STAR GOLFER

NZ Truth, Issue 1188, 6 September 1928, Page 14

STAR GOLFER

Morrice Brilliant At Rotorua .' v (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Golf Correspondent.) W. Morrice was the shining star at the Rotorua tournament right up to the final stroke; then he fell , to that master of match play, H. B. Lusk. CPARKLING golf was played and Morrice lead Lusk by four strokes m the first round of the qualifying stages, with a 74. In the afternoon, Morrice played magnificent golf and holed out a 68, finishing with 142 against Lusk with 153. His 68 on the newly bunkered . links played m competition stands as a record for the present course. These two players eventually met m the finals of the match stage and a great gallery witnessed a hard fight. The • match play cleverness -"of the veteran came out on top and won him the tournament on the last green. H. B. Lusk has had many experiences' at Rotorua. He played the course m 61, before the bunkers . were built. Now he has succeeded m winning the event. A wonderful v golfer is H. B. Lusk. W. Morrice at one time was acting as a professional and was reinstated as an amateur some years ago. Now a member of the Rotorua Club, he has opportunities of developing his play acquired as a boy on Aberdeenshire links. " , " Hockin Improves J. Hockin, the only Aucklander to travel to the Whangarei tournament, brought the championship cup back with him. This is first championship blood for Jack and now the minor meetings will always find him a player. J.H. knows the proverb of the small fish. It is with pleasure one records the victory of the Rev. E. C. Hetherington m the club championship at Tauranga. A sound "player, very steady and a knowledge of English matches stood by him m the final match. That the standard of play m New Zealand is improving there is no doubt. Every other week scores of uh.der 70 are recorded oh iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

courses more severe than a few .years ago. H. A. Black, by holing a 66 at the Hutt, reduced the i-ecord held by R. Wagg and J. L. Black, by one stroke. Dr. Ross has been showing the-play-ers of the Otago goldfields how championships are won. At the Roxburgh tournament he got m practice for the open and won the Goldfields championship with 80-81. The downfall of Donald Grant, holder of the champion title of the Shirley links, by the club of W. P. Anderson, was a surprise. At Hamilton I saw Anderson shoot seven holes m figures which would beat Bobby Jones. Rana Wagg won the Hutt tourney with his mashie. His wonderful judgment and accuracy to the pin was too good for H. A. Black. This clvb a wins all the big matches and is well worth lots of practice. A lefthander, H. A. Randrup, slew his righthanded club-mates round after ' round and won '■ the coveted Taylor Bowl at Titirangi. Two wonderful iron shots to within two feet of the pin at the 14th and 15th cracked up J. Carnaghari, his opponent and the "southpaw" added another victory to the many his ilk are winning this season. Two. of the founders of the Rotorua Club fought out this season's club championship. C; E. Kusabs proved too good for P. Sherriff. The veteran, Kusabs, has an old wooden putter. Hanging together with screws and strings arid when he is on business that putter wins his matches. The Manawatu Golf Club's annual tournament will be held on October 22, 23 and 24. This year, m addition to the open championship and the Hokowhitu handicap, for which Brian Keiller has donated a challenge cup, a consolation handicap will be added to the programme.