GOLFING

Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1929, Page 2

GOLFING

VICTORIAN GOLF. ,i . n'z. .PLAYERS. ■■ (Australian Press-Association) ,v • ; » '• . ** • MED^Ii]RNE, :; Aug. 4. Seventy players competed, at the Commonwealth Links for qualification in the final .,the’ Victorian Amateur Championship,Comprising the most talented fieldc’whb have yet appeared in the Australian amateur title. Sloan Morpeth was favourite ifor the event, and hjs .first round of 81 , justified, the choiffe. ■ His' smashing drives were appreciated. The normal par for the course i5.;72, hut abnormal conditions prevailing ;,,would make it Jive strokes ■ harder,| f Ross had the h?st;',i>£ the outward half, playing convincingly for 38. He sank a sixfooter for; three at the second which is 401 yards. He came home in 44. .In (the second round he commenced weakly, but settled down, enabling him to be placed’in the qualifying sTxtfeen. . ; vv-. ■; Horton, of though stylish, was out the putting department of the (game;:missing putts from two feet. Twice’the ball went in: and out of the hole., In the second round he started briUiaintly with three birdies at the firstffbur holes, but weakened towards the finish.', Morpeth in the second round did not reproduce his form. At the ninth he hooked' a drive into ; ; an unplayable position taking ten, and later he took two sixes; finishing in 88. Black, with 92 and; 91, was among i the notable arid could not in either round make an impression on the high aggregates. ' r . The sixteen to qualify for the" final rounds on Monday includes .ten Victorians, three New- 'Zealanders, two from x New South Wales, . one Tasmanian.'. ‘ •- , t i Ivo Whit ton,, with l§l,led in the first round. The';; lowest qualifying score is 173. rr The New Zealanders’ scores are:—• Morpeth’ 81, 88, Horton 81, .86;: Ross 82, 90.- ' (Received this ; dhy :at:,B a.ip^) MELBOtJRJfE; /August 5. • During the week-end;iS|oah', Morpeth, 74, defeated Reg Jupp, approximate 78, champion professional, in an eighteen hole match. In . the second routnd torday Morpeth six up. and five to : play, defeated Morrison. Fyan (Victoria) six up and five to play defeated Ross. Fawcett '(New South Wales), one up, defeated Norton. Conditions for play were bleak and windy. Morpeth putted well throughout. Once he sliced' into the rough Sand in a tearing shot to get clear, he hit two (balls out. One was his own and the other was a lost ball lying unnoticed alongside. Horton was unreliable in Bhort Bhots. Rosa started badly by losing the first three holes. Hip steady recovery could not make s up the leeway.