AROUND THE LINKS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 229, 27 September 1937, Page 14

AROUND THE LINKS.

PENNANT MATCHES. B GRADE COMPETITION. POSITION OF TEAMS. Two postponed B grade pennant golf matches were played during the I'upiike defeated (ilendnwie by eight games lo three, one being all square, while Otali it li ii defeated Ma ungnkiekie by eight gatnes to four. Following are the results, the names of players of the tirst-tnentioiied ■"lull taking precedence : — (ilendowie v. I'upiike (at I'upuke).— Foursomes: .1. F.. Stedman and \V. »t. Saxon lost to 11. K. Nicholas and H. T. Webb. :t and •_': S. K. Self and .1. K. Me- • ryslal lost to K. \V. Mills and H. Prober*. 1 down ; 11. At kin and H. Jolly lost to A. F. I'.urnett and F. A. Fox, 1* and 1 ; O. ll'Antlireau and 1). Meflregor lost to E. L. K.van and <'. H. Palmer, 1 down. Singles: Stedman beat Nicholas. 4 and 15 : Saxon lost to Webb. .'5 and 1 : Self beat .Mills. 4 and :\ ; McCrystal lost to Probert. .11 and r. ; Ait ken lost to Burnett, i down: .lolly and Fox, all square; D'Authreau beat j K.van. 1 up; McGregor lost to Palmer, 4 and ."I.

Oliihuhn v. Maungakiekie (at Otahuhu). Foursomes : W. B. Eustace and H. Bell beat .1. Earle and \V. Ten pp. 8 and 0' A K. Bell and J. Goddard beat L. E. Vivian and I). G. McFarlane, 3 and 2; O P Eustace and R. E. Brown lost to I. Moir and A. Belcher. 4 and 3: J. Bell and H Saunders lost to G. Bennett and N. Hur •■I and 1. Singles: W. B. Eustace lost to J. 1,. Karl.-. 1 down: H. Bell bent \V. lenpe. :i and 2; A. E. Bell beat L E Vivian, 'J and 1 ; J. Goddard beat I). McFarlane, 1 up; I. Moir beat A. Eustace 1 up; K. E. Brown beat A. Belcher, •> up • J. Bell lost to G. Bennett, 2 down : H. Saunders heat N. Hay, 2 and 1. A GRADE. The position of the two leading teams i« : Akarana : :{ games, 3 wins; Tltirangi 3 games, oj wins. & loss. They meet in the next round to decide the winner of the A grade. B GRADE. The meeting of Otahuhu and Glendowie will decide this grade. The position of the three leading teams is: Otahuhu 4 games 4 wins ; I'upuke, 4 games, 2 wins, 1 half, 1 lo«s; Glendowie, 3 games, 2 wins 1 loss. '

AKARANA CLUB.

HOWEY WALKER TROPHIES. The final of the four ball best ball match' piny competition for the Honey Walker trophies wa« played over 3U holes on the Akarana links during the week-end, when <.. Shenkin (10) and J. S. Stenberg (20) defeated T. R. Conway (10) and J. I). Deane (19) on the thirtieth green by the margin of 7 up and C to play „„!i"£f c " mbln *«*»n »n the part of Shenkin and Stenberg enabled this pair to complete the morning round with the useful lead of " ,ree } » »nd this advantage they increased to four when Shenkin carded a 5 ,i f, ,"V •""", Conway reduced the delict with a sound 4 at the twentieth and a half resulted at the next. Shenkin" •1 at the twenty-second placed his side 5 up once more, while at the twenty-third onway threw away a chance when he missed a short putt. The twentv fo.irth was halved with' the aid of strokes ny twentv r nVth nd ?'«"«»"«» " the IJ u S "fh saw Shenkin and Stenberg notch another win, placing them 5 un Stenberg further consolidated the positl n « b „'n'. hisv at "J" , « p but Pea " got one back at the t wen uneven th. Turn g for home ;, up, Shenkin and Stenberg were n a sound position and with the halving of the twenty-eighth there was no change a! 8 t hl d *ne b xt"h P o, a e n w.t-h he a nk g n ood n^ a ""«"

TEAMS HATCH.

