Returned Soldiers’ Golf Tournament

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 214, 7 September 1934, Page 6

Returned Soldiers’ Golf Tournament

PALMERSTON NORTH PLAYER WINS AT WANGANUI Per Press Association. WANGANUI, Last Night. A returned soldiers’ golf tournament was promoted here to-day and, judging by the support accorded, it will become an annual event and will probably develop into a contest of Dominion significance. The players were drawn according to their regiments and it was discovered that all regiments in the Now Zealand Expeditionary Force, plus other Empire regiments, were represented. ’('he Coldstream Guards and the Middlesex Regiment were two outside New Zealand. The players carno from many clubs along the West Coast of the North Island. The championship was won by A. E. Ekstedt, of Palmerston North, who took the Challenge Tin Hat. The Anzac Stroke Handicap was won by ,1. W. Anderson (Brunswick) and the Gallipoli Bogey Handicap by D. H. Strachan (Karioi). A teams’ match was won by the i First Wellington Infantry Battalion . The trophies were all made from war relics, shell cases and so on, and there was an appropriate trophy for the “mug” of the day. American Golfers AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. TOUR United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, Sept. 5. A team of American professionals representing the Professional Golfers' Association, will sail from Los Angeles on October 17 by the Mariposa on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. Matches are scheduled for the key cities and the indications are for more on the programme before the tour is j under way. The members of tho team are Paul Runyan (captain), Craig Wood, Ivy Laffoon, Densmoro Shute, Harry Cooper, and Leo Diegel. Sarazen and Dutra are unable t.o go, Sarazcn. because he has previously scheduled engagements and Dutra because of his present physical condition. The schedule is as follows: November 7 and S at Sydney-—U.S.A. v. New .South Wales. November .15, 16 and .17 at Melbourne—Centenary Open competitions. November 18, .19 and 20, single day matches in and about Melbourne. November 21 to 24, Melbourne Centenary professional championship. November 26 and 27 at Melbourne—Team match: U.S.A. v. Australia. November 28, 29 and 30 at Frankston, Victoria. December 3 and 4 at Adelaide. December .10 at Wellington. December .11 at Christchurch. December .1.4 at Auckland. December 29 return to Los Angeles. Women’s Golf at Sydney Received Thursday, 9 p.m. SYDNEY, Sept. 6. Heavy rain having developed later in the day at Ihe women’s golf championship, play was abandoned for the day. Mrs. Clive Robinson has been announced as the fifth member of the Tasman Cup team. Victorian Amateur Final Received Thursday, 8 p.m. MELBOURNE, Sept. 6. Harry L. Williams to-day won the Victorian amateur golf championship, defeating M. J. Ryan, 8 and G. It was the best golf seen in the amateur finals for years.