GOLF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 September 1924, Page 4

GOLF.

AMATEUR FINAL

BRILLIANT PLAY

LEO QUIN CHAMPION

The final of the amateur golf championship wr.s played on Saturday, when Leo Quin, of Eltham, playing brilliantly. defeated J; Goss, the ex-cham-pion, by the large margin of 8. up and 7 to play. The winner played a brilliant game, described by Mr WV B. C'olbeck, one of the oldest and most experienced players of the Dominion, and a former ‘champion of Auckland and Taranaki, as the best final he had •ever seen in the Dominion.

(By Telegraph..—Special to the Star.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 13.

The final of the amateur championship began this morning with the best, golf seen during the tourney. Young Quin, of Eltham, rose to the occasion, and although Goss, the championship leader, played iu his best form, lie was not. equal to holding the brilliant challenger on the first half of the round. Quin’s driving and iron shots were perfect, his putting confident arid sure. He finished outward in 37, two up on Goss, despite the latter playing-a firstd%ss game. When they turned for home Goss lost a hole by a weak putt. Immediately after this Quin sensationally holed his approach putt at the twelfth green from 30 yards out and was 4 up. Goss; playing steadily, halved the fourteenth and won the fifteenth. ■ At the sixteenth Quin won with a sensational putt. A bad drive cost Quin the seventeenth, but he halved the eighteenth and finished the round 3 up. Quin did the round in 73 and Goss 77.

The afternoon round was notable for the manner in which Quin took charge, his beautiful iron shots overwhelming Goss. At the second hole the Wanganui man missed an easy putt, and after that, though he played steadily, the only holes he won were the fifth and ninth. At practically every hole Quin’s fine long drive and beautiful iron shots gave him the advantage. He finished the outward course 6 up. He won the next two holes and the match 8 and 7, becoming amateur champion for 1924.

Despite the fact of his decisive defeat, Goss played good golf throughout, but he met the young challenger on a day when he was unbeatable. Mr J. B. Colbeck (president of the Auckland Club), who was umpire for the match, gave it as his opinion that he did not think'there was a player in New Zealand who could have beaten Quin on his form in .this match, and that it was the best final he had witnessed for many years. It is a striking fact that Gcss was playing down to a scratch standard, and generally would have been good enough to win. He equalled bogey in one round, was better once, and in his other round was only two over bogey. Quin was under bogey in each of his rounds of nine holes, two under in two rounds, and three under in the other. The cards, read as follow : First Round.

Quin.—73 (bogey 39). Out: 4,4, .4, 4,4, 4,3, 5,5.; making 37., Back:3, 5,3, 3, 4,75, 3,5, 5. Total, 36. .GosS.—77V; . Out:; 4,5, 5,5.,. 4,4, 3,4, 5; 'total, 39. Back: 4; 5,5, 3, 4,4, -4; i 4, 5 : total,' 38. r ' } ' Second Round.

Quin (8 up).—Out: 4,5, 4,4, 5,3, 2,4, 6; total, 37. Back: 3. 4. Goss (B down). —Out ; 4,5, 6,5, 4, 4,3, 5,5; total, 41. Back: 4, 5 (8 down).

Leo Quin is.well known and popular with both Eltham and Hawera Clubs, and has always been considered a sound' player, but few realised he was going to.play such great golf at Auckland. It is remarkable, that in the qualifying, rounds he was nowhere near the top, and his subsequent play has showed him to be a much better match than medal player. He beat his clubmate, Dale, in the Eltham champion-' ship earlier'in the season. His success was received with the liveliest satisfaction bv his many golfing friends m Taranaki.

HAWERA MEN’S CLUB. The junior championships' have advanced to the finals, the players being C. Moss and Jobson. In their play in the semi-finals both these players had keen and interesting matches, and by a coincidence both went* to the nineteenth hole, Jobson beating Cathie and Moss winning from R. Syme: All four were playing good golf, probably as good as~ has been seen’ among juniors.

In the seniors’ matches in the first round still to be played are O’Callaghan v. Ryan and Beechey v. L. Quin.

PATEA V. HAWERA,

Hawera Men’s Club sent a team to Patea on Saturday, and after a series of interesting contests, the match ended in a draw, four wins each, and two games drawn. Results were-as follow mentioned first) : —Findlay 1 v. Fletcher 0, Gilbert 1 v. Ritchie 0, Jones 0 v. Judd 1, Fraser 1, v. N. Caplen 0' Jobson 0 v. Corfe 1, Ferfuson 1 v. Hunger 0, Rook and Yinnicombe all square, Jenkins and Flair ill square, Ray 0 v. Studholme 1, Pearce 0 v. Gorton 1.

HAWERA LADIES’ CLUB. On Thursday the seniors took out the juniors for their final joint competition for this year, and, judging by the happy mood they were in on their return, both must have derived plenty of fun and entertainment out of the aftefnon’s proceedings. The winning card was handed in by Mrs. Thomson and Mrs. Hawthorne, 1 down. Miss Joll and Mrs. Coleman, 4 down, and Mrs. Little and Mrs. B. Joll came next. This being the last event on the programme, a. novel diversion, arising out of a jocular remark by a club member, is being arranged next week for handicap players, in the shape of a teams match, in which the older members of the club, styled “The Old Contemptibles,” - challenge the newer and younger members, to be known as “The New-comers and Upstarts.” A satisfactory formula by which to draft the teams has yet to be found, but on general lines “New-comers” will mean those who have joined the club fairly recently, while the “Upstarts” will be those fortunate people who have only taken up the game within the last few years, but who have made such good use of their time that they are endangering the supremacy of “The Old Contemptibles.” The matches will be played on handican. All those unable to take part are asked to notify the’ secretary. The Tonks rose bowl. —Mrs. Walkley defeated Mrs. Thomson 4 and 3 in the semi-final, while Mrs. Glasson beat

Miss Joll 1 up. The final between Mrs. GlaSson and Mrs. Walkley: on even terms was a close game throughout, Mrs. Glasson winning it on fie last green by a. putt. AMERICA v. ENGLAND. NEW YORK, Sept. 12. 1 In the Walker Cup golf tournament at Garden City,.Long Island, the Unit, ed States led the British team in the first eighteen holes, winning three foursomes and tying in the fourth. ' Marston and Gardner defeated Story and Murray 1 up; Ouimet and Guilford defeated Tolley and Hazlett 1 tip; Jones and Frownes defeated Michael and Robert Scott 3 Tin. Sweetser and Johnston tied with Torrance and Bristow 1