GOLF

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18193, 14 September 1933, Page 11

GOLF

P.B. CHAMPIONSHIP ADVERSE CONDITIONS TO-DAY Adverse weather enuditions were experienced en die Awnptmi links thirl illuming ami again this afternoun, during the qualifying rounds for the I'overty Ray open gulf championship. The links were swept almost, constantly by squalls of (hiving rain, and players were badly handicapped, ihe stroke scoring in consequence being rather higher titan is) usual in championship preliminaries. Tho morning- round was headed by AV. D. Barker, with 83, and others who broke 90 were N. H. Bull, 84, X. Parker, 87, Bruce Jenkins, NS, and If. Martin, 89. There was an indication of general improvement in the afternoon, when the weather was slightly less boisterous, thong'll sail! much against good golf. It was intended to play off the semifinals in the Poverty Ray ladies' championship this morning, but in view of ihe prevailing weather, the games were postponed until litis afternoon. THE PERFECT GREEN

The first annual report in connection with the green-keeping research conducted at Palmerston North under the auspices of the New Zealand (iolf Council, details the work that lms been done on an area approximately one and a-iiuarter acres in extent.

“The year,” remarks the report, “must: he regarded primarily as a. period of establishment of the turf and in general, apart from the elaborate maimrial trials, liilfi. eoneerled effort has been made for specific control of weeds and worms' over the area as a whole, nor has it been deemed advisublo to put into operation methods I'm' mechanical treulmciil of turfs such as raking, spikerolling, el e. Such operations may he decidediy inimical to the Well-being of (he tniT until establishment of the grass and a good underground root, and tiller system have been effected. In Ihe ease of seed mixtures and strains of species sown little comparative wink other than observations on early and rapid establishing species is of much value the first year of solving down, and this is particularly true of the slower establishing species and strains of these. In the ease of mamirial applications also some time for a eel 11 nll la I ive effects of treatments to manifest themselves on botanical composition and on the soil itself must necessarily elapse from the initiation of the work before reliable, (lata one way or the other is secured,”