On the Links

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1074, 11 September 1930, Page 6

On the Links

Notes for Golfers

By

"SLOWBACK.”

Conditions were very heavy in the week-end on all Auckland courses* heavy rain during the Thursday and Friday nights giving the fairways a thorough soaking. On Saturday the rain held off till late in the afternoon and matches were played on most courses. „ Auckland Club Although Middlemore was fairly heavy the conditions suited 11. PlumIcy, who, fresh from Rotorua triumphs, went round ih 74 to win the third round of the Bloomfield Bowl competition. This same player celebrated his return last Thursday by doing the short seventh hole in one. Tho Bloomfield Bowl, which goes to the player returning the best two cards out of three returned at intervals during the season, was won by N. Louisson, who showed a glimpse of his old form. His net score for the two rounds was 146. The play-off for the trophy for the second round was also won by N. Louisson. J. Farrell, who finished second in the bowl competition, was unfortunate not to do better; he struck an off day when nothing would go right, and even his good second-round score of 71 did not avail him. * Mi * Maungakiekie Club Tho senior championship at Titirangi is now nearing completion, and by defeating A. M. Goulding at the 19th hole on Saturday, R. McCrystal enters the final in the top half of the draw. Brinsden, the holder, played bis first and second rounds last week, heating A. K. Hawley by C and 5 in the first round and J. M. Hockin 4 and 3 in the second round. Ho seems to be keeping up his form of last year and should be a warm favourite for tho championship. A bogey handicap for the president’s trophy resulted in a tie between J. M. Hockin (2), A. N. Taylor (9) and L. Williamson (11), ail with two down. Tho conditions evidently made tho colonel a hard opponent. At One Tree Hill F. J. Newell gave the handicappers a shock by returning a 79 off a handicap of 14. He was an easy winner of the medal competition. ♦ * * GJendowie In tho senior championship there were several surprises, notably the defeat of F. Trice by Wolfgramm in the first round- Trice has been champion of the club on several occasions. Other good men to be disposed of so early were N. A. Ching, R. Edmonds and G. Brown. We note among the survivors R. and J. Kissling and P. Niccolls, so that there is still sonu* talent for die final rounds. Otanuhu Golf Club At the Favona course the club championship is now under way, the chief surprise so far being the defeat of B. H. Menzios by IT. J. Levy on the last green. The semi-finals were won by Levy and Croxson, who respectively beat W. B. Eustace and Moffit. Tho final of the Baffin Cup competion was won by Mcnzies, who beat V . B. Eustace 1 up. Mcnzies shows very consistent Lfcm and has the makings of a very sound player. Boy*’ Tournament A one-day tournament for boys was held by the Auckland Golf Club on Monday, and as usual the results were very gratifying. Thirty entries were received from all over the North Island and one player from Christchurch was entered. J. Lewis returned a fine card of 72, and P. Howden, who recently did well at Rotorua, returned a 73. The morning round was won by R. Carr, of MaungakieKie, with a score of 86, 12 —74 M Mitchell with 95. 18—77, finished second, and J. Lewis, 88,. 10—78, was third.

In the afternoon Mitchell, who had had his handicap reduced, was the winner with 86, IS—7l, Lewis being second with 82, 8—74. The chief difficulty in dealing with this event is tho question «*»of handicaps, although this time tho results have been fairly even. We notice that I*. Howden does not appear in the net results although returning a good 83. He was evidentlv given too big a hurdle.

