GOLF

Southland Times, Issue 25341, 20 July 1935, Page 14

GOLF

(By

“Cleek.”)

INVERCARGILL CLUB.

July 20.—Medal handicap. July 27.—Cuthbertson Memorial Cup.

QUEEN’S PARK CLUB.

July 20.—Medal handicap. July 27.—Ayson Shield.

To-day is medal day. Stroke competitions will be played both at Otatara and at Queen’s Park. British ladies’ team sailed last Friday in accordance with schedule and will soon be playing in Australia. Jim Ferrier, for all his brilliant golf and handicap of plus one, did not win the amateur championship of N.S.W. His defeat by S. A. Keane in the semifinal was a surprise. Ferrier having been put out the next best golfer in the state won in the person of H. W. Hattersley. LADIES’ MATCHES The best cards returned in a Scott Cup round played by members of the Queen’s Park Ladies’ Club on Tuesday were: Mrs Alexander, 112—36 —76; Mrs Sutherland, 112—33—79; Mrs McEachran, 98—19—79. Mrs Alexander reduced her handicap by two strokes. A sealed hole match played in conjunction with the Scott Cup round was won by Mrs Miller, whose score was 44 —7—37 Mrs McEachran was second with 47— 9 J,—371. Next Tuesday a match between teams representing the president and the captain will be played. THE INVERCARGILL CLUB. Medal handicap, the fourth of the season, ;will be played this afternoon. The President, Mr A. E. Smith, headed a party of 13 men and 5 ladies in an expedition to Winton last weekend. The visitors received a great welcome and enjoyed an interesting day’s golf on the Winton Club’s new course. A visit to Gore is being arranged and will probably be made next week-end. Otatara players are looking forward to meeting Gore friends and renewing acquaintance with the Gore Club’s new course, beautifully placed on the Croydon hills. The knock-out competition is making good progress, most of the competitors showing themselves keen to get on with the matches. There has been a little delay in some cases, but it is probable that by the end of the week all the last eight will have been disclosed. Indeed it is likely that some of the matches in the quarter finals will have been played, talcing the winners into the semi-finals. A large field turned out for the fourball bogey handicap last Saturday. The course, though not so wet as at the previous week-end, was still soft and holding and a strong nor’ wester that blew in the early part of the afternoon added to the difficulty of getting the bogey figures, which at Otatara are identical with strict par figures at all but a couple of holes. To finish 3 up on “the Colonel” in the conditions was a good performance and with this result H. W. Rogers and H. E. Russell tied with J. S. Dick and G. S. Grylls, the former pair winning on the count back. Had they lost the match Russell would probably have retired into a quiet corner ano spoken to himself severely for in a moment of thoughtlessness he allowed a loss to go down against the side at the Dardanelles. There he had “a sitter” for a win in 3 with his stroke He missed the tiny putt and was so annoyed with himself that he forgot all about his stroke and knocked his ball away though it was literally on the lip of the hole. Then it dawned on him that he had not only lost the win but thrown away the half and a loss had to be recorded. His feelings can be imagined—and also his relief when the final result was declared. The best scores were:— H. W Rogers (5) and H. E. Russell, 3 D?ck (6) and G. S. Grylls (17), 3 RI. O’Dowda (5) and L. B. Hutton (6) and E. C. Tapley (I r’d. Strettell (7) and W. J. Strang (15), all square. QUEEN’S PARK CLUB. The first qualifying round of the Queen’s Park championship has been set down for August 3 and the second for August 17. , Last Saturday’s match at Queens Park, a four-ball bogey handicap, A and B partners, was played in fine weather, though a strong westerly wind ■ made conditions unpleasant. Despite this the scoring was remarkably good, the winners, D. Cochrane (5) and O. Rice (13), finishing 8 up. Cochrane was round in about 76 and he was well supported by his partner. F. J. Perham (6) and A. E. McGrath (15) had a grand chance of winning with about four holes to go, but they just failed to reach the winners by a hole and were 7 up when the last putt had been holed. H. Edginton (7) and N. R. Driver (15), who were 6 up, somehow managed to play a Holloway Shield match in conjunction with the fourball fixture, so that at the same time they were partners and opponents. G. E. Glennie (4) and C. B. Matthewson (14) were next on the list with 5 up, and then three pairs followed with 4 up, namely, G. Robertson (5) and J. M. Daly (11), R. Kidd (6) and G. McQuarrie (14) and A. W. Wilson (9) and J. J. White (14). Twenty-four handicap players had a medal match to themselves last Saturday, the winner being N. Mitchell, who had the great score of 89—24—65, thus earning a substantial handicap cut. U. Smith, playing exactly to his handicap, had a card of 96—24—72. Good progress is being made with the Holloway Shield competition, the field having now been reduced to 10. Six of the eight matches played in the second round resulted as follows: D. Cochrane (7) beat R. G. Hay-Macken-zie (10), 3 and 1; A. E. McGrath (20) beat A. L. Walker (19); E. H. Ball (11) beat C. J. McEachran (22), 1 up: N. R. Driver (20) beat H. Edginton (9), 2 up; G. R. Hanan (19) beat J. C. Scandrett (11), 3 and 1; J. R. Deal (6) beat W. Gellatly (16), 2 and 1. A good deal of interest was taken in the match between Cochrane and Hay-MacKenzie, both of whom have been playing very well lately. Cochrane was too good on the day, and after becoming dormy two won the seventeenth and the match. The competition is providing very keen competition, and in the next two rounds there should be some fine contests. The ferns have changed hands again, the present holders being A. E. McGrath and M. J. Daly, who beat a strong pair in J. G. Niccol and F. J. Perham by two and one. Handicap reductions have been made as follows: D. Cochrane, to 6; O. Rice, to 16; A. E. McGrath, to 19; N. Mitchell, to 21. BRITISH OPEN. WON WITH THE NEW SIXTY FIVE DUNLOP BALL. A cable from London states that A Perry, A. H. Padgham, and C. A. Whitcombe won the first three places in the British Open Golf Championship, all using the new Sixty Five Dunlop Ball. In fact, seven out of the first nine players used Dunlop. Following last year’s success, when Henry Cotton won the Open Championship and returned a record score of 65, this latest advice further proves the supremacy of Dunlop. Try the new Dunlop Sixty five—the ball for the low handicap players. , —Advt