GOLF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11602, 16 March 1901, Page 7

GOLF.

The first match of the season "will be played at Green Lane this afternoon, and will consist of a handicap sweepstake match. Players will get their cards at the clubhouse in the usual way. It is hoped by the committee that all players will return their cards, as it is very important that the handicapping for the George Cup, which is to bo played for next | Saturday, should be as accurate as possible. At the commencement of the reason it is very difficult for the Handicapping Ccrnmittee to correctly gauge the players' form, and the co-operation of the members, is requested to assist the committee. The course for to-day's match will bo a 13-hole course, with the first five holes played over again; but players may, if they choose, break their round after the 13th hole at the clubhouse and complete the round later. Players are reminded that the entries for tho George Cup close on Wednesday, the 20th inst. On Monday the club is holding an "At Home" in the afternoon, when mixed foursomes will be played. Monday, though a holiday, is the ladies' day. A largo number of entries have been received for tho handicap mixed foursomes, and the following is the draw:—Mrs. Bloomfield and Colbeck, Miss Philips and A. N. Other, Miss Draper and 0. Gillies, Miss Shuttleworth and A. Walker, Miss Sutton and Gilfillan, Miss Gillies and Roberton, Mrs. Russell and Lawrence, Mrs. Hutchison and Cochrane, Miss Richmond and Turner, Miss D. Stevenson and Dr. Reid, Miss Devcreux and Peel, Miss Barstow and Sykes, Mrs. Peel and J. R. Reed, Mrs. Colbeck and Hooper, Mrs. J Koid and Dargavillc, Miss Pierco and Bamford v Miss Lewis and H. Gillies. "ho Australian Golf Club authorities ore pushing forward the arrangements in connection with the championship meeting to be t l « ? otan commencing on Tuesday, July 9. Among those expected to take part are Mr. P. 0. Anderson, the ex-English champion, Messrs. Howden, Riddel!, and other leading Melbourne golfers, arid good contingents from South Australia and Queensland. "Foozler," of the Sydney Mail, is my authority for stating that among the Now Zealanders likely to undertake the trip are Mr. Arthur Duncan, the New Zealand champion, and Mr. C. E. Gillies, of Auckland, who won the Australian championship at Boijdi, Both these gentlemen are said to have promised Mr. Maoneil, that if the championship tvas held in Sydney, they would make tho journey. The probable programme for the meeting is as follows: Tuesday, July 9: Foursomes championship, two rounds. Wednesday: Bogey handicap, two rounds. _ Thursday and Friday: Amateur championship of Australia, two rounds per day, score play. Saturday: Stoke handicap, two rounds. All events open to members of any recognised Australasian golf club. Mr. H. Macneil arrived Kick in Sydney from his English trip recently. Some clubs at Homo keep goloshes on tho putting greens for the caddies to put on, so that while they " stand at tho hole" they do not make footmarks around it. Tho Paris Golf Club have leased for 21 years tho Park of La Marc-he, on which they will lay out an 18-hole course. The subscription is a pretty stiff one, viz., 250 francs per annum. Mr. George S. Lyon has won tho amateur championship of Canada. Mr. R. A. Warden, who recently returned to Sydney from a tour of Now Zealand, has been furnishing "Foozler" with some particulars of golfing and golf links in this colony. Speaking of his Auckland. experiences, Mr. Warden says:—"At Auckland Mr. 0. E. S. Gillies (the ex-Australian champion) was too busy to get out, but he sent his brother, who had just oome out from Cambridge University, and promises to rival his elder, to the links with us. The result was an exceedingly pleasant afternoon. With the cool weather experienced throughout New Zealand,, it seemed strange that the golf season should be considered over. The only reason that I could see for suspension of tho game was the extraordinary growth of grass | on nearly all the links. Mr. Gillies pointed out to mo the ground that is being purchased fo.. the new links. The land takes in Onetree Hill, and some of the greens are to be on the terraces formed by the Maoris for defence purposes. Besides being very pioturesque, the turf on them is far more suitable . foi golf than in paddocks whore the English grasses aro cultivated. Mr. C. E. S. Gillies gave mo to understand that if the championship matches were held -in Sydney ■ het .would bo over,' ■ " A