Silk Wins Amateur Title

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 14, 9 October 1937, Page 7

Silk Wins Amateur Title

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N.Z. GOLF TOURNEY Kitta Defeated, Nine Down at Tenth THE AFTERNOON ROUND

(By Telegraph-

HAMILTON, Last Night. B. M. Silk (Wanganui) defcated A E. Kitto (Seafield), nine up and eight to play, at the 10th hole this afternoon in the final of the New Zealand amateur golf championship at St. Andrew's. Silk was seven up at the conclufiion of the mornlng round. r - - t Aft§r meeting Viscoqnt Galway atj ;the first tee in the afternoon round, the (Contestants played good strokes to the : jgreen. Kitto 'a long putt strokes on the , edge of'tho cup, laying a stymie for 'silk the latter played up to the cup, jhowever, and the hole was halved in three. Playing the f^cond hole, both cpntestants steered well into the fairway . with their drives. A brilliant second took Silk through the green, while Kitto bunkered. His chip was too big and rolled through the green, and as he could not get back in one putt, he lost to Silk's four, which included two putts. The Wanganui player was now eight up. Eatto missed a diffieult chance to win a hole at the third when he missed an eight-foot putt, which he was semistymied for a birdie. After he had played a good chip approach, Silk was on in two and took two putts to halve the hole in four. A jdiced drive took Silk to the midfairway bunkeir at the fourth hole. Ha exploded well, but the eSort lacked distance. His third was again sliced, but he jpst carried the bunker and chipped , brilliantly tQ within seven feet of the ' pin. Kitto missed a difficult putt after orthodox strokes to the green, but Silk, who was not exhibiting his morning brilliance on the greens, failed to hole out and losf the hole. Although inferior in drive at the , fif th, Silk showed brilliant fornT'wiUi a No. 6 irfln and pitched pip-higla. Eatto made a valiant effprt to imitate the shot, but with top-spin on the. ball, he stopped short. In putting, Kitto passed the hole and hit his opponent 's ball. Silk sank a good putt for a birdie three to win the hole and regain his lead of 8 up. Silk Again ^uttiug Well. 7 ' Eepeating ihe sensation of the morning at the sixth hole, SUk hol'ed a 15yard putt for a birdie three after a great chip. Kitto, who performed better on his way to the green,' was . definitely unlucky when his putt just baulked entry tp "the cup. Silk was now nine up, with 12 holes to play. Kitto was finding the strain difficult and his putting was not quite as brilliant as it was in the morning. At the seventh he missed a hard putt, but accurate work on the fairway enabled him to win the hole in bogey figures. Here Silk played a shorter drive ' and was in the rough with his third, but over-ran the pin with his approach. The honours were Kitto 's when he Teduced Silk's lead to 8 up. A surprise came again when, at the 8th, Silk failed to sink a 6ft. putt and saw the ball on the lip for a half to Kitto 's four, which was a fine effort after his second had rolled tp the far edge of the green. The scorps were now in Silk's favour by 8 up and 10 to play. Again Silk's great putting causecl dismay to Kitto, who saw a 27ft. putt fall for a birdie three at the ninth. Kitto had been in the rough froin the tee, but recovered well to reach the green with his second. Howeyer, he required two putts and lost the hole. , | At the turn the score was dormy nine in Silk's favour. The medal scores were approximately: Silk 35, Kitto 36. The finish came at the 10 th, when Silk holed another fine putt after a great chip from the rough, to halve in three, giving Silk the title, 9 and 8. In the long-driving competition, the New Zealand Golf Council professional, A. E. Gny, was the winner with a best drive of 293yds. 2ft. Sin. and an aggre- , gatt of. 584yds. 2ft, Thp Auckland amateur, B, G. Thomson, -with 274yds... best drive and an aggreg&te of 548yds. wa? second, and H Hattersley drove the ball 266yds. 2ft. and 255yds. At thp conclusion of thp tournament, the variqus prizes and trophies -yere presented by the Gqvernor-Genpral XLord Galway),