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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 202, 27 August 1931, Page 18

ON THE LINKS.

IN YOWN AND PROVINCE.

CHAMPIONS NEW AND OLD

WEEK-END EVENTS REVIEWED

(By "RUBBEROORE.")

Conditions on Saturday were.ideal for the first round of the championships at Titirangi, a steady southerly giving that added tinge of difficulty desirable for matches of the kind. In the main the expected happened, and so far as the senior event is concerned the remaining ■players of calibre, are: .evenly .distributed in the draw. As ' the "strongest "trio, Brinsden, T. A. Goulding and McCrystal, the present champion, experienced little difficulty with their respective opponents. Brinsden's golf to the turn was only fair, but as at this stage he held a commanding lead, he was not pressed for good figures homeward. Having regard to the fast condition of the majority of the greens and the= close lies, however, only exceptional golf would/have earned-good figures. Goyder, who opposed Brinsden, has completely lost form. He is swinging badly— to be extreme, _ somewhere round his waist, and. must get the back swing more upright if he is to get He needs the advice of a good professional. Defeat of Fisher. A. J, Good, who lost to J. r Carnachan; is not so. steady as formerly,-and' in the circumstances battled it out fairly well to carry the match to the 17th green. R. 0. also, was not on.happy terms with his game, his difficulties ' being increased in Gouidir-* finding toucn with his second 'shots, which are really his forte. Goulding's wooden shot lirito 1 the teeth" of the breeze : at the ninth, was typical of several of the very fine seconds he played. Parr's handsome defeat of Fisher was the •unexpected incident —if not the actual defeat; then at least, the margin. Apart from the fact that Parr had the. best qualifying round, I think Fisher's game is better suited to spring and autumn conditions;- A few opportunities went begging when L. Eobson and A. M. Gouiding met, but in a one-up decision such- are apt to appear minified. There is little between the- pair, and* it -was apparently Robson'sday. W. "Li Robinson was In excellent form against A. B. Joplin, his: putter in particular working to perfection. Along with Dacre,,whodid not play his match, Robinson, as a previous champion, is quite capable of upsetting, calculations in his side of the draw- It is to be hoped that he has again definitely found -his game. Generally speaking, McCrystal had the call over E E. Beehan, his length both from the tee and ; through the green being the determining factor. He should have a good match", with Robinson'when the pair ■meet. >• ; ''' * ' y ' '.>/'•.-" titirangi Intermediates. In the intermediate, Lucas, who "has shown sucH promise, went down before Saunders, whose abilities, .are, above', average H 'M. Rogersoh r a lso claimed another of those-prominent #i«he. recent Baffin Cup • matches; : in narrowly .accountin- for Jv'S. Murrayf peculiarly;enough along with- Luca's,,. Murray has.*, : ™m record-of which .he may --"well -be proud, L H. Norton, Wyatt, Gaskm and. W. J. A: Thomson, recently a senior, are probably, the_elect of EvaderlL R. Harper and B, W, iunior event.and were m. fact - the. only. Sets to beengaged ;in amatch .proceeding- bevond ■ the stipulated, number M.holf. BeluSoniT would seem bent on repeatinghis Taylor Bowl performances.

