GOLF
LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP. The final for the honour of, being champion for 1925 was a good contest and anybody’s game till the second round. Miss H. Wilson held the advantage for the early part of the match; but Mrs. French squared and was actually one up at the eighth after being three down, but a good hole at the ninth by Miss Wilson brought them level once more. At the fourth and fifth Mrs. French won both with excellent threes, the next was halved. Mrs. French won the seventh and won again at the eighth. Her drive was a good one to the left, and she sliced her second towards the hedge and played a provisional ball on to the green. Going over she found the first ball playable, and put that on the green with a good shot. Meantime Miss Wilson had fluffed her drive somewhat but played a fine second, though somewhat strong, and it went through the green. She played the third on to the green, but missed her putt. Mrs. French holed hers and won in a good four to five. This put her one up, but her opponent equalised at the ninth, and they started the home journey all square. The tenth was halved, tlio eleventh won by Miss Wilson, but Mrs. French squared it again by winning the twelfth. Then Miss Wilson, playing well, took the next two, the fifteen was halved, and Miss Wilson was two up and three to go, a good strong position. And the match ended at the sixteenth, where Mrs. French lost the hole. Thus the match championship for .1925 went to Miss Wilson after a good keen struggle. The winner drove well throughout, and it was probably through the fairway and on the greens that Mrs. French was mostly superior. The match, as is therule in a golfing contest, was played in an excellent sporting spirit. The, winner has been playing soundly throughout the season. ,It is her first winning of the Hawera ladies’ championship, and she is to be congratulated on her success. The runner-up made a capital fight for supremacy and had to struggle hard after her ioss of the first three holes in succession. She also is entitled to congratulation on her game struggle.
No fewer than 102 entries have been received for the New Zealand ladies’ golf championship, which is to be decided on the Miramar links this month. Annual winners of the ladies’ championship at New Plymouth have been: 1905, Miss A. Stephenson; 1906, Miss A. Hoskin; 1907, Miss E. Standish; 1908, Miss E. Standish; 1909, Miss A. Stephenson; 1910, Miss A. Stephenson; 1911, Miss A. Stephenson; 1912, Miss A. Brewster; 1913, Miss A. Stephenson; 1914, Miss A. Stephenson; 1915, Miss A. Brewster; 1916, Mrs. J. Glenn; 1919, Miss Rundle; 1920, Miss A. Brewster; 1921, Miss A. Brewster; 1922, Miss M. Gavin; 1923, Miss Rundle; 1924, Miss A. Brewster; 1925,. Miss Mackenzie.
MEN’S CLUB. Though there have been no competitions lately the men have been enjoying their play on the links, and some good play has been shown. The greens might, of course, be better, and players have to take the chance of bad lies in some fairways. But it lias been very pleasant out on the- links during the last two weeks, since the weather changed so materially for the better. . Some of the members went up to Eltharn to take part in the closing day and had, as always, a thoroughly enjoyable time.. The New Plymouth match, for which the Hawera team travel north, will be thoroughly enjoyed on Labour Day. A strong team is going up and should be able to hold its own well. The New Plymouth course is reported to he in first-class order, and a great day is confidently expected. It is to be hoped that the semifinalists in the men’s senior championship will take an early opportunity of playing their matches, and so making way for the final, about which, no doubt, the keenest interest will be taken.
J. L. Black, of the Lower Hutt Golf Club and one of the leading players of the Dominion, 'who has always been near New Zealand championship honours, ihas once again won the championship of his club, OBIGIN OF SAND TEES. Writes an old golfer on a subject of very general interest: — ‘‘The increasing popularity of wooden peg tees is not surprising. Old-time golfers tell us that the use of sand for tees arose from the fact that in those unsophisticated days, when the game was pursued almost entirely among the dunes by the sea, and when there were no tins in the holes, it was the custom among players, when they had finished putting on a green, to insert the toes of their putters into the hole and extract enough of sand for the next tee shots. “In that way, sand tees became*accepted as correct, and, on inland courses, boxes full of sand were installed beside the teeing grounds. Unfortunately, it has been a weakness of the majority of caddies from time immemorial not to learn to make sand tees properly. Their tendency has been to grab a handful of the substance and put the ball in it on the teeing ground, rather than perch the ball on the top of a much smaller pile. Personally, I near ly always make my own tees, using for the purpose a pinch of sand no bigger than that tvhich can be picked out of the box with the thumb and first two fingers. “The wooden peg is undoubtedly a very excellent substitute. It is of uniform height, and the ball always looks the same for a drive—poised just clear of the ground, with its support invisible as the player addresses it. It is not surprising that many golfers declare that they have more confidence when they are driving from a peg than when the ball is shored up from the turf by means of an array of sand which often —though this should not be the ease—protrudes in every direction.” FOUK-BALL MATCHES. The increasing popularity of four balls makes the following decision of the Buies of Golf Committee of the Boyal and Ancient Club valuable. Question (by Shanghai Club): Is it impossible to handicap the individuals of a side in a four-ball match in bisques?— Anwer: The Buies of Golf Committee considers that the method of handicapping by “bisques” is contrary to the customs and character of golf. The hole may either be won or halved, and
it is therefore necessary during the play of the hole to know exactly in what relation the player stands to his opponent. rule 4 (2). A mode of handicapping which deprives the opponents of this mutual knowledge seems to be foreign to the proper conduct of the game. THE FUN OF THE GAME. The English Golf Union’s rule permitting players to enter for the English Close Championship if they claimed English nationality through their grandparents and possessed "educational and residential qualifications," has puzzled a good many people. But it has now been - ascertained just what "educational qualifications’’ are required. The test is to pronounce the sentence, "I don’t mind having an occasional seven on my card, but I hate eights.’’ If the aspirant sounds the closing phrase "I ’ate h’eights,’’ his English nationality is regarded as established. AN EXPLANATION. (A golfer at Burnham, had to' play his ball out of a sheep’s skull which was lying in a bunker). Strange things we find in bunkers — brassie-heads, Pipes bit in twain, peg-tees, a box of ‘ ‘ fags’ ’; Beep devil-hoofmarks that the golfer dreads, Discarded kettles, boots and paper bags, But recently, at Burnham, Somerset, A bunkered sheep’s skull gulped a bunkered ball; The player asked, exuding mental sweat, "How did this cursed thing get here at all?’’ No doubt two Scotchmen, down for Eastertide, Couched here, their native singed sheep’s head to munch, Communing in their parsimonious pride, "That’s two haulf-crowns saved on the club-house lunch.’,’ R. Iv. Risk.
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