GOLF TOURNAMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26040, 2 January 1946, Page 9

GOLF TOURNAMENT

DUNEDIN CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL STAGE REACHED A high southerly wind and rain squalls made conditions unpleasant for the qualifying rounds of the Dunedin Amateur Golf Championship and the Otago Junior Championship, conducted by the St. Clair Club on the Corstorphine links on Monday, and as a result the standard of golf suffered ro some extent. The course was heavy after the recent rain. In the circumstances the veteran St. Clair golfer, D. C. Bennie, played an excellent game to qualify first in the senior championship with 166. He returned an 82 in the morning round, nine over par, and he took only two strokes more in the afternoon. His total was six strokes better than the next two players to qualify, J. Scouler and A. McLean. Two rounds of match play were played yesterday in conditions which were much better than those of the first- day. Bennie, who won the Alex. Sime Cup for the best aggregate score in the qualifying rounds, won both his matches fairly comfortably, defeating S. C. Gourley 6 and 4, and L. B. Whinam 3 and 2. He played consistently all day. The other semifinalists are J. F. Byers (Belleknowes), J. Scouler (Otago), and L. C. Brown (Otago). These four will contest the semi-finals this morning, and the final will be played in the afternoon. The senior championship drew an entry of 30 players from ail the Dunedin clubs, as well as from places as far afield as Auckland. The following is a list of those who qualified:—

First Round.—Bennie beat Gourley 6 and 4, Whinam beat Gray 4 and 3, Burgess beat Woods 1 up at the nineteenth, Byers beat Sime 4 and 3, Scouler beat Grimsdale 5 and 4, Mclntosh beat Sams 4 and 3, McKay beat Doogue 5 and 3, Brown beat McLean 1 up. Second Round. —Bennie beat Whinam 3 and 2, Byers beat Burgess 4 and 3, Scouler beat Mclntosh 6 and 5. Brown beat McKay 1 up. Junior Championships The Otago Junior Championship, for which 26 entries were received, was also advanced to the semi-final stages and the four left in comprise the first four to qualify—J. H. Randall, I. A. McLean, J. R. Hyslop and A. E. Timms. * The following players qualified:—

First Round.—Randle beat Simpson, 6 and 4; Riddell beat Taylor, 1 up; G. R. Hyslop beat D. Fogarty. 9 ana 8- Timms beat Smith, 4 and 3; J. R. Hyslop beat Ward, 3 and 2; Dorman beat Dick. 6 and 5; Duncan beat King. 3 and 2; McLean beat Bolwell, 3 and *■ Second Round.—Randle beat Riddell, 6 and 5; Timms beat G. R. Hyslop, 3 and 2- J. R. Hyslop beat Dorman, 0 up; McLean beat Duncan. 3 and 2. Consolation Handicap A Combined Consolation Handicap for seniors and juniors was commenced yesterday, the results of the first rounds being as follows: First Round.—P. A. Joblin beat J. Skerrett. 5 and 3; C. Langbein beat, H. G. Wooding, 1 up: R. Pink beat A. H. Broad 2 and 1; J. L. Mclndoe beat J Delbridge, 4 and 3; H. W. Horder•beat G R. Wilkinson, 5 and 4; T. J. Butler beat L. M. Miller, 2 and 1; L. J Reid beat G. W. Groves, 6 and 5; R. G. Hill beat J. T. Williamson. 3 Round.—Joblin beat Langbein 3 and 2: Pink beat Mclndoe, 7 and ’6; Horder beat Butler, 2 and 1: Hill beat Reid, 1 up. A Single Bogey Handicap played vesterdav morning was won by J. R. Hyslop (14). all square. The runnerup was L. C. Brown (8), 1 down. A Four-ball Stableford Handicap was won by R. J. L. Griffiths and T. W. Grimsdale. 47—17—64, the runners-up being E. W. Bolwell and E. J. Doogue. 41—20—61.

D. C. Bennie 82 84 — 166 J. Scouler 83 89 — 172 A. McLean .. . 90 82 — 172 A. R. Woods 88 85 — 173 A. G. Sime 38 85 — 173 J. W. McIntosh . 87 87 — 174 L. B. Whinam . 88 87 — 175 E. J. Doogue 85 90 — 175 c; G. Gray 90 86 — 176 G. C. McKay 83 94 — 177 J. Sams .. . 89 88 — 177 G. B:. Burgess 93 87 — 180 J. F. Byers 89 92 — 181 T. W. Grimsdale . 94 89 — 183 L. C. Brown 93 91 — 184 S. C. Gourley 90 97 — 187

J. H. Randle .. 87 94 — 181 I. A. McLean .. 87 96 — 183 J. R. Hyslop .. 90 94 — 184 A. E. Timms .. .. 96 99 — 195 G. R. Hyslop .. .. 100 97 — 197 J. F. Dorman .. 99 99 — 198 C. H. Duncan .. 100 99 — 199 H. H. Riddell .. 94 108 -- 202 J. T. Taylor .. .. 103 101 — 204 F. R. King .. .. 103 103 — 206 R. B. Dick .. .. 105 102 — 207 J. C. Fogarty .. 104 103 . 207 M. G. Smith .. 103 105 — 203 S. B. Ward .. .. 100 108 — 208 E. W Bolwell .. 109 102 — 211 G. W. Simpson .. 105 106 — 211