CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 251, 22 October 1926, Page 5

CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF.

DAT FINE AFTER HA23T. . AMATEUR SEMI-FINAL DRAW. *• IBy Telegraph.—Press Association.) j WELLINGTON, this day. After a windy and rainy night there was a tine morning lor to-day's pl*y i n the final of the professional championship between I. Melntosh and Skaw. and the semi-finals of the amateur champion- . ships, in which K. Tareha meete Leo Quin, and A. D. S. Duncan plays T. H. , HcTton. ; At the end of the first round of the . professional final, Mclntoeh was four up 1 on Shaw. In the first round of the semi-final of : the amateur championship, Quinn was one up on Taxeha, and Duncan two up on Horton. THE MORNING ROUNDS. ___ Macintosh, in his match with Shaw, took the first hole in 4 —5, and /the second was halved in 4: the- third Maellntosh took 4—6, and the fourth 3—4. ;At the next Shaw reduced his oppon-

ent'3 lead to 2 up. The next was halved ' in 3. Shaw picked up at the following i hole, and then sliced into a bunker i going to the eighth, but secured a half . in 4. Macintosh missed a short putt at the ninth, and turned 3 up.

The tenth was halved in 4. Sh»w , again reduced the lead by taking the 11th with 3, but he lost the next by missing a short putt. He took the following hole brilliantly in 3. Macintosh 2 up. The next two were halved in 3 and 4. At the 16th Macintosh sank a 20 putt for a win in 3, and he took the 17th 4—5. The last was halved in 5.

The Tareha-Quin match was a neck-and-neck struggle, and Tareha made spectacular recoveries on more than one occasion.

Tareha won the first two. The next two were halved. Quin got the sth, the short 6th was halved in 3, and r Quin squared at the 7th. A win to \ Tareha, followed by a half, saw him. % turn one up. Thereafter the players were never "1 separated by more than a hole. Horton began by driving into a bunker, < but Duncan topped his second shot, a- • half in 5 resulting. The 2nd and 3rd .were halved, 4 and 5. Horton took the 4th with a fine 2. The next 2 were halved. 4 and 3. A perfect 4 got Duncan the 7th. but he lost the next, 5 and 4. Horton was bunkered going to the 9th and surrendered the hole—all square at the turn.

The better approach of the two got Horion the 10lh in 4 and 5. The 11th, 12th and 13th were halved. 4. 3, 4. Duncan had a four-foot putt for 2 at the 14th. which he holed, again squaring the match. The- 15th and 16th were halved in 5 and 4. Both struck trouble at the 17th. Duncan winning. 5 and 6. The same occurred at the last hole, Duncan standing 2 up.

McOTTOSH WINS. In the final of the professional championship .T. D. Mclntosh defeated" A. J. Shaw, 9 up and 7 to play.