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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18070, 12 May 1924, Page 11

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•• NOTES- OF THE DAY,; r ''(By. "Jigger.") , ( LOCAL - CLUB FIXTURES. Shirley—Saturday; Mny IVth.: /Seoond Bound . Borthwick, <■■■.<-, , Hagley—Friday, May ~l6th:- Ladies': Club: Medal Match. Saturday, May, 17th: Men's . Club. Inter-Club Match against ' Kaiapoi. Arondule—Saturday, 41ay 17th: Ladies' Club. Members' Cup: Qualifying Round. Heiewood —Week-end: First Bound Captain's Trophy. - A team) of lady players from the Richmond Hill Club' have' left for a tour in Seteth Canterbury and will play matches in Timaru, Tenuika,' Geraldine, Ashburtbn, and Waimate. ', The Hagley'Cluib haid a very big entry for the first round of the Lewis Club Mixed Foursomes,, which wis played on Saturday. The weather,, 'after, bluffing for a- while turned out really good, and the •' afternoon -was very pleasant for playing. The best cards were;— ,■■■■■■ ; Mrs Gresso'n and F. P. Morrison ... (12) 2up , Miss Ov.erton and F. : Marrie ... (15). 1 down Mrs Stringer and C., ■ Stringer . ... (16) .l.down Miss A. Gunn and P. C; Harris .. (12) 2 down Miss h.'Bean and H. \ ' F. £enlington ... (7), 2 down Miss Preston and V. . ;; / : ; : Hamilton (11). > 2 down Mrs Tosswill. and R. i • .T. Tosswill . V.' (8) ■ 3 down •Mrs Fisher and E. L. , - (10) 4 down: Miss' Taylor and W. A. Purdie .. (15) 4- down Miss Morton and P. < ■, A. Lawrie .. (10) 5 down Miss CaAdy and J. B. i Condliffe .. (12) 5 down ; •Mrs C. F. Smith and C. H. White i.\ (16) . 5 down The seoond round will be played-on Juije 7th. H. B. Luak has undertaken to go to Taurangii and act as advisor in the selection and laying out of a new goli course.

Saturday, afternoon at Shirley was guren- up to .the first round of the; •Borthwick V ase Match ■ pl«y. Tlie course, was very crowded- with other. I,players, however, and three- hours was' good time, for doing the j eighteen holes^ In. the Borthwick Vase Matches (° a handicap), A. L. Cropp (3) beat 'W . J Wratt (8), O. W. Hodsdon (2) beat- C. A. Seymour (1), J. Dolph (7) beat W. E. Best (14;, and : O'H Tobin (14) beat A. Taylor (12). The second round will be played on next Saturday; when Oropp plays Dolpli, and Hodsdon plays Tobin. • •' ■ , Golfers who put their faith in their own set of clubs may be interested to hear of' the experience of A. D. 8. Duncan the other da-y at Heretaunfea. His own sticks were in town, but with < a borrowed set of clubs he did 1.

During the week-end a team from Hagley visited the Charteris Bay Lyt-j telton Club and engaged in an interclub match in which they; were victorious' by seven games to five. The ther was boisterous, but the hospitality of the home team was not affected by. the weather and the visitors reported an enjoyable day. The individual results were:—Hagley players named first): — . . ' Harris ahd Wyn Irwin 0 v. Knights and Hunter 1. - A'Court and Hajnilton 1 y. H. Ayers and Thompson *O. Penn and Candy 1 v., Ayers ; and, Collett 0. Smith and Clark 0 v. Rhind and Potts 1. . • White and Schroder 1 v. Robertson and Mazey 0. . Singles:— . Harris ..0 Knights .. i Wfolrwin .. 1 "Hunter .. 0. i A'Court - • .. 0 ■H. Ayers . .. 1 j Hamilton " ' 1 Thompson .. 0, j Penn :1. C. Ayers 0' Candy .. J- Collett .. 0 Wratt . .. 0 McDonald .. - I 7 • ' v 5 The following is the result- of the Bogey- Handicap played at Richmond Hill on Saturday afternoon:—J. 1). j Lawrence (8) -1 tip; W. E. Holdgate ; (11) all square; A. Rattray (6) all j 'square; J. H. .Thompson (18) all ( square.; N. K. Smythe (12) all square; | T. Merree .(18) 3 down; J. D. Law- | rence jun. (8) 4 down, j • . -—: —• . . • ? j ; Brooks, the open champion* of New I' Zealand, who resigned from tTie position! of professional to. the Lower Hutt Club, some. months ago, left • For-Ame-rica by the Tahiti, where ll lie Will no doubt do welL ■ . ■

