GOLFING

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1929, Page 3

GOLFING

ADELAIDE GOLF. MORPETH PLAYS BETTER. (Australian Press Association) ADELAIDE, August 21. Giving -a brilliant display, Sloan Morpeth tied for the lead in the first round of. the open championship at Seaton to-day, with W. Corry, the New South Wales professional, with 73—36 out and 37 in. Sloan Morpeth, who had been ill for a few days, putted accurately, thus saving holes, or otherwise* the • result might have been disastrous. For; example, lie put number four iron through the green third, and chip-shot from ten yards to three. Mclntosh and Shaw did 81 and 84 respectively. Bissett did 74, Whitton, Nettlefold and Heard 75, and E. Ruflis and Stewart 77. MORPETH’S LONG HITTING. SYDNEY, August 21. Morpeth, not Horton, as cabled today, and Hattersley, who were paired, but failed in the National Foursome at the Golf Championship, at Adelaide, are described in the press as among the longest, .hitters in golf today. Morpeth, says a’ Melbourne newspaper, is, a- mighty hitter, he being generally twenty yards ahead of Apnorley in his tee shots. The New Zealand champion achieved something worth while to consistently out-distance the Sydney player/ as Apperley hits no mean ball when he gets it properly. Rufus Stewart, who won the professional match, as cabled yesterday, with rounds of 74 and 72, beat Bolger (72, 5) by one stroke, and Eyre (75, 72) by one stroke. The youthful Bolder produced some of the best golf of the day. The New Zealander Shaw, who did 74 in the first round, finished badly, anti took 81 for the second round. morpeth’s Good record. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) ADELAIDE, August 22. There*was ideal weather for the first qualifying round at the opening of the golf championship to-day. There were eighty-three competitors. The holder of the title, Fred Popplewell, took 86 on the morning round. The gallery followed Iyo Whitton and Ru'fus o Stewart, whose scores were 75 and 77 respectively, but the New Zealander,''Sloan Morpeth, took pride of place with W. Corry with 73. Morpeth played beautifully, finishing as strong ns H lion with a brace of fours. One of them came at the five hundred yards* seventeenth hole by a. clean straight, drive, a. number one iron and two putts. After, this,...the . other fourwas easy. ' His card read 36, 37. 1 ... W. .Corry also.returned} with 73, Ed : Bissett'74, Whitton 75, Nettlefold 74, James and . McDowell 76, Stewart, Quirk, McMahon 77, Eyre, Morrison, Appealy 78, Hattersley, Russell, Woods 79. • '•. -' ■