GOLF BYRON NELSON’S COMEBACK

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27675, 3 June 1955, Page 15

GOLF BYRON NELSON’S COMEBACK

entries in national CHAMPIONSHIPS (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) Rvmn xt , NEW YORK, June 1. Stffi „ n S, elson . Who won the United was>nla^Snll» eol£ cha mpionship In 1939. was piannjng comeback at the age of H. h. «> e^ orted here today. Statfe. l1 ® 8 filed entries for both the United bhhA open at San Francisco, and the' Nelson^:! 1 St ' And «ws, Scotl2nd“ e | ■Kelson, who owns a ranch in Texas ODen h aX e q ¥? llf y f °r the United States exenint T?,™ y , J he last five champions are Nd?™ the sec «onal trials. in lM? n & d a remarkable winning record row ha He , won 19 tournaments. 12 in a an ave?^e P o? 68 33 2 ° r ° Unds ° £ golf with e vJ?? te 34 l? %r d o? "‘- la “‘org MAS o‘~

international TROPHY N.Z. TEAM NOMINATED (N.Z. Press Association-Copyright) hereon J°u P ne y 9 ? t!, d 1 2 Cana ' la CUP match< * ? ou th African team will be 23-voav FartS?“ WUkes and th. e ™? e . aland , has nominated Alfred Guv Sinai Gow^f' lh ?i New Zealand ProfSil? nal Gol \ Association, and Frank BuckorZfo a Ji^ OU '? tan , d “ E amateur wS turned Pr ££? ssi, ?*? a l only four years ago. Raul 1 pJSI Wlll Send Miguel Sala and ni n tr^ countries have already named their players ‘S’ t , eam o£ Peter Thomson eHp'ionT the de£endmß

AUSTRALIAN TOUR OF N.Z. IN 1956

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) a . BRISBANE, June 2. < Strahan Coif Union, at its annua ln Brisban e,-decided to send an Australian amateur team to tour New Zealand in the latter part of 1956. i«w<* C *- USe visit they refused an Union tXOn frorn the s °uth African Golf or>i^?.T«l ean !-a to tour New Zealand will be selected after the , open and amateur championships, to be held at Royal SydAuffiit? d iR KenS l ngtOn from Au^ust 6to August 18 next

CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUSTRALIA

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) i . BRISBANE, June 2. anl? <5 V ih°,r an P l? yCr - H - °' Fickworth. m n eVto»w S o n e :’A W ui U wXSnl Ott Championships at Today, Pick worth beat Eric Cremin S ? uth Wales), 10 and 9, in one l and'lT'inlhe oSe? bGat W ' See H ° e ’ Tv3?i e . amateur reigning champion, Peter T£n S t a t’i "fas eliminated. 4 and 3, by the | gso .. tit, e-h°lde r , H. Berwick, of Sydney ama t teur <i pnif ter h final? ° f the Australian’ amateur golf championships at the Roval Queensland course today. y

RUSSLEY OPEN TOURNAMENT

MANY LEADING PLAYERS TO COMPETE 4 _A very strong field of Canterbury golfers QuS^s'Birthdl 116 RuS t ley Club ’ s annual hA^\ rt^ d y week -end tournament wnich begins tomorrow. Arnone th*» i»»s>ri c 8 fi art R E c!emcntt ci-nmh w d ’ S' Rams ay, P. Lewis, I. B. cromp H. W. Lawrence, D. C Watson absentees ‘ -»?* C< th VOCk ‘ Tl i e nota ble thr ee members of Canterbury s Freyberg Rosebowl team—C W Th" el ‘ . M - w - Stanley, and R. D. KearS.' T be course will be very heavy after £ tsiouM k h raln ’ b t Ut if the weather clears Tb? rSSiFH m 2 St successful tournament. com mittee has had to ballot out all players with handicaps of 20 and more ana six with handicaps from 16 to 19’ b E« 3 £ holes of stroke play tomorrow, which will be the qualifying round for the match play on Sunday and Monday. Those who were ballotted out Jnrt M„^l lg ‘ ble £o I lhe Sunday afternoon and Monday events. The draw is as follows: No. 1 Tee 8 a.m.: Johnson, C.W.; Palmer. G. H.: Hadlee, W. A. 8.3: McGavock, W.; PenUngton, R. G.; Head, R, G. 8.10: Perry. H. L.; Johnson W.; Barclay. B. G. 8.15: Cobden-Cox. B.; Goodwin. M. J.; RuddlM a o A- 20: ,y r 3 W ' B - Holdsworth, o ,P : , M^ D °H ald - K. 8.25: Williamson, F.: moS’a Bruce-Smith. R. 8.30: Drummond H.; Meldrum, R.; Carter. D. 8.35: N - : Taplin, R. W.: Dyhrberg, A. 8.40: Green. A. F.: Fairelough. w. L.; L» W -B.^is?n !t, X H Ap : W.rsie?ree B G. : H Sheehy ' RUt!and ' Z 9 a.m.: Penrose, D. F.: Legge. E G' i’ H - 95: Simes. M. W.; James. L. J.; Robinson, A. W. 9.10: Chanev. G T.: Booker, E H : Whitting, D. A. 9.15: Evans Hodglnson, M. J.: Sinclair, G. E. 9.20: Clements, R. E.; Watson. D. C.; Ramsay. D. 9.25: Messervy, J.; Franks. B. K.: Dallison, G. V. 9.30: Potts. J. J.: Cliff, C • Ramsay R. J. 9.35: Clark, D.: Suckling. A C.; Rodgers. M. K. 9.40: Foxton, K. D ; Atkinson, R. K.; Lamble. R. T 9 45Roberts F W.; Sweet, R. c.; Watson,' G K 9.50: Forward. N. J.; Wilson, G. BJohnston. K. E. No. 11 Tee 8.30 a.m.: Marshall, J.; Hicks, D. R • Smith, C. L. 8.35: Cromb, I. B.; McGill-, vray, A. J.; Lawrence. H. W. 8.40: Loper, J.; Lawry, W. L.; Corbett, J. J. 8.45: McKay, R. W.; Scurr, R. W.; Powell, R. 8.50: Lohrey, M. K.; Ryburn. R. M.; Weir, J. H. 8.55: Baker, G. G.; Donaldson, A. M.; McKenzie. E. G. 9 a.m.: Morris, L.: Harper, L. G. C.; Johnson, C. H. 9.5: Silcock, L. H.; Rogers, E. P.; Gemmill. E. 9.10: Gibbs, C. A.; Gibb, D. M.; McLachlan, J. 9.15: McNally. M. J.; McGavock. W.; Clegg, B. L. 9.20: Coburn. R. T.; Umburs. A.; Birss. J. F. 9.25: Hamilton, D. G.; Franks, R. M.: Lamburton, D. S. Advt.

