KIRK-WINDEYER CUP WON BY N.Z. GOLFERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 67, 10 June 1927, Page 11

KIRK-WINDEYER CUP WON BY N.Z. GOLFERS

DUNCAN BEATS CHAMPION QUIN PLAYS BRILLIANTLY By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright SYDNEY, Thursday. New Zealand won the match for the Kirk-Windeyer Cup, by defeating the Victorian team in both the foursomes matches, and winning two of the four singles. In ihe foursomes, A. D. S. Duncan and T. H. Horton, New Zealand, defeated Ivo Whitton and Russell, Victoria, 4 tip, and S. K. Ross and L. Quin defeated Headlam and E. G. Scklapp, 3 up. In the singles, A. D. S. Duncan defeated Ivo Whitton, 1 up; T. H. Horton lost to Russell, 1 down; Dr. K. Ross lost to Headlam, 1 down at the 20th hole; L. Quin defeated E. G. Schlapp, 1 up. The match was played at the Rose Bay links in perfect weather. All the games were well contested, and the standard of golf was very high. A feature of the day was the victory of A. D. S. Duncan over Ivo Whitton, the open champion of Australia. In the foursomes match between T. H. Horton and A. D. S. Duncan and

Ivo Whitton and Russell, the Victorians won the first hole, but New Zealand won the next two, thorough two nice puts by Horton. The next holes were halved, but Duncan sank a great putt on the seventh green for a win. The eighth was halved, but a weak second by Duncan allowed the Victorians to reduce the lead at the ninth. Weak putting by their opponents gave the New Zealanders the 10th hole. The 11th, 122 th, 13th and 14th holes were all halved. Whitton and Russell won the loth, but lost the 16th. The 17th hole y as halved, but New Zealand won the 18th, finishing 4 up. Against Headlam and Schlapp, Quin and Ross lost the first hole and won the second. . They lost the third, and the fifth but squared the game at the seventh. New Zealand took the lead at the ninth hole, where Quin sank a great putt. Quin again holed out a great putt at the 11th hole and put New Zealand two up. The 12th hole was halved, but weak putting by the Victorians allowed the New Zealanders to increase their lead. The remaining five holes were halved in par golf. In the singles, Duncan won the first hole against Whitton, and after the next two had been halved, Whitton squared the match at the fourth. Duncan then won the fifth, seventh and eighth, and turned for home, 3 up. Duncan became 5 up by winning the lltli and i2th holes, but Whitton then won the next three holes. Duncan halved the next two, but lost the last hole, finishing 1 up. Horton, playing Russell, found a bunker with his drive at the first hole, which he lost. He mulled his iron shot at the second, and seemed to lose confidence for a while, and was 3 down at the turn. However, Horton played well coming home, and was only 1 down at the 18th.' Ross and Headlam had a great struggle, Headlam was 2 up at the fifth hole, but Ross then won the sixth, seventh and eighth, only to lose the ninth. Headlam was 1 up at the 12th, but Ross squared the match again at the 14th hole. The match was square at the 18th, but the Victorian prevailed at the 20th hole. The match between Quin and Schlapp provided the finest golf. The Victorian won the first, but Quin became one up by winning » the fifth and sixth holes. Schlapp, however, squared the game at the seventh. The eighth and ninth were halved. Quin v:on the 10th, but lost the 12th and 14th. He then made one of his characteristic finishes, winning the 15th and 16th holes and halving the last two for a win, which gave New Zealand the cup.—A. and N.Z.