn-Williams and F. O. Hartley .... 16 11 Crawshaw 15 A. W. Smithson and H. S. Anderson . . 1 i The first-named pair won the play-oix.

1st Rd. 2nd Rd. Tl. J. R. Mills 81 78 159 C. P. Agar 75 / 85 160 H. Stud hoi me 84 7 7 161 C. J. M’Fadden 76 85 2 61 R. K. Smith 77 8 4 161 M. W. Beaven •. . . 73 89 162 C. R. Og?e r 86 7 7 163 C. G. Penlington 78 85 163 E. IT. Box 80 84 164 R. W. Norrie 85 80 163 A. W. Williams 84 81 165 R. X. Fisse SO 7 9 165 I>. M. C. Angus 95 70 165 R. R. Bell 82 83 165 X. S. Wyber 81 .85 166 IT. M. Taylor 80 86 1 A. C. Parson 80 86 166 F. W. Stevens 83 S3 166

Seniors. Gross. Hop. Net. C. .T. M'Fadden SR 12 7 6 R. S. Smith 89 12 77 C S. Peate 87 9 7S A. R. Blank 79 sit 79 N. Roake S7 S 79 N. E. Tingey 89 10 79 H. M. Taylor 93 13 80 A. C. Parson 94 14 80 . X. S. Wyher 93 12 81 J. R. Mills 95 14 81 C. T. Werren 95 13 82 : M. W. Beaven ........ 91 IS 73! O. 1’. Agar .• 96 21 75 i <\ G. Penlington .... 98 20 78 i IS. H. Box 98 IS 80 i

Men's Four-balls. F. Knight and A. E. Grubb and K. Gower .... 0 S. Priestnall . 1 M. Page and C. X. H. Skinner Plimmer .... 1 and R. Spicer 0 H. Ayers and H. G. P. Anderson & Derbidge ... 0 B. F. Keene . 1 C. Pascoe and F. W. Helmore C. Collins . . 1 and H. Woods 0 T>. Collett and W. C. Smith and II. Fletcher . . 0 J. M’Intyre . . 1 II. Banfield and J. Gunderson & V. Shanley . . 0 W. Millner . . 1 A. Jackson and G. Condliffe & W. D. Wallace .. £ W. M’Kinney £ Totals 2i 4£ Men’s Singles. F. Knights 0 A. E. Grubb .. 1 K. Gower 0 G. T. Alley 3 M. Page £ X. H. Skinner . i C. Plimmer .... 1 R. Spicer 0 IT. Ayers 0 G. P. Anderson . 1 H. Derbidge ..Ob. F. Keene 1 C. Pascoe 1 F. W. Helmore . 0 C. Collins 0 H. Woods 1 D. Collett 0 W. C. Smith .. 1 H. Fletcher 0 J. M’Intyre 1 H. Banflekl .... 0 J. Gunderson .. 1 J. Shanley .... 0 W. Millner .... 1 A. .lackson .... 0 G. Condliffe .... 3 I). Wallace 0 W. W. M’Kinney 1 Totals 2£ Hi Women's Four-balls. Miss P. Plimmer Mrs Lewis & Miss E. Ayers 0 Miss Shand • 1 Misses M. Sowdon Miss Archey and & C. Williams 0 Miss Middleton 1 Mrs H. Banfield & Mrs W. Smith & Miss H. Sowdon 0 Miss James . 1 Misses E. Sproule Mrs Millner and & G. M'Farlane 0 Mrs Eadie .. 1 Totals 0 4 Women’s Singles. Miss P. Plimmer 0 Mrs Lewis .... 1 Miss E. Ayers . 0 Miss Shand .... 1 Miss M. Sowdon 0 Miss Archey .. 1 Miss C. Williams 0 Miss Middleton . 1 Mrs H. Banfield 0 Mrs W. Smith . 1 Miss H. Sowdon 0 Miss James .... 1 Miss L. Sproule 1 Mrs Millner . . 0 Miss M'Farlane 1 Mrs Eadie .... 0 Totals 2 6

Seniors. Gross. Hep. Net. A. T. *F. Stokes 79 14 65 H. N. Jarvis 79 X 71 it. B. Jackson 7 7 5 72 C. A. Cooper S4 12 72 V. L. Jensen S4 11 73 J uniors. R. A. Falloon S7 IS 69 A. A. .Mitchell 95 2 4 71 D. A. Clarke 91 ]8 73 A. D. Clarke 94 21 73 S. W. Christiansen .. 94 21 73 I. T. Jack 96 23 73 F. V. . . 97 24 73 R. C. Matthews 97 24 73 E. Kibble white 101 24 77 R. T. Cooper 93 J6 7 7 B. A Miles 95 'll 7 S A. Hobson 103 2 4 79 E. M a reliant 102 IS- S4