Brilliant Golf For Mixed Foursomes Title

Chronicle (Levin), 2 October 1948, Page 3

Brilliant Golf For Mixed Foursomes Title

MELBOURNE, .Oct. L, K. S. Pix and ,Miss I. Borthwick gave what experts considered the greatest display of mixed foursomes in the history of Australian, golf to wiii.the Australian title at the Commonwealth links today with rounds of 7(3 and 71. Their afternoon. round was only one over the eourse record of 70 which would have been equalled if Pix liad holed a 12-foot putt on the? eighteenth green. Pix visjtediNew Zealand "ndth the Australian amateur team last year and Miss Borthwfek, "who. is aged 21, yesterday won the final of , the Australian women-s ' golf •' championship. Pix, a former Westralian, now lives in,Sydney and works in the same sports store as Miss Borthwick. . Partnered by Mrs. J. D. Fisher, who held the Australian women ;s championship from 1939 until this year's event, Brian Silk filled tliird plaee one stroke behind W: Edgar and Mrs. W. Smithett. About 50. pairs competed but continuous rain, and driving wind caused many to, retire- The morning round. of„ 76 by Pix and Miss Borthwick lowered by one stroke the mixed. foursomes course record which Sloan Morpeth and Oliver Kaye, *' of New Zealand (now Mrs. Ilollis) liad held since 1933. In the wind and rain, Pix and his partner were out in 40 and liome in 36. Their ineoming nine included birdies at eleventh and thirteenth holes following magnificent irons by Miss Borthwick. The competitors rushed from t'he clubhouse to congratulate the pair when in the afternoon they lowered their own record by another five strokes.' Silk plaved delightful golf in the morning round with Mrs. Fisher, making only one faulty shot — an iron which he pushed out into the rough. In the secoud eighteen holes he missed a two- ' foot putt at the ninth, l>ut his play otherwise was remarkably sound. Glading obviouslv is still below his top form. He said he was not yet satisfied with his game and that his tee shots were giving him a lot of trouble. However, he wras putting soundlv and hitting his irons reasonablv well. One of tlie best displays in the morning was given by Woon whom the New Zealand manager, Mr. G. P. Roberts, savs is plaving splendid golf. Anstraliaii Mixed Foursomes Championship. Scores: — S. Pix- — Miss P. BorthAvick, 76—71—147; W. Edgar— Mrs. W. Smithett, 79—76—155; B. M. Silk— Mrs. .T. I). Fisher, 77—79—156; D. Bachli — Miss- B. C'heney, 82 — 79 — 161; W. A. Higgins— Miss B. Brown, 80 — 82 — 162; D. L. Woon — Miss ,T. Fletcher, 80—84—164; F. Gluth— Mrs. L. -Nagel, 81—83—164; F. R. Ha! 1— Miss M. Bishop, 81 — S4 — 165; It. Brown — Mrs. S. Morpeth, 7S — 87 — 165; .T. ,T. Hornabrook — iMiss V. Fbert, 86 — 80 — 166; It. Ityan— Miss F. Hirst, 84—82—166; R T. Nurrall — Miss Fv Gibbings, 83 — 83 — 166; G. P. "Roberts — Miss I). Boullv, S4 —83—167; R. II. Glading— Miss R Kernot, 85 — 86 — 1 71.