GOLF.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 7

GOLF.

Auckland cub. 1 l-'INAI. M ATi MI II.A _ T,'l'KNi:V. I'IiXKS lil-TATtI IIALPII. In 1 lie tiilnl •■;' ihc Auckland «;..lf I'l.lb's tournament t.oivv.-.ii Tonks and ltalidi. both -" : - I lc- sh..:- at rirst. hut I'oiiks played ,vi,, rush,... snort ot' the green, vv iiile Ra,|.!i >v.is iii.eiy ~11 with Iris secoud. but. ' tiikii,.- three |.litis, .-ould ouly halve the lode 'I he seen.i wiui halved in well pla.ve.l f,.iir- l',,nks played a. splendid second in '.!,e thirtl. lining just on Ihe edge of the green, bin missed a four. Al tile funrtli h.lh were just short with good brassies. and the bole was aguin halved | in tiv,-. T«.u!cs foozled his drive at the tilth. ..iil.v to see Ralph follow suit. Tonks was In, k.v with his sr„. „l. i.h.. hall run-1 uiug through the rushes, vvhile Ralph ' sli.-i-d his into the ginly. thus giving T.mks the lead. ~,,,- up. Kalpii just missed a three .1. Hi.- sixth hole, being again halved in, fours. At the seventh hole Tonks played shoii imo ;'ie Tamaki, -making the game j all square again. Ralph got a splendid ' drive to the eighth, -while Tonks sliced j int.. the _~rsc. but. luckily, found his ball playable, and. making a marvellous | roc,,verv. halved lhe hole in four. Touks f.Kiz.'e.! his second 10 the ninth, thus | enabling 1;..,;|,h 10 be on in one stroke less, \ hill again taking three pults. gave Touks the hole wit:, nis stroke allowance, lluth \ pulled in,;;' te -hois ai lhe tenth, landing j outside Mo- bunker. Ralph approached well, but li,i.-.5..,l his pull, tile hole once more being halved. The eleventh saw both on with th.ir thirds but Ralph, putting I poor Iv. ••nablid Tonks 1,1 win with a five. I The twelfth was halved in wel.l played , fours. Tonks pulled his second to the, thirteenth after a anod drive. -Ralph getting; niccl.v on. bin again failed iv lus putting. ! ' .ir.l enabliil I'onks to rake advantage of his siruke allowance, and iberehy again J . win the lioC. making him three up. The I fourteen Hi was halved in five, in spite of Tonks n,,i -__t:in_ his drive away. Ralph reduced ihe lead by winning the fifteenth ' with a zood four. Ralph was sibort at the n-M hoie. vvhil- Tonks drove a lovely ball : ThroiiL'li ihe zreeu. Roth approached well. 1.111 Ralph was unlucky with his put:, as ,1 struck tin- back of the hole an.l stayed ; ~:, 11,e r..re edee. I'.-.nks was now- dorniy iw... an.l rmikin- no mistakes, won th.' j I seventpcn-th in live. Ralph having sli.-eil his ,