GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 November 1938, Page 5

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.

[PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

DUNEDIN, November 14.

Conditions at Balmacewan to-day for the amateur and professional championship foursomes were unpleasant. A cold, strong south-west-erly wind proved troublesome throughout the day, and light rain in the morning brought driving showers in the afternoon. The new holders of the amateur title are B. M. Silk, defender of the amateur championship, and J. P. Hornabrook, who Won last year in partnership with W. G. Horne. A. J. Shaw and A. Murray came through the professional championship with good rounds of 75', their aggregate of 150 being one stroke better than that of the winning amateur pair. j; T. Dodgshun and I. R. P. Douglas, of the Otago Club, won the trophy for the best net score in the first round of the amateur foursomes championship with a card of 77, 6 —71. The Myers Cup, awarded to the professional player with the best aggregate net score in the third and fourth rounds of the open championship resulted in a tie between C. C. Clements (Maungakiekie) and N. H. Fuller (unattached). Detailed results of the day’s play are: —

AMATEUR FOURSOMES

PULLER DEFEATS SHAW'. DUNEDIN. November 15. P,right, sunny conditions, with a slight, north-easterly breeze, followed a sharp frost at Balmacewen. this morning, and players found the links to their liking. The course was drying out well, and yesterday’s gale had not shifted the sand in the bunkers. Gibbs, of Otago, who led the amateurs in the open championship, did not play in to-day’s championship match, on account of University examinations.

The professional title will he decided on Thursday, and the amateur title on Friday.

With T-ioruabrook out of the amateur championship, interest centres in Silk, the present holder. Should Shaw and E. Douglas win through to the second round, to-day. they should turn on really sensational golf in the professional title. Scores: Professional Championship:—Fuller beat Shaw one up. E. Douglas heat G. Watt one up. J. Galloway beat H. Blair five and four. Murray beat Butters four and two. Guy beat T. Galloway two and one, Lambie

beat. Fowler live and .three. Sherriff beat Dyke three and two, M. B. Smith junr. beat C. Clements three and two.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Logan beat. Mortland one up. Ross beat Ewen at. twenty-first. Silk beat Rogers six and five. Collins beat Kitto two and one.

Ussher beat J. Blair two and one. Bennie heat Menzies five and four. B. Wright beat Holland two and one. Pollock beat T. Ferguson three and two. Collins beat R. F. Kitin. .Tackson beat Sime at the nineteenth. Tunnell beat Caulton five and four. P. Smith beat Dixon four and three. Glading boat A. R. Kitto two and one. D. A. Ferguson boat Lucas three and one.

1st. 2nd Rd. Rd. Ttl. B. M. Silk (Wanganui) and J. P. Hornabrook (Masterton) 79 72 151 T. B. Ferguson (Otago) and B. V. Wright (Otago) 77 76 153 J. P. Mortland (Taihape) and J. Shelly (Miramar ) 75 SO 155 J. L. Blair (Harewood) and J. W. Jackson (Avondale) 78 78 156 W. B. Reilly (Shandon) and R. G. Holland (Waiwetu) 79 77 156 R. H. Gladihg (Hamilton) and P. G. F. Smith (Akarana) .. 78 78 156 I, A. Ewen (Hutt) and J. R. Laidlaw (Otago) „ 77 79 156 W. C. Bennie (St. Clair) and W. W. Clayton (St. Clair) 79, 78 157 A. Thomas (Invercargill) and J. W. Mclhtosh (Otago) 81 76 157 A. G. Sime (Otago) and K. Ross (Otago) 79 78 157 A. D. S. Duncan (Wellington) and D. C. Collins (Wairarapa) 77 81 158 I. R. P. Douglas (Otago) and J. T. Dodgshun (Otago) 77 81 158 J. E. Matheson (St. Clair) and A. Lawrence (St. Clair) ' .. SI SO 161 A. R. Kitto (Wanganui) and R. F. Kitto (Wanga? nui) 81 81 162 S. E. Field (Otago) and J. G. Dick (Otago) .. 80 84 164 J. A. Scouler (Otago) and J. A. Dunning (Otago) 82 82 164 B. Kiernan (Greytown) and J. A. McLennan Alexandra) .. .. 82 S3 165 H. J. Pollock (Otago) and A. Lucas (Otago) S3 83 166 J. N. Sams (Otago) and A. H. Boyd (Otago) 83 84 167 W. H. Dillicar (Shandon) and J. E. Nicholaus (Shandon) 83 S6 169 ' R. B. Carr (Titirangi) and P. F. Francis (Rangimarie) 84 86 170 B. W. Caulton (Greymouth) and D. S. Me170 Lean (St. Clair) S3 82 J. D. Nash (Rangimarie) and J. B. Tunnell (Rangimarie) 86 85 171 D. H. Butcher (Christchurch)' and W. D. Wood (Christchurch) 86 86 172 D. B. Strathmore (Morningside) and P. Quinn (Akarana) 89 95 181 J. R. Callender (Otago) and F. S. A vent (Otago) 91 93 181 B. H. MenZie (Auckland) and J. H. McDougall (Otago) 94 — IT. W. Rogers (Invercargill) and F. IT. Hughes (Invercargill) 85 — PROFESSIONAL FOURSOMES. A. Murray (Titirangi) and A. J. Shaw (unattached) 75 75 150 A. E. Guy (Poverty Bay)’ ' and T. S. Galloway (Rotorua) 79 73 i 152 A. Dyke (Maraenui)' and J. Lambie (Hastings)' 77 76 153 J. Forrest (Avondale)' and H. R. Blair (Christchurch) 78 79 157 E. S. Douglas (Otago) and C. Sherriff (Otago) 80 80 160 James Watt (Wellington) and R. C. Butters (Miramar) 85 77 ) 162 G. Watt (Maunganui) and John Watt (Wellington) 80 85 165 N. H. Fuller (unattached) and H. McDougall .(Queen’s Park) 80 86 166 D. M. Bond (Shandon) and .1. A. Clements (unattached) . SS 79 167 B. J. Smith, jun. (Invarcargill) and C. C. Clements (Maungakiekie) 82 88 170 G. W. Melvin (Hamilton) and B. J. Smith i sen., (Akarana) 87 88 175