Ham is said •to■ be /securing &■ good connexion . over ■■ there, • andjis said-to have approached a New Zealand professional to come over to him. Andy Shaw is looking jifter. a, golf school in Wellington r and'playing ,fre-» •quently at Miramar. Mcintosh is settling (jlown; to -.WQrk ■ at the Htatt course and is playing Bome good golf. He hits'a very • long ball, but is inclined to lash out with a full; swing -and • is v not'; as* straight' as. ... he • should be? I "■Niblick" in the Wellington. ''Doras.', lmon," -writing of AHbur- Duncan's defeat by «T. I. Black, says:—"The match between the .Wellington and Hutt A teams -w£s spoiled byboiptesous ■weather, which, prevented; anything like consistent golf being shown.vlhmcan could not -play anywhere near bogey, and naturally others' could .not expect' to.do much- better. ,Black's. <ilocal ' knowledge stood -r him in good, [ stead, 1 and tie was somewhat steadier I than his older opponent, though neither in the circumstances coiild.Ae ex- ( ; pected to produce first-class golf." The Old in golf Icaiiiioi be i continued •-.■ without halving congestion 1 . /Any - number oi j have, been tried out to relieve the pressure on holidays; and ; weekend dates,- nOjoii • i clubs are wondering how they Jban handle one hundred or one. hunurea and hfty- players: without clogging the course and forcing starting times sfaortrly after /dawn. But one the.;inaii} troubles ■ has: been- suppressed; i Perhaps it never; will -ibe*; iiWhat:is , trouble? "A, B, C and D start out to--1 play a four-ball niatchy the usual- prO- • cedure. A and 6 challenge C-aid • I D.'. ■ Then A has a .match; with JJ.and C; ba4> i a match with-D.j They all havei indi—,dividual 'matches- whioh - mearis •-■. that i each hole must be. played out. As they. leave the fifst tee A offers to match I cards with E arid F.* All sotte of ll , matches' are .arranged. AndYthen ; every;: one wonders why it takes three .hours and For ty, mmutes -to vplay, : i holes." \ ' * If' four-ball matches were restricted to four-ball matches' with; no side. con> tests where- only. the • best -ball counted, the speed o£ play .would-be vastly increased. ' But'when all four are holeing outon there is always a'wait of some' while the one or two in trouble continue ;ti£> hack away in the bunkers or Jook for lost balls p the rough." It may Ibe - that golfers get much more fun , out of a «varlefcy of wagers and- wars. But they niust thehi expect., courpe congestion, and delay. When four poor players are battling among themselves the amount of wasted time is enormous. ' >

On - Saturdays,, Sundays/ .and holidays four-ball matches should ? be. restricted' to four-ball team, play with no side? matches allowed. Theke.are< all very well during, the week, -when thecourso is- not swamped with * talent. But'on crowded days, toomuchtime.iswasted* by having one set of playertf engagedin four or five different' battles, fra-i quentlyincluding medal ast well as match play. *" >- Another way to help the situation Is', to have the fastest- -playing golfers start first.,. • When- two • alow- four-ball matches .head the parade * the paice for the entire field is fixed. If i feels, that he - does, not to i mova along at ; a normal pace, but preiers--to take allvthe> time; hei wants to -take/ he .should, take a. later starting dateat least make no effort to bV off. among the fi^st. starters. Golf is not a foot race., . It is not a four hundred- and' forty-yard dash. Tt is not a'sprint. But on the other side it is not a creeping pestilence or a crawl. An average four-ball, match should be finished-.in-two hours and 'forty-live minutes. And there is nothing dizzy about this pace. Congestion is bound to be a problem' in any club 'that has a large, full-mem-; bership, and, delays, resulting; from: an overdose jarfc apt to-lead to some of . the ; most exasperating experiences to be encountered in golf.

, KAIAPOI Y. AMBERLEY. A four-ballfburaome match was pinat the Kaiapoi links on Saturday ■ afterij*., between the' Kaiapoi and / Amberley Clues, which resulted in a win for Kaiapoi''by 8 games to 2. , The games resulted oafollowSi Kaiapoi players being mentioned first.r—. v Evans and Leithead 1, K. Bain and. Maskew. 0. , Butcher and H Wilson 1, Thompson ' and L Wilson 1, WyM® and Oxley 0 _ . - Blaokwell and Corcoran 1, Hw,,"® W. Rhodes 0. „ d 2&,0 0,, ilScr 0, 'aw**# an^rr d ; *t°n 1. "Bunfin «»a Sfeatfam ' L7hanU < Vauplian 0, i ' wV. < *<y/- - *

, - AVONDALE CLUB., • I ' SCALES CUP. Following are ths results of the -flnl'S'/ t \,' round of the mixed four-bal 1 besl-b all?!) and!-'.. cap, for-the Scales^Cup.— > J Millaxd'andi Mts Banks bert . Beaitie 1 ■ andv-Mrs-jJCrengiove,: up-iand'?B..~ ■ A: Prankard. iind .Bfttlrty.. St. G. Atkinson and Miss M. Robertson, u P> . • t . »vi : i D. Robertson' and Mim Atkinson,■ bpat i.i Tait •&nd MißS''Jeksll,:i;6V'U&:;«id.4. >, ;■ ,;P. jßankar:4nd bw J 8-: -■■■• .. McClymoit arid Mis Ksrlr, 2 \ip/' - . Ii 'Seay and Miea.Seiy.berttJ. S. 'O.ivr. and } up'i * v • Sheppard'and..Mtsifcaton Stokes and Miss Mkmdqnald. ■ *i I> L Harro*w and Mr# ' L. C.-Frankiah the 18th. -,j , ' E Prince and Mi&tl E. L. i from H. J. ' McCrftoken dofnuit, . r , • J M Preston f And Mlsfc S." M. Sapsted, won . from. J. Pierce i'Mjd vjlrt. Piero^^ . default. , 4 V :. G. A. G. Connal: «nd Miss XhoMtMi wpa.from P.; L.-Hutohinson and';lMi» ill, •Jfoi'fytfrifc art, by default. H. R. T. Spaniel and, Miss Gibbooa.voii, from W. P. Wralt -end Mips bom, by 9iMt. .'1 1 (J. Miller and l lfis» -HopliM E. B. MoDohald- and, 1 J. Martin apd.* and Mrs - JEiiS The Chnstciuicch siadiep'. (SbyjjMtfK ed ftlje'- Avondale Lwdiep^ it dale retains tiie with iMiss MteLffiltyYoi jiiUc<wllsl»w Mip GovM\\m) * {6 i