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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 28 September 1927, Page 3

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NAPIER CLUB TOURNEY PLAY IN HEAVY RAIN. QUALIFYING ROUNDS COMPLETED. The opening of tho Napier Golf Club’s Tournament took place yesterday. Heavy rain set in shortly after the commencement, but even with this handicap some good cards were handed in. The best card of the day, a 74, was returned by D. R. Pharazyn, being a remarkably fine performance under the weather conditions prevailing and four strokes better than the bogey of the course. His card read as follows:—Out: 5,5, 3,4, 4,5, 4, 3. 4—37. In: 4,4, 4,4, 4,4, 3,5, 5—37. Total, 74. The trophy presented for the best gross score in the two qualifying rounds was won by John Tareha, who did the first round in 78 and the second in 77, a total of 155. The best putting card of the day was returned by P. F. Higgins, 16. The qualifying rounds for the championship were all completed and match play commences to-day. Following are the details of yesterday’s matches:— CHAMPIONSHIP.

WAIOHIKI HANDICAP. IH. S. Hindmarsh .. 89 87 176

FIRST MEDAL HANDICAP. Ihe following are the bajt cards returned in the Medal Handicap played in conjunction with the first qualifying round: —

SECOND MEDAL HANDICAP. The best cards in the medal handicap played in conjunction with the second round are as follows:—

1 John Tareha 1st 2nd Total . 78 77 155 2 A. Whiti Whiti ... . 78 83 161 3 F. C. Fryer . 85 76 161 4 D. R. Pharazyn 87 74 161 5 H. G. Davies . 79 83 162 6 H. Marti . 85 78 163 7 A. D. Morris . 80 84 164 8 Kapi Tareha . 82 82 164 9 A. A. Sinclair . 83 84 167 10 J. Harold . 82 88 171 11 D. Kettle . 82 89 171 12 H. Kawhe . 82 90 172 13 F. V. Kettle . 87 87 174 14 E. P. Baker . 82 92 174 15 C. S. Geddis . 89 85 174 16 G. Saunders . 85 90 175

2 John Bernau . 89 87 176 3 R. W. Dalgleish . . 87 90 177 4 W. G. Martin ... . 89 90 179 5 W. F. Desha . 89 90 179 6 G. A. Griffiths ... . 89 91 180 7 G. A. Rotherham . . 92 89 181 8 W. B. Hobbs . 86 96 182 9 C. R. Inghs . 91 91 182 10 J. Humphries . 88 94 182 11 D. R. Murray ... . 90 92 182 13 E. Williams . 93 90 183 12 E. J. Phillips ... . 88 95 183 14 H. J. Smith . 89 95 184 15 J. J. Carroll . 93 92 185 16 G. J. Templeton . . 97 89 186 R. D. Kelly . 90 96 186

Gross Hep. Net A. Whiti Whiti .. .. 78 6 72 E. P. Baker .. 82 7 75 H. G. Davies .. 79 4 75 D. Kettle .. 82 7 75 E. J. Phillips .. 88 13 75 John Tareha .. 78 3 75 J. Humphries .. 88 12 76 W. B. Hobbs .. 86 10 76 A. Kawhe .. 82 6 76 A. A. Sinclair .. 83 7 76 H. S. Hindniarsh .. 89 12 77 H. Maru .. 85 8 77 A. D. Morris .... .. 80 3 77 C. S. Geddis .... .. 89 11 78 J- W. V. Masterman 96 18 78

H. Maru . 78 8 70 D. R. Pharazvn ... . 85 3 71 C. S. Geddis . 85 11 74 John Tareha . 77 3 74 H. S. Hindmarsh . . 87 12 75 F. C. Fryer . 76 scr 76 H. J, Grieve . 97 20 77 A. A. Sinclair . 84 7 77 H. J. Davies . 83 4 79 C. R. InRiis . 91 12 79 F. V. Kettle . 87 8 79 G. J. Templeton ... . 89 10 79 A. Whiti Whiti ... . 83 4 79