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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22544, 11 April 1935, Page 4

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By Divot. FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY St,. Clair.—First rounds Club Championships. Macandrew Bay.—Four-ball Bogey. ST. CLAIR NOTES The conditions for the second qualifying rounds of the championships, which were played last Saturday, were much less favourable than they were for the first round. The ground was heavier, and there was a stiff breze blowing to add to the difficulties. Consequently, the scoring was not of a high standard. In the Club Championship there were a number of unexpected results. D. C. Bennie, in dropping from first to third place, was the victim of misfortune. After playing steady golf for the outward half, which he completed in 36, he was unable to find his ball at the eleventh from a good drive. He played has third from the tee and then discovered that a ball which he had seen on the fairway previously and which he had then thought belonged to his marker was the one he had first played. The rules provided that he had to suffer the penalty, however, and he holed out with the second ball in an inglorious 8. He played the remaining holes in steady figures for a 76. Matheson played a steady round of 73, which enabled him to qualify first with an aggregate of 144. Matheson’s round was similar to that of last week. On the outward half he had two bad holes—fi's at the fourth and eighth. His second half in 33, however, was obtained by good golf. /Wight followed his first round of 72 with another steady round of 73 obtained in characteristic steady play to qualify second. Clayton was out in the good figures of 3 0, but, like his marker, Bennie, he struck trouble at the eleventh, which cost him 6. The remaining holes were done in good figures for a round of 73. A. B. Watt again justified the belief that he is one of the coming low-markers in the club. His round of 74 in the conditions was quite as good as, if not better than, his 72 two weeks ago, and it had the added virtue of being performed under greater strain and in a more convincing manner. It enabled him to qualify for the match play stages, and also gave him, equal with J. W. Bain, first place in the senior handicap event. B. C. O’Driscoll, who had a very fine first round of 71, fell away in the second round to 81, but his aggregate of 152 enabled him..to qualify fairly easily. W. N. Satterthwaite wa« again steady, and qualified equal with O’Driscoll with 152. There was a tie for last place to qualify between W. M'Ghie and D. S. M'Lean, and in the draw for last place M'Ghie was the lucky one. A rather unusual feature of this year’s qualifying rounds was that the reigning champion did not qualify. Drake apparently struck a bad patch, and was unable to strike form in the qualifying rounds. Another unexpected failure was that of A. Lawrence. Lawrence has been playing fairly steady golf of late, and should have had no difficulty in returning cards of about 75. The best he could do, however, was two 79’s. The draw for the first round to be played on Saturday is as follows: Matheson v. M'Ghie, Clayton v. O’Driscoll. Wight v. Watt, and Satterthwaite v. Bennie. INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP , J. W. Bain headed the qualifying list in this section with two very meritorious rounds of 78, which left him with an aggregate three strokes better than V. H. Fahey, who in turn was three strokes better than J. Delbridge. This Championship promisee to be a very keenly-contested one, as does the Junior Championship. In this last F. W. Dixon was very consistent with two 83’s. This gave him a lead of four strokes on the field, W. G. Kindley being second with 170. There was another big gap between second and third, M. O’Dnscoll being next with 177. The handicap events in both senior and junior sections showed good results—--06, a tie between A. B. Watt and J. W. Bain in the Senior, and an outright win for M. H. Tonkinson with a fine 65 in the Junior. OTAGO NOTES J. H. M'Dougall had a very fine round of 72 for a net 67 to win the senior event in the St. Andrew’s Cross competition played at Balmacewen last Satur-. day. Other good cards were returned by G. D. A. Ferguson 77 —8—69, R. R. Aspinall 80—10—70, and F. I. Dawson So_lo—7o. S. E. Field had another good round of 75 which gave him a net 72, and although it was not necessary, justified his reduction in handicap to 3. In the juniors there was a tie between J. W. Smeaton 84—16—68 and R. D. B. Paterson 84 —16 —68. MACANDREW BAY CLUB A single bogey handicap was held, at Macandrew Bay last Saturday in fairly difficult conditions. A stiff southerly tended to accentuate the necessity for accurate placing and a number of cards suffered in consequence. H. J. Rackley and D. Morris tied for first place with good cards of 3 up. L. S. Churchill, A. Stewart, A. E. Hellyer, and B. Deakcr all returned cards showing scores of “ all square.” The club has now affiliated with the New Zealand Golf Association, and steps are being taken to fix the standard scratch score, which is expected to be considerably less than that upon which the club is at present basing tile handicaps. ST. CLAIR LADIES’ CLUB On Tuesday a four-ball bogey competition was held at St Clair. The weather conditions were all' that could be desired, but the greens, which had just received a top dressing of sand, wore a little difficult. Tlie winning pair was Mrs Paterson and Mrs Maxwell with a card of 1 down. Mrs Paterson played off 14 and Mrs Maxwell off 22. The match for next Tuesday will be a L.G.U. Medal Match. INTERCLUB MATCH An interclub match’ between the Otago Ladies’ Club and the St. Clair Ladies’ Club has been arranged and will take place next Monday at Balmacewen. NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION The monthly meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Golf Association (Inc.) was held at Wellington on April 1. The following new clubs, which had duly made application, were elected members of the Association: —Carlyle Golf Club, Patea; Kio Kio Golf Club. Kio Kio, Otorohanga; Macandrew Bay Golf Club, Macandrew Bay, Dunedin; Murchison Golf Club, Murchison; Oroua Downs Golf Club, Oroua Downs, Foxton; Patangata Golf Club. Patangata, Hawke’s Bay. An application from the Rocky Downs (Matnmata) Golf Club to have its name changed on the register to the Matamata Golf Club was approved. A report was received from the chairman, Mr F. W. Hobbs, regarding the work done at Palmerston North by the Research Committee. A letter was received from the Manawatu Golf Club advising that the club had nominated Mr B. E. Keiller as an additional member on the Greens Research Committee, and the election was approved of. The Research Committee submitted particulars of its financial requirements for the year ending July 31, 1935, totalling £75, and it was agreed to contribute this amount. Regarding the 1936 championship meeting. an application was received from too Manawatu Golf Club, which it was decided to consider with other applications received in due course. It was reported that no invitation has yet been received from Victoria for a Kirk-Windeyer golf team to go over this winter.

