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NOTES OF THE DAY. LBy JJ. M. MAOFARLAMS.] The following decision by the Rules of Golf Committee may surprise some regular players: A and B were playing a match: A was one up going to the sixteenth hole; he won the sixteenth and seventeenth, thereby winning 3 and 1. After reaching the clubhouse a third party, playing in another match, came up to A and said that he nad inadvertently played A's ball and presumably A had played his at the sixteenth hole. B thereupon claimed that he had won the sixteenth hole, and therefore the match was square before the seventeenth and claimed a replay. A, on the oother hand, then realised that a mistake had occurred at the sixteenth, but held that the match having already been settled no further action could be taken on the evidence of a third party. Answer: The result of the match must stand. After the players had struck off from the seventeenth teeing ground it was too late to make a claim in respect of an incident which had occurred during the play of the sixteenth hole. The following paragraph from the "New Zealand Herald" concerns the Titirangi Golf Club's Course, the venue for this year's open and amateur championships in October next:— The Titirangi Golf Club has tightened up its course during the last year or two, chiefly by putting in a number of new sand bunkers, and it is generally recognised as one of the hardest courses in New Zealand. No player can afford to duff his drive, otherwise he will find himself in trouble. The greens are nearly all terraced and do not permit of straight putting New tees are being put down throughout the course specially for the forthcoming championships, and club matches are now being played on temporary tees. The length of the course is 6126 yards. The longest hole is the fifth, which measures 500 yards, and is known as "The Longfellow." The shortest hole, known as "The Pitch," is of 155 yards. There are four bogey threes, seven bogey fours, and seven bogey fives, making a scratch score for the course of 75. The Whau Creek has to be crossed four times in a round of the links. Each hole possesses characteristics different from the others. The eleventh hole, "The Redan," although only 170 yards in length, is a three bogey, but it is probably one of the hardest holes in New Zealand. It is all carry, and against the wind it is practically a full drive. Quite a number of the holes are angular, or, in golf parlance are known as "dog legs." The well-appointed clubhouse overlooks the eighteenth and seventh greens, and altogether affords a commanding view of the course and its beautiful surroundings. It is regarded as an ideal locale for the playing of such an important event, and the Titirangi Club's executive is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to make the championships an unqualified success. Some local club executives would be wise to insist on the ball being lifted and placed on the fairways—during the winter—in all but programme events. The final of the Meares Cup was decided at Hagley on Saturday. In the final were H. P. Lawry and E. J. Ross. Lawry was in top form throughout and won the match at the fifteenth, where the end came, Lawry 4 up and 3. The final of the Hagley Cup was also decided on Saturday, when P. C. Brown and C. Buchanan met in the final. This was also a close game which ended at the fifteenth, Brown 4 up and 3. John Goodman, an amateur, reached the heights recently when he won the United States open championship at Glenview (Illinois) with a brilliant final round of 66 and a total of 287. one stroke more than the record score for the series, held by C. Evans and Sarazen. Goodman made his first appearance in a national tournament at Pebble Beach (California) in 1929, when he was 20 years old. He travelled 2000 miles, mostly in a cattle truck, in order to appear at this tourney, and caused a great sensation first by heading the qualifying rounds for the amateur championship with a score of 140, and then by defeating R. T. Jones in one of the earlier rounds of the match play series of this event. Since then he has been a most consistent golfer at various tourneys. In the qualifying rounds of the 1929 United States open championship he finished second, and in the American amateur championship in October last he was runner-up to Ross Somerville, after defeating the title-holder, F. Ouimet, 4 and 3 in the semi-final. Twenty-two definitions are included in "Golf Law," the