GOLF

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 5 August 1929, Page 5

GOLF

: Victorian Amateur tournament ' ’ THREE NEW ZEALANDERS QUALIFY <Vitta4 fnaa Ar-relation—By Bteotris - Mafrapb—Copyright) ' ! MELBOURNE, 3rd August. Seventy players competed at the Commonwealth golf links f<£ qualification in the final rounds of the Victorian amateur championship, comprising the most talented field which has yet appeared in the Australian amateur title. was the favourite I for the event, and his first round of 81 justified the choice. His smashing drives were appreciated. The normal , par for the course is 72, but the ab- ’ normal conditions prevailing would make it five strokes harder. Ross had ; the best iof the outward half, playing convincingly for 38. He sank a six footer for three at the second, of 401 yardA He came home in 44. In the second found Tie commenced weakly, but settled down, enabling him to be / placed in the qualifying sixteeu. m Hoi-ton, of New Zealand, though . stylish, waß out of form in the putting department of the game, missing puts /. from two feet Twice the ball went in and out of the hole in the second round. He' started brilliantly with three birdies at. the first four holes, but he weakened towards the finish. Morpeth, in the second round, did not reproduce his form. At the 9th he hooked and drove into an unplayable position, taking ten,, and later he took two sixes, finishing in 88. \ Black, with 92 and 91, was among the notable iailures, and could not in either round make an impression on the high aggregates. - The sixteen to qualify for the iinal rounds on Monday include ten Victorians,' three New Zealanders, two from New South Wales, and one Tasmanian. Ivo Whitton, with 161, led. The lowest qualifying score is 173. The New Zealanders’ scores were: Morpet.i 81-88; Horton 87-85; Ross 82-90.