GOLF.

Southland Times, Issue 19658, 7 October 1922, Page 12 (Supplement)

GOLF.

(By’ “Cleek.”) Monday’s mat-ch brought the L.G.U. ] medal competition to a close on the Park. ( The winner of the A grade medal was Mrs . Macdonald and the bronze medal winner was Mrs Tansley. These medals are pre- j sen ted to affiliated dubs by the Ladies’ , Golf Union—one silver and one bronze to s each club. The silver medal is given for ‘ competition in the A grade and the bronze ] to the B grade, special days being set . apart to play for them. The winners must ‘ be congratulated on their consistent play ' during the season for the conditions are . very severe—two thirds of the scores to , be counted for the aggregate. The final round for L.G.U. medals was ‘ played at Otatara on Thursday. The best ■ scores handed in were:—Silver medal, Mrs f Handyside 95 18—77. Mrs Carr 93—13 —BO. and Mrs Cowie 94—14 —80; bronze ‘ medal. Miss Oughton 112 —36 —76, Miss ' Haggitt 119 - 34—85, Mrs Henderson and ■ Mrs Cruickshank 86. The silver medal, for best aggregate of 4 rounds, goes to Mr-; Carr, 89. S 3. 85, 50—337; the bronze medal ' to Mrs Henderson, 92, 86, S 3, 82- 343. ' Next Tuesday a four-ball bogey match will be played, 13 holes in the morning and ' balance after lunch, with driving, putting and approaching competitions to follow. All members are invited to be present. The following team from the Invercar- ; gill Club will go to Wyndham to-day to play a match with rhe Wyndham Club: — R A. Wilson, F. A. Barclay, W. Stewart, J. F. Lillicrap. H. B. Farnall, C. E. Yates, B. Tangney, G. Cruickshank, D. R. Campbell. A. E. tmith, A. B. Haggitt, and T. W. Vickery. On Wednesday thirteen ladies of the Park Ladies’ Club journeyed to Wyndham to play a match with rhe ladies of that town. To say they enjoyed themselves is a mild way of describing their "day out.” The Wyndham links, which are interesting and pretty at all times, were even more so on Wednesday, when the banks of the river, which flows alongside several of the fairways, were line«l with fishing enthusiasts who angled amid the fragrant gorse and f ;rget me nots The Glcnham hills made j a dim and pleasing background to a pretty i picture which was spoiled for the Invercargill ladies only by the necessity of playing good golf to secure victory over th' l team of enthusiast- representing the Wyndham Club. However, the Park ladies “got home ’ in two senses and had a glorious day’s outing. A return match will be played on the Park links next week. The final for the Park men’s B grade championship between A. W. Morgan, captain. and W. S. Ayson, treasurer, was play cd !a.-t Saturday over 36 holes. As had been anticipated the match proved a keen one. \. W Morgan winning 2 up and 1 t<» play, finishing with a good putt on ihe 35th green Starline at 12.30 pan., the hottest time of the day, the players found the heat rather oppressive, but the golfing conditions were good. Both men were j [r ’aving so evenly in the first half that not j more ih-n one hole reparated their scores,! and a. the llth hole they were ail square. I Aysmi then had a run of good approaching end putting and won the next 4 holes. Two halves and then another win for Ayson I on the ISih green saw him 5 up at half- ! way mark. Ayson’s card showed 89 for the round :.nd Morgan’s 94. After half an hour - rest and refreshment the players started out on the second round at 3.15 pm. Morgan won the 19th hole and Ayson the 20th. Ayson now begun to feel the > effects of his nerve ailment, a form of j neurit is, which is the result of two opera- j lions he underwent a few years ago. His drives were very indifferent. In fact he only had one good drive on this round, and the rtst of lu> game was affected also. Morgan, on the other hand, was getting good drives, and his putting showed improvement as compared to the first round, fiic result of this was that Morgan won I the majority of the holes on the way out I and had pulled up to all square at the I 28th hole. A win each and a half at the I next three holes saw them still all square on the 31st green. The 32nd and 33rd hoies were won by Morgan, as Ayson took I three putts on each green, an unusual thing for him The short 34th hole. West- > ward Ho. went to Ayson, as Morgan duffed his approach shot; the game now stood Morgan 1 up and 2io go. On the 35th | green Ayson had a try for a 12-foot putt I and just missed the hole and lay two inches to the side. Morgan had a 9-foot pujt and though the ball passed the side of the hole it struck a bare patch and rolled in. This won the match 2 up and 1. Morgan finished the round in 89 and Ayson in 95. A. W. Morgan,as winner of the B grade championship, holds, the Mayors silver cup for the year and receives a gold medal. W. S. Ayson as runner up receives a gold medal. It is interesting to note that last year when the B grade championship was decided by four stroke rounds, Ayson was runner up and Morgan was third with only two strokes more, thus showing how closely matched they are. The semi-final in the Park men's A grade championship between C. A. Masters and C. E. Yates resulted in a win for Masters by 7 and 6. Yates was playing well, but he had an up-hill fight against Masters, who finished the round in 71. G. Henderson ami C. A. Masters meet in the final to-day over 36 holes. The last mutch of the season, the October medal match, will be played on the Park to-day. The draw i> as follows:—!). Cochrane and J. Macieod, T. 1). Pearce and L. N. Paterson, J. McCurdy and J. Hain, A. W. Morgan and C. B. McNatty, S. B. Pilcher and J. Collie, J. D. Robertson and G. J. Reed, L. Spencer and A. B. Caverhill, \V. K. Scrymgeour and A. R. Elley, J. T. F. Mitchell and J. Cunningham, T. F. Macdonald and A. Y. Smith, B. Tangney anl S. E. Wootton, A. Masters and W. S. Ayson, J. K. Garrett and G. Cruickshank, R. N.

