MORPETH BEATS WHITTON

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 753, 28 August 1929, Page 13

MORPETH BEATS WHITTON

PLAY FOR AUSTRALIAN GOLF TITLE N.Z. PLAYER BRILLIANT (Vmted PA. —By Telegraph Copyright ADELAIDE, Tuesday. In the amateur golf championship today Sloan Morpeth (New Zealand) won a tlirillign match against the Australian open champion. Ivo Whitton. the game going to the forty-second hole, where Morpeth won in brilliant style. The weather was ideal. At the end of the morning round Whitten was 2 up. and in the afternoon he increased his lead to 5 up. Morpeth then responded magnificently, and at the thirty-fifth hole he was 1 up. At the next hole he missed a short putt for a half. The players went on for the third round, and each hole was halved, amid the intense excitement of the spectators. At the forty-second hole Morpeth was on the green with his second. Whitton was in a bunker on the right for two. Morpeth holed out in a par 4, while Whitton. after reaching the green, took two putts. There was spectacular play at the thirty-ninth hole, which has a bottleneck green between two craters. 2SO yards from the tee. Morpeth played into the sand, but got out adroitly on to the green. Tie had a chance to win, but his chip shot was too strong. He then laid the ball a foot from the pin, and got a half. He had a great reception on winning. In the professional championship, Bissett beat Howard, 3 up and .2; Thomson beat Spence, 2 up and 1; James beat McLachlan, 2 up and 1: Stewart beat McMahon, 4 up and 3.