PLAY AT AKARANA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22493, 10 August 1936, Page 15

PLAY AT AKARANA

COLTMAN CUP GAMES CAMMICK BEATS WOOLHOUSE FOUR-BALL BOGEY HANDICAP Tin l cjJinftor-flnsils of tlio Colt man C^np competition oT the Ak;ir;uin (.'oil' Clnli wore decided on Snturdiiy. A former Aucklnml Kuflby repri'scntiitive, ('. 10. Cnniinick. eliminnteil \V. 1!. Woollionse, find A. Ilowev Walker del'e.'it«>(l .1. 11 I>. Hiss. Results were :is follows: C. 15. Cammick CO) heat \V. If. Woolhoiise (o), "i mill |; A. Ilowey Walker Ms) heal .1. R. 11. Hiss ill), | anil J. S. Wiseman (is) heat A. I!. (). Saunders (12), 2 up; K. ('. Ward (12) brut 'l', Miller (I'J), I it ml A four-liiill best-ball handicap liogc.v <'omprlition, in which senior ami junior players were purlnered, was won liy S. linolh and 1). X. McGregor with the remarkable card of 10 up. In this match the youthful I'. G. F. Smith was responsible for another fine performance when parlii'red by II If. llenncU, I pair finishing O up. Smith completed the Ixnieward journey in lit. his card lor this half including six threes. The best cards returned were:- S. ltnolh ((!) and D. N. Mc(rcgor (is), lo tin: 11. V. Isor.nett (s) and It. Johnston (is), 7 lip: s. Bryant CI) and J. Mitchell (II), 7 up; I'. O. )•'. Smith (2) and It. 11. Bennett (Is), o up; Shellkin (N) and A. Schncidcman (IS), (i up; .1. Swanson (I) and 1,. V.. Mukin (17). up; I*. O'Neil (17) and .1. W. Houston (<i), •J up; P. Griffiths (s) and ('. M. Richwhite (is), ;! up. A Stahleford bogey match played during the week-mid resulted in a tic between (,'. 15. Caminick, 20, 7 ;!i>, and .1. Mitchell. '-"J, l i 30. The weekly lour-hall was won by I'. 11. .Preston (7) and J,. Onshmoro (S). with a card of up.

TOUR BY AMERICANS MATCH AT ST. ANDREWS [I'KO.M OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Sunday Ideal conditions wero experienced for the exhibition match in which Miss Helen Hicks and (Jetie Sarazen, of America, played a four-ball game against Alex. .Murray and 'I. Calloway, of Auckland, at St. Andrews links, Hamilton, yesterday. A gallery of approximately 350 followed the players and some good golf was witnessed. The match ended all square. Miss Hicks impressed by her steadiness, and she hit only two shots off the line in the whole round, her tec shot at the first and her approach lo the ninth. The latter shot was excusable, as her ball was lying on a slope. She won the third, halved the fiflh with a birdie, halved the I 11It. and also the Kith. At the latter she holed a fine putt for a birdie four. At each of (lie holes mentioned her partner was out of the picture. Another birdie which she secured was at the second.

Murray was very impressive, and he was. hitting Hie longest balls from the tees. He won the first and 1 ."it It holes and. with Calloway, the eighth and 17th holes. Sarazen won the fourth, ninth and tenth, each with birdies—l, 3, 2 respectively. Calloway won no holes himself, hut he obtained several very useful halves, and shared with Murray the two wins already mentioned. The approximate stroke scores were:— Sarazen, 70; Murray, 70; Galloway, 73 for 17 holes; Miss Ificks, 70. .Murray put his tee shot at the 13th out of bounds and his next found the blinker (275 yards) on the full, the hole taking six. A very interesting demonstration was given by both Americans after the match, and descriptions of various shots were given by Sarazen. All the visiting players were very impressed with the statu of the links, which were in especially good order owing to the fine weather conditions.

LADIES' INTER-CLUB MATCH An inter-club match played between members of the Glendowie and Papakura Ladies' Golf Clubs resulted in a win Tor Papakura by five matches to three, one being all square. Results are as follows, Glendowie players taking precedence: Mrs. H. V. McGinlcy tost to Miss M. Walters, Mrs. J. C. Hill defeated Mrs. W. Y. Brooks. Mrs. .1. L. Camptiell defeated Mrs. 15. C. Foote, Mrs M. Taylor lost to Mrs. A Charles. Mrs. 15. Montgomery lost to Mrs. D. .McLennan. Mrs. 0. W. D'Athreau lost to Mrs. P. Kidd. Mrs. F. Hayes defeated Mrs. McNatty, Mrs. .1 E. Kay lost to Mrs. G. W. Lock, Miss 15. Porter and Miss A. Quigley, all square. A bogey match was won by Mrs. L. Cooper with a card of S down. PLAY AT WAIUKU [from our own correspondent] WAIUKU, Saturday A medal round played to-day by members of the Wainku Club resulted as follows:—A. If. Mandeno, 07, 110 —07; J. Hughes, Bs, 17 —71; W. 15. Jerram, 88, 17—71; T. It. Illoomficld, 78, O—7'J; 11. I?. Armitage. SO. 17—72; P. E. Julius, 01, 21—71!; J. Forbes. 84, 1) —75. MATCHES AT PUKEKOHE [from our own correspondent] PUI\ E K 01115, Satu rd a y Members of the Pukekohe Golf Club played a four-ball best-ball bogey match to-day as the second card for the Morle.v tankards. The best scores were:—J. Honlston and P. Mills I', up; It. Walton and I. Reynolds, 2 tip: S. Hogg and R. Btillen. C. Hansen and M. Dunne, G. Allen and F. Foster, 1 up; M. R. Grierson and 11. T. .Moore, (J. Me.N'aught and M. A. Johnston, all square; 11. S. Douglas and C. G. Johnson, 1 down; 15. Hirtl and A. Schlaepfer, T. Marshall and 11. W. Estall, 2 down. An individual Stahleford bogey match, another competition in to-day's round, was won by M, S. Campbell with a card of 21 II —35. J. Roulston and P. Mills tied for second place, with a score of .'sl.

