Shaw Wins

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 205, 30 September 1929, Page 4

Shaw Wins

Per Press Association.

THE OPEN TITLE Napier Man's Success At Wanganui N.Z. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WANGANUI, Last night. It was a great relief to players to have a change from tlie boisterous conditions of the opening day. Conditions yesterda.v were perfect for golf. Friday's rain freshened up tlie course, and the greens, the course being a golfer's paradise. The wind died down and was just sufficient to make play pleasant. Under such perfect ronditicns good scores were anticipated, and they were duly foithcoming. The third and fourth rounds of the open were played, with the result that the 1929 champion is A. J. Shaw, making his second open, with T. H. Hortou, the present amateur champion, three strokes behind. Eltham wins the O'Rorke's teams match with a score of 313, Wellington being second with 316. Holding a leftd of tliree strokes at the end of tlie first day's play and plaj'ing brilliantly, it was difficult to see Shaw beaten. Moss, by a briliiant 73, reduced the margin to two, while Morton remained in the same position.. It was then obvio-us that there were onlv three in it, and the gallery was divided in its attentions between Shaw, Horton and Moss. Moss' final round of 77 reduced his chances, and when Shaw returned a 72, it only left Horton to he considered. He would have required a 67 to win and a 68 to he equal. He made a briliiant effort and produced 71. This score and Sloan OVIorpeth's 71 in the third round are tlie best, and the two tie for the Jellicoe Cup. Moss played liis usual steady game. He was weak in what is usually his master shot — the chip. Douglas' 75 and 73 place hira in fourtli place. Everyone is delighted to see A. D. S. Duncan so well up. He had a chance to break 70 in his final round. Sloan Morpetli turned on the fireworks in his third round of 71, and hut for a drive to the rough at the 16th, he would have broken 70. The scratch score is five, and he took seven. Playing his ball from the rough he had the same experience that he l.ad in Australia, when two balls emerged from the rough. There was keen competition to qualify in tlie amateur. A play-off for 32nd place between C. A. Seymour, A. N. Goulding, T. S. Parkes and F. Quinn was necessary as all did 336, and Seymour won. It will be interesting if history again repeats itself when Seymour and Horton meet, when the last man to qualify — and in a playoff— -eliminates the man to qualify first. A pleasing feature of those to qualify in the amateur is the presence of K. C. Ward (Avondale), C. N. Armstrong (Wanganui), B. M. .Silk (Wanganui), and R. J. Smitli, Jnr. (Akarana), all youthful players' and their first championship meeting. Others wlio have qualified for the first time are E. Huggins (Nelson), Mangan (Invercargill), T. Park (Westport) and H. Cathro (Castlecliff). Horton (71) and Morpetli (71) were tlie best cards returned. Tlie Christchurch veteran W. T. Harman livened up tliings hy lioling his tee shot at Terawliiti, 139 yards. Detailed scores are : —

