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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18673, 23 April 1926, Page 10

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LOCAL CLUB FIXTURES. Christchurch Club (Shirley)-Saturday, April •'4th: Borthwici Vase-, second round. Saturday, May Ist: Tuson Cup team match and veterans' tram match at Heretaunga links, Wellington. Avondale Club—Saturday, April 24th: Mfdat Handicap for juniors. Saturday, May Ist: Scales Cup, first round. Haclev Club—Saturday, April 34th: Flap '"mitch. Saturday, May Ist: Lewi6 cleek, mixed foursome (first round). Harewood Club-Sunday, May Ist: Bogey handicap. Richmond Hill Club—Saturday, April 24th: Medal handicap. Saturday, May Ist: Ladies' dav. LADIES' CLUBS. Chrstohurch Ladies" Club (Shirley) -Wednesday, April 2Slh: Senior and junior foiirfonies. Wednesday, May sth: Medal handicap. Hsglev Ladies' Club'— Thi* afternoon: L.G.U. medal match and first ringer fenre. Tuesday, April 27th: Captain v. secretary team.i match. Avondale Ladies' Club—Saturday, May Ist: Fcales cup (fiist rounds. Richmond Hill Ladies' Club—Saturday, May Ist: Ladies' day. NOTES OF THE DAY. (By ''Jigger.") He who swings and Jifts his head will S3j things better left unsaid. The Avondale Ladies' Club are not playing a. Canadian foursome on April 'Joth, as announced in this column last Friday. The playing of this event will i be announced later. ! E. J. Tucker set a merry pace when he won the first bogey match of the season at Ashburton with a score of 7 up. It will be a hard mark to live up to. There was a large turn-out, for the monthly bogey match of the Christchurch Ladies' Club, played at Shirley on Thursday. The scores of both seniors and juniors show improvement. The winner in the Silver Division was Mrs T. H. A. Bichards, who, with a handicap of 6, p was 1 up. Miss Betty Rutherford (16) was 2 down, which was the best of the Bronze Division. (■ During the week the third match in the Borthwick Vase was played, and E. W. Hasell (10) beat L. Bonnington (6) by 1 up. ■ C. A. Seymour and H. E. Button, who tied in their match last Saturday,!will play again to-morrow, and the- winner of that match will plav L. A. Dougall <o), while «T. Dolph (7) plays E. W. Hasell (10). Occasional showers and colder weather have .ushered in an active golf season in Wellington, with the courses about as they should be. Wo could do with more rain, •as the local courses are becoming quite hard and fast again. The heavy dews have, however, brought on a good' growth of grass, and the staff at Shirley has to keep cutting all the time to keep it in control. < • The ladies of the Avondale Club are getting into good form, and reductions jof handicaps are frequent. During the I last week-end the following reduced: Miss Kattray to ' 15, Miss Thornton to 19, and Miss Maindonald to 20, both moving into the senior division; Miss Baxter, a promising young player, reduced five strokes last week, and has now reduced another five, giving her a handicap of 21; Miss Lawlor, another promising player, reduced her handicap by the scores she did at the Easter tournament at. Shirley, to 16. There has been much controversy in England of late as to the match-play-ing ability of Abe Mitchell, now' that he has become a free lance, with Hagen, Kirkwood,' 'and others. • 'Mitchell met his old opponent, George Duncan, in the 'final of the Roehampton tournament, and defeated .him by.3 upland 2 to play. The "Golf Illustrated" (London) ' has backed him to the extent of £SOO in Kis challenge'to• any American, golfer to play him over 72 holes, and it is now rumoured, that t a taker has.been found, andthat an announcement will be made either'at the sailing time of - the American contestants, or at once upon their arrival, T Howard, the professional attached to the Blue Mountain Club, Leura, New South Wales, played in the qualifvine rounds of the Roehampton tournament. He" did 36 holes in 159 but failed to qualify. Howard is m England for the British Open Championship, which will be played at Muirfie d in May. His trip was made possible bv a fund originated by a Sydney newspaper The response of the public to the appeal was both immediate and hearty, and the fund was completed without trouble or delay. Much is said and written about the most important shot in golf. Driveapproach—putt. • Actually there is only one important stroke in golf. There is only one stroke any player must think about, consider, ponder over, and plan to the absolute elimination of everything else. It is the only stroke that matters—and.it is—the next stroke you

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