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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 236, 5 October 1936, Page 14

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I PAM BARTON VICTOR. I j WINS AMERICAN OPEN. i YOUNG BRITON'S TRIUMPH. i NEW YORK, October 3. 1 Miss Pam Barton (Britain) to-day won the women's American golf championship at Summit, New Jersey, defeating Miss Maureen Crews, 4 and 3, in a 36-hole i match. I Miss Barton is the first English winner : since 1913. I In the semi-final round Miss Barton had | defeated Miss M. Miley (Kentucky), 3 | and 1, and Miss Crews had defeated Miss K. Hemphill, of Columbia, South Carolina, 4 and 2. ■ As a, member of the Ladies' Golf Union, lamela Barton toured Canada and the I United States in 1934 and Australia and I ir" Zealand last year. Sturdily built. Aliss Barton, in spite of her youth, is one of the most powerful hitters in women's golf. She ' won the British women s open championship last May, was 'born m London and is only 19 years old At the age of 17 she captured the French women s open championship, gainino- the distinction of being the youngest player ever to win an international champion-

GLEND OWIE CLUB. SEMI-FINALS OF CHAMPIONSHIPS. The sem '-finals in all of the three grades of the championships were played at w -m ' umler £°°<1 course conditions but with a very high cross wind Seniors.— J. r. Self beat T. E. Hutchito": 4 and 3. : J " E " Stp(i,niUl '"'"t <-'■ Hor- . Played steady golf throughout sixteen holes being in bogey figures Hi«? ent Snif oll w ll ? £ : i7 ' i' 8-75 showed consistent golf. Hot'ton s efforts against this were unavailing, but not through faulty golf, oelf . and Hutchisons game ended at the seventeenth, neither player producing his ordinary standard of golf. Intermediates.—.T. V. Lane beat G. Galium, S and G: C. Palmer heat .T. K. Cameron. at the nineteenth. Palmer's bogey at the nineteenth gave him the match. Juniors. It. K. Davis beat D. Robinson, 2 and 1; J. Terry beat G. Pollock, 3 and 2. A medal handicap in two sections was played in conjunction with the championship rounds, I{. Katterfelt and I) McGregor tieing with a net 73 in the senior section. Katterfelt won on the count back. The junior section was won by O. .Tones, with a net 72. Other scores were :— Seniors.—H. E. Jolly 74, J. McCrvstall 75, I. O'Neill 70, C. D'Autlireau 77, F. Trice SS. Juniors.—S. Keys 73, J". Terry 74, R. B. Allen 75, F. Itestall SO.

OPEN DAY AT HAMILTON. MURRAY AND MOS.S. An open day was held at St. Andrews links, Hamilton, yesterday, when a fair representation of professionals and ama- , teurs took part. The visitors found the course in magnificent order. The performances of A. Murray and E. J. Moss were awaited with considerable interest and at the end of 3G holes medal there was only a stroke between them. Murray won the event with a total of 133, and Moss was 154. Murray's rounds were 70 and 74 and Moss' 75 and 79. In the morning F. liutter had a line round of 75, marred by a 7 at the twelfth. The local professional G. Melvin had a popular win in one of the handicap events for the professionals and Rutter won the morning bogey. In the amateurs J. I'ountney, of Hamilton, won the medal contest over the 3(5 holes, with rounds'of 7il and 180, a total of 150. j J. Pelham, Manngakiekie, was second with 78 and 82—100.

AUCKLAND CLUB. Under excellent conditions the championships were continued at Middlemore. The results are as follow Seniors. —B. H. Menzies beat R. B. Wilson, 5 and 4; H. B. Lusk beat R. D. Wright, G and 5; J. I'. Aldred beat R. D. Horton, 2 and 1. /Intermediate.—ll. V. Coverdale heat K. M. Wilson, at the nineteenth ; G. C. Henderson beat J. B. Lusk, 7 and (i; B. Armstrong beat D. A. Burt, 2 up ; G. W. Williams beat N. Loulsson, at the nineteenth. Juniors.—F. A. Abbott beat .1. C. Jacobs. 5 and 3 ; 11. S. Lusk beat W. Wilson, 5 and 3. I I A Stableford bogey was also played in A and B grades. Fdllowing were the best cards returned A Grade.—R. S. Lewis, 20, 9—38; R. O. Gardner, 27, 8—35 ; W. A. Donald, 31, 2 — 33: R. S. Bruce, s 20, 0—32. B Grade.—H. Henderson, 16, 12—28. The four-ball match play tourney has now reached the final stages. S. U. McCoy and J. I». Upton will play E. B. Brown and J B. C. Jacobs to decide the issue.