KAIKOURA CLUB The Kaikoura Golf’ Club’s sixteenth annual Dearden Cup tournament will be played over 36 holes on Sunday, and has attracted an entry of 52 players. The club has decided to strictly enforce and make no exceptions to the rule that players not ready to commence at their drawn times will be placed at the end of the draw. Members of the Kaikoura Ladies’ Golf Club will also run a 36-hole stroke competition. On Saturday afternoon a four-ball bogey will be played and post entries will be received for this event. The draw for Sunday’s events is as follows : 8 a.m.: J. E. Goold, J. S. Williams, D. Haldane, and D. H. Giles. 8.5: J. H. Burns, J. L. Thornton, W. R. Carson, and H. W. Rainey. 8.10: J. H. Ingram, J. G. Hamilton, C. L. Bary, and F. R. Smith. 8.15: G. H. Betten, A. M. Manning, R. R. Laidlaw, and H. V. Snushall. 8.20: F. B. Sabiston, J. McL. Reid, J. G. Murray, and J. F. Wade. 8.25: H. H. Lawrence, R. Miles, J. P. Snushall and G. Frogley. 8.30: J. R. Murray, B. S. Trolove, P. Squire, and D. C. Anderson. 8.35: D. W. Lee, N. Parsonson, N. Fagan, and E. R. Harrison. 8.40: J. A. Chaffey, W. J. Mills, C. P. McAuliffe and J. A. Reid. 8.45: F. M. Childs, T. M. Sullivan, T. Davies, and L. H. Davison. 8.50: K. E. Pitman, J. A. Rentaul, P. Dillon, and R. Winskill. 8.55: D. H. Stove, K. Nicholas, R. Anderson, and J. Pain. 9.0: A. B. Stove, B. Stevenson, R. Stevenson, and R. J. Stewart. 9.5: Miss D. H. Snushall, Mesdames K. E. Pitman, W. R. Carson, and H. W. Rainey. 9.10: Mesdames J. R. Murray, J. A. Chaffey, B. S. Trolove, and J. McL. Reid. 9.15: Mesdames W. B. Clarkson, D. Haldane, and Miss E. C. Ferry. 9.20: Mesdames F. R. Smith and H. J. Brown. Advt.

AVONDALE LADIES’ CLUB.— Aranui Cup—First round: Mrs R. Reynolds beat Mrs M. Wilkins, 2 and 1; Mrs J. Sowden beat Mrs E. J. Paton by default; Mrs A. B. 800 l beat Mrs J. Bissett, 4 and 3; Mrs A Mangin beat Mrs N. V. Ching, 2 and 1- Mrs V. Barnett beat Mrs R. Trangman, at the nineteenth; Mrs V. Atkinson beat Mrs E. Goulding, 4 and 3; Mrs C. P. McNatty beat Mrs A. J. Dickey, 4 and 3; Mrs E. Claydon beat Mrs H. Sparrow, 1 up. Flight: Mrs P. L. Harris beat Miss I. Robson by default; Mrs M. O. Smith beat Mrs J. Brook-Taylor by default: Miss A. Allington beat’ Mrs C. Bowles, 1 up; Mrs E. Bailey beat Mrs M. Bonniface, 4 and 2; Mrs D. Watt beat Mrs R. K. Duckworth by default; Miss E. Dick beat Mrs A. D. Brown, 1 up; Mrs V. Herdman beat Mrs G. Wright, 3 and 2; Mrs Logie beat Mrs & Claridge, 2 and 1«