second of which concerns advice. "Advice" is any counsel or suggestion which could influence a player in determining the line of play, in the choice of a club, or in the method of making a stroke. With three steady and consistent round of 74, 75, 73, total 222, M. J. Ryan recently retained the club championship of Kingston Heath, Victoria, a title he has won five times successively. This event was decided by a stroke competition of 54 holes—three rounds—an unusual method of deciding club championship events. Does everyone who, at the present moment, is trying to play golf with the straight left arm, realise what it means, and the correct way of putting it into practice? The answer is "No," without a moment's hesitation, and confirmation of that answer is staring on almost every golf course in the world where the straight left-arm theory is in operation. So few people seem to undertsand that it is the arm that should be straight and nothing else, and even the arm need not be dead straight. Here is the whole argument in a nutshell: players are confusing the world "straight" with "stiff," and imagining the word "arm" to mean "the whole body." The straight left arm is to many people a curse, because, in endeavouring to keep their arm straight, they stiffen up all over and, instead of being relaxed, they are tight and tense. Keep the left arm nice and straight, but don't keep both legs braced as well; the left knee must bend and the left heel 'must come off the ground on the back swing. Also, the body must pivot in a comfortable fashion. Keep the left arm straight by all means, but remember another thing, that the wrists have to be flexible and not rigid, as the snap in all shots comes from the wri6ts. Too many people who are trying to cultivate the straight left-arm action forget those obvious little points, and, instead of merely keeping their left arm straight, they grip the club with all their might and have every muscle in their body taut. Then they swing the club back from the ball with both arms like ramrods, the body rigid all over; and the right elbow travelling far out from the side. Can one wonder at the good shots being few? It is a physical impossibility for anyone to get power into a shot, using such a method; they can only succeed in pushing the ball along.—From "Golfing." Golfers who enjoyed the "How I Play Golf series will be pleased to hear that Bobby Jones has again marched into the motion picture spotlight and that a series of six short subjects will soon be released under the general title of "How to Break Ninety." According to report, the "How to Break Ninety" series will be more instructional than its predecessor, and will deal with the use of th« various clubs,

the mysteries of stance and grip, and the psychological technique of successful play, all of which will be set forth by the retired champion, R. T. Jones, exactly as though the spectator was present taking a personal course of instruction under him. The Hon. Michael Scott's notable success in the British amateur championship on Saturday last must have been something of a surprise to many. His win in this event, however, was nothing short of marvellous in some respects, especially perhaps when his age (55) is considered, and his great efforts in the earlier rounds, in which he eliminated several notable golfers in Tweddell, Schunk, and G. Dunlap, a prominent American competitor in the semi-final, and T. A. Bourne, a former title holder, in the final, by four and three. It was perhaps the greatest achievement of his golf career. Some of Scott's previous wins in major events are: Australian open championship in 1904 and 1907, Australian amateur championship in 1905, 1907, 1909, and 1910, and the French amateur championship in 1912. A player should carefully fill up all holes made by himself in a bunker. According to recent tests, when you drive a golf ball 230 yards off the tee, a force of no less than two tons to the square inch is delivered. Tests in England also revealed that the ball travels at the rate of 252 miles an hour for the first few feet of an average drive of 230 yards. 