GOLF

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 November 1934, Page 7

GOLF

CENTENARY TOURNAMENT. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] MELBOURNE, November 14. The greatest golf meeting ever staged in the Southern Hemisphere, namely, the Centenary Championship tournament, will open on Thuisday. The entries total 130. These include eleven United States Professionals, five British amateurs, and fne New Zealanders (one amateur and four professionals). There is £3OOO in prize money for the professionals, with trophies for the amateurs One thousand pounds goes to the first piofessional. ~, , The first three days will be occupied with the Open Championship stroke play, over seventy-two .holes. The amateur championship will be gin on Monday, and the professional chaninionship on Wednesday. The American contingent are expected to provide the most, interestin* r golf ever seen in Australia. Gene Saraze-n, Kirkwood. Ezel’, Thompson and Smith, came independently of Runvan, Shute, Wood, Diegel, Cooper and Laffoon. The latter are representing the United States Professional Golfers’ Association. There are five British amateuis, Hon. Michael Scott, McLean, Garnett, Bourn, and Beaumont-Bease.

N.Z. PROGRAMME. WELLINGTON, November 14. The itinerary of the British golf team and the amended dates of play in various centres is as follows: — Rotorua, December 13; Auckland, December 15; New Plymouth, December 19; Palmerston North, December 22; Christchurch, December 26 and 27; Dunedin, December 29; Christchurch, January 4; Wellington, play New Zealand team, singles, January 5, foursomes January 7.