Golf

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 235, 11 September 1924, Page 2

Golf

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY. SEMI-FINALS ON FRlbkX. (Per Press Association.) Auckland, Sept. 10. Beautiful weather cenmtions prevailed for the continuation of the New land golf tournament to-day. Results of the matches in the third round of the amateur championship were:— G. F. Gunson defeated R. D. \\ right (AucklftiUl), 3 and 2. L. Quin (Eltham) defeated J. (SVanganui), 5 and 4. J. uoss (Wanganui) defeated J. L. Black (tlutt), 3 and i. Fl. B. Lusk (Auckland) defeated A. E. Conway (Mnamaa), 5 and 4. Surprise was caused by the defeat of , Wright (Auckland provincial champion) by Gunson, who is only 19. There was not much between the players. In the morning Gunson was one up and quickly increased it to 5 .up at the turn, in the afternoon he ! played very, steadily and Wright made > too many mistakes to catch him, Gunson winning 3 and 2. ! Goss scqred comfortably over Black. His lead was 6 up at lunch, and in the afternoon he maintained it until he unaccountably went off his putting and lost three holes in succession. This left him 3 up at the 11th, but he won the 12th and was 4 up again. Black took the next with a good putt, also the 15th and 16th, leaving Goss dormy 2. The 17th was the deciding hole, Goss winning 3 and 1. Harold was quite off form in his match with Quin and could do nothing right. He was 2 down in the morning and the game ended at the 14th in the afternoon. Quin winning 5 and 4. j Lusk, after being one down in the ! morning, played at the top of form 1 in the afternoon and soon squared the match and then ran to 3 up at the 15th. Conway went off his game and Lusk increased his lead to 5 up at the 11th and won .5 an 4. The semi-finals will be played on , Friday. ! A bogey handicap match played toiday resulted in a tie between E. L. ‘Bartleet and R. O. Gardner. 2 up. A medal handicap for professionals was won by R. C. Butters with a score of 149. WANGANUI LADIES’ TOURNEY. (Per Press Association.) Wanganui, Sept. 10. The open championship under the auspices of the Wanganui Ladies’ Golf Clul) was commenced to-day in fine weather. The entries are very rei presentative of the low handicap play- , ers of New Zealand and excellent golf is being played. Results nf the first . medal round are:—Seniors: Miss , Lucas (Nelson 3 90. 14. 76 Juniors- , Mrs. Nicolls (Wanganui). 103. 27, 76. The best aggregate score for the round was that of Miss Gambrill fWelling- ( ton) 89. The first round of the championship resulted: — Airs. Orhell heat Mrs. Broderick,’l up; Mrs. Brandon heat Mrs. Foster, ,3 and 1; Miss T'ucas heat Airs. Fowler, 2 and 1 : Miss G n mhrill beat Miss Harner. 5 and 4; Mrs. Grace heat Mrs. Nicholson, 6 and 5; Mrs. ColHn’on heat Mrs. Brewster. 2 and 1 ; Miss Bell beat Mrs. Nicolls. 6 and 5. Bogev mateh :—Senior; Mr®. Broderick. three down. Junior: Mrs. McDiarmid. four down. Putting: Mesdames Richardson and Harrison, fifteen each. AUSTRALIAN AMATEURS. — Melbourne, Sept. 10. The semi-final contests of the amateur golf championship produced stirring struggles, leaving A. Russell (Victoria) and R. Sinclair (N.S.W.) to fight out the final on Friday.