Pupuke Leaders. So far a's ; Pupuke's- ; championships are concerned, .for. sheer, merit, one must hit oS hat to F. H. Mhgay forh* fine fight gainst Stevens, who was fortunate indeed- that age should have taken its inevitable toll at the home hole,. Mingay was here in a winning position, but lifted, his head on successive approach, shots, to findly lose 1 down in Ji to 5. fwte* "oldest' member" has still some fight left, and his record may well serve as_an example to the younger generation, -The. reverse of expected happenedinthe. defeat of £! Harrison Goltman .though the latter's game has been so steady lately as to merit respect. Coltman had ground of better than 80, t which,, outside the larger clubs, will- cause more, matches to be won than lost/ Minogue was more like the Minbgue of old, but it was well that such was the case, as Goodwin played a fairly sound .around. Provided his game holds up Minogue is favourably placed to appear as a finalist. Between Mills and Browne it was mostly a matter ~of putting, though the merit of .Mills tee shots at holes where 2, 3, 2 followed, is not toibe lost.sight of. Browne has done exceptionally felh this Reason, and need •not be discouraged .at his defeat-. -With Mowbray and" Johnston it was anybody s game, and. though each could lay claim to missed opportunity, the. merits of the match were about reflected m the formers win at the nineteenth. Ansell found the strain'telling against him at the seven-teenth,-where he,fluffed.his,tee shot, and consequently faced the 'eighteenth' hole 1 down.. In firmly clinging,to the idea'that the shortest way home, represented Jthe ideal, Chapman' put the match ■ beyond question. De. ...Clive. . Lowe.. .offered. .a. resistance that Mackenzie found discomforting, and had he been favoured with a little more fortune might easily ;haye won. In the ordinary way Mackenzie is, however, the stronger player, he is not. scoring so well as earlier in the R63 SOU *■ With most of the big guns out of the way D. 3". McCorkindale improved the shining, hour by annexing the handicap medal.;- .•£;.•,"■ ,cv Middlemore Meditations. ;^

Following his freak score: in -the second' round ;of the 72 holes medal handicap at Aliddlemore, it was almost certain that excepting a "crash"' E. D. Horton w.oukl prove the ultimate winner. These expec-tations-he realised with' net-cards of 75, 67, 76 and fairly earned the honours. For > the" George Cup the gross scores were poor.--though from the point of view of handicap S. S: Wilson's 79 was an exception; -Along with B.'-H. Menzies. who did not cover himself in Wilson had probably 'as good a gross result as any other ".'.competitor. It was stated that though' conditions were good, .it was a difficult- day on.-which tolscore.jwell. Possibly the: bright sun and drying greens made matters awkward. Thelclub also engaged Akarana. but tales of woe are becoming so common as regards reverses falling to the lot of the larger clubs that - one hesitates to comment on the result. Ralph's' defeat; by Smith one can understand, as he was up against a - very -fine golfer, and on .the latter's. course, which matters much. ' Tn other 'between the pair Ralnh has l-prpved the master. Stuart Colbeck's defeat - ; by J. Swanson by so large a margin ig.. however.- unaccountable, as. on his Canterbury and subsequent record he is in an entirely different category. In this respect Swanson's capabilities are in no way overlooked—it is simply a matter of fact: Bartleet- evidenced his usual sound abilities; in defeating J.'.M. Coltman. ' Apparently,; lie: got ; rid of 'his bad shots in his 93 of -Saturday. fie again played useful holes in partnering Ralph.' to defeat Smith and Coltman in the four-ball. Jacobsen, -who was playing a fine s ,'forceful game, Outclassed "V. Baker, while; W. B. -Colbeck, as .the father 0 f the side, added'another'for Auckland in both the singles • "■. „ • The' Jesuit of this and other inter-clubs this year points the moral that, the larger .:-,- clubs will require to field stronger sides in the future. One appreciates, however, that jfc players are apt. to dwdge responsibilities m ■I this resp.ect,'.,the. ( rf|aeo : u,..more often than ■ not, being'obscure*.' '■'""

..,..,, Maungakiekie.Medal Play..',.. Though haying received attention,.from the handicapper, D. R. Garrard managed to take up another niche to annex the senior medal at. Mauugakiekie. He has had quite a fair portion of the spoils this season. Among the.juniors, D. E. Coutts, from the limit, won by one, stroke from A. H. Blackburn, an old player and formerly a member of Waitemata. There were no cards "of better than 80, though W. Calderwood, who shares the six mark with Rankin, equalled this, figure, a seven spoiling." am otherwise good 'round. { Akarana arid Others. ■

Ralph Porter caused tongues to waggle at Akarana with: 86—2(P-66. "•; JSTo doubt the handicap committee -will glory "in its opportunity. Matters were much more sedate at Glendowie, where F. R. Coombes, 0. Wolfgram and C. B. Thomas were all 1 down to bogey. Thomas is scoring consistently and on his former match play successes should do well in the championship. . .

