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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15652, 4 July 1914, Page 10

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AUCKLAND CLUB. This year's qualifying rounds for the Auckland GoJf Club championship havo been dispensed with, and the championship will bo competed for entirely by match play. The first round will be played litis afternoon at Middlemore, the draw being as follows:,—F- G. Binney plays A. A. Martin, F. J. Sharland plays C. R. Brown, W. H. Grace plays P. Laurence, W. B. Colbeck plavs F. Kelly, R. O. Gardner plays A. M. Clark, J. 13. Lusk plays H. Giliillan, H. C. ' Tonks plays F. Ross, G. Owen plays W. S. Ralph, F. C. Fryer plays S. Upton, H. P. Richmond plays 11. Horton, D. MacCormick plays S. A- Carr, P. T. Upton plays H. Hanna, E. Hickson plays W. Mcintosh, G. Foote plays A. Peel, J. C. Burns plays ('. Dawson, H. Kirker plays R. Hisjop.

I The only recognised starting points are [ now the first and ninth tees. Any matches | playing round from the ninth to the first I play off alternately with matches waiting ;to start from tho latter tee. When the I field is up to the eighth green players I waiting on the ninth tee are required to start from the first. ! | MAUNGAKIEKIE CLUB. The first round for the R. O. Gardner Cup will be played by members of the Maungakiekie Golf Club to-day. The draw is as follows :—T. S. Ball plays P. Hanna, |J. Kemplhorne plavs G. D. Tliacker, F. W. Dawson plays H. C. Collier, F. M. Gannaway plays F. J. Stilling, H. 1,. flees plays l\ C. Gleeson, B. George plays P. Morris, J. A. Peacocke plays G. ! li. Alderton, A. Le Siour plays F. Trice, II Haszard plays D. G. Macfarlane, G. L Taylor plays' G. Morris, N. cnennells plavs R. George, A. Fairburn plays R. J. Coatee, D. F. Reid plays H. W. Cooke, W. Eggleston plays F. Brabant, M. E. Ward plavs E. Hickson, Dr, Dudley plays W. Pavitt, F. W. Browning plays J. P. Ridings, H. G. Hair plays W. J. Thompson", Dr. Ingli? plays J. M. Saunders, M. Morpeth plays E. G. Potter, C. F. Gardner plays A. W. Short, A. G. Cooke plays E. Eggleston, R. 0. Gardner plays K. G. Archer, N. P. Green a bye. LADIES' MEDAL MATCH. A two-rounds foursome medal match for Mrs. Hope-Lewis's trophy was finished a*, tho Auckland Ladles' Golf Club links yesterday and resulted in a win for Misses It. Gorrie and J- Geddes, with a net total of 179. Other competitors scored as follows:—Misses N. Alison and V. Holmes, 181; Misses S. Payton and N. Clark, 187; Mif G. Hall and 0. Thorpe, 187; Misses S. Henderson and N. ( rater, 187. The July medal competition will be played on Tuesday. MAUNGAKIEKIE LADIES' CLUB. The monthly medal competition of the Maungakiekie Ladies' Golf Glib was played on Wednesday. The best cards returned are as follows: Scott, 102— 29-73; Mrs. Lynch, 118-37-61; Miss Bayly, 105-23-82; Mrs. Owen, 114-27-87; Mrs. Morris, 122-35-87; Miss Crowther, 113—25—88; Miss Ridings, 116-27—89; Miss Cooke, 129-40—89. WAITEMATA CLUB. The members of the Waitemata Golf { Club will play tho monthly medal match to-day, the conditions being 18 holes, bogey play, players to choose their own partners. An inter-club match, between Waitemata and Maungakiekie (Tubs, will be played at Waitemata on July 18. WAITEMATA LADIES' CLUB. A bogey match will he played by members of the Waitemata Ladies' Golf Club on Wednesday, for the president's prize, players to choose their own partners; post entries. ■ I A driving competition was held on Wednesday, for senior and junior players. Mis. Prime and Mrs. Stringer proved' tho winners. An approaching and putting 1 competition was also held. Mrs. Atkinson and Miss Duder tied, and in the play off Miss Duder won. ' j CAMBRIDGE LADIES' CLUB. The following is the draw for the first round of the ladies' A and B grade championships : A Grade: Mrs. Sleddon v. Mrs. Hunter, Miss London v. Miss F. Cox; Mrs. Nicoll, Miss B. Taylor, Mrs. Frasor, Miss Ferguson. Miss C. Willis, and Mrs. Nixon, each a bye. B Grade: Miss Swayno v. Miss Cox, Miss Wells v. Miss Hnlly; Miss K. Hally, Mrs, Banks, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Souter, Mrs. Caldwell, and Miss Caldwell, each a bye. NOTES AND COMMENTS, Playing superb golf, J. Graham, jun., won tho St. George's Vase for a,second time, bettering the score ho returned in 1901 by no loss than eight strokes. His ; play was both perfect and consistent throughout tho second round, with the exception of the eleventh hole, where he found a bunker, but made amends by holing a 10ft putt, and of the homo green, when ho took three putts. D. T. Ranson, who headed the list on the first day, failed to produce his form as shown in tho first round. He drove and approached as well as on the first day, but missed many small putts, which proved his undoing. Hilton was of! his game, and could not do hotter than 82, being practically the only player who, being among tho first 10 on the strength of tho first day's play, lost his place amongst them through his second round. Gillies (last' year's winner) made strenuous efforts to retain the trophy, but, in spite of wonderful steadiness— took an average of fours both out and homehe had to be satisfied with the second placo. Another previous winner of the trophy, Harris, who won with a return of 155 in 1905, experienced very bad luck at tho ninth, when a spectator, crossing right in front of him, put him entirely off his game, and made him take eight strokes for the hole. Although he recovered and returned a fine 35 going homo, his chance of the vaso had gone. Of the Americans, Travels kept his place of the first day, playing nice steady golf. Otiimet made the next best return of the American players, followed closely by Evans, who went out with Ball. On the whole, the play proved a triumph for English and Scottish golfers as compared with tho American competitors.

Harry Vardon and George Duncan met at Wembley Park on May 16 in medal and match play. The morning medal round served to provide the official record for the altered course, and this was established by Duncan going round in 73, as against Vardon's 77. The lattor's weakness was his putting, which cost him several strokes. At one period he took three putts on three consecutive greens. Duncan began badly by finding the bunker over the first green, thus starting the round with a six, but he was in capital form aftrewards, tho details of his score being: Out, 63443435 4—36; home, 43544454 4—37: total, 73. Vardon's total equalled the bogey for tho course, as did his scores for tho outward and homeward halves respectively, though only three holes in each half were taken in lx>"OV figures. Vnrdon'B card read Out, 5 4454545 3—39; home, 4 5 454 4 4 4 4—38: total, 77. In the afternoon Vardon putted like a different man, displaying supremo confidence in a department of tho game at which he was not seen at his best in the morning, and holed out from long distances, while on two occasions ho sent tho ball into the cup from stymies. Duncan's game had not deteriorated, but he was beaten by 3 and 2. Vardon began brilliantly bv taking the first four holes, and, going out in 33 (made up of 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 6 3), stood three up at the turn. Good play continued on both sides, Duncan having two 2's in the course of his round, and an approximate total of 72 to Vardon's 71. the latter winning by 3 and 2, with a half in four at the long sixteenth.