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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 663, 16 October 1933, Page 6

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(Special to "Post")

B. V. WRIGHT (OTAGO) WINS IN BRILLIANT FASHION H. A. BLACK PLAYS WEAKLY

Auckland, Saturday. Anticipations of a thrilling contest in the final for the New Zealand amateur golf title, following a tournament of many sensations, were dispelled this morning when H. A. Black (Miramar) showed disappointing form and permitted his opponent, B. V. Wright (Otago) to secure a commanding lead of ten up at the 18th and gain the title in the afternoon, 13 up and 11 to play. .The winner played biilliant golf but on the contrary Black (who won the title in 1930 and is noted for his dog'ged play in adversity) never looked like being the winner and won only one hole of the 25 played. Despite the fact that Wright was four up on the opening holes, expectations that Black would stage a recovery as he progressed were not borne out, and he could not produce the play of the previous day when he staved off a strong challenge in the semi-finals against Titirangi's youthful player, J. H. Young. In every hole but the fifth in the moiming round (when he made a welljudged approach to the green and sanlc a 12-foot putt with a birdie four) Black was well beaten at all times and was badly below form. Although Wright was ten up on the morning's play more care on the green at the fourteenth and fifteenth when he twice missed two-foot putts, might have have quite easily made him 13 up. In the afternoon's play the best Black could do was to halve four, and he got into much trouble by slicing with his irons. Wright was dormy twelve at the twenty-fourth, and Black failed to get bogey three at the next, while Wright ran a four-foot putt down hill into the cup and won the title. Throughout the round the new title holder played brilliant golf and maintained the form which he had shown throughout the tournament. His morning round was equivalent to 73. The Professional Play-off There was further disappointment for a large gallery when the play-off, stroke play, for the open championship between the two professionals, E. S. Douglas (Balmacewan) and E. J. Moss (Middlemore) was abandoned on account of the rain after only fivo holes had been played. The match will bo played on Monday over 36 holes instead of over 18 as were to oe plryed ■ o-day. At the fifth Moss was one stroke down, but appeared likely to recover this at the sixth when the two player* were lying three on the green •1" Moss having an advantage of ihi.'e feet. However, following a consultation with the umpire, II. Brinsden, the two players decided to abandon further play for the day.