GOLF

Southland Times, Issue 21073, 3 May 1930, Page 18

GOLF

(By

“Cleek.”)

LEADING FIXTURES. May 12—16 —Ladies’ Open Championship at Formby. May 15—16.—Great Britain v. America, Walker Cup Amateur International, at Sandwich. May 17—French Close Amateur Championship at St. Cloud. May 23 —Scotland v. Ireland, Amateur International at St. Andrews. May 26 etc. —Amateur Championship at St. Andrews. May 29 —Ladies’ Open Meeting at St. George’s Hill. June 14—English Amateurs v. Professionals at Bhindcllsands. June 16—17. —Open Championship Qualifying Hounds, at Hoylake and Wallasey. June 18—20.—Open Championship at Hoylake. July 10 etc. —American Open Championat Carnoustie. August 25—England v. Scotland, Boys’ International match, at Fulwell. September 10—12. —Girls’ Championship at Stoke Poges. September 22 etc. —American Amateur Championship at Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia. Medal match at Olatara to-day. L.G.U. match on Queen's Park this week. Ladies’ bogey match at Otatara on Thursday next. On May 12 the ladies’ open championship will commence on the Formby course, England. A recent visitor to Otatara and a loyal supporter of the game is Mr Jeffreys, of Roxburgh. Mr Jeffreys was loud in his praise of the course and expressed the keenest appreciation of the greens which, he said, were a delight to play on. The Queen’s Park greens are at present being treated with an application of nitro- • phosko, which it is hoped will be effective in dealing with the weeds and bringing on the fresh grass. This dressing of necessity does not make for good putting surfaces, but golfers are making the best of things and hoping for considerable improvement in the near future.

Following are some of the provincial championship results at Easter: — Canterbury championship, F. Bulte (Victoria) beat W. R. Dobson (N.S.W.) by one stroke in the play-off; Otago championship, N. G. Hav beat W. Clayton (St. Clair) two and one; Southland, C. A. Masters beat J. E. Cuthill, nine and eight; Nelson, Seifert Junr. beat Huggins (Nelson) three and two; Taranaki, Leo Quin (Eltham) beat G. M. Chong one tip; Manawatu, B. M. Silk beat C. M. Armstrong one up at the 20th; Wellington, D. 0. Whyte beat J. B. Parker two up.

Great interest is being taken by local golfers in the handsome shield which is at present on view in the shop window of S. Blomfield, tobacconist, Dee street. The trophy, which was made by Mr J. C. Smith, was presented to the Queen’s Park Golf Club by Mr Joseph Holloway, of Gala street. Around the edge of the trophy, which is made of oak, are twelve hearts on which will be engraved the name of the winner of the competition each year. Considerable controversy arose as to the conditions governing the competition and it was finally decided that two stroke rounds be played to qualify sixteen players, who will then meet to decide the issue. Both qualifying rounds and the eliminating rounds will be played on handicaps. The Ladies’ Golf Union has at last, by 193 votes to 130, accepted the principle of sending teams overseas. Miss Glenna Collett is bringing an American team to England this year and it may be taken as certain that an unofficial ladies’ international between Britain and America will be played, probably at Sunningdale. It is possible that in future years the ladies’ internationals will take place between Great Britain and France and between the United States and Canada, the winners meeting on the other side of the Atlantic in alternate years. The team which the American champion is bringing over will include Miss Helen Hicks, Miss Maureen Orcutt, Mrs Pressler and Miss Virginia Van Wie. In the absence of Miss Wethercd, who does not propose to play in this year’s championship, Miss Molly Gourlay has undertaken the task of getting the British team together, Mr Stanley Thompson, the well-known Canadian golf architect, has been engaged to lay,out a new course at Constant Springs, Jamaica, in connection with the building there of a new hotel which is now under construction. This golf course is being provided as an additional attraction to the hundreds of Canadians and Americans who are now making use of the direct service provided by the Canadian National Steamships between Canada’s maritime ports ami the islands of the Caribbean. “Bobby” Jones has announced that he will play in this year’s German open championship, to be held on the course of the Berlin Golf and Country Club on June 5 to- 8. He may be accompanied by the American Walker Cup team which plays against, Britain on May 15 and 16. Walter Hagen won this event on the same course in 1928, defeating the club’s professional, Percy Alliss. An amusing story of a pig comes from Rochdale, England. He trotted on to the green from behind a bunker and swallowed one of the balls! A long discussion in the club-house as to whether the ball was lost or unplayable or only out of bounds, was decided by a reference to rule 17 (3): “If a ball at rest be displaced by any agency outside the match, except wind, the player shall drop a ball as near as possible to the place where, it lay without penalty; and if the ball be displaced on the putting green it shall be replaced without penalty.” This story reminds me of the experience of Ivo Carr, an ex-Otatara player and now of Dunedin. He had played a nice iron to the green at the Dardanelles yet when he arrived on the green not a sign of the ball was to be seen. The players hunted high and low but met with no success and Carr was just about to return and play another off the tee when his attention was drawn to a heifer standing near the green and chewing rapidly with much shaking of the head. A great light dawned upon the players, but how to retrieve the ball was the' next question to be faced. Fortunately a well-directed blow amidships caused her to give a bellow and the ball dropped to the ground. It is now in possession of the writer and presents a very chewed appearance. Reverting to the pig story, one may be pardoned" for assuming that the porker winked knowingly and remarked: “Stymie”!

