GOLF

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14157, 4 September 1909, Page 7

GOLF

AUCKLAND CLUB'S COMPETITIONS. There will be no'.match played at Corawall Park links to-day. The members of • the Auckland Golf Club will play the final round for the Ernest Bloomfield bowl nuxt Saturday. .". Entries close next Saturday for , ': the New Zealand championship meeting. , i ..." . - I ' '" WAITEMATA CLUB'S COMPETITION. The members of th& Waitemata .: Golf Club wil play for the ferry, cup to-day. ' AUCKLAND LADIES' CLUB. The match for the monthly medal will I*, played on Monday by the members of the. Auckland Ladies' Golf Club, in conjunction ; with the first round for Miss Hilda Williams' trophy, players to choose their own partners. The present draw for this match : will still hold good for the second round, and entries for the third,' round will clow at the club-home on Thursday, tho 16th fast., at 4.30 p.m. The professional championship of Scotland has just been won by Tom Femie with •; t rounds of 73, 70, 75, 78—296; It. Thomson -• being second with 2§3. The winner is one of the youngest players An Scotland, being * ';, only 19. He in a son of the famous Troon . '{• professional and ex-champion, Willie Fertile; The open golf champion of England, A. . ■'"•„:. 11. Taylor, is keeping up his fine form in the Old Country. He was seen at his bestin the qualifying tournament at Fulwell of ■". the southern section of the - Professional . \. Golfers' Association, in the News of the ■ World tournament. _ There were 118 starters, ' ,"> and Taylor's morning round of 70 was the ' best of the day, and won for him the special prize for the best score in the first round. He was 36 out and 34 home. In the after- \, noon he played nearly as well, and returned 73 (36 out and 37 in). James H. Braid was ' only two strokes behind on fho day's play, ' and took second placo with 73 and' 72— ''.•' Sherlock was third with 74 and 72146. $ Braid, Sherlock, and Hepburn divided the v prize for the best afternoon round with 72. ; The conditions were the best 13 cards to■■■-'■'-qualify, ami H. Tardon, Johns, Carter, But- '% , chart., and Guard tied for 10th place, so will have to play off for the last foci places. Several notabilities did not come off, and it is a matter for regret that tho brilliant - ' Duncan faded to qualify. ">i Tommy Bruce Pearce, the open champion's brother, has just won the South Australian amateur championship. He is a lefthander and a fine player, and, like his bro- ' ther, gets any amount of practice. In the ' semi-final round ho had a good match against L. Hyland, but the final was a very tamo affair, as the veteran. Dr. Swift, was notable to cope with tho superior play of his young and sturdy opponent. The amateur championship of Victoria was contested last week at Sandringham in wet and somewhat boisterous weather, and was '?< won by the, Hon. 11. Scott, with Clvdo Pearce {the open champion) acting as runnerup. The event was decided by four rounds of stroke play, and at the end" of the second round Scott' and Pearce were at tho-head of the list, each with 166. On the final day Scott forged ahead, and beat the -open champion by no less than eight strokes, »« tlm latter went, all to pieces in the final round, - ' which cost him 91 strokes, Scott's total was '">' 337, and Poarce's 345. The other principal scores were:—-D. Morgan Si-"?, Captain Gilliat 35i, and Bruce Pearce 352. A. Gallagher' was a competitor, but he fared badly. :-■ ':.■ .. ."■■■ •■■,■'' ■'■' ■:-■.. ■'.■'■.■■ ::'"■„.'.:.'..',.,> .:-:, ■, .. -.■.•^^^■y-X'^i^'tH ■■;/ •■ : I"V'.'.'' ■■"'" ■-'■■■' '-."'■■.■' '■.';i?i.'Ci'-< : <-'\":iZ.4 : . : -:<-?-"&;&Jlfyj> i