. There seems something radically wrong at St. Andrews> 'Where, scores... were'""piled high, Barry Wake and -Div Milr'oy being, no less than 10 up on the colonel. I am not aware of Milroy's share in the prdceedings, but up till recently, at least, Wake was liberally treated as regards handicap. No doubt this latest exploit will draw pointed reference.

The Challenge Cup for the best aggregate in the qualifying rounds at Onewhero easily became Lawson's- property, and he bids fair to repeat his championship success of last year. Lawson learned his game in. the precincts of Titirangi and has developed into quite a good player.' In a trip to Onewhero in 1906 I little imagined that the future held a golf course for the district. Still, on reflection, 25 years ago can hardly be termed the immediate past. " G. D.: Bates set a lively pace at North Sh6re < when his' card .of 4 up easily won for him the day's'bogey. J. Foster was runner-up, having finished square with the colonel. Another round of the Bates Cup competition was also played, but as a handicap match play event it is a little early to comment on progress. Te Kuiti's New. Champion.

J. Saunders is the new champion at Te Kuiti, having won a good final from C. H. Tate, a'widely-known player of. the club. . The verdict was. 2 up and 1 to play over a course of 27 holes. The winner is to be congratulated on annexing the' club's majoi'. honour. The ; juniors were a much more tenacious pair, or, one should say, the semi-finalists, C. Hansen having earned the right to play Higgins off only after a winning putt at the expense .of Browne- at the 21st. Higgins has his chance to make amends in this event as he lost the final of the.Steed-man-Herbert Cup to C. M. Bathgate, though.only to a putt at the final .hole. • Levy's Good -Day. ;

Otahuhu devoted itself to a very laudable object in promoting, a mixed match on behalf of the needy. Mrs. McNeely and Soott-Colville were the winners, with Miss Wake and Todd and Mrs. Claudet and W. B. Eustace next- in order. ' H. J. Levy easily led the qualifying rounds for the club championships, his 75 and 74 having been most consistent scoring. Apart from holding the record score for both Everslie and Otahuhu, Levy. created _ a further record in winning three trophies on championship day; In style he has much in common with J. Methven, hitting from well inside the line and imparting a distinct left to right flight to' the ban. That the method can be effective _is evidenced in , his scores this year, which .have. been ..uniformly, g00d... Of the juniors, A. Todd, appears the equal of any of his. club mates, but as it is'dinicultjvto .cbtreetly appraiselabilities vl : juniors i<? ; woiild be. little shoi't of folly po> express an opinion as to whal; may happen in this;grade;:? It needs only, the addition: of a .-.'few more gentlemen ■ members .. .to. bring-"the .Grange" ;t6-coinfo.rtajjlej.play-ing'humberg;-'twhich, considering the short season the?elub k has. had;. d\. highly .satis-: factory. 'It'-is not too muclf'.to add'that. apart fronv the efforts of the executive much" of that -progress is-■ due to ' C.' -R. Reader; who has been secretary to; .theclub almost since its i ; j,v' •:-. ... Franklin Events, ..,