Reference was made last week to the excellent round of 71 put up by the Southland representative, J. A. Mangan, in the Canterbury Easter tournament. A duplicate card has been handed to the writer and it certainly seems worth recording hole by.hole. Following is the score, bogey scratch score being given in parentheses:—No. 1, 374 yds. 4 (41 ; No. 2, 337 yds. 4 (4) ; No. 3, ‘164 yds 3 (3) ; No. 4, 491 yds. 5 (5) ; No. 5, 427 yds. 4 (5) ; No. 6, 388 yds. 4 (4) ; No. 7, 327 yds. 4 (4) ; No. 8 407 yds. 4 (5) ; No. (), 130 yds. 2 (3); total, 3045 yds, 34 (37). No. 10,‘ 407 yds, 3 (5)-; No. 11, 374 yds 6 (4); No. 12, 315 yds. 4 (4); No. 13, 128 yds. 3 (3); No. 14, 392 yds 5 (5); No. 15, 180 yds. 3 (3); No.' 16, 536_yd.«, 5 (5); No. 17, 377 yds. 4 (4) ; No. 18,’311 yds. 4 (4) total 3020 yds., 37 (37). Grand total 6065 yds 71 (74). It will be noticed that the card

contains three “birdies” and an “eagle” 3; also that a couple of strokes were slipped at the eleventh, where a six, the only one on the card was recorded. With a bit of luck Mangan might easily have had a 69 which would have equalled the best round of the tournament put up by M. J. Ryan, Victoria. Both Saturday and Wednesday players w'ere favoured with perfect overhead conditions for the playing of the first official match of the season, a stroke handicap. The fairways were in tip-top order but the greens left a great deal to be desired—in fact considering their state the scores were wonderfully good and give promise of much better things when decent putting surfaces are available. The match resulted as follows: —A Grade.—-

Flag match on the Park on eWdnesday and Saturday next. No official match on Queen’s Park today, but a captain v. vice-captain match has been arranged. The draw will he made on the ground. In winning the Canterbury Women’s Championship last Saturday, when she defeated Miss White-Parsons three up and two to play, Miss Olive Kay added to her several successes in this event. The final was not productive of golf expe'eted in a championship. Miss Kay being below her best form, but even so she was too good for Miss WhiteParsons. The latter played a great game to defeat Mrs Dodgshun in the semi-final. This is the first time for three years that the final had not been fought out between Miss Kay and Mrs Dodgshun. INVERCARGILL LADIES’ CLUB NOTES. The monthly L.G.U. match was played at Otatara on Thursday. The silver medal was won by Mrs Hall-Jones 94—12 —82, while Miss McCallum 108—31—77 and Mrs Palmer 113—36 —77 tied for first place in the bronze division. Miss Masters, Miss Lawrence and Mrs Garrett tied for second place with scores of 79 nett. In the C grade match the best score was returned by Mrs T. F. Macdonald, 75 nett, with Mrs Chilwell, 79 nett, runnerup.

The best card in connection with the Handyside Cup match for the month was returned by Mrs Pottinger, 58—13—75, with Miss Perrin, 100 —23 —77, in second place.

R. Miller 86—16—70 M. Scott 91—19—72 S. Blom field .. .. .. 93—17—74 W. S. Ayson .. .. .. 94—19—75 F. II. Hughes . 88—13—75 —B Grade.— G. McQuarrie .. .. .. 102—29—73 A. Wilson .. .. .. .. 94—20—74 II. McCulloch .. . .. .. 98—24—74 <1. C. Kirkland .. .. 103—29—71 R. Scott .. .. .. .. 96—21—75 .1. Milward .. . ■ 96—21—75 M. B. Scully .. 99—24—75