GOLF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19454, 9 October 1926, Page 15

GOLF.

WANGANUI TOURNEY RECORD GOSS GOES ROUND IN 71. |BY TEI.EGRArH.-~OWN CORRESPONDENT. WANGANUI. Friday. 1 lie weather to-day fur the continuant of the Wangantti Golf Club's champion ships was unfavourable, rain having tallen at intervals. A wonderful per forinance was registered by J. Goss, o Wanganui, ex-New Zealand champion who registered a new record for tin course. In the round with Imlay .Sami tiers he won Bup and 6to plav. Hi finished the round in 71. his card read ing Out: 4. 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4. 4. 4—35 in: 3, 5. 3. 5, 5, 3. 4, 4, 4—36; total 71. Goss beat bogey 9up from snatch J. L. Black had a'tough fight with A Ekstedt. The Wellington player won out in 37, playing good golf. At thi: stage he was 3up on Ekstedt. Blacl won the tenth in 3 and was then 4 up but thereafter his golf slackened off > little and Ekstedt got back-three h files The. two started for the homo hole witl Black 1 up. Both were a few yard: short of the green. Black had the bette run-up. F.kstedt over-ran by abou 4yds and Black won the hole and th< game,'2 up. Although lie put up ; good round this morning, he met defea' this afternoon at the hands of J. C Bidwell, by 3 and 2. Bid well went ou in 38. Coming home his figures were 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5. He won at the 16tl hole by 3 and 2. The 16 players who qualified for tin championship yesterday met in ni'atc.l play over 18 holes this morning, witl the following results: —J. L. Black bea A. Eckstedt, 1 up; ,T. C. Bidwell beat J. M. Hussev, 5 and 4; J. Goss bea: Imlay Saunders, 8 and 6; J. B. Wilsoi beat I\. Wagg, 2 up; J. Harold beat J Harrison, 3 up; D. Grant beat 11. G Stringer, 7 and 6; ('. Seymour beat L Catliro, 3 and 2; 11. P. Dale beat F. S Parkes, 3 and 2. The semi-finalists are Bidwell, Goss Harold and Seymour. In the garner this afternoon Goss bea Wilson. Goss misdrived at the firs hole, but won 5 to 6, Wilson puttinj badly. The second was halved in 5 Goss won the third and fourth, the latte with a 5, Wilson again putting badly Wilson won the next with a bogey 3 Goss the sixth in 4. and the seventh wa: halved in 6, Goss being stymied. Gos: won the Bth with a good 4 and the 9tf in 4, Wilson again failing with his putt ing. Grtss was 3up at the turn. Tin short tenth was halved in 3 and Gos; took Long Tom with a 4 to 5 and wot the next (a short one), 3to 4. H< also won at Alma, 4 to 5, and this gav< him the match, 6 up and 5 to play. II < finished out the round with a, 34 for th< home journey. WALKER AND HALL CUP. CRITICISM OF CONDITIONS. [FT TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON. Friday. Although the Hamilton Golf Club has been awarded the Walker and Hall Cup for this year there is strong feeling ir the New Zealand Golf Council that the competition should be abolished or els< new rules made for it. At present it i; considered the cup goes to the club witl the worst system of handicapping oi easiest bogey. In the present instance | four Hamilton players finished 32 undei ; bogey, hut even this pales before the per formance of the North Otago four, whr returned cards which aggregated 35 under bogey. Bogey on the North Otago course is It and scores were as follows;—A. 0. Hugo, 92—30—62; R. Roll. 87 -21—66: I). Rcid, | 82—14—b8 : T. Bradstiaw, 96—28—68. I These were adjusted to 72 in each inj stance, but even this did not bring the North Otago men within reach of the Hamilton Club, because the latter possessed a plus one man (Norrie Bell) who finished 5 up and had to be given full credit for his performance under the rules of the competition. This left Hamilton 14 up and North Otago 12 up. The New Zealand Golf Council conducted an investigation into the Hamilton Club's scores, since it had been reported that these had been made from short tees. The club admitted this, but sent distances from these tees and stated that the South Auckland championship had also been played from them. The length of the course from the short tees was 6147 yards instead of 6407, and was considered to justify the retention of hogev of 80. The day the competition was played had been ideal and members bad surpassed themselves, stated the club, and therefore the cup was granted. In a letter to various clubs which competed, however, the secretary of the Golf Association, Mr. G. O. Sutton, expresses the opinion that something will have to be done to put the competition on a better basis. LADIES AT TE AROHA. |BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. J TE AROHA. Friday. The Te Aroha Golf Club's ladies' championship final, between Mrs. Hunger and Miss Bliss, resulted in a win for the former by 5 and 4. In the junior ladies' championship. Mrs. j Maingay defeated Mrs. Burrows by 7 j and 6. i " ATHLETICS. I AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SPORTS The annual athletic sports of the Auckland Grammar School, which will take place on October 22. will be held at the Domain and not at the school grounds, as previously intimated. SPORTS AT PAPAKURA. An axemen's carnival and clay pigeon competitions will be held at Papakura on Labour Day, October 25. Good prizes are offered for' all events. Nominations will close on October 13. LABOUR DAY SPORTS. The Labour Day sports on the Domain will mark the opening of the new track season. During the winter the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club has conducted a series of meetings, and some good sprinters have been discovered. I liev will be among the competitors "ii October 25. The Trades Hall Committee will stage its usual fine programme. After the road racing season the cyclists will no doubt, enter in large numbers for the two cycle events. The ladies are given a place in the programme, and the scratch races for boys from both the primary and secondary schools are always interesting. Both distance runners arid sprinters will find races to suit them, tiie events varying from a 100 yds. handicap to a two-mile event Entries for all events will close at the Trades Hall on Tuesday. A full programme is published in this issue. The coming season promises to be busy. With the New Zealand championships being decided locally and every prospect of a visit from American athletes, it will be realised that the amateurs are being wHI catered for,