TITIRANGI CLUB. In the senior championship only two matches were played at Titirangi. The second round was completed when J. Galloway beat R. J. Graham, G and 4. Galloway now meets J. M. C'oltman In one soni-final. In the other semi-final J. H. Young played really fine golf to decisively beat F. W. I-ucas, 7 and C. Results in the other grades were :— Intermediate. —Second round : R. 13. Hardy beat 11. Thomas, 2 up ; J. L. McCoy beat A. C. Jacobs, 2 and 1; G. Bartleet beat A. Shorter, 1 up ; H• H. Souter beat H. V. Ganley, 4 and 3. Juniors.—The semi finals resulted as follow : E. W. Yates beat H. J. Wright, 2 and 1 ; S. -T. Robinson beat L. H. Fisher, 4 and 3. . REMUERA CLUB. ' — i Following arc the results of matches In the fourth round . of the captain's prize tournament-played on Saturday by members of the Remuera Golf Club: —N. Pountney beat A. G. Graham, 2 and 1; W. Collett beat F. Dillon, 3 and 2 ; P. G. Sills beat W. P. Ralph, 2 and 1 ; T. Gill beat K. Cording, 4 anil 3; A. Bull beat G. Hodgson, 7 and 5; G. Foote beat W. Miller, 3 and 2; N. Wallace beat J. Madden, 0 and 5 ; 0. r. Smith beat A. L. Caughey, 3 and 2; \\. Alexander beat A. Milliken, L i' • Robbins beat M. Uren, 3 and 2; D. Lewis beat J. Dickinson, 1 up; A. Milne beat W. Beecliey, 1 up.

AKARANA CLUB,

The highlight of the second round of the club championships played by members of the Akarana Club was the meeting of two of the club's most prominent players, H. St. C. Brown and Pax Smith. This eagerly awaited contest provided a keenly fought battle in which there were thrills aplenty, and it resulted In victory for Smith on the eighteenth green. Results are as follow: — Club Championship. —■ F. B. Thompson beat K. C. Ward, 1 up ; G. Coltman beat J. K. Herdman, 4 and 3;. H. Wiggins beat F. H. Preston, 1 up ; P. G. F. Smith beat H. St. C. Brown, 1 up. Intermediate. —M. Kiely beat J. R. H. Biss, 3 and 2 ; L. J. Cummins beat A. V. A. Shorter, 1 up ; A. B. O. Saunders beat L. L. Cashmore at the nineteenth ; W. E. Butler beat \V. ,T. Lowe, 0 and 5. Juniors. —-D. Maenicol beat L. C. Best at the nineteenth; G. L. Bayley beat E. Factor at the nineteenth ; C. G. Swallow beat L. Harris, 2 up. A handicap bogey match played in conjunction with the championships resulted in a win for R. Johnston, who returned a card of 1 down. C. G. Swallow, who was also 1 down, lost on the recount.

NORTH SHORE CLUB. Further rounds In all grades of the North Shore Golf Club's championship resulted in a number of interesting games, but there were no -surprises. The next ; rounds will bring play, to the semi-final st aire. The following are the results : — Seniors.—A. E. Brown beat J. C. Bates, 3 and 2 ; J. Morrison beat M. Fraser-Smith, 2 up ; A. Spraggon beat M. O'Connor, 5 and | 4 ; H. Stevens beat L. White, 1 up. Intermediate. —K. W. Swanston beat G. Harper,. 3 and 1; A. Anderson beat J. Weir, 5 and 3 ; H. McGrove boat E. Gladding, 5 and 3; S. W. Chambers beat A. Buxton. 3 and 2. Juniors.—A. Smith beat C. L. Morle.v, 5 and 3; K. Charlesworth beat E. Bindon, 7 and 5 ; J. O'Neill beat E. Foot, 2 and 1 ; W. Itecs George beat K. Edmonds, 1 up. The concurrent bogey resulted :— Seniors. —J. A. Howie, 1 up ; W. Macindoe, all square; J. Arorrison, all square, j Juniors.—E. Thwaites, lup; D. Mason, ' all square.