GOLF AT ST. CLAIR

Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 14

GOLF AT ST. CLAIR

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS REACHED The finalists in the Dunedin aniEW. teur golf championship, are D. S* M‘Lean, the St. Clair player,; and A.' G. Sime (Otago), D. C. Bennie and J. A, Scouler being defeated in the semi-finals. D. T. Poole >(St. Clair), and G. R. Wilson (Invercargill) ■ will] play off in the Otago junior champion- - ship.. ■ .. ■ - ■ The conditions were ideal for the continuation of tho tournament on the St. Clair links this morning, the light wind having no effect after four holes had been;,played in the Sime v. Scouler match. The other semi-final was played last evening. Sime, .who Was playing with the greater confidence, had a com-* / fortable win, but Scouler nearly made a fighting finish at the sixteenth, when a great explosion shot from the bunker, narrowly missed finding the cup. Sconler was not playing freely at any stage, and he was hopelessly off his short game. Sime won the_first three’ h&les. He won the first with a bogey 4 with a long putt and: equalled par figures at the second by cleverly run* ning round Sconler’s ball when stymied* Scouler was bunkered at the third and : - recovered only to.be stymied, Sime win- >. ning with a’birdie 3. ■ . . Both players .were very timid of the ~ fast green at the’ fourth, which was halved with poor s’s,. but Sime ran to . 4 up, through his opponent’s , weak ■: putting, at the Pines. Scouler .. was’ steadier at the isxth, and won the hole with a birdie 3, Sime, whose putting-, lapsed, taking 5. Scouler failed with’ an easy putt at the .next hole, which was halved in 5, was beaten at_ tho. eighth by ’ better putting. Porridge Pot was halved with bogey scores, and,. commencing the homeward. journey, Scouler reduced Sime’s lead by notch- ■ ing - an eagle. His second stopped 4ft from the pin, while Siine’s was .in the rough, and he came to light with , a confident putt. Both were in the long grass through slightly hooked shots at the Creek, where Scouler lost , a chance by an indifferent mashie shot. This - hole and .. the - twelfth were halved, but once again Scouler’s putting let him down, at, Old. Nick, where Sime was 4 up. The leader’s approach and putting at Sea View werO poor,; and Scouler took the hole, leaving him 3 down, with 4 to play. , Bogey 3’s saw the fifteenth halved, and the game ended at the next hole; Sime was through, the green with his. second,; and Scouler’s iron found the sand bunker. 'A fine shot by Sime left him 6in off the pin, and Scouler lifted with, a grand mashie to miss the hole by an inch. - . Close games were seen in the junior championship semi-finals. : For the l first - nine holes D. T. Poole and H. L. Boock were level, but the former then ran t» a lead of 2, when Boock missed easy putts. The match was keenly contested to the , finish. The Taieri; player, W. Goughian, looked a winner at the last hole, where Wilson, was bunkered, but three putts cost him the match. The sixteen-year-old High School boy, A. J, Darling,; won ; the; medal, handicap this morning from a nig field, returning the excellent card 0f;77— 13 —64. The runners-up were J. A„ Templeton (80 —14—60) . and A. 6. Bayliss (84—18—66), T. C. Tyrrell being fourth with 73—45 —67;. ' Results:— DUNEDIN AMATEUR CHAMPION- , SHIP. -Semi-finals.— . " m D. S. M‘Lean (St. Clair) beat D. C, Bennie (St. Clair), 2 and 1. A. G. Sime (Otago) beat J. l A. Scouler, 3 and 2. • • , , , OTAGO JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP* -Semi-finals, — D. T. Poole (St. Clair) beat H. li, Boock (St. Clair), 2 and 1. C. R. Wilson) (Invercargill) beat W* Couglan (Taieri), 1 up. SENIOR CONSOLATION HANDI- : cap. ■ ' ■ —Semi-finals. — W. M'Ghie (St. Clair) beat W. D* M'Kenzie (St. Clair), 4 and 3.* L. T. Coats (St. Clair) beat L. T» M'Cormack (St. Clair), 2 and 1. JUNIOR CONSOLATION HANDICAP. v 1 —Semi-finals. — : P. S. Glasson (St. Clair) beat J, Hardie (St. Clair), 1 up. W. W. Thomson (St. Clair) beat J* Delbridge (St. Clair), 1 up.