Todd and G. R. George, W. Smith and G. F. Ferguson, C. A. Masters and G. Henderson. The mixed foursomes at Otatara on Saturday were played in perfect weather and were a great success, though, as it turned out, the match might easily have been made 18 holes instead of 13. Thirteen holes are enough for the short winter days, but on a day like last Saturday, with long light, the play would have been even more enjoyable had the match covered the full course. Over twenty pairs took part and the finishes were extraordinarily close, considering, how difficult it is to handicap foursomes. Mrs Cochrane and F. A. Barclay won with 76—10 66. Five pairs returned nett scores of 68: -Mrs Handyside and W. Stewart 71—3—68, Mrs Henderson and I. Carr 8(1—12—68, Miss Wade and C. E. A ales 82—14—68 Mrs C. Jones and A. A. Cramond 74-6 -68, and Mrs Cruickshank and G. Cruickshank 76—8 —68. Only one stroke away were Miss Tucker and R. A. Wilson 79-10-—69. Mrs Cowie and A. Gilkison 75—6—69, and Miss Haggitt and J. H. Reid 83—14—69. Miss Pilcher and B. Tangney 74—4—70, and Mrs A. E. Smith and J. Mackintosh 76—6—70 w r erc next, and three more pairs finished with 71 —Mrs Carr and G. Henderson (scr) 71, Mrs Mackrell and A. H. Mackrell 87-16- 71, Miss Lillicrap and J. F. Lillicrap 87—16 -71. Two more pairs had 72 nett, so that of the whole field sixteen pairs finished with only a margin of six strokes between the first and the last. One of the members of the Queen’s Park Club and his wife spent a week-end at Roxburgh and say it was one of the roost ; enjoyable outings they have ever experi- 1 enced. The.v both took their clubs, and after having admired the district (the fruit trees being in full bloom give the whole district a most beautiful appearance) they called upon the secretary of the local golf club, Mr Robb. They were received with great courtesy and kindness, and after a little conversation the secretary said: “Come on and we’ll have a round.” That is the way they treat visitors up there—let their bwdness go hang while they help their visitors to have a good time. The links are about as sporty and tricky as could be found anywhere. We in Invercargill don’t know what golf is, for sport. Several of the fairways axe long narrow valleys between masses of broken rock and woe betide you if you go off the straight into the rocks. Then another green is on the top of a flat hill, and you have to get your ball up with a nice mashie shot. It you are short your bail rolls down to the bottom and all has to be done over again. Then the eighth hole is a snorter—a wide, deep ravine to be driven over, and if you are short then good-bye to your ball. Altogether it is a most sporting proposition. The club subscription is only £1 per year (who wouldn’t live in Roxburgh). They have just concluded a tournament (o which players came from Dunedin, Milton, Lawrence and Cromwell. Why do not Invercargill players go up? Because it is not sufficiently known. It is within easy access, being only 106 miles from Invercargill. and the road being quite good all the way. I hope Invercargill players will find their way up there in the future. If so they will be assured of a good time. The Wyndham and Riverton Clubs rej cently exchanged visits and each greatly enjoyed the visit to the other, the hospitality of the hosts ensuring the success of the outings. Al Wyndham the Wyndham team lost only one match, winning five and halving ihe seventh. The results (Wyndham players first) were:—Nichol I beat Rouse, 2 up and 1 to play; Gilford | beat Stevens, 7 and 6; Henderson beat Berndtson, 6 and 4; Johnstone beat Willett, 2 and 1; Sheehan lost to Instone, 4 and 3; Donald and Philp, ail square; Bogue beat Birch, 4 and 2. At Riverton, however, the Rivertonians had their revenge, winning eight of the eleven matches played. The results (Wyndham players again being mentioned first) were:—Henderson lost to Stevens, 3 and 2; Gifford beat Instonc, 1 up: Johnstone lost to Rouse, 6 and 4; Sheehan lest to Willett, 6 and 4; Donald lost to Berndston, 4 and 3; Bogue beat McNeil. 4 and 3; Macpherson lost to Buddie, 3 and 2; Chalmers lost to Philp, 4 and 2; Pritchard lost (o Birch. 