GOLF SILK IS ONLY NEW ZEALANDER TO ENTER THIRD ROUND

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 October 1948, Page 7

GOLF SILK IS ONLY NEW ZEALANDER TO ENTER THIRD ROUND

MELBOURNE, October 12. Five New Zealanders were beaten today in the second and third rounds of the Australian amateur golf championship at the Metropolitan links, Melbourne. Tire only bright spot in what was otherwise the dullest and most disappointing day of the New Zealanders tour of Australia was B. M. Silk’s 9 and 8 win over A. C. Bennie, who, however, is almost unknown in championship golf. Scores:—

Second round—R. S. Brown beat D. A. L. Spooner, 5. and 4; B. M. Silk beat D. A. C. Bennie, 9 and 8; P. A. Toogood beat D. L. Woon, 1 up; K. D. Fix beat C. A. Terdich, 6 and 4; H. R. Payne beat R. Wartman, 4 and 2; A. JJ. Colledge beat G. T. Thomson, 6 and 5; F. W. Gluth beat B. W. Cutler, 2 and 1; A. J. King beat C. Seward, 8 and 6; P. Heard beat D. B. Kendler, 5 and 4: T. H. Kellock beat R. H. Glading, 1 up. Third round.—A. Russell beat R. L. Rutter, 1 up; W. D. Ackland-Horman beat N. H. Amon, 3 and 2; W. A. Edgar beat G. P. Roberts, 2 and 1; A. Waterson beat W. R. Smith, 7 and 6; K. Enderby beat A. S. Ross, 5 and 4; D. Bachli beat P. M. Reid, 2 and 1; P. Thomson beat L. Duffy, 8. and 7; H. W. Hattersley beat L. Nettlefold, 2 and 1; R. S. Brown beat G. Munro, 2 up.

1949 L.G.U. Tourney To Be Held At Invercargill

(P.A.) PALMERSTON N„ October 12. The 1949 women’s golf championship will be held at the Otatara course (Invercargill). This was announced at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Ladies’ Golf Union. The New Zealand autjnnn foursomes tournament will be played at Heretaunga and the veterans' tournament at Hamner Springs. For purposes of the competition for the newly presented Russell Cup, the North and South islands have been divided into four districts,'.which will meet and play off annually. The first competition will be held next season. The districts are: Auckland and Soutn Auckland; Wellington, Manawatu and Hawke’s Bay; Nelson, West Coast, Marlborough. Canterbury, and South Canterbury; North Otago and Southland. The election of officers resulted:— Patroness. Mrs Guy Lewis; executive, Mesdames L. I. Day (South Auckland), D. M. Macrae (Wellington); L. R. Curtis (Taranaki), N. S. Hawkes (South Canterbury-North Otago), and G. M. Burnett (Otago-Southland).