The Veterans’ Tournament The time will come when the Rotorua veterans’ tournament will attract entries from all over New Zealand and will be a regular golfing holioay for those who are past caring lor championship meetings. This is the third year of the competition and players gathered from far and wide to play for F. W. Wilkie’s line cup. Auckland and "Wellington were well represented and one South Island competitor appeared from Christchurch Several entrants were unable to turn up, but about 30 teed up for the qualifying rounds. Two qualifying rounds are played and the best 16 net scores play off for the cup by handicap match play. With only 30 entries qualifying rounds might easily be dispensed with and the whole drawn out for match paly. Handicaps of all kinus aro also played during the three days of the meeting. To qualify as a veteran one must be 55 years old and. there are some pretty good performers older than that. At. least one competitor was over 73. In the early rounds of the match play there was one excellent game between H. T. Gillies and C. Kusabs, which went to J* 1 ® 19 , th „ before it was settled in Gillies s favour. Gillies at the 7th was o down. In the semi-finals, O. H Scott (Miramar) beat W. H. Steer (Rotorua), by 2 and 1, and J. G Hughes (Miramar) beat H. Lightband i (Avondale) by 1 up on the last green. Hughes took a risk when he took 3 putts on the 17th for his opponent missed a win at the 18th by a liair'sbreadth. The finhl was rather spoiled by some heavy rain, but both players played steadily through it (they had seen something like it at Miramar) and it was not until the 14th that Hughes definitely drew away to win by 4 and 3. Scott had a considerable advantage in length, but Hughes more than made up for it by his steady short play. * * * The Veterans To see stalwart youth banging the ball 250 yards down the fairway making light of creeks and lakes,’ putting great lofty iron shots on to greens we could not reach —it is well, more than well. But one of the glories of our game is that one can play it to any age, and enjoy it as much as the brilliant youth. Here is the fifth hole with the fearsome 160 yards carry over the creek. A battlescarred warrior of over 70 tees up. Hoes he take an heroic swing with the driver and catch the creek? Not he! Ho has far too much sense. An iron to the top of the bank, two brassies to <the green, and he holes a steady 5, and few back-markers do much better. And how well some of these old chaps approach and putt! Hashing youth might well watch them chipping and putting and learn to keep the head down and the swing smooth. Another real veteran well past 70 comes to the 17th—150 yards. No iron for him! Out comes the spoon. A high true shot lands on the green and his 3 is safe. The length has gone in some cases, but above the chin the veteran is as sound as ever. Here and there sheer intelligence saves him a stroke, and if he doesn’t get round in 72, pity help dashing youth that tries to give him his handicap. It is hard to believe that some of these men are over

55. Their golf is far too good for one thing. (One did 77 and 75 off th.* sticks.) A thundershower came on. Wo degenerate ones ducked for shelter, but it didn’t trouble the veterans. One of them didn’t even bother to raise on umbrella. A hardy race this! Do we live up to their standard? Siting the Hole Those of i!s who have the opportunity of reading the American -golf papers at all regularly will remember that some two years ago there was an outcry in the States about the practic** of some green keepers or committees of placing the holes in freak places for tournament play. The band of great professional players going the rounds of the tournaments found on some courses that some of the holes were ridiculous. Round the corner and only six feet from a sand-pot was one example. At least one secretary made no secret of his views. “We won’t have them coming hero and burning up the course in 67,” was his explanation. This system earned the wholehearted condemnation of every authority in the United States, and in the course of the castigation the main principles to be followed in placing the holes were laid down. The idea that the hole should be in the middle of the green is quite wrong. A few yards to right or left is often the means of making a thoroughly commonplace hole interesting. Hut the hole should bo well out on the green, several yards from the sides and back. Then it should never be in a freak position, such as at the bottom, »r worse still on the side, of a hollow. And above all it should never be on a ridge or on a mound. It' possible it should have a couple of feet of pretty level ground round it, though it is unobjectionable to put it on a gentle slope. A player on a green is entitled to a reasonable chance of getting down in 2 putts; otherwise, he is no better off than one 10 or 15 yards outside the green who can get down in 3 blindfolded. As a rule the hole is placed reasonably enough, but sometimes one finds at open tournaments that some misguided enthusiast has been at work. * * * Miss Olive Kay It is with some disappointment that ! we read in the cables that Miss Kay had gone out in the semi-final of the Australian championships. They are being played at Commonwealth, Melbourne. and no doubt our old friend Sloan Morpeth is also regretting Miss Kay’s defeat. Miss F. Rathbone, of Auckland, is also competing, but she was beaten by Mrs. Hay in the first round. Miss Susie Tolhurst, who defeated Miss Kay at the 16tli, is looked on as perhaps the best of the Melbourne ladies just now. The two New Zealand representatives were third in the foursomes championship. We have probably not turned out a better lady golfer than Miss Kay, though by some adverse fate she has not actually won a New Zealand championship.

