GOLF.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 209, 1 September 1920, Page 8

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THE >'.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS. WEEK'S PROGRAMME AT ST. .VNDttEWS. NOTES ON THK 'BIG EVENT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. The New Zealand golf championships, which will open at the St. Andrew's Links. Hamilton, on ■September l.'{, and continue until tli*- Saturday, are creating very marked interest anions golfers. Tlie open championship, for both ! amateurs and professionals, is over four rounds of 18 holes each, two rounds or .which will lie played on, Monday uutl two on Tuesday. Not only the leading Dominion players .including Douglas, the open champion, uud H. l"ro»s. tlie amateur champion), will tip compi-Uns, but Australia will also ' have representatives. Klrkwood, the Australian open clmiupion, -who recently won I tile Australian championship with, a record ! score for the world, and is also a trick shot I muster, is coming over, as also" Is Kast. another prominent-Australian golf player. Tin , two rounds on Tuesday are qualifying rounds for aniateurH, and the S2 lowest will start to play niT by match play on the Wednesday morning. The score In the fourth round (open) and second round (amateuri count for the O'Rourke Vase. : On Wednesday a match play competition for professionals will commence, and on Saturday the finals will tie played, over 36 holes for the amateur championship of New Zealand and IS holes for the professional filial. The links at St. Andrew's are in magnificent order. The teee have been put out to championship length. The course to foe played over will have a length of C 407 yards. ■ _ The amateur entries have been limited to WAIH'I LADiIES- CHAiMPIO-NSilir. j (By TelegTaph.—Own Correspondent.) ! .WABHI. this day. The final mntcli for the ehanipionßhin of the Wnihi Ladles' Coif Cluli was played oIT 'lietween .Mrs. It. \V. Hell and -Mrs. A. T. Kenrlck, over IS holes, the former winning hy U up and 2 to play.