NEW ZEALAND GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7281, 7 October 1933, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Shaw, Homakook and Ralph Lead In Open

INDIFFERENT SCORING MARKS FIRST ROUND PLAY

Per Press Association AUCKLAND, Last Night. The annual New Zealand golf championship tournament of 1033 was commenced to-day on the Titiraugi links. The weather was beautifully lino and warm and the course was in magnificent order. Considering the conditions the scoring on the whole was disappointing, the best card being returned by B. H. Menzies, of the Auckland Club, who went out in 36 and returned in 35. Menzies, however, is entered only in the amateur championship and not in the open. Following Menzies came three cards of 74 each, these being returned by A. J. Shaw, the present title-holder and an unattached professional in Auckland, W. S. Ralph (Auckland) and J. P. Hornabrook (Masterton). The scores, with an asterisk denoting the professionals, are as under: — B. H. Menzies (Auckland) .. 71 *A. J. Shaw (unattached) .... 74 W. S. Ralph'(Auckland.) .... 74 J. P. Hornabrook (Masterton) 74 *N. H. Fuller (New Zealand Golf Council) 75 * E, J. Moss (Auckland) .... 75 *J. G. Watt (Masterton) .... 76 Kapi. Tareha (Napier) .... 76 C. Bailey (Whnngarei) .... 76 *N. C. Bell (North Shore) .... 76 H. A. Black (Miramar) .... 76 M. D. Mclntosh (unattached) 77 A. E. Barnes-Graham (Gisborne) .... 77 *C. C. Clements (Christchurch) 77 T. E. Clark (Auckland) .... 77 J. D. G. Duncan (Wellington) 77 H. D. Brinsden (Titirangi) .. 77 A. H. Dyke (Lower Hutt) .. 77 *J. Weir (Auckland) ...... 78 I. McEwan (Auckland) .... 78 J. P. Mortland (Taihape) .. 78 *J. Watt (Heretaunga) .... 7S T. H. Horton (.Masterton) .. 79 *J. Lambic (New Plymouth) », 79 Dr. K. Ross (Otago) 79 *T. Galloway (Maungakiekie) 79 ,T. F. Pym (Titahi) 79 R. F. Edmonds (Hamilton) 79 B. V. Wright (Otago) 79 *E. S. Douglas (Balmacewan) 79 *F. Branch (Wanganui) .... 79 A. E. Browne (North Shore) 79 B. J. Smith, junr. (Akarana) 79 *H. R. Blair (Christchurch) .. 79 *J. A. Clements (Christchurch) 79 H. Plumley (Auckland) .... 79 T. B. Ferguson (Otago) .... 80 E. L. Bartleet (Auckland) .. 80 J. H. Young (Titirangi) .... SO P. C. Savage (Auckland) .. .. SO H. Wiggins (Manukau) .... 80 J. C. Bidwill (Wairarapa) .. 80 »C. W. Woodroffe (Titirangi) . 80 H. C, Stevens (North Shore) 80 R. L. Wilson (Titirangi) .... 81 J. L. Black (Shandon) .... 81 A. K. Hawley (Maungakiekie) 81 F. W. Lucas (Titirangi) .... 81 B. M. Silk (Wanganui) .... 81 E. G. Tallis (Titirangi) .. .. 81 O. B. Thomas (Pupuke) .... 81 J. M. Coltman (Titirangi) .. SI G. A. Mills (Wellington) .. .. 81 J. S. Rankin (Maungakiekie) 81 H. P. Wills (Eltham) SI A. D. S. Duncan (Wellington) 82 *G. W. Ritchie (Hawcra) .... 82 *R. C. Butters (Miramar) .... 82 T. Morpeth (Titirangi) .... 82 H. P. Dale (Thames) ...... 82 D. Coylo (Pukekoho) ...... 82 R, G. Rainier (Auckland) .. 82 It. R. McCrystal (Titirangi) .. S2 R. M. George (Maungakiekie) 82 L. Quin (Eltham) 82 S. S. Wilson (Auckland) .... 82 J. P. Aldred (Auckland) .... S 3 D. B. Strathmore (Wellington) 83 A. M. Goulding (Titirangi) .. 82 Iv. L. Caldwell (Onewhero) .. 83 A. L. McLean (Auckland) 83 T. H. P. Rennie (Hagley) .. 83 W. Morrice (Rotorua) .. .. 83 C. S. Gcddis (Napier) ...... 83 H. F. Buckley (Whangarei) e 84 T. A. Goulding (Titirangi) 84 *B. J. Smith (Akarana) .... 84 J. Hape (Dannevirke) ...... 84 H 'C. H. Stephenson (N. Plymouth) S 4 R. H. Wallace (To Awamutu) S 5 W. A. Donald (Auckland) .. 85 E. Hutchinson (Glendowie) .. So R. I>. Wright (Auckland) .. 85 J. R. Hobbs (Napier) ...... 85 R. G. Arnould (Christchurch) 85 D. C. Collins (Wairarapa) .. 85 L. .1. Minoguc (Akarana) .. 85 E. E. Bcehan (Titirangi) .... S 5 E. O. Hales (Wellington) 85 W. B. Colbeck (Auckland) 86 W. O’Callaghan (Hawera) .. 86 .1. hi. Hussey (Wanganui) .. 86 J. F. Murray (Titiraugi) .... 86 R. D. Horton (Auckland) ~ 86 L. W. Delph (Auckland) .. S 7 *J. Mowat (Gisborne) 87 .T. Shelley (Lower Hutt) .... 87 B. B. Carr (Titirangi) .... 87 *R. M. Strathmore (unattached) 88 L. ,T. Williamson (Titirangi) . S 8 G. F. Gunson (Titirangi) .. 88 R. G. Hayward (Shandon) ~ 8S .1. H. darken (Hamilton) .. 88 C. G. Fisher (Titirangi) .... 88 E. L. Abbott (Eltham) .... 88 O. J. Wilson (Hagley) 88 P. Whitcombe (Wellington) 88 F. Trice (Glendowie) ...... 88 H. M. Burridge (Wellington) 89 V, L. Baker (Akarana) .... 89 *G. W. Melvin (Hamilton) .. 90 A. E. Guy (Palmerston North) 90 A. J. Good (Titirangi) .... 91 M. H. Duncan (Wanganui) ....91 S. J. Hines (Lower Hutt) 9.1. A. K. Smith (Greymouth) .. 92 Rounds of Shaw and Menzies Reviewed

The pins on terraced greeng 'were m positions unfamiliar to the contestants, and it was noticed that on the sixth and eighteenth greens, where t’ne pins were on the top of terraces, the players frequently failed to gauge the position correctly. No better indication of this was afforded than in the case of J. H. Young, the youthful Titirangi. player, who should have been well acquainted with his home course, for he took four putts on the final green after his second shot had reached the middle of the terrace.

Menzies failed to get threes at the fourth (155 yards) and seventh (170 yards) holes, but he chipped dead at the fifth (500 yards) and eighth (30S yards) for birdie figures. One ball hit a spectator on the full at the sixth (430 yards), but in spite of this he holed in five. At the eleventh (161 yards) he recovered from a sand bunker to notch a three, and he holed a long putt for a four at the twelfth (467 yards). Another nicely-judged chip gave him. a birdie, four at the seventh.