TITIRANGI CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY IN HIGH WIND AROUND AUCKLAND LINKS The Titirangi Ladies* Golf Club’s championships, senior and junior, were commenced yesterday morning with a qualifying round. Play was difficult, owing to a very high wind, which was responsible for the low scores returned. Sixteen seniors and 16 juniors qualified in the following order:— Seniors. —Mrs. T. W. Hosking, Mrs. .T. C. Finlay, Mrs. R. Deighton, Mrs. R. L. Wilson, Miss K. Horton, Miss Grierson, Mrs. H. Johnston, Miss A. Grove. Mrs. O'Leary, Miss G. Parr, Mrg. Parker. Mrs. McMillan, Miss M. Miller, Mrs. Swain. Miss G. Easton, Mrs. Paterson. Juniors.—Mrs. Hipkins, Miss Duder, Mrs. Melrose, Mrs. Cain, Mrs. Robinson, Miss Haslett, Miss M. Cooke. Mrs. Bignan. Miss S. Johnston, Mrs. Rudge, Mrs. G. White. Mrs. G. L. Taylor. Mrs. Brown. Mrs. G. A. Hardley, Miss K. Fouhy, Mrs J err at. Following are the results of the first round of match play:— Seniors.—Mrs. Hosking beat Mrs. Paterson, 3 and 1; Miss Purr beat Mrs. McMillan. 4 and 2: Miss K. Horton beat Miss M. Miller, 6 and 4; Mrs. R. L. Wilson beat Mrs. Parker, 5 and 4: Mrs. O’Leary beat Mrs. Johnson, 1 and 3; Mrs. Deighton beat Mrs. Swain, 6 and 5; Miss Grierson beat Miss Grove, 1 up at the 20th; Mrs. Finlay beat Miss G. Easton, 5 and 4 Junior.—Mrs. Jerrat beat Mrs. Ilipkins, 5 and 4; Mrs. Taylor beat Mrs. Rudge, 1 up; Mrs. Brown beat Mrs. Robinson, 1 up at the 19th; Mrs. White beat Mrs. Cain, 2 and 1; Miss M. Cooke beat Miss S. Johnston, 6 and 4; Mrs. Melrose beat Mrs. G. A. Hardley. 4 and 2; Mrs. Bignan beat Miss Haslet, 2 up: Miss K Fouhy beat Miss Duder, 5 and 3. A medal handicap, played in conjunction with the qualifying round, resulted as follows: Seniors.—Miss Grierson. 97, IS—79; Mrs. J. C. Finlay, 94, 13—81; Mrs. T. W. Hosking, 87, 5—82; Mrs. H. Johnston. 99, 16—83; Miss K. Horton, 97, 10—87 Juniors.—Mrs. Hipkins, 97, 19—78; Miss N. Self, 113, 34 —79; Mrs. Rudge, 108. 27 SI. MAUNGAKIEKIE CLUB A four-ball bogey handicap will be played on Saturday by members of the Maungakiekie Golf Club at'One Tree Hill. Partners: and opponents will be drawn on arrival at the clubhouse. AKARANA CLUB The Akarana Golf Club held an open day yesterday, about 50 entries being received. The course was in good order and the weather fine, although a stiff breeze proved troublesome. An 18-lioles stroke handicap was played in the morning and a bogey foursome handicap in the afternoon. The best gross score returned in the morning match was E. Beehan's 84. 11 73, and he won the prize for the best gross score as well as the senior medal. The junior competition resulted in a tie between 11. E. Cullen and C. Biggs, who returned cards of 98, 24—74 and 92. 18— 74, respectively. The pair tossed to decide, the winner and the former was successful. The next best score of 96. 19 — 77 was returned by H. R. Taylor. The four-ball bogey handicap resulted

