GOLF IN NEW ZEALAND

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 112, 9 February 1928, Page 12

GOLF IN NEW ZEALAND

AMATEUR STANDARD HIGH

AUSTRALIAN TRIBUTES

BY> Telegraph.-tress Association, Copyright.

Sydney, February 10.

Dr. P. Sydney Jones, on his return from participation in the Kirk-Wiudeyer Cup matches said: “Our victory was much more of a shock to New Zealand than it was to ourselves. The New South Wales team pulled ‘together well. They did not overplay in the tournament games before the contest.” Dr. Sydney Jones spoke in enthusiastic terms of the hospitality of the New Zealand golfers, and said that the attentions, from the president down to the most junior eflice-bearer, precluded the possibility of the team suffering from lack of entertainment. He further stated that the amateur .standard of play in Now Zealand was indeed high. The professional standard was comparatively not as high. The explanation lay in the fact that Arthur Duncan, easily the most outstanding golfer in Australia and New Zealand during the last ten years, has set such a high standard for the young amateur to emulate. Dr. Sydney Jonas paid a tribute to the New Zealand officials' in connection with the preparation of the .course which was very dry. They had the course up to concert pitch in spite of the unfavourable conditions. Other members of the team also naul tribute to the New Zealanders' golf. —