GOLF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19803, 31 May 1926, Page 8

GOLF.

The Otago Golf Club championship was further advanced at the Balmacewen Links on Saturday afternoon, when the semi-finals were played. The results were:—Dr K. Ross beat Dr G. F. Barnett, 4 and 2. Play at the outset was not brilliant, Barnett inning the first hole in 5, and Ross the second with a similar score. For the first nine holes Barnett was playing a steady game, combining splendicj approaches with fairly accurate putting. The score was even af the seventh, but at the eleventh Rosa was 3 up, and was playing consistently good shots. The next two holes were halved, Barnett making a determined effort to even the score. Ross won the fourteenth, but Barnett reduced his lead to 3 up on the fifteenth. Ross holed out at the sixteenth —4 up and 2 to play. Although Barnett played some excellent golf, Ross was slightly superior on the day’s play, and deserved his win. The other match, H. D. Butcher v. D. M. Irvine, resulted in a victory for Butcher by 5 up and 4 to play. Butcher has now to meet Ross in the final. The third round of the Balmacewen Cup was also played, and the matches resulted as follows:—J. R. M. Lemon beat H. C. Rose, 3 and 2; J. Evans heat J. R. Bartholomew, 3 and 2; B. C. Haggitt beat T. V. Anson, 2 up; A. J. Sise beat J. C. Shand, 1 up.