1L takes five seconds approximately for the ball to cover this distance, about, four times longer than it took Malcolm Campbell's Blue Bird to negotiate the same distance in his world's record drive at 272 miles an hour. The Borthwick Vase competition at Shirley has narroweu down to two players, A. R. Blank (scr) and R. Morgan (handicap 2), who having defeated their opponents respectively in the match play series are now left to contest the final of this event, which should prove an interesting match. Russley proved rather too strong for Avondale in the annual inter-club teams match at Russley during the week-end, winning 14 of the 21 gamed decided, three being all square. R. B. Dagger, who played No. 1 for Russley, distinguished himself in his match with J. Millard, whom he pegged down to all square after being 3 up and 4 to play. Other successful Russley players were J. R. Stevenson, H. P. Rennie, L. E. Robinson, PI. F. Penlington, J. S. Middleton, E. H. Watkins. G. A. Connal, K. B. Bain, and F. W. Hobbs. The British professionals' success in the Ryder Cup contest on Wednesday at Southport marked the first occasion that the American team has lost this event since 1926. when the scores were Great Britain 13J, United States of America li. The result of this contest and the success of British golfers in the amateur championship and Compston's win against Sarazen in the first of five challenge matches during the week past, indicates a welcome revival of form by British golfers generally. The British open cnampionship is scheduled for St. Andrews next week, July 3-8, and the result will perhaps now be awaited with increased interest and hopes of a British success. Gene Sarazen, the British and American open champion, is one of the great golfers in whom it is fairly easy to notice the dragging movement by which the club is started back from the ball. The swing starts with a drawing away of both hands to the right, leaving the head of the club to follow. The theory of the old-time stylists was entirely opposed to this: they advocated starting the club back with a turn of the wrist, so as to have the head of the club leading right from the beginning. Deliberately to exaggerate the dragging movement is no doubt as dangerous as to overdo the wrist turn, but the players who start the club back with a wrist turn are always apt to take the club up too quickly. The result is that when they try to swing down again thev have not given their hands sufficient space in which to move. At the best they will be bringing the club down on the ball rather than bringing it on to the ball from behind, and so will be losing power. Alternatively, they may create the space for their hands to move in by varying (he plane of the swing, hitting outwards from the top and cutting across the ball from right to left, which is one of the reasons why the bad player is so often apt to slice —From "Golfing." RAWHITI CLUB. Play for the Stevenson Challenge Cup will commence on July 2. It will consist of two rounds of medal I play, the best 16 net scores over 36 holes to qualify. Play will commence at 9 a.m., and the second round at 1 p.m. The following is the drawNo. 1 Tee—H. Taylor, R. T. Cooper, C. Mullan, and G. W. Bishop; T. Matson A. L. Craven, R. Jackson, and N. Jarvis; A. Stevenson and L. W. Besley C. Brown and L. C. Matson. No. 8 Tee—R. C. Matthews and F. A. Green, W. Queree and B. Coburn; C. M. Clarkson and J. Lovell, W. A Fowler and H. Throp: B. A. Miles and D. Kennedy, S. H. Diehl and J. E Gudgeon. No. 1 Tee—R. Newburgh and J. T. Jack, L. Tonkin and F. V. Hodgkinson; W. M. Agar and J. Rogers, H. Nicholls and H. M. Minson; W. S. Mikkleson and H. W. Anderson, G. Jenkin and C. Shaw. No. 8 Tee—V. Jensen and W. J. Edwards, E. Marchante and R. Falloon; D. A. Clark and H. M. Sparrow, H. G. G. Lyttle and R. W. Joyce; A. Stokes and A. E. G. Lyttle, A. J. Manning and L. Bowden. No. 1 Tee—D. A. Tait and H. F. Mora, J. H. Shaw and A. D. Clark; M. Taylor and A. Anderson. W. Butler and L. J. Hoskins; I. Hastings and E. Kibblewhite, C. A. Cooper and F. B. Skinner. RICHMOND HILL CLUB. The following are the results of the medal match played yesterday:— SENIORS. , . Gross. Hep. Net. Miss Z. Hudson .. 85 10 75 Mrs A. Rattray .. 92 16 76 Mrs F. J. Glackin ..94 15 79 JUNIORS. Mrs H. L. Evans .. 100 26 74 Mrs G. Gossel .. 101 26 75 Miss J. Wiggins .. 100 22 78 Mrs N. H. Barlow .. 115 33 82 Mrs J. A. Jamieson ..117 34 83 The following men will play against the Akaroa Club at Richmond Hill tomorrow: R. H. T. Hamilton (captain) C. A. Rattray, R. D. M. Bassett, H. j! Gosset, R. E. Hastie, 1,. J. Moorhouse J. E. Brodie. F. L. Brandt, J. D. Edmonds, E. T. Salvesen, F. J. Pender, W. H. Banks, and another. NORTH END (TIMARU) CLUB. The following players will represent North End against Temuka to-morrow at Temuka:—B. Baxter, I. J. Bradley H. C. Bradley, R. Ayres, H. Washer, A! R. Clark, F. O'Meegan, L. Provan, S. Edyvean, and J. Arnold, Mrs A. M. Robertson, Miss Ellis, Mrs Washer, Miss O. Bradley, Mrs F. Cox, Miss Pryor, Mrs J. Steven, Mrs Edyvean, Mrs Kellett, and Miss Lynn. EXCEPTIONAL GOLF SCORING. The well-known Professional, J. D. Mcintosh, recently v/ent round Heretaunga in 66 and 67 on the same day, playing with a DUNLOP Recess Golf Ball. Play the ball that Champions us*. _i