4 down; Leitch beat Harrison, 2 up; Murphy lost to Hall, 4 down. The Masterion Club sent a team to play , Wellington al Hcretaunga last Saturday land ihe two finalists/in the amateur chamj pionship met again. Arthur Duncan was I No. 1 for Wellington and T. IL Horton was No. 1 for Masterton. Horton played a very good round of 80, but Duncan was round comfortably in 74 and won 4 up and 3. The only Masterton player to win was J. C. Bidwill, who beat 0. J. Wilson 3 up and 1 to play. In the four-ball match Horton and Bidwill combined perfectly and their best ball made things very warm j for Arthur Duncan and 0. .1. Wilson, the i first Wellington pair. Horton and Bidwill | won 3 and 2. ’ His old clubmates at Otatara will be amused by the misadventure which recently befel Otto Wilson, as related in the following paragraph from the Dominion:—“ln the match bi i.ween. J. C. Bidwill (Masterton) and i 0. J. Wilson (Wellington i, a sensational hap- i pening occurred at the sixteenth. Here the [ tee is above a high creek, which is crossed | by a rustic bridge. After getting their ! drives away off the tee, the pair* followed i by a little knot of spectators, descended the i steep track to the bridge. Wilson was in ' the van, and just as he was approaching the ! bridge he trod on a loose stone, which caused , him to stumble. He shot forward as if pro- . polled by a driver, and to the consternation ’ I of Bidwill and those following pitched head ) first into the creek, and disappeared beneath j the icy waters. He came up gasping, and I with his brows bound with watercress. Bid- | | wilt extended a helping hand to his distressed I opponent, dragged him back on to the bridge ! again, and fished his driver up from the bottom of the creek. The sudden plunge in bis hot state was naturally a great shock to the Wellington man, but after discarding his? dripping coat, the humour of the extraordinary situation struck him, and, like the good tighter he is, Wilson decided to finish off the game. With a wet grip and his | clothes: clinging to him he succeeded in halv- ; ing the sixteenth, but the end came at the seventeenth, where Bidwill registered a solid 4, and took the game by 3 up and 1 to play. The other occupants of my first-class compartment were two excessively plump and extravagantly bejewelled anti befurred female scions of the Newest Rich, and when the train slowed down and finally stopped (says an English writer) they gazed idly out of the windows and sought amusement in watching some golfers killing time with tees, caddies, niblicks, and the usual goiters’ armoury. "Queer sort o’ game,” observed the heavily mottled duchess in the sables. “You’re right.” assented ihe dro|»ical countess with the dropsical pearl necklace, “but those bounders can’t do it for sour apples. Give me Urluigham when they plays it on orseback!” “Ah —ah!” agreed the mottled duchess. “Now you’re talkin’.” In the championship of the Miramar Club, all the matches being played over 36 holes, J. H. Drake beat H. Balneavis, Arthur Duncan beat Ken Duncan, Conway defeated Stichbury and O. J. Wilson beat Petley. The game between Otto Wilson and Petley was rather a remarkable one, and clearly demon-

strafed what a sterling fighter Petley is. Wilson began a bit above himself, and won the first five boles in average, of fours. Petley then put in a fine run, and got square at the llth, when Wilson pulled himself together, and finally finished the morning round one up. After lunch (and fortified by we know not what ) Wilson increased his lead to 6 up by the time 7 holes had been left behind, and held this advantage to the 10th, being then 6 up and 8 to play. Wilson encouraged Petley by getting his drive into trouble at the llth, and the latter got one back. He then came at Wilson witli I the heart of a lion, and did the next three holes in 2, 4. 3 r >one under bogey in each case. He was still 3 down and 4 to play. The 15th was halved, and Wilson dormy 3. Petley stuck to his man, however, winning 16 and 17, reducing Wilson’s lead to dormy one. Wilson then won the ISth in 5, and the match 2 up. OoO