ONEWHERO CHAMPIONSHIPS [from our own correspondent] TI'AKA tl. Saturday The following players have qualified to compete for the Onewliero Golf Club's championships:—Seniors: Caldwell, 15. Cameron. Cronin. Martin, Wright, D. Cameron, Glas go.v, Taylor, Steward. Juniors: Swanson. Dayman, Rapson. Georgelti, Holmes, Crawford, Brunton, McNeil. In the ladies' division played to-day Mrs. Martin heat Mrs. Taylor, 2 and 1, and Miss Walter beat .Miss Scott, 3 and '2. PLAY AT HAMILTON [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Sunday A Stahleford bogey handicap was played by members of the Hamilton Golf Club -at St. Andrews links yesterday afternoon, not a great many players taking part owing to the professional exhibition mulch. Following were the best cards returned: —11. Riddeli, 30, 7—37; F. Raven, 20, 7—33; l{. Porter. 21, 12—33; F. Beehan, 21, K—32; 11. W. Fisher, 21, 8—32; 1. D. Mcars, 17, 15—32; .1. ilcrdman, 13, 18—31; C. Sutcliffe, 25, 6—30; A. F. Cole, 1«), ll—3o. Tl IA MLS LADIES' CLUB [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] THAMES, Sunday Following is the draw for the qualifying round for the junior championship of the Thames Ladies Golf Club:—Mrs Uren v. Mrs. Pease, Mrs. Lewis Griffin v. Mrs. N. Itigley, Mrs. A. Johnston v. Mrs. C. L'oulgrain, Miss I). Poulgrain v. Mrs. H. I). Chapman, Mrs. ('. R. Clemson v. Mrs. S Miller, Miss V. Miller v. Mrs. A. Fisher, Mrs. O'Reilly v. Mrs. T. McCarroll, Miss I. CoakIcy v. Mrs. 11. Harden, Miss Reader v. Miss J. Wilson, Mrs. A Dovell v. Mrs. (Hover, Mrs. I). J. Law v. Miss N. Knsor, Following is the draw for Saturday players:— Miss J. Griffin v. Miss Nankivell, Miss P. Ifowden v. Miss J. Law, Miss I). Coone.v v. Miss M. Richardson, Miss E. Johnston v. Miss A. Griffin. The C grade players will compete for a special trophy. The draw is as follows:- Miss 1,. Stecdman v. Miss 15. Bongard, Miss C. Steedman v. Mrs. A. Heck, Miss R. Elisor v. another. The qualifying round for the senior championship will be played on Saturday morning.

HAMILTON LADIES' CLUB Members of the Hamilton Ladies' Coif (.'lub will pln.v the first, round of lho Ilorton Cup competition on Wednesday. Following is (lie draw, play commencing at, the first tee at M).:so o'clock:—Mrs. Jewell v. Mrs. I). H. Hart, Miss M. K.vro v. Mrs. Itoollt. Mrs. (J. Mills v. .Mrs. F. M. Ta.vlor, Mrs. Luckio v. Mrs. Masters. Miss Miss v. Airs. Savage, Miss (,'miii v. Mrs. Worley, Miss I). Kyre v. Miss Coventry, Mrs. Russell v. Mrs. Ilin(lon, Mrs. O'Connor v. Mrs. Toombs, Mrs. McDonald v. .Mrs. 11. Wilson, Mrs. I'. I'!. Dimtley v.Mrs. Daldy. Mrs. I'raser v. Mrs. W. J. Kin jr. Mrs. Nisliet v. Miss Bruce, Mrs. Hauling-) v. Mrs. ('lndian, Mrs. Hcnnelt v. Mrs. Mander, Miss J. .Masters v. Airs. Slmw A In>m*y scramble will he held for players not taking part in the Ilorton Cup eompetltion, play slarlintf nt noon, flayers will choose partners. The draw for Thursday players is as follows: — Mrs. Ilolden v. Miss H. Mouse, Mrs. Melvin v. Miss Tooman, Mrs. Dingle v. Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Shakeshafl v. Mrs. Sare, Miss E. Strnntf \. Airs. Lavingloii. Airs. Searell v. Miss Wordsworth, Mrs. Wooller v. Airs. Svenson, Airs. Tanner v. Airs. Wntson.