GOLF

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 30 August 1937, Page 2

GOLF

WIN FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. MATCH WITH LEVIN. An interesting match eventuated when the Palmerston North Golf Club met the Levin club in! a fixture over the week-end. The A team played on the new links at, West End. In spite of a prevailing strong southerly wind and the fact that there was very little run, the course conditions were very good, and players had an enjoyable day’s golf. ’Tlie visiting Levin players commented favourably on the possibilities of the course, on which they were playing for the first time. In thoir opinion the? timo was not far off when the Awatapu links would favourably compare witli any other course in tho Do minion.

The honours in the singles went to Palmerston North by 7 games to 4, with one halved, and the four-hall matches resulted in each side winning three. Details, with Levin names mentioned first, are as follow: Football.—Clark and Astlev beat Ramsay and Cumberworth, Webb and Hosie boat Walsh and Fletcher, Millar and Nicholson lost to B. Tremaine and Dc Cleene, Cavnnan and Munro beat Harkness and Cater, H. A. 'Phillips and McKenzie lost to Anderson and Wills, Bull and W. G. Phillips lost to Dawkins and Simpson’. Singles.—Clark beat Ramsay, Astley lost to Cumberworth;’ Webb lost to Walsh. Hosie beat Fletcher, Millar heat Tremaine, Nicholson heat De Cleene, Cavanan lost to Harkness, Munro lost to Cater, H. A. Phillips lost to Anderson, Mackenzie halved with Wills, Bull lost to Dawkins, W. G, Phillips lost to Simpson. B TEAMS AT LEVIN. Weather conditions were perfect for the B teams’ match which was played at Levin, The visitors led in the fourhall matches by 4 wins to 21 with one halved. Palmerston North secured 8 wins in the singles and the home team won 4, 3 being halved. In the following details, the Levin players are mentioned first:—

Four-ball.—Bull and Lnngelan heat Hume and Tremaine, Challies and Skeen bent Penny and Aiken, Owen and Franklin lost to AVehster and Broughton, Parker and White lost to Scott and Goddard, Clark and Moore halved with Moran and McDonald, Kerslake and McFarlane lost to Hill and Hirtzell, Barrett and Ogier lost to Lockwood and Livingstone. Singles.—Bull heat Hume; Langelan lost to Tremaine, Hodges halved with Penny, Challies beat Aiken, Skeen lost to Webster, Barrett lost to Broughton, White lost to Scott, Clark lost to Goddard, Franklin beat Moran, Owen beat McDonald, McFarlane halved with McDonald; Parker lost to Hill, Ogierl ost to ITirtzell. Kerslake halved with Lockwood, McAlister lost to Moore. MANAWATU CLUB. In the August bogey handicap played by tho Manawatu Golf Club on Saturday, the following headed the lists:— A grade.—J. F. Field. 1 up; G. A. Robertson, 1 up; K. Olliver, 1 down: C. G. Moore, 1 down; K. Kirk, 2 down. B grade.—B. Wilton, 3 up; W. A. Penman, 2 down; A. J. Goodwin, 3 down; W. H. Hall, 3 down; B. Marsack, 3 down; W. Duckworth, 4 down. HASTINGS TOURNAMENT. In the Hastings Golf Club’s annual tournament, R. I. Harrison (Napier) won the championship. W.. J. Knights, of Palmerston North, won tho Flaxmere Handicap, beating A. ,D. Murnhv, of Hastings, in the final, 1 up. Knights beat H. Fairey, 2 and 1, in the semi-Inals.

U.S.A. AMATEUR TITLE,

NEW YORK, Aug. 28

A message from Portland, Oregon, states that Johnny Goodman won the national amateur golf title, beating Ray Billows, 2 up, over 36 holes, in the final.