This is the second time the Napier professional, Andy Shaw, has won the open title of New Zealand. for he annexed that honour in 1925, wlien unattached to any club. It was in the next year that he took up duties with the Napier Club. Previous title liolders have heen : — 1910— A. D. S. Duncan (Wellington). 1911 — A. D. S. Duncan (Wellington). 1912 — J. A. Clements* (Christchurch). 1913 — E. S. Douglas* (Nelson). 1914 — E. S. Douglas* (Wanganui). 1915—18 — Not played owing to war. 1919 — E. S. Douglas* (Miramar). 1920 — J. H. Kirkwood* (Riverdale, Vic.). 1921 — E. S. Douglas* (Miramar). 1922— A. Brooks* (Hutt). 1923 — A. Brooks* (Hutt). 192-1 — K. J. Moss* (Auckland). 1925 — E. M. MacFarlane* (Christchurch) . 1925 — A. J. Shaw* (unattached). 1927 — E. J. Moss* (Auckland). 1928 — Sloan Morpetli (Maungakeikei). An asterisk indicates a professional.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Rd. lid. Rd. Rd. Tl. Shaw 76 75 76 72—299 Horton 76 79 76 71—302 Moss ... ... 77 79 73 77—306 Douglas 80 80 75 73 — 308 Duncan 80 81 75 73 — 309 Morpeth ... ... 80 83 71 76 — 310 Clements ... 77 81 77 75-310 Mcintosh ... 79 80 74 78 — 311 Clements ... 78 81 78 76 — 313 T. Galloway ... 81 81 74 78 — 314 Butler 80 83 75 76 — 314 Branch 79 80 77 79—315 Silk 81 80 77 78—316 Bell 85 SI 75 76—317 McFarlane ... 80 80 80 78—318 Dale 77 84 82 75—318 Keeling 84 83 72 76—320 Kapi Tareha ... 82 82 82 75—321 Butters 83 81 71 80—322 J. Black 80 77 76 79—322 Ritchie 82 81 78 81—322 •T. Galloway ... 86 83 76 79—325 B. Smith, junr. 86 84 74 81—325 Armstrong ... 86 80 81 78 — 325 Collins 80 86 76 81—325 FT. Black 83 88 78 76—325 Seifert 85 82 83 76—326 Sime 82 83 83 78—326 Goss 84 82 82 78—326 Whvte 84 82 80 80—326 Kkstedt 87 81 76 83—327 Cathro 78 83 87 79—327 Pass 88 82 80 80—327 Grev 83 87 81 77—328 Ward 83 84 81 80—328 Wagg 81 89 75 83—328 Lambie 88 81 82 78—329 Park 89 85 76 79—329 Huggins 79 87 78 86 — 330 Harold 89 84 82 76—331 T. Quin 95 88 74 74—331 Mangan ... ... 88 91 75 78 — 332 Conway 86 87 78 81 — 332 Ross 85 85 84 78—332 Bouisson ... ■... 86 87 74 85 — 332 Fuller . 84 86 82 81—332 Blank . ... 87 82 79 86-^334 Reillv 85 84 83 82—334 E. Qnin 86 88 81 80—335 Goulding ... 85 86 82 83 — 336 p\ Q,,in 85 87 83 81—336 Pnrkes 84 85 78 89 — 336 Seymour 88 88 80 80 — 336 Stephenson ... 84 89 83 81 — 337 T. Watts 83 88 87 81—339 Pumphrey ... 86 79 85 87-339 Howden 89 88 82 80 — 339 Saunders ... 85 90 79 85 — 339 Lints' 83 89 85 83 340 Fenwicke ... 81 86 84 89 — 340 Perry ... ... 95 86 78 81—340 Hnssey 83 87 85 85—340 Richmond ... 93 86 80 83 — 341 Dykes 85 86 81 89—341 To swill 87 86 88 80—341 Dick 88 87 83 84—342 Gardner 85 86 89 83 — 342 Fryer 89 92 80 81—342 F. Hutchison ... 86 88 83 85—34''' McNiven ... 89 87 83 83—342 Powdrell ... 87 94 81 81—343 FT. Hutchison ... 90 87 84 83—344 Chong ... .'.. 82 93 85 84—344 B Smith ' ... 85 84 90 86—345 McFarlane ... 81 98 80 87 346 •Mortland • ... 86 93 83 85 — 347 Harrison ... 91 91 80 85—347 Beaven 92 89 77 90—348 Weston 90 86 88 84—348 Pharazyn "... 91 87 85 86 — 349 Holmes ' 88 84 88 89—349 Hunst 85 87 92 85—349 Watt 91 93 80 86—350 Mildrum ... 96 84 85 85—350

Mowat S9 91 88 84—352 Lawrence ... 87 99 82 84 — 352 Harding 94 92 86 80—352 Kissling 95 92 79 89—355 O'Ciillaghan ... 91 94 S6 83—354 Harm an ... 93 88 S8 93 — 363 Chesrtey 89 93 95 83—359 Anderson ... 93 93 87 90 — 363 Aldred 97' 94 88 85—364 Stewart 101 92 89 94—366 Le Cren 93 103 94 94—334

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.