'A Vian.ee at Pukekohe results stifs memories of other times when W. G. Brosnahan was in his prime. The semifinals of the trophy named, in his honour, will'he played at the week-end. Brosnahan did a great-deal for golf within the Franklin area, and I think won the Franklin championship on at least one occasion. He is now resident in Australia. Mention of the Franklin- championship reminds. one that Mrs. Ohlson won the ladies' title this year. •' As Iter husband was'beaten by only the odd stroke by Peter Howden for the men's title, a dual record was narrowly missed. Still, as the holder of the title in a former year, Ohlson may well claim that the family record will be a long time in being, equalled. The youthful Peter Howden, holder of the Franklin championship, had to strike his,colours to his father in the Waiuku Club championship. Colbeck and Uhlson also had-a great battle, the former defeating the champion at the last green. U •E. Howden and Colbeck will again fight one of- their " time-honoured battles to decide the title. Peter Howden made some amends by his loss in the championship by rather comfortably: holding beymour Colbeck in the Duff Cup final. As a last observation one may mention i±. Fenner'swin in the match play tourney at Helensviile.,- Lewis,.on 9, was scarcely strong, enough' for.Fenner,, who is a good 6 man. My last visit to Helensviile revives memories of Sloan Morpeth, who seemed'quite unable to concentrate on his shot at the fourth'owing-td the mere tact of a bull roaring and tearing up the tuil in his immediate rear.

AUCKLAND LADIES' CLUB

- - -following- is. the. draw .for-the monthly medal to be played on Tuesday next by the members of the Auckland Ladies l*on E-—Mrs Rainger v. Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Rutherford vV Mr! Abbott, Mrs. Wright v. SlSfield, Miss H. Cutfield v.M ss B. Wilson, Mrs. Henderson v.. Mrs. -Buttle,. MisfMcGovern v. Mrs. Croft, Miss Mogime v. Miss Buddie, Mrs. Brodie v. Miss L. Roberton, Miss Noakes v. Miss Cooper, Miss E Mahoiiey v. Miss Upton, Miss MacCormick v. Mrs. Hughes,. Miss Ballantyne v. ■Airs Towle, Miss Hamlin v. Miss Rathbone, Mrs ' Henry >.■ Miss Asser, ; Mrs. Revell v. mScr Roberton, Miss Reid-v. Miss S. Mahoney, Miss Coutts v.. Miss Ridings; Mrs RaWv. Miss Hawken, Mrs. Finn. v. & Martin, Miss - Waller v. Mrs. f Friedlander, Mrs. Jefferson v. Miss Russell, Miss Ruddock v: Miss Porter, .Mrs.. .Nevill v. Mrs. Morris; Mrs. Carr v. Miss Rainger Mrs. Camobell ■V; Mrs. Donald, Miss- Wells y. Vllfs Graham, Mrs. Frater v." Mrs. Grant, Mils White v. Mrs. Trice, Mrs. Murphy v. M ss Nevill, Miss France v. Mrs. Brown, Mrs Devore v. Mrs. Richmond,. Miss Cum■ming v. Miss Bayly,.Mrs. Lawrence y. Miss Johnson,. Mrs. Hutchison v. Mrs. mlss Kelly V. Mrs. Ludbrook, Mors; Kelly.v.. Mrs Johns, Miss B.F. Upton v. Mrs. Miller,; Mrs. Moody v. another. .

AKARANA LADIES' CLTJB.

Following are the results of the third: found of the eclectic match played by mem-; hers of the Akarana Ladies' Golf-Club.—! A Grade.—Miss Tbelnm Cox, Sl-17-*4 ;\ Mrs. £ Brown, 90-23-67 ; Mrs IQ—Q7<; Miss ■■ Tyler-Da-vi.es, 86 —18 —Ob,, \SSfctwM7; Miss; Dalton, 99—31---6S; Miss Tingey,' 97—2-8—:

69 , The- C grade bogey match was won by: Miss Simons, 2 down. . • The following team mil represent the club in a match againsfc,.the Pupuke ladies: to-morrow =at Akarana:—Mrs. Caughey,, Miss T. Cox, Mrs. Grant, Miss M. Peet, Mrs.; Cox, Miss O'Callaghan, Miss P. Peet, Miss;! T. James, Miss J. Tingey, Mrs. Wynyard,; Mrs. Sutton, Mrs., Ewen. Reserve.-: Miss ; Endean.

