GOLF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21986, 22 June 1933, Page 4

GOLF

By Divot.

FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY Otago Club. —St. Andrew’s Cross stroke. St. Clair Club—Match against Invercargill visitors. No competition was held at Balmacewen last Saturday, but there is a stroke competition set down on the programme for this week-end. ST. CLAIR CLUB Although the conditions were good on Saturday, the scores in the single bogey handicap held at Corstorphine were disapxiointing, the best card being a return of “ all square ” from E. H. M'Arthur. D. C. Bennie, who is a consistent player, returned a card of one down in the seniors, and this tied for first place with F. Drake, who a;so is a consistent performer. The latter would undoubtedly benefit by a little more practice. I. Orr. J. E. Matheson, and C. G. Davey all returned cards of 2 down. The junior competition was won by E. H. M'Arthur, S. G. Morreson being second with 1 dov/a. . . The annual knock-out competition for the Paterson Cup will commence on Saturday, July 1. The entries for this event, which is probably the most popular one on the year’s programme, < close on Wednesday, ,June 28. _ Intending competitors should be certain to have their entries in before that date, as the. draw, once completed, cannot be added to. St, Clair members are looking forward to the visit of members of the Invercargill Club on Saturday. It is anticipated tiiat there will be as many as 30 players from the south. OTAGO LADIES’ CLUB In the Otago \ Ladies’ Club’s Medal Match on Tuesday Mrs Dodgshun played very steady golf to compile a net 76 to win the Senior Competition. The junior event resulted in a tie between Miss R. Brown and Mrs Len Hudson, their respective scores being 97 —19 —78 and 112 — 34 —78. The New Zealand team of golfers to visit Australia includes two Otago players in Miss Kay and Mrs Dodgshun. Another South Island player included in the team is Mrs Templar, so that the South Island is represented by three out of the five members chosen. Mrs Guy Williams is the manager of the team, and the other member is Miss Bessie Gaisford, who has been a leading player in New Zealand national golf for several seasons, and has beaten Miss Kay on more than one occasion in tournament finals. The team is a strong one and should do well in Australia, where it will gain valuable experience to the benefit of ithe game in New Zealand. ’■ ,

YOUNG PLAYERS SHOW GOOD FORM IN MELBOURNE

Sloan .Morpeth, according to the latest papers received from Melbourne, is again among the leaders in the club chairipiouships. He plays at the Metropolitan links and hag reached the final of the Club Championship. Morpeth’s opponent in the semi-finals was R. Withers. The latter’s putting was of such deadly accuracy that Morpeth, notwithstanding the superiority of his powerful long game, never knew when he was safe. Morpeth was 1 up at the turn and it was not until the sixteenth, which he won in a splendid 4, that he became dormie. A hair at the seventeenth ended the. match. The other finalist is Harry Tarr, really only a boy, but one who played m the final of the Boys’ Championship .at Kingston Heath, and although then defeated by Alec Rae, gave such a pood account of himself that a bright future in competitive golf was predicted for him. Rae, of course, is already accounted one of the leading amateurs in the State. In Royal Melbourne, Ivo Whittoh eliminated Cecil Harvey 6 and 5. Harvey two years ago sprang into prominence when be defeated Harry Williams in a pennant match, the same year that the latter won the National Championship. ' ■ ‘ A RECORD AT BALLARAT . P. G. Gleeson performed a great feat at Ballarat when playing in the first round of the championship, of which he is the holder. He scored a magnificent 69. The excellence of this performance stands out when it is recalled that Ivo Whitton once caused a sensation by doing a 69 there at the open meeting. Now Gleeson ; has clipped three strokes off that record with figures six better" than par. Gleeson, built on perfect lines, is beautiful to watch in action. He holds the Country Championship; and is aged but 22 years. HOLE IN ONE Playing on Balraacewen links during the week-end, Mr P. B. Foote, a Timaru golfer, joined the select fraternity by finding the cup with his tee shot at the tenth. The usual tribute will be observed. BRIGHTER GOLF Not so many years asro those who played golf looked upon it not only as a very pleasant pastime, but as a very convenient alternative to gardening for wearing out old clothes which had served, their turn. In those days the only tbuch of colour to be encountered on the links was eupP md first by the nature of the language which was used by choleric individua ! v'» order adequately to express themselves when their drivers refused to function, and secondly, but much more rarely, by a pioneering member of the ladies’ club. Gradually, however, with the advent of “ plus-fours ” the general appearance of golfers improved, btrt without yet showing a marked tendency towards brighter, colours. Only in the last two or three years have coloured pullovers made their appearance. This revolution has beep brought about very gradually, for tradition dies hard, and older members may still be observed to flinch whenever a royal blue cardigan or maroon pull-over appears over the horizon. If they, the older “ die-hard ” members, had thought that they had no more to suffer, that the pinnacle of colour had been reached with blue, red, green, and scarlet, however. it was only because the imagination refused to envisage anything more startling. Nothing formerly seen on the local courses, however, could compare with the effect recently produced at Corstorphine, when one young golfer, a golfer, moreover, of no mean prowess, removed his coat and uncovered to the astonished gaze of the assembled members a pullover beside which the coat of Joseph of Biblical fame would have appeared drab. To describe the scene which followed would require the pea of Wodehouse, but no one viewing the pull-over from a distance of a few hundred yards could deny that it served to add a touch of colour. At that distance it resembled a futuristic picture done in the brightest red, orange, and green, with black and white to set it off. It is quite safe to forecast that others will take up the challenge in the cause of brighter golf.