AVONDALE CLUB. The following is the draw for the third Canadian foursomes stroke handicap to be played at Avondale over the week-end for the L. S. Smith trophies:— 9 a.m.—N. V. Smith and T. W. Patterson v. J. B. McClymont and R. Hay-Mackenzie; E. Jackson and E. Schnack v. W. Morrison and D. Climic; F. C. Penfold and L. Gant v. H. Vincent and J. Pierce; W. Oborn and J. Carter v. H. Lightband and L. Hudson; K. McMenamin and G. Holmes v. J. Piper and R. St. G. Atkinson; R. Pearson and G. Mallett v. W. Moffat and L. Taylor; R. Brittan and L. Lewis v. E. Cleland and J. Martin; H. Davies and O. Anderson v. T. Knight and J. Preston; N. Jury and' J. Moffat v. J. Lindsay and T. Easterbrook; R. A. Campbell and W. Glasgow v. W. M. Cleland and R. Burns; H. Dymond and F. Deighton v. C. S. Mills and K. C. Ward; R. Grange and R. Duthie v. G. Berry and L. Smith; J. Millard and L. A. Gordon v. D. Adams and E. Atkinson; G. Young and W. Dickinson v. scorers. RANGIORA CLUB. I The following is the draw for the second qualifying round for the Macfarlane Cup, to be played to-morrow: —R. G. Edward and J. D. Galloway, J. E. Strachan and E. O. Heney, M. E. Leech and J. W. Harley, F. G. Tolmie and A. Ambrose. W. C. Keetley and E. D. R. Smith, A. W. Verrall and G. E. Taylor, A. Purdie and A. Macdonald, P. G. Ellis and W. Smith, R. W. Ellis and A. Buckingham, R. G. Grant and J. W. Stanton, R. Ballinger and E. B. Read, L. A. Hindle and T. H. Blain, H. K. Kippenberger and J. D. Palairct, J. A. McKay and R. J. Logan, C. Taylor and A. L. Lockhart, G. R. Robinson and J. A. Johnston, R. S. Smith and S. T. Seward, W. T. N. Keir and G. W. Watson, E. A. Verrall and H. G. Mehrtens, E. S. McPhail and D. R. Petrie. KAIKOURA CLUB. The men's team to play the South Marlborough Club at the week-end is Alexander, Teape, Withers, Cholmondeley, Wilson, O'Callaghan, Harris, and Watts. A four-ball match, best aggregate score winning, will be played on Saturday. The draw is:—Warner and W. Nelson v. Alexander and Reid, Watts and Sabiston v. Teape and Burgess, Withers and Lovett v. Wilson and Morris, Robinson and J. Nelson v. G. Wallace and Bartlett, D. O'Callaghan and Harris v. S. O'Callaghan and T. Flower, Anderson and Workman v. scorer. AMUR I CLUB. The bogey competition resulted in a tie between J. Danielson and V. G. Oldman, each with a score of two down. The best cards returned were: J. Danielson .. .. 2 down V. G. Oldman .. ..2 down D. Wall .. ..5 down W. Mcßac .. .. 5 down R. Gardner .. ..5 down R. ChafTey .. ..7 down A. L. McGrath .. .. 7 down S. L. Rutherford .. 8 down During the week-end a match was played between the Culverden and the Wniau members of the club, and resulted in a win for the latter by two games. MALVERN CLUB. The following have been selected to represent the Malvern Club jt Dunsandel on July 1, at 10 a.m.:--Mrs A. Norton, Miss M. Cogan, Miss D. Judd, Miss M. Gillanders, Miss D. Rpbinson, Miss S. Gillanders, Robert Reid, J. D. Tooms, A. Smither, S. J. Bushell, R. G. Robinson, Dr. Minty, W. Judd, James Reid, F. Cogan, R. Judd. TIMAKU CLUB. ■ Following is the draw for the Canadian foursome to be played at the Highfield links to-morrow: —Young and Fairbrother v. Davies and Lawson; J. Moyes and Mcßeath v. A. C. Martin and I. K. Martin; Holmes and N. C. Martin v. Niccol and Smith; Duncan and Duncan v. Cameron and R. J., Moyes; Purdom and Cramond v. Webster and Torlesse; Raymond and Raymond v. Coxhead and partner; E. A. Scott and H. R. Scott v. Steven and Tait; M. Gresson and E. G. Kerr, jun., v. Holdgate and lnnes Jones; Mackay and J. M. Kerr v. Baird and partner; W. J. Foote and Kay v. E. G. Kerr and Mangos; Crawshaw and Sullivm v. S. G. McClelland and Wilson; Kemshed and Tonkin v. Skinner and Kennedy; Thomas and partner v. Sutherland and Gee: Lynch and Hunter v. P. Gresson and Mullins; Johnston and Beswick v. Barker and Mangos; Newton and Bridges v. Ussher and Ussher; Marshall and Marshall v. Moir and Plunkett. Players are to choose their own times and places for starting. GLEN-ITI CLUB. j The draw for the Canadian