WAITEMATA CETJB

'.Following is- the draw for the first round! of the Allison Memorial Cup, to be played! by members of the Waitemata Golf Clnbji on, Saturday next: Rudge v. Jackson;-Duff 1 1 v. Mason, ,G. Prime* v. Pearcey, .Haines v.'i Bruce, Mundy: v. Bobbin, R,' Mqlie'od v. Burgess, Layzell v.: Bartley, O'Connor v. Maclndoe, -O'Connell v. Langbein, Jones v. I Sinclair, Baxter v. Hogan, Miller v. Spraggon,. S. McLeod v. Ormsby, Jenkins v. Ryan, Burd v. Gooding, Harper,v..another, Rowan t. Armitage, Bramlcy v. Simmonds, Mortimer,."?. ~W,atlfins, v.-"Wilson;;• CasselsBrown v. Franklin:' "' '•'•■•' -•'•-

, .PAPAKURA, LADIES' CLUB.

'£' Bogey" match will be played by members of the Papakura Ladies' Golf Club on Saturday, play to commence at noon. Following is the draw: —-Miss White v. Miss O'Callaghan, Miss Walker: v, : Mrs. Urquhart, Mrs. Kushton v. Miss,. Ehind, Miss M. Walters v. ■ Mrs. Watts,' . Mrs. D, McLennan v. Mrs. Foote. Mrs. Elliott v. Mrs. Pavitt, Miss A. McLcunan v. Mrs. J. Brooks, Miss J. Walters v.'Miss Fiulayson, Mrs. Knight v. Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. Pegler v. Miss Comrie, Miss Ganiion v. Miss Cleary, Miss Gardiner v. Miss Slack, Miss Jarvie v. Mrs. H. Wilson, Miss... Coxhead • •'•;. v.; Mrs. Walters, Miss. Harris v. Miss DreadoD, Mrs. Yates v. Mrs. T. McLennan, Miss, J. McConnell v. Miss Hewitt, Miss Higgins v. Miss M; McConnell,... Mrs. ;Me v,. Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. S. Wilson. y. Mrs. -Johnston, Mrs. Doull-v. another. .'•,'.;'.

GLENDOWIE LADIES' CLUB.

In the semi-finals, of'the: championship Mrs. McMillan beat Mrs. Stanley,. 4 and 3; Miss Brookfield beat Mrs."'Hill, 2'and 1.

The final was w;on by Mrs. McMillan; who beat Miss Brookfield,' 2" up.. The scores .wiere": Mrs.: McMillan 85,-Miss-Brooking SS, Both p_layers produced very good golf. 'Mrs. .McJSjllan will, hold the -Blain Gup for another .year. • - >' : -~ ;•■•'■ ■'.. •■"'.■:; "Following, were the best, cards handed in .-for the, bogey : match for s Mrs. D'Authreau's prize: Miss Rennie."(l6), 4 down; Miss M. Todd (27), 6. down; Mrs. McMillan (8), 6 down; Mrs. Cahill (26), 7 down. . 1..-..' , -•■■ The 1 play-off in" the tie for the last L.G.TJ. match between Mrs. Kenhie- and Mrs. Butler' was won by. the, former. In the C grade eclectic for Mrs. Levien's prize the following were the best cards: Mrs.- Colebrook 1, Mrs. Page 2, Mrs. McGregor 3. >

ONEWHERO V. PAPAKURA.

A match between Onewhero and Papakura; is to be played on Saturday at Onewhero. The following players are to represent theOnewhero Club: —E. Cameron, D. Cameron, Cronin, Martin, Eyre, Taylor, Lacy, Walter, Wright, Muir, McNaught, Patullo. Reserves: R. J. Glasgow, Brownlie. The following players will represent the Papakura Club:—Elliott, Matheson, Pavitt,, Robbins, D. McLennan, Watts, Bradstreet, S. Wilson, *H. Wilson. Other members of the Papakura Club will play a medal round at Papakura, players to choose their partners.