ST. CLAIR GOLF CLUB

Evening Star, Issue 21916, 31 December 1934, Page 3

ST. CLAIR GOLF CLUB

HEW YEAR TOURNAMENT ___ \ Excellent 1 conditions prevailed for the opening of the St. Glair Golf Club’s fourth annual New Year tournament, when the play consisted of two qualifying rounds (stroke play) for the Dunedin amateur championship and the Otago junior amateur championship. A large field took part, and many excellent scores were returned, but the best effort, of the day was produced by A. Lawrence (St. Clair), whose card of 68 in the second round was three strokes ahead of the next best scores on the day’s play. DUNEDIN CHAMPIONSHIP. The following are the first sixteen scores over the two rounds to qualify for the Dunedin amateur charapion-

/The sixteen nest best scores by entrants who failed to qualify for the Dunedin amateur championship qualified in the following order, to play off for the-St. Clair Consolation Handicap -(match play on 'handicap) D. Swift, M. T.. Houlihan, W. S. Stewart, G. Kemp, J. Dodgshun, R. H. Rawlmson, J. W. M‘ln tosh. E. N. Elder, T. Small, M. O’Dowda. L. T. M'Cormack. E. L. Fit-iwerald, K. Chalmer, J. H. M'Dougall ”L. S. Edmonds, G. Burnett.

STROKE HANDICAP. The stroke handicap played concurrently with the qualifying rounds resulted'as follows: ’’ FIRST SENIOR STROKE HANDICAP.

SEcdND SENIOR STROKE. HANDI-

SECOND JUNIOR STROKE HANDI- ' CAP.

To-morrow’s play will consist of the first round of match.play in the championship events and the consolation Handicap, in addition to which there will be a single bogey handicap in the morning and a four-ball in the afternoon.

ship) . A. Lawrence (St. Clair) 77 68 144 J. E. Matheson (St. 146 Clair) ' 73 73 — K. Ross (Otago) 72 74 — 146 W. N. Satterthwaite 71 76 147 (St. Clair) ... ... — J. A. Scouler (Otago) 71 76 — 147 A. G Sime (Otago) ... 73 75 — 148 T. B. Ferguson (Otago) 71 77 — 148 W. G. Wight (Otago) 74 75 — '149 D. C. Bennie (St. 150 (Clair) ... 71 79 — C. B. Wight (St. Clair)’ S. E. Field (Otago) 7C 78 74 73 ' 151' 151 I; Orr (St. Clair) ... 78 76 — 154 W. D. M'Kenzie (St. 155 Clair) ... ... ... 78 77 , D. S. M'Lean (St. Clair) 77 78 — 155 H. A. Gamble (St. Clair) 81 ib — 156 W. Clayton (St. Clair) 77 79 156

OTAGO JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. In the Otago junior amateur champioiiship • for players of handicap’ 14 and over the following sixteen qualified:— E. R. Simkin (Otago) 81 70 — 157 J. M. Paape (St. Clair) .84 78 — 162 D.'A. Ferguson (Otago) 82 83 — 165 H. L. Boock (St. Clair) 84 81 — 165 F. W. Dixon (St. Clair) 85 80 — 165 J. W. Delbridge (St. Clair) ' ... 87' 81 — 168 C. Modes (St. Glair) 84 ‘85 — 169 T. W. Wight (Otago) 85 84 — 169 L. B. Whinham (Otago) 89 80 — 169 H. E. Skinner (St. Clair) 82 89 — 171 G. W. Glover (Otago) 86 86 — 172 J. S. M'Ara) (Lawrence) ■89 84 — 173 A. Lucas (Belleknowes) 8! 92 — 173 J. F. Cardno (St. Clair) ... ... 87 87 — 174 H. W. Kirkby (St. Clair) ... 87 1 ; 88 — 175 R. D. B. Paterson f Otago) ... 92 S3 — 175

Hep, Net. T. Small (Ohai) 74 13 — 61 W. S: Stewart (Otago)' .75 12 — 63 W. N. Satterthwaite (Sc. Clair) ... ... '... ... 71 6 — 65 E. N. Elder; (St. Clair) 77 12 — 65 R. T. Houlihan (Timaru) 73 6 — 67 G. Kemp (Belleknowes) 77 9 68 FIRST JUNIOR STROKE HANOI-

CAP. D. A. Ferguson (Otago 82 24 — 58 T. W..-Wight (Otago) ... 85 24 — 61 E. R. Simkiu (Otago) ... 81 18 — 63 A. Lucas (BelleknoTves) 81 16 — 65 W; L. Goughian (Taieri) 84 18 — 66 W. Strang (St. Clair) 83 16 — 67 J. W, Turnbull (Gore) 90 23 — 67

CAP. Av.Lawrence (St. Clair) 68 4 — 64 R. H; RaMinson (Hutt) 76 12 — 64 G. O.tto (North Otago) 79 13 — 67 S. E. Field (Otago) ... W. D. M'Kenzie (St. 73 5 — 68 Clair) ... 77 ' 9 -r 63 R. Hay-M‘Kenzie (Wyndham) '... ... 81 13 — 63

E. R. Simkin (Otago) ... 76 13 — 62 F. W. Dixon (St. Clair) 80 16 — 64 L. B. Whinham (Otago) 80 16 — 64 .T. Delbridge (St. Clair) 81 16 — 65 T. W. Wiaht (Otago) ... 84 .18 — 66 0. L. Garden (St. Clair) 82 16 — 66