foursome, to be played at the Glen-iti links to-morrow, is as follows: Glcniti (Low and Menzies starters) Miss Morgan and Mrs Caithness v. Mrs Moore and Miss D. Townsend; Miss Bradley and Mrs Joseph v. Mrs Robertson and Miss I. Methven; Miss L. Townsend and Miss Eaton v. Miss D. Methven and Miss G. Grant; Mrs Ewing and Miss Gabites v. Miss Chivas and Miss Macaulay; Miss Stewart and Mrs Steel v. Miss Whitehead and Miss Islip; Miss I. Grant and Mrs Mantell v. Mrs Roberts and Mrs Lee; Miss McBride and Miss Reeves v. scorer. Seaview —W. E. Jones and Kennedy v. Low and J. Menzies, sen.; Joseph and Lamb v. Seaton and Steele; Caithness and Mantell v. Moore and D. Menzies; Wain and Slade v. Cunningham and Sinclair; Skelton and Parker v. Robertson and Clark; Carmichael and Crowley v. Lee and Nicholas: Bedford and Mcintosh v. Gamble and Thompson; Satterthwaite and Rex Jones v. Dodd and Hawarth; Symonds and Lawrence v. scorer. I HAREWOOD LADIES' CLUB, i A flag match played at Harewood yesterday was won by Miss Alison Beadel, who carried the flag to the twentieth fairway and reduced her handicap by five strokes. It has now been decided to allow the 16 best scores instead of four, to qualify in the competition organised by the club. HOROItATA LADIES' CLUB. The following is the draw for the first round of the Tisdall Cleek:—Mrs W. Stone, Miss Quartermain, and Miss Thwaites; Mrs T. H. A. Richards, Miss Thorne, and Mrs W. O. Gray; Miss Oliver, Miss Gilmour, and Mrs E. H. Sime; Mrs C. D. McGarry, Mrs S. F. Barrett, and Mrs H. A. Oliver; Mrs J. McFarlane, Mrs T. E. Pearson, and Mrs T. Stone. The following will represent Hororata against Ellesmere at Leeston during the week-end:—Mrs Richards. Mrs W. Stone. Miss D Oliver, Mrs McGarry Miss D. Thwaites, and Mrs H. A. Oliver; T. H. A. Richards, E. 11. Sime, W. Stone, C. D. McGarry, D. Pearson, T. Charles, and V. Owen,

RUSSLEY LADIES' CLUB. I In the final of the Fendalton Cup, I Miss E. Stewart, conceding three strokes, beat Mrs G. H. Walton 1 up. The match was very even throughout. Miss Stewart was 2 up at the fifteenth, but Mrs Walton won the sixteenth and seventeenth holes, making the match all square. At the eighteenth, Mrs Walton found the bunker beside the green with her third stroke, Miss Stewart winning the hole in 5, and the match. On Wednesday a match with the Malvern Ladies' Club was played at Russley, the result being a win for the home team. Scores: — MALVERN. RUSSLEY. Miss Cogan .. 0 Miss C. Penn 1 Mrs R. Mac- Mrs J. H. Donald .. i Stringer .. J Miss D. Judd .. 1 Mrs Knowles .. 0 Miss M. Townshend .. 0 Miss E. Nutt .. 1 Miss M. Gillanders .. 1 Mrs H. Hanna 0 Miss S. Gil- Miss S. Manlanders .. 1 Chester .. 0 Miss Dysart .. 0 Miss P. Wright 1 Miss Cullen .. 0 Miss R. Nutt .. 1 Miss Cogan and | Mrs Macd'on- Miss Penn and aid ..0 Mrs Stringer 1 : Miss Judd and I Miss Towns- Mrs Knowles hend .. 1 and Miss Nutt 0 Mrs Hanna Misses M. and S. and Miss Gillanders .. 0 Manchester .. 1 Miss Dysart and Miss Wright and Miss Cullen 0 Miss R. Nutt 1 The stroke competition played at Russley yesterday, resulted in a tie between Mrs Nicholls and Miss Morton. The non-handicap match was won by Miss Wilkinson. There will be a bogey match for senior players on Thursday, July 6, players to choose their own partners. On July 8 there will be a bogey match for Saturday players. Partners will be arranged. The second qualifying round for the Junior Challenge Cup will be played on Thursday. AVONDALE LADIES' CLUB. The following is the draw for the third round of the Avondale Cup, to be played on Tuesday:— Mrs Gordon and Miss Butcher. Miss Dobson and Miss Taylor. Mrs Atkinson and Miss Robson. Mrs Lewis and Mrs Hearn. Mrs Martin and Miss J. Grange. Mrs Young and Miss P. Knight. Mrs Kingsland and Mrs Owens. Mrs Burns and Miss Britton. Miss Crawford and Miss Cook. Mrs Grange and Mrs Andersen. Mrs L. Smith and Mrs Stickings. Mrs Paton and Mrs Millar. Mrs Brennan and Mrs Pierce. Mrs Boon and Miss Ellwood. Mrs Knight and Miss Johnston. Mrs Rimmington and Mrs Delargey. j Mrs Campbell and Mrs Treleaven. Mrs Reynolds and Miss Todd. Mrs Pierce will be in charge of the match. SPORTSMEN, FARMERS, GOLFERS. Your footwear needs PLUVOL—leather's best friend. Treat all leather goods, harness, sporting gear, canvas, oil coats, etc., with PLUVOL, and get years of extra service. PLUVOL is not painted on to keep wet off—it penetrates in and keeps wet out. There are a hundred jobs in home, garage, and farm that only PLUVOL can do. ' —2