GOLF

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 79, 3 April 1926, Page 22

GOLF

BY "CHMHOT": I . : ■ ;'v> A BUSY EASTER i ;|

TOURNAMENTS EVERYWHERE

WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL > > CHAMPIONSHIP..

■ comi»o'bvbsts.-'.;■■'■'./;.V i; Easter. Tournaments—Jlauawatu ' (FalWerttoa North), Chrlstchurch (Shirley), AuckUoi (Mlddlemore),' Wellington- ">' (Herettjuwa), Ranul (Tawa Kat),. New . Plymouth,: Tittit* rangl (Auckland). ..... ...;^ April. 10.—JoUnsonville. Opecinj, mixed' foursomes. ' ■■ , . > '■ .» *•;/'. '•'', '■?'..-, Last Saturday the Hutt and Mornington Clubs held their opening ceremonies, in.ideal weather, and there remain only. Johnsonville and Karori. Clnb«": to open. The weather during.;therVpi«i week has been ideal for golf, and many bags of. clubs have seen the light. of day for the: first time for months. E»ater will-be a busy season, with tournaments within reach <>f ; Wellington '-'at Manawatu, Heretaunga,'and' Banui. The latter, with its countryside appealjan'd lack of restrictions on long handicap men, will most c'" -taihly'attract a large number of Wellington golfers not' in the provincial championship, '■; fight. Easter will provide all cl-J3 not holding tournaments with the. opportunity of the several days', consecutive golf so valuable,in recovering! from V.'the slackness induced by the idle summer months. . . ' ...'.. ''"'■■.-.":'■'' Heretaunga Tournament. : ■'-.•'•. -,[■., The Heretaunga tournament will attract a number of first-class golfers at Easter. Amongst the 'entrants ; are/Arthur Duncan, ■J. D. •" G. Duneanj., Aif«E. Conway, T. H. Hprton, K. Duncan, >J. L. Black, D. 0. Whyte, and several firstrate players from outside ' Wellington. Handicaps are limited to eight. : The i best sixteen' of two : qualifying rounds played on the first day-will play the first round of the championship on the second day, and the se«ond. round in tke 'afternoon,' and the third'.4sy 'Will see the .third and final rounds- of: tie championship. ; The winner; will hold the Wellington Provincial Amateur Champion.Silver Cup, presei-.'jd by ;fije officers of thei;EM.S. Encounter J to 'tie Wellington Golf Club,/for' brieyeariln conjunction with' the ; championship, there will be a stroke competition, h^nr dicap of 36 holes on the first day. :0« the second day there will be "a bogey handicap of 18: holes and a medal-handi-cap of 18 holes, and on the'-third; day a bogey handicap of ■18 hole's,.aij'd?- a men's four-ball bogey handicap 6f>:lß holes. Putting competitions will ran throughout J.'\e ; tournaineri\. .. TJie course is in splendid, order, ,and;:; t'hc light rains have! put new. life into, the turf. '■ ' ■;,. .'.'■ .\i "■:'y-.^ ' ' Paspalum a Pest. . •;';.-:._.'"'■.; v F., ■ V-.: "It would pay the club to engage-a man. for a year to try to eradicate «;" said a member at the annual.meeting of;the iMaungakiSkie Golf Club, referring to paspalum. grass. The; member wont on to say that salt did.not appear to have any effect in killing the grass. Another member said the salt would not kill paspalum. the first time, liut would ultimately have the'effect.: *'I might mention," said the ; president, Mr. G. Lawrence Taylor,,: ."that bur caretaker is engaged. practically.,all;'the time in: killing off the paspalum. "■?■'■■> A Good, Though Indifferent, Golfer. A most popular golf cr .iva3 elected "to the position of club '. captain. ,of the Auckland Golf Club at the annual meeting. This was Mr. S. J.. Banna. In replying to the congratulationsVof the president/Mr. W. B. Cclbeek,;-Mr.-Haiina said"that he wasy he' thought^ tfhe . youngest man to' hold that -position yin the club, but he had oho, distinction that none of his predecessors' had had. "I am undoubtedly," said Mr. Hantja, ''the worst golfer who has: ever held the position," Howover, the' applause that greeted his:election shoWed thatit is not always' the best player who^'ii the most popular.' •;•■ . ' ; 3rit!sh Pillar Against ''Invasion." Mr... Robert Harris the British -amateur champion, who is .certain to be pit,tod against one of the leading American "invaders," perhaps-"Bobby" Jones ' himself, in the Walker, Cup, was in particularly good form recently, „w!hen^he led a powerful Wokin'g; team against Oxford University. Consistency^ W.jth aii' occasional dash of brilliancy^ .that had a rather blinding effect.on the opponent, was the keynote of Mr. Harris'i golf. He only committed : one: "major error in a round where the 4's''and:3'i chased one another with delightful regularity, says an English' critic. -Ovjer a' period of years- no British amateur lias a finer record in the matter of consistency. . While Mr. Harris may" not, like Mr. Wethered • and ; Mri .Tolley, startle the world by some dazzling, performance, he certainly does' not' convulse it by occasional wild digrKJsio'ns. In short, Mr. Harris bwfs his position iii golf to those two;, most estimable qualities^tability an'ddepe/ndabili'ty4rcoupled with an unchangeable': golfing swing.. According.to Mr. H. D.tQill»e»i the inventor of the "Eiffel/Tower "We, it is theonly correct swing front; an anatomical point of view. Mr.. Gillies has come to the conclusion'that- it- is? the body that swings ttie arm's, and not the arms the body. In brief, thft^tiarn'of the left shoulder forces the armr-back, and at the top of the swing the turn of the .right shoulder in .a forward direction is the first movement/in bringing the hands and the club. .down.;. It sounds very much like Mr.. Beldam's "flail" movement, the-essence ofiwiuen in that the motive power'lies in>th«'iegs, causing the shoulders to mbve round, and with them the arms, which are;.the only medium through whic^' the poorer generated passes on its-way to th'sicliib-i head uniformly to increase the spaed. Whatever the reason, it can be affirmed 'that Mr. Gillies is at the moment -driving a longer and a more accurate ball than he has ever done .in the; Teholi course of his golfing career. -Watching Mr: Gillies .one saw the almost imperceptible turn of the right shoulder and the forward' movement of the-'body before the club had started, on.its downward path. Because .this is-.-the method, of- the American, golfers,. Mr. Gillies is-convinced'that it Is^the chief reason of their extraordinary tuccess. General Notes. '. -': •;■■•■'■•'•..;'. ><:.'■: Ars we to have an epidemic again of holes in. one?. H. L. Vincent, of. tie Avondale Club, has holed his tee thot at the short thirteenth,' D 4 yards. Thi«, with K. D. Duncan's holing.of'theionrteerith at Heretaunga last week, certainly start the season off well.' ;. The installation of Mr. J. B.;.Lnsk' as. president of the: Auckland^ Golf Club at the annual meeting oh Saturday evening was followed -by a scene of ■ great'enthusiasm .when the -retiring chairman, Mr. W. B. Colbeck, ,was made a life member. Mr. Lusk spoKc.of; tlie interest Mr. Colbeck had 'fak'J i in'ifew Zealand golf, and stated .that, the constitution of the New Zealand, Golf Council had been framed in. a rpoav in his house. ' •-.■::• Always popular, the Nelson touriialaent this Easter is attrccting nca,riv a' score of North Island golf ers,. moat Wellington clubs contributing "tp,t'ho pil-. grimage to this sporting course over undulating country of . the ,' first.. golfing quality. ' . . ■ '■ .-' "•.=..'■■ ".>;',. ■■} ■"■: