PATCHY GOLF CABLES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 15 September 1928, Page 22

PATCHY GOLF CABLES

FEW PLAYERS MENTIONED GAUGING DISTANCE To say that golfers are displeased with the cabled information of th« open golf championship in Australia is to put it very mildly. With a smarting memory of the incomplete and evasive nature of the cables about the British Open and Amateur, tK» patchy and unsatisfactory nature or the Australian golf news was like hot water on a wound. Just why golf in particular is so little favoured iv the cabled news is difficult to understand, in view of the space devoted to 5t in all newspapers the world, over. In the present case it was most regrettable that the progress of A. D- 8. Duncan, the one outstanding figure of New Zealand golf, was not mentioned round by round in the open championship, with sbme indication of-the progressive positions of other leading golfers. There are men like Dr. Leo Brown whose names and games are well known to all first-flight New Zealand golfers, of whom some progress record would have helped'to niakb the tournament interesting to people here. It is not as though a lengthy message' were required, but merely a short list of names each day, or each round. It is only necessary to point to the : full and interesting reports of New Zealand golf championship • meetings. sent out by. Mr. Donald, acting as the Press Association's agent, to show that theassociation itself recognises. the need for some account of the meetings through its agene-y. The Australian championships . represent, mojjt New Zealanders will agree, a better standard of play than outs,.and Sfteljr, when there are- Now-ZetfandVw-s'ftrticipa.tiug in them something tetter thai the- accounts sent over could ltave been arranged. The •'presentation of . the qualifying round, and tho final was merely whetting interest to annoy readers. ' Oolf' Council's Work. A good idea of the good work being done by the Now Zealand Golf Council may be gained from its revenue account for the twelve months ending 31st July last, as follows:—Revenueconsisted of: By subscriptions, 1927-28, £1090 12s 6d; interest, £22 5s Id; total, £307 13s sd. On the expenditure side were shown: To professionals' prize money, £350 (2 tournaments); trophies, N.Z. championship, £44 8s 7d; trophies, ladies' tournament, £50; medals, N.Z. championships, £17 9s; secretary's salary and expenses, £277; professionals' retainers, £208 2a 6d; less charged to clubs, £107 10s; professionals' travelling expenses, £34 4s Id; printing and stationery, £80 ls'3d; general expenses, including stamps, telegrams, insurance, reporting annual meeting, audit' fee, and petties, £62 17s lid; bulletin of U.S. Golf Association, £19 6s 6d; less charges to clubs, £18 15s; inspection of championship course, £24 18s 7d; Kirk-Wirideyer dinner, £6 16s 8d; tournament,- £3 19s; miniature cups, £27 10s. Balance, being surplus revenue for. year, £32 8s Gd. ■ • • • '.-•--.■. .; ■ . .*