CHAMPION IS FAVORITE

NZ Truth, Issue 1240, 5 September 1929, Page 17

CHAMPION IS FAVORITE

Morpeth Fancied For The Title ■;;■ (From "N.Z. Truth's" Golf Cor.- ■■■:' respondent.) A There will be little difficulty m selecting the favorite for the New Zealand championships at Belmont. A player who has defeated Australia's best such as Whittoh, Apperley and Nettlefold as Sloan Morpeth has/ donq must take that y honor. MORPETH'S brilliant play m the ' m Australian amateur championship .- against Whitton, and . his revenge ( match arid ; victory with : Apperley,. i pointed to hisysecuring the title. j In the final, after a -brilliant, start, he drifted away to be narrowly defeated. ] The strain of the preceding games must have weakened his play. . Morpeth's mighty hitting must have \ '■ gone a little astray, for.lt Is reason- < able to ' expect that seconds from, rough will hot always find the .green . and one. loses that touch of genius . to chip dead green after green. His putting feel left him. and. there lay his" defeat. -! Morpeth may be a mighty driver but he is something else. He is one of the finest \ putters m New Zealand and it is on the ' greens he has won alt his matches. The New Zealand team's • trip to Australia has proved our standard of class golf, with Sloan Morpeth the bright star. Rex George had several .hard matches at Rotorua' and came through to win the Tournament Cup. His experience m class golf helped him through, a Astiff final against W. Morrice whom lie beat .2 and 1. /"■- - " '-. "V' -A '-'■•■ ■ yit is seldom an ex-champion? is playing m the junior section of a tournament. J. -. ; Goss missed the leading sixteen by piling up a 91 m his first round to; be followed by a 76., - , . • y yy:V .He went on to win the cup attached to the second division. The thirsty profited by the unusual occurrence of two players holing holes m one on the opening day at Rotorua tournament. "Warwick "Wilson holed out at the 6th and H. Plumley did the trick at the 17th. R. Camm; of Harewood, has been having, a successful season thanks to greatly improved play. His latest successes are the stroke handicap with 68 nett and winning the White Cup with a net return of 294 for four rounds. . A. D. S. Duncan is off for a spell at •Rotorua. before his attempt to win his . eleventh championship at Belmont. -.'"'IT. Rowling won the Grieve Cup at Castlecliff with 207 for three rounds. . -, G. M. Dodgshun, Gisborne's crack, player, is. m. fine form at present and is all set to. win the club championship again. ".'..'•'' Championships are near, so get out with the mashie and practise shots all round the green. A. Dr. Howden has won the Waiuku championship, and on the same day as the final lie won the Duff Cup. He keeps, the name of", the founders of New Zealand ' golf to the fore. " J. A. Clements and H. Blair, the Christchurch . pros., opened the first nine holes of' the 'municipal links at New Brighton with an exhibition /match last week-end. J, L. Black could hot head the list m Hamilton club qualifying stages. . W. Wynne with, a 79 had the honor, three shots ahead of Black. Miss' Dawson won' the Douglas Clip at St." Andrews. She was too steady for Miss. Templer' and won. by 5 and 4. .' The best performance of the week goes to youthful L.. Seifert with 76-72 which placed him top of the list m the qualifying stages of , the Rotorua tournament. Rex George returned the best score of the Rotorua tournament, a 68, In the bogey match. He tied with Dr. . Gough Blundell, of Te Awamutu, .with o up. for' the trophy. Miss F. Rathborrie is champion of the Auckland club for the coming year. She defeated Miss G. R. Buttle, 3 and 2, m the •final. '■•' ;. . ■ „ H. E. Troutbeck returned the best score — a 71 — In the qualifying stages at Rotorua. He holed, three holes In two strokes. Lord Walcron wag hitting some great drives at Heretaunga during the weekend. ' From the present tee of the 10th hole, he carried on to. the green — a tap' of some 270 yards all carry. Another was: Hole high at- the 12th against a gale m two shots — terrific hitting for thiß time of /the year. „'■■ A A AE. O. Hales had a great match against D. Whyte m the Miramar championship. A perfect iron shot at the 37th did. the trick for E.O. Dr. A. S. Gray won the President's I ■". ; • • ; • ••■';

Cup for second year m succession at Thames with an aggregate of 149 for two rounds.' , -.-•... The coming championship at Whangarei is to be keenly contested. Bill Thompson is all out to make it three on end. J.W. Trevern and I. McKfnnon won the Foursome Bogey at Balmacewen with a score of 2 down. J Milne with 69 nett was winner of medal handicap at' St. Clair. C. Wight, with 72 off. the'clubs, returned the best gross score. , G. Longuet, a coming Wellington player, is returning fine scores each week- . end. Thirty-four home at Heretaunga is hot stun! these days. Napier sent a strong team to play Palmerston. The local iteam were too good for the visitors and won by 15 \ games to 7. . Entries for the open- championship at * Belmont' are due this week. All players must apply for: a national handicap: s A large team of Masterton players tra- '• veiled to Miramar for an inter-club match i and got a proper hiding, Miramar winning ' by 28 to 4 games. . .'■•.■'." . i