It was reported that a considerable number of applications bad already "been received for visits from the professionals in the North and South Islands respectively and that the secretary had been able to arrange suitable times for all those applied for. The secretary reported that the following further scores had been allotted; Greymouth 70, Parkvale 06, Havelock North 70. Patea 75. Pongakawa Country 66. and Wallingford 72. The score of the Woodvillc Golf Club had been altered to 74 and that of the Port Chalmers Golf Club to 00. Forthcoming tournaments advised to the association wore as follows: Auckland Golf Club —Auckland Provincial Championship Meeting and

Handicap Tournament, April 20, 22 and 23; Castlecliff Golf Club (Wanganui)—Easter Tournament, April 20 and 22; Christchurch Gofl Club — Easter Tournament, April 20 to 29; Hamilton . Golf Club—Easter Tournament, April 20, 22 and 23; Havelock North Golf Club —Annual Tournament, April 20 and 22; Invercargill Golf Chib—Southland Provincial Golf Championship, April 20 and 22: Manawatu Golf Club (Palmerston North) —Easter Tournament, April 20, 22 and 23; Napier Golf Club —Easter Tournament. April 20 and 22; New Plymouth Golf Club —Easter Tournament, April 20, 22 and 23; Pupuke Golf Club— Open Handicap Tournament, April 20 and 22; Shandon Golf Club —Easter Tournament, April 20 and 22 f Wellington Golf Club —Easter Tournament, April 20, 22 and 23: Gleniti Golf Club—King's Jubilee Open Tournament, May 6: Harewood Golf Club —Canterbury Provincial Amateur Mixed Foursomes Championship and Canterbury- Provincial Amateur Foursomes Championship, commencing on Saturday-, May IS; Akarana Golf Club—Auckland Winter Championship Tournament, June I and 3; Timaru Golf Club—South Canterbury Amateur Championships, June 3; Poverty- Bay Golf Club (Gisborne) Annual Amateur Tournament, September 3. 4 and 5; Ashburton Golf Club—MidCanterbury Tournament. October 26 and 28.