GOLF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14146, 23 August 1909, Page 8

GOLF.

AUCKLAND CLUB'S championship. . , burns SECURES THE honour. The Auckland Club's championship competition was brought to a conclusion at Cornwall Park links in beautiful weather Saturday, resulting in a win for J. C- Buna, who defeated P. Upton by 4 up and 3 to -nlav Two rounds were played, tho first Commencing at 10 o'clock on Saturday mornimr ' Play was interesting, the first round finishing all .square. In the long game loth men ; were remarkably good, but they showed occasional weakness in approaching and on the green. Upton, by filling the role of -runner-up, has proved himself a most improved player. F. 1,. Hood, the club's professional, acted as referee. The play for the first hole saw both players pull their drives. ':, "Burns: eventually gave up the hole. The two got away well ; for the second, but Burns, missing an opportunity, it was- halved in five. Upton missed his drive at the third, and Burns, ■ reaching the green with a splendid deck chot, won the hole in throe. Both droVe well for the fourth, but weak play by Burns gave Upton the hole. For the fifth Burns laid his second nicely for the hole, and won comfortably in four, and the next was also -won bv Burns in five to his opponent s sis. The seventh was halved; in six after ordinary play. The eighth saw Burns nicely on the green with a cleek shot, and Upton ! being short Burns won tho hole in three to four- Tho ninth hole saw irons used -for the seconds. Upton pulled his third badly, but Burns got on -'to the green, and might to have won, but was laid a stymie by Upton, and the hole was halved in six. This left Burns two up at the turn. The home play saw good drives made, ■ but -' the approaches were weak, and the hole halved in five. At the eastern crater Burns got nicely on to the; green with his drive and won the hole four to five. Burns failed to reach the green at Jacob's Ladder, * but Upton sent a good one to within 4ft of the pin. Burns made ft good recovery, but failed in his putt, and the hole was •halved. Burns won the 13th three to four, the next was halved in four, and Upton won the 15th, after holing a nice putt, four to five. The 16th hole saw a good opening, both driving well, but Burns topped his second and third. The green play was ■weak. Upton won the hole six to seven. Upton won the 17th in three, while the 18th, after each had taken four to reach the green, was halved in seven, and the plavers finished the round all square. Burns score for the round was 90, and Upton's 91. : In the second round Burns, playing a better game, the match finished in his favour by 4- un and 3 to play. The winner's score was 5", 6, 3-5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 3, 4—4, 4, 5 - while his opponent's round was 7, 6, 5, ;■;; 8, 3, 7-3, 8, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 6.

t LADIES' TOURNAMENT. THIRD ROUND OF CHAMPIONSHIP. [BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] - ■ Paluerston North, Sunday. The ladies' golf championship meeting was continued, yesterday in fine weather. . There ■were two surprises during the. afternoon Miss A. Humphreys beat Mrs. Guy Williams and Miss Cowper boat Miss Christie, last year's champion. Playing in the bogey .'■*'■' match, in the afternoon Mrs. Williams repeated her feat of the previous day by going round in 80. The third round of the championship resulted as follows —Miss Hannay beat Miss Symes, 1 up; Miss. Cowper beat Miss Christie, 4 up and. 2 to play; Miss Brandon beat Miss. Braithwaite, 3 up and 2 to play; Miss Stephenson beat Miss Beat- ' son, "7 up and 6 to play; Miss B. Wood > beat Miss Wilson, 2 up; Mrs. Bevan beat Miss Hamlin, 1 up; Miss A. Humphreys beat Mrs. Williams, 3 up and 1 to. play; Mrs: Gould beat Mrs. Turnbull, 4 up and 2 ■to play. ; .•'::;■■ •'•'' " " The bogey match resulted as follows: — Miss Brewster (New Plymouth) handicap 18 — up; Miss G. Gorrie (Auckland), handicap square; Mrs. Guy Williams (Masterton), handicap 5— down. SEMI-FINALS. There have been only slight showers today, following the rain of last night, so if :-'.,.■. it continues to hold off the links should be • in good order for the semi-finals of the championship. Miss A. Humphreys' brilliant play is the subject of general talk, after her defeat of Mrs. Guy Williams, who showed that she was not off her game by again equalling the nine links record of 69 in the afternoon. The draw for the championship is:—Miss Hannay plays Miss Cowper; Miss Stephenson play's Miss Brandon; Miss Humphreys plays Mrs. Bevan; Miss Wood plays Mrs. ; Gould. The chances of Miss Stephenson are ': most favoured. Miss Rattray, on behalf of the South Island, and Miss Duncan, captain of tho Wellington Club, on behalf of tho North, have selected two teams of eight to represent the respective islands in a teams match. The scores are to be the gross scores in the Donnelly cup and Coronation medal, to be played to-morrow, and tho first six scores on jjj; each side are to be taken. The teams are: — North Island: Misses Stephenson, Han- . nay, Brandon, Hamlin, and Cowper, Mes- ' dames G. Williams, Bevan, and Bidwill. -South Island: Misses Rattray, Gould, ' Campbell, Wilson, Mill, Christie, Wood, and .;. Snodgrass. : ,