GOLF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 310, 24 September 1908, Page 8

GOLF.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FIRST ROUND. {at TELEQEAPa—rttESS ASSOCIATION.) , '' ' Dunedin,. September 23. The New Zealand' amateur golf championship was continued to-day in showery A strong wind prevailed, making 'matters, unpleasant for. competitors. The first round of tho amateur championship, was played in the morning, with the following results: —Lusk (Christchurch)' beat Wright (Christchurch, 2 up and 1 to play; .Treweok ..(Christchurch), beat Perry (Timaru), 2. up and 1 to play; C. Tumbull (Otago) beat Sleight (Christchurch), 1 up; Fisher (Otago) beat Roxby (Timaru), 5 up, .4 to play; Park (Otago) beat M'Carthy (St. Clair); 6 up 4 to play; Sams (Christchurch) beat Fotheringham (St. Clair), 4 up 3 to play; Roberts (Otago) beat O'Kane (Alexandra), 1 up; Holmes (Mastorton) beat Brydon (0tag0),.2-up; Forbes (St. Clair) beat Wales (Otago) B'.up 7to play; J. B. Smith (Otago) 'beat R." J. Smith (Otago), 1 up; H. C. Smith (Otago) beat Wright (Timaru), 6 up 4 to play;' Rutherford (Christchurch) beat Wood (Christchurch), 1 up; M'Ewan (Otago) beat 'Lynch (Timaru), 2 up 1 to play; Trolove (Christchurch) beat Saunders (Wangauni), 6 up, 5 to play; W. M. Tumbull (Otago) beat ■Harman (Christchurch), 1 up; Sti-onach (Otago) beat Biss (Otago), 4 up, 2 to play. The Bogey. Handicap was won by B. B. Wood (Christchurch), from scratch, with 1 dowri;,H. p. Smith (Otago), was runner up from! scratch with' 2 down. .. NOTES.

{BIjTMiEGB.APH,— SPECIAL COBHESPONDEKT.) : •' 1 *'■;.'•'' ■ Dunedin, September 23. The'weather to-day. was. a severe'test for golf, and- slicing and putting means trouble every time, as a strong southerly blew all day, and. a few sleet showers also passed over the links, making the greens treacherous when the bright sunshine got on to them. Of the close -matches that between the Smith Bros.; of Dunedin, was full of interest. : Rpjb,ert. won,, |;he; first four holes, but Basil, approaching'better," took the fifth, 202 yards. At i'.'.the . 'six'tli'. -liold Rober _ got in a long;,, approach,;.-.' and . won in 3, get-, ting '4 up, again. ■ At the seventh (329 yards) ihole, Basil holed a beautiful putt, and re-duced-Robert's-lead to 3 up. At the eighth, (234; yards) hole, Basil, won in 5, the wind interfering with Robert. At the, ninth hole, •420 yards.- Robert missed his drive, and .his second shot went out or bounds, so ho picked up his ball. He was thus 1 up at the turn. He increased it, to 2 up at the next hole, where both got. into trouble in the rushes, owing to the head wind. At the eleventh hole,-1470 yards, Basil, keeping the straighter. line, won in 7, reducing' Robert's lead' to' l up, but Robert made it 2 up at the* twelfth 1 hole,. 240 yards, Basil missing his drive, v Going to. Anderson's H01e,'398 yards; ; Robert sliced his drive into the gorse, and Basil - won tho : hole, and'"the fourteenth' hole, 370 yards,, "he yonvVj'alsoi; : getting all- square' for the - first time. ■.- At , tho, fifteenth hole, ' 200 yards, both'.wore on the green ;in ' 2,._ bat, Robert . made the' best - : approach putt, and won in 4, making hini I'up and 3to go. Going-to the gorfee','-190'yards,' Robert missed ! his drivo and-got into the rushes, while' Basil, playing carefully, took, his cleek for.safety, and won tho hole in a well-played 4, making it all. square, and 2 !to . go. ' Driving, to';,- the . seventeenth hole,!-';'36o yards 'both took'• cleeks, but Robert hooked, his ■ ball into the rushes,, and had to play, out to the left. Basil holed in, 4 against' Robert's 5. Basil, was now 1 ;up (for the first time" in the match), with 1 hole to "go; The last'hole, 175 yards, was halved, both,players just missing. doing it in 3, and taking 4. Considering'the wind'the play was!, remarkably, good, apd the finish was'undoubtedly, oxcitirig.'' . ' Contrary to expectation, Roberts, of Otago,' had a tough up-hill struggle with O'Kane, of Alexandra, and he'just managed to pull the match out of tho lire. O'Kane held a lead of 2 up at the third hole,; arid held it pretty well all through, except 'that once or twico Roberts managed to get>ll square.; At, the seventeenth' hole O'Kane was 1 iip, but Roberts 'wpn the . last 'two' holes arid the_ match. .' ' .

The' game between C. Turnbull; of Dunediri, and Sleigh', of. Christchurch, was also close. "': During the first half Turnbull obtained a lead of 3 up, but'at-the seventeenth hole it Was all square,'and one to play,-Turnbull winning'the last hole..with, a fine putt from the edge of'the green. W. 'M. Turtibull, of Diinedin, and Harman, of Christchurch, also decided only at the last,hole. Turnbull' at "one . time was 3 iip. At the last hblo, when _ the score was all. equare, Harmari/lost his ball in the' rushes, and finally Turnbull ihad to claim the hole. The .winner did a phenomenal hdlo at the Camel's Backj holing out in two, with the . wind behind, him,'-Bogey,for this liole being five. • B. C. Rutherford beat' "Wood ' by a hole after having been three down. At the tenth hole 'Wood 'was,unable to use,'his; wooden clubs in the high.Wind, .and fell back'on .his irons." . " 'v.' ' ,

Lusk'/' as' anticipated, had a. comfortable wih''from ,H:,'E;.';.Wright, though the latter was J gaining at the finish!" Liisk did the. round in 88, despite the fact that he took ten strokes over one of the holes.

Troldv'd 'showed' "splendid and unexpected' form in thd "wind. . Ho did his first nino holes in 87, and .the first eleven holes in 44, scoring a number'of 4's, which were too good for Saunders, the Wanganui champion! To-morrow morning the second round of match' "' play !■; in 'the -amateur championship •takes''place!"when the following eight,pairs ,compete v. Treweek, C. Turnbull v. Fisher; Park'v. . Sams, Roberts v. Holmes, Forbes 'v. B. J! Smith, H., C. Smith y. Rutherford," M'Ewan" v., Trolovo, and W.' 11. Turnbull v. Stronacli.

, Thd 'annual; meeting of the New Zealand Golf Councir was, lield ,this evening,: and it ■ : was decided that the 1909 championship meeting should, if possible, be held on the Trentham links. It was also decided to make the amateur championship opon to any amateur golfer,' so that players from Australia and elsewhere might compete.