TITIRANGI BEATS FRANKLIN. the MP Fr ) a e nk.i o n f .?°" Cl,lb »»* ; rranKim Golf Assoc at lon nlnred « teams match at Titlrangi during the week «L* * h * Titlrangi Club winning by nine matches to four, three being all square Following are the results. Titlrangi Tm« being mentioned first:— x,l,run * l n »mt.s Morning Round—George and McCrvsta' beat Nlccol and Blomneld. 5 and 4- Kfca* and Harvey lost t„ Ro(r ers and Revel 1 ™; : . Kn 'f bt »«." »«r«ly beat Moore „nd Mills. 4 and S; .Toplin and Wilson an .Tohnson and Roulston. all square: Griffiths ""and i' ■' W ° St "\ Herson """ »"K -and 1 . Norton and TappeixUn beat LawTJL»"I n - 4 an '' 3: "amilton Ansell beat Khugar and Alexander. 2 and 3 and 2 * *' Revrtl an,, Coo P l ' r i-,A f 'C" no °, n Ro "n'l—Oeorge and McCrvstnl heat Nlccol and Rlomfield. 4 and 2: Lucas and Harvey beat Rogers and Re veil 3 n „d 2: Knight and Hardy and Moore and Mills nil square : .Toplin and Wi'sou boat To Wo , and Roulston. 1 up : Griffiths and Sinclair lost to Olerson and r>ndlcv. fi and 5- Norton and Tapnenden beat I.nwson and Rullen. ~ and 3: Hamilton and Ansell and Slnigar and Alexander, all square: Tukc and * t0 R " V, ' n an<l C "°<" r - 4 TITIRANGI CLUB.

Two matches were played In the senior championship, and two of th< low markers naviclce and Rex George, were eliminated m" t T ho rf an T hp,WP < 1 n V. T.. Humphries and \\. J Davidge the latter was 1 up going to the eighteenth nnrt missed a short putt Eventually Humphries got a 4 at the twenty first to secure a win. J. Gallowiy accounted for Rex George in a close match, with the winner producing fine golf with a round of 73. Results were:— Senior.—V. L. Humphries heat W. J P"*;' the twenty-first; J. Galloway heat R. George, 2 and 1. „ Intermediates—W. J. Truscott beat W. P. Powlds. 4 and 3; R. F. Ward beat J. D. O Longhlen. 4 and 3; S. Connery beat J. R Brendel, 2 up.

PUPUKE CLUB. A Stableford bogey match plaved by members of /he I'upuke Golf Club was won by E. A. Carson with a score of 34 the next best cards being returned by E. Johnston 32, N. Anderson 34, R. W. Mills 30. AUCKLAND CLUB. Four senior championship matches were played at Middlemore. B. G. Thompson l! ea J ,V - £■ „' Sava « e . 1 up; E. 8. Toogood beat C. N. Jacobsen, 3 and 2 ; H. B I,usk beat 8. H. Abel, 4 and 3 ; W. N. Abbott beat I. MacEwan, 4 and 3.

SHAW IN FORM.

SOUTH ISLAND OPEN. PLAT-OFF WITH AMATEUR. CHRISTCHURCH. Sunday. A. J. Shaw, open golf champion of New Zealand, won the South Island open championship at the Avondale links yesterda-, afternoon. There were two rounds of stiW. play to decide the event. Shaw and .1 Galloway, the Rangiora amateur, were equal with an aggregate of 148. In the play-oil over nine holes Shaw took 31 and Gallowa--39. Results were as follow :—

Open Championship.—A. J. Shaw, 73 75—148 : J. Galloway, 74, 74—148 : J. 1, Blair, 72. 77—149; E. O. Henev. 73. 77 laO; C. C. Clements, 70. 75—131. Amateur Championship.—Galloway 74 74—148: J. L. Blair. 72. 77—149;' E O Heney. 73, 77—150; J. W. Jackson. 77 7;»—152 : K. C. Ward, 80. 76—156. Professional Championship.—Shaw 73 75—148; C. C. Clements. 76. 75—151- J Clements, 79. 73—152: H. R. Blair 80 78—158.