GOLF.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17059, 14 June 1926, Page 10

GOLF.

TAKOET OOl>E TIIOPHY

novi;l competition in E NOLAN D.

(Eke. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June IT.

At the Evening Standard's £IC(X) unique target golf competition at the Moore Park course, the scoring is by points instead of strokes. It is designed to give each shot its own value and thus induce more accurate shots and higher scores. Drives from the tee finishing m the fairway arc awarded one point. i'hc green for the purposes of the approach shots is divided like a target into three circles, inner, middle and outer, earning 9,8, and 7 points respectively. Points are .also awarded for accuracy in putting. In the first round the most prominent seo-res were Mitchell 172. Mclbni'u 160, Duncan and AUiss lti). Herd 158. Carnegie Clark L').L llagen 148, Popplewell 144. Howard 141, Knkwood 123. The highest possible score is 228. Mitchell's total represented a score- of 68 iwula' ordinary condition:;, equalling the record foi- the course.

Mitchell, with 337, won £2OO, Herd being, second with oil). Duncan and 11. Q, Herd, the veteran's son. were third, with 317, and Melhorn'lit'fli with 316.

In Die Moore Park international four some Hageii and Bobby Jones beat Mit chell and Tolley, '1 up and 2.

lIOKTON WAIBABAPA CHAMPION

(Per Press Associsticm.) MASTKUTON, las* night. Xlie final of the, WaiiaiapM cliaiiipioiiship yoli tournament was won by T. IT,. lloiton (MiiS.leijWn'j, who dcieate'tj I), (". Collins (Waii'arapn), 2 up aiicl 1 over 66, hole:;. PLAY ON I.'Q.VEin.'V BAY LINKS. HESLOP WISH BOGEY MATCH. The bogey match at ihc Poverty Buy Gulf- Club during the woojt-cntl was played under d-imuull conditions, and only two oil the players siiei;eeded in beating bogey; tlitx; being 11. A. IIcsloj) with - up, and !■'. M. Orr, ) up, ■ The best cards lumdud in were ah follow: H. A. Heslop 2 up, F. M. Orr 1 up, A. ,M Thonusou, ,T. H, Ball, B. Bree and C. H. Bull, all square; A. G. Sed.don, W. F. Clare. A. T. Spain, and G. T. Bull, 1 down; G. Albert-sun, I,J. J ; J, Guuilli'ill, B, M. Huleiunsori, J. Harvey. H. 1. Tluxjev and \V. Blatliwnyle, z down; 11. Ch'ri.sp and W. £. Holdgatv, ii down . i ■— nii inn -i— ——■—«—»