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Southland Times, Issue 23000, 21 September 1936, Page 11

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QUEEN’S PARK CLUB

QUALIFYING ROUNDS COMPLETED

Overhead conditions were perfect and the course was quite good after two days’ rough weather for the September medal handicap and second qualifying round of the club championship competitions at Queen’s Park on Saturday afternoon. The following players qualified for match play:— Club Championship.

Draw for match play: Niccol v. Wilson; Glennie v. Campbell; Norris v. Gilmour; Lindsay v. Ball. Intermediale Championship.

R. Miller, 91-85-176, tied for last place but lost the position on the count back. Draw for match play: Algie v. Barnett; Blomfield v. White; Branks v. Earl; Halder v. Rice. B Grade Championship.

P. Wild, 93-88—181, tied for last place but lost the position on the count back. Draw for match play: Williams v. Glennie; Poff v. McGrath; Alley v. Matthewson; Murgatroyd v. Gallagher.

S. J. P. Scott 105 106 211 Draw for match play: McCallum v. Scott; Jackson v. Stout; Barrett v. Smith; Hodgson v. Frampton. MEDAL HANDICAPS. The leading scores in the medal handicap were:—

White won on the count back. B Grade.

AVAavuiu won on me count back. HOLLOWAY SHIELD. The final of the Holloway Shield competition was decided over the weekend, S. Blomfield, who received two strokes, defeating J. J. White by 5 and 3. INVERCARGILL CLUB, FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND. The course was very soft at Otatara on Saturday afternoon, when the first qualifying round of the Invercargill Club’s championships was played. The leading scores are: — A Grade. M. O’Dowda 80 W. Buchan 80 A. Thom 82 H. W. Rogers 82 J. D. Strettell 82 R. A. Wilson 84 J. H. Thomas 84 J. C. Pram 84 I Intermediate. J. P. Butler 81 C. R. Wilson 82 A. K. Mac Ewan 83 D. F. Lindsay 85 P. B. Bryden 85 H. M. Smith 88 G. S. Grylls 90 G. F. Tobin 90 B Grade, L. B. Hutton 90 M. H. Mitchel 92 C. C. Anderson 92 G. R. Hanan 93 J. A. Doig 96 H. Ritchie 96 C. W. Francis 98 B. W. Hewat 99 LAING SHIELD MATCH. THE HOLDERS DEFEATED. The Laing Shield, a trophy competed for by the golf clubs of Southland, changed hands when the holders, Wyndham, were defeated by a team from the Invercargill Club by 4J- games to I|. The match was played at Wyndham. Results are as follows, Wyndham players being mentioned first:— R. G. Hay-Mackenzie defeated M. O’Dowda, 8 up. P. B. Barnett and A. Thom, all square. —. Davey lost to H. W. Rogers, 1 down.

—, Crawford lost to G. B. Meredith,

3 down. —. Pankhurst lost to J. D. Strettell, 1 down. J. Henderson lost to W. R. Patrick, 7 down.

AMATEUR TITLE OF U.S.A. FISCHER BEATS McLEAN. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) New York, Sept. 19. Johnny Fischer, of Cincinnati, won the amateur golf title of the United States by defeating Jack McLean (Glasgow), 1 up at the 37th. Fischer was 3 down with eight holes to play, but gave a remarkable display of golf to pull up and win.

AMAZING RECOVERY BY REES. E. R. WHITCOMBE WINS BRITISH PROFESSIONAL TITLE. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, September 18. _ln the final of the British professional golf championship E. R. Whitcombe defeated D. Rees, 1 up. Rees, who is Welsh, is assistant professional at the Surbiton Golf Club, and is only the second assistant in 23 years to reach the semi-final of professional match play in the championship.

Rees is 23 years of age and sft 6in in height. Described as a little man without nerves, he produced one of the most amazing recoveries in the history of professional golf. He turned 5 down and still faced an overwhelming deficit with 14 holes to go, when he did 10 holes in 34. He had “birdies” at six holes and only one putt on seven greens.

Whitcombe had par figures at the same holes.

1st Rd. 2nd Rd. Tl. J. G. Niccol 74 74 148 J. S. Lindsay 79 74 153 H. W. Norris 82 78 160 G. E. Glennie 79 83 162 I. W. Campbell 81 83 164 O. G. Gilmour 83 84 167 E. H. Ball 88 81 169 A. W. Wilson 89 86 175

1st Rd. 2nd Rd. TI. L. G. Algie 85 84 169 E. Halder 89 82 171 A. Branks 85 87 172 S. Blomfield 89 85 174 J. J. White 93 81 174 N. Earl 86 88 174 0. Rice 91 84 175 R. T. Barnett 90 86 176

1st 2nd Tl. Rd. Rd. G. E. Williams 88 84 172 B. Murgatroyd 90 84 174 P. J. Alley 91 87 178 L. Poff 90 88 178 A. E. McGrath 92 87 179 C. B. Matthewson 96 83 179 T. J. Gallagher 88 92 180 S. A. Glennie 90 91 181

Stout Cup. 1st 2nd Tl. Rd. Rd. R. McCallum 97 96 193 C. Hodgson 99 96 195 C. Barrett ICO 97 197 W. Jackson 99 98 197 E. Stout 105 98 203 T. Smith 100 104 204 R. Frampton 111 99 210

A Grade. J. J. White 81—11—70 J. S. Lindsay 74— 4—70 E. Halder 82—11—71 H. W. Norris 78— 7—71 S. Blomfield 85—13—72 L. Algie 84—11—73 J. G. Niccol 74— 1—73

C. B. Matthewson 83—16—67 B. S. Murgatroyd 84—17—67 A. W. Cooper 91—23—68 G. E. Williams 84—15—69 P. Wild 88—18—70