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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15730, 3 October 1914, Page 4

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AUCKLAND CLUB. WW The George Cap medal handicap will 1811 played at Middlemots this aiternoca Players to arrange their owe partners. aS'-"-'--post entries will be received. MAUNGAKTEKIE CLUB. . ?'O- - official closing of the Maangakiekfijlfil Golf Club's season will take pla-te ti-'." " afternoon, when mixed foursome* win K» -t played at One-tree Hill links. The oondi"' '■'■'■*■ tions are. medal play, partners aid ot;j» ..'-> ■ nests to be arranged by plsyers. §£1 : im WAITEMATA CLUB. ■/-. The official closing of the Waitensata GoH ; lffl Club's season will take place this after-1 noon, when mixed foursomes will be play--3 I l over M hole* v two rounds of seven holes each - on the Sat. The conditions are. medal pl» T jtß half-combined handicap, partners and eppol ?3 nests to be arranged by players. «§g NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. ,'": Judging by the entries already received, fil and the excellent order of the !:rks. everything points to she success ©i -.be New Zea- V land championship nveetm? to be held »t -S4 Middlemore from October 12 to 17. i-"well! "• known amateurs, B. B. Wood and A S. J) ?f53 Duncan, and a number ci other prominenj -S players from the Southern cisb? have. fa»-':»8i warded their entries, and the Auckland Provinoe will be well represented, is? opea" - Stand profession*! championsiips will iiso C ■ '"■ ; contested by practically all -.he leading p ro J -< | fessionais. Entries for *Ii events close te-"8|l day with the secretary. Sir S. Ruddock. * =S3 The committee has decided thai the links shall be open to competitors in the champion- KP | shin events for practice for the week com-« 4 ! meeting on Moncay next. :-?si THAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS. M I Tea championships ci the T*-m~«g Golf?™ Club have now been c*c:ced and resulted SI as follows: Men's senior jiiamnic-nsirp- 3 ,'*|| W. Chambers beat £~ J. Gendoi '*'*; by . 2 up and, _ 1 to play. Men's"-?? junior championsntp: a. E. Harden beat SB R. G. Macilorran by 2 up and 1 to plav. *S Ladies' senior championship: Miss Marie ® Clendon beat Miss V. UcCalioush bv 6 up lj| and sto play. Ladies' junior champ: mship: Miss Watson beat Mrs. Eudman by isi 2 up and 1 to play. ~ ff;S SOUTH AUCKLAND TOURNAMENT. J| The South Auckland ?cll tonniaHest wfflijS be commenced on Monday and concluded oa St Thursday. The tournament will be held at -*? St. Andrew's links, Hamilton. iSJ

AUCKLAND LADIES' CLUB. f Taste was a large entry for ike medal* handicap match played a- Kiddlemore yes. : ; terday for tie trophy presented by Mia Hot- 1 too. The course was in -rp:er.d:d order and i the weather conditions ideal. Mia S. Henderson, with a gross score of Si, taadieap •: 21. net 73, was the 'winner, while other good cards handed in were: Miss ?. Macfarlaae:-' 100—23—77; Miss M. Lemci, 117—50—77-'3 Mrs. E. Darsarille, Sl—l3—7S; Mies S P«V ton, 93—13-60; Miss P. Gorrie, 104—24—SJ-2 Mrs. Martin, 105—25—51; Miss C. Draper 103-27-82: Miss E. Calling, 10&-25-S' Miss F. Poote, 104—20—64; Miss E. p ? Gome, 105—20—85. ;'& __ The monthly medal ■sill be played on Toes-"? day, post entries, players to choose their own partners. ~-wj The men's New Zealand championship is* to be decided on the Middlemore course, and' the ladies' club is giving its club-rooms for-; the use of competitors daring that week.l The tournament will start on October 13, and members are requested to clear their* lockers daring Deri week. .;c*

NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Frinton Golf Club, unasked, raised <; : . the sum- of £100 in one- day for the Prince - ' -r of Wales's National Belief Fund, sad rUllljlf cheq-qe was actually the first received : at Bnckinghsm Palace. Many other golf dubs ' ?« were almost equally prompt with their con- V*?JS tributams. The secretory of the Baaso' •*■ Club collected «70 in 70 seconds. ~* The Irish amateur (close) championship . ? was played daring the first week in AugaifllKli and was woa by L. O. Mann, North-west, •who defeated Earl Annesley, Boyal Co. 1 '-& Down, by 10 up and 8 to play in the 36- " §£ hole final. - - " The Pall Mall Magazine contained aa S?i>ij article by Hairy leach about some notable shots at golf. These include"* shot foe. , which the ball was impaled en a lady's hatpin, another which sent the hall through I a man's hat. and another from a, tab half I filled with water. Mr. Leach tells the story ■ B of a- shot by Braid at Prestwici. His baft, 51 had become entangled completely in .a litth *\ :*J bush, and the putting green was not far v' v -2away. To nearly ail other players 'tfc* ■■■?«*§ situation . would have ? bean hopeless; ; Braid'.V-fi hesitated a moment, and then, deciding that - i'i: the ball could not be got oat the bash, 3 determined to more both bash and ball in '"-, w one stroke. This he did, and Y.-feh on* "■.--M j great hearing blow deposited them bath oa- - ji j the. putting green. • Another story refers".tc 1-? j the. Orford t. . Cambridge match of 1904, is 3 I which a player landed Ms ball 'on the. top ' '"M |of the roof of the "Woking clubhouse. - To ."iJiji leave __the ; match, the issue oi which was hanging in the balance, he got a step ladder, ' -* made his way to the roof, and played » most ' ;? successful shot oS it on to the green. "