in a win for J. Swanson and L. Beehan. whose score road 5 up. The next best cards were: —J. Murray and F. Preston. 4 up: .1. Zahara and <\ Zahara, 4 up: H, \*. Ganiev and L. IJ. Horton, 2 up; D. N. Brown and J. R. Trayes, 2 up: A. Sinclair and C. Holloway, 2 down; 11. R. Tyler and N. Broad, 2 down. AKARANA LADIES* CLUB Following is the draw for the sealedhole competition, to be played by members of the Akarana Ladies’ Golf Club on Saturday:—Miss Parkinson v. Miss Wynyard. Miss Roberts v. Mrs Smith. Miss Jenks v. Mrs. Hickman, Miss A. Deacon v. Miss Cousins, Miss McGee v. Miss Connett, Miss McMatli v. Miss Davies, Miss Fearnlev v. Miss I. Deacon. Miss Webber y Miss Dowling, Miss Knott v. Mrs. Lawson, Miss Joyce v. Miss Longdell, Miss line v. another. Following is the draw for the C grade sealed-hole match, to be played on Saturday:—Miss Simons v. Miss Broadlev, Miss'Barton v. Miss Farrow. Miss Neville v. Mrs. Walmsley. Mrs. t’asi-y v. Miss Tarvin. Miss Connell v. Mrs. Crabtree. GLENDOWIE CLUB The following players will represent the ! Glendowie Golf Club in a match against the Maungakiekie Club at Titirangi on Saturday mxt:—C. AlUott. IL. Kissling. K. Hutchison, c. IThomas, li. Edmonds, X. A. Piling. J. Kissling. A. iMMiiie. I*. Niccollx, C. Wood, E. J. Richardson, O. , Wolf gram m. A medal handicap will be played at \ Glendowie. members to choose their op- j ponents. GLENDOWIE LADIES* CLUB Following are the results of the L. match, played by the members of the Glendowie Ladies’ Golf Club:—Mrs:. Kissling, 108. 31—77: Miss B. Hill. 10i, 29 —7S: Mrs. Keys, 106, 28—78; Miss Johnson, 109, 31—7 S; Miss Scott. 99, 21—<8; Miss Lawrence, 104, 26—78. The C grade match was won by Miss N. Bond, Mrs. Macartney being second. Further results of the Hill Cup competition are as follow:—Miss W. Hmtz beat Mrs. Mathieson at the 24th: Mrs. Butler beat Miss Johnson, 3 and 2: Miss D. Seott beat Miss Lawrence, at the 21st; Miss W. Hintz beat Mrs. Butler. 4 and 3. The final will be played between Miss D. Scott and Miss W. Hintz. A flag match will be played next \\ cdnesday. C grade and handicap players being drawn together. PUPUKE CLUB Following were the best cards returned in the fifth monthly medal round, played in conjunction witfi the match for Mr. Chisholm's trophy, by members of the Pupuke Golf Club: W. C. Taylor. 89 IS—7l: C. H. Kings ford, junr., 92, -l —7l: .f. T. McCorkirnlale. 97. 24—* 3: ME. Thompson, 82, S—74: L. 11. Saunders, 88, 14—71: L. G. Ansell. 90. 16— 74: S. W. Chambers, 87, 12—75: R. H. Greville, 8., 12—75: L. J. Minogue, So, 9 —<6; L. AV. Mills. 87, 11—76; C. F. Browne, 95. 19— 76; ,7. A. Howie. 90, 13—77; W. I. Stentson, 98, IS—80; C. 11. Kingsford. A four-ball best-ball bogey match will be played on Saturday for a trophy presented by Mr. J. Fotheringham. players to choose their own partners and opponents. WAITEMATA CLUB Members of the Waitemata Golf Club will play the second round of the 36holes medal match for the Ferry Cup on Saturday afternoon. Following is the draw: Hogan v. Rudge, Layzell v. Lan;bien, O’Connell v. Taylor, Porter v. Downer, Prime v. Bartley, Jack-on v. Miller, Rae v. McKenzie, McLeod v. O’Connor, Whitley v. Spraggon, Duder v. Chapman, Macindoe v. Baxter. R. Hume v. Weir, W. Walsh v. T. Gooding, Jones v. Brett, D. Walsh v. Ash. Robinson v. Duff. Hunter v. Burgess, Crompton v. R. Gooding, Josling v. Simmonds. Leach v. R. McLeod. Rowan v. Aldis. Anderson v. another, Wilson v. Bruce, Mundy v. W. Hume. Mason v. Robbie, Spence v. Brambley. OTAHUHU CLUB The following players will represent the Otahuhu Golf Club in a teams match against the Akarana Club, to be played on the Akarana links on Saturday: L. J. Croxson, B. H. Menzies, W. B. Eustace, H. J. Levy, R. G. Moffitt, A. P. Eustace, C. R. Reader. T. Easterbrook, G. Currie. B. O. Heather, J. Logan, R. L. Brown. C. Biggs. MANUREWA CLUB In the ladies’ championship, Mrs. Barnard beat Mrs. Cilmore. 1 up. Mrs. Barnard will meet Mrs. Rushton in the final. On Saturday mixed Canadian foursomes will be played. OTAHUHU V. PAPAKURA Honours were divided in an inter-club match, played between the Otahuhu and Papakura Ladies’ Golf Clubs at Otahuhu yesterday. The score was four games all and two all square. Details of play are, Otahuhu names first: — Miss Mellsop lost to Airs. Rus/on, 4 and 2: Miss Cutforth lost to Miss Walters. 6 and 4: Miss Percy beat Miss Foote. 5 find 4; Airs. Shaw lost to Airs. Brookes, 3 and 1: Airs. Currie beat Aliss \Valker. 7 and 6; Airs. Heather and Mi|* AlcLennan, all square: Mrs. Chapman lost to Aliss Andre. 6 and 4; Airs. Kelsey beat Mrs. Pavitt, 4 and 3; Airs. Moffitt beat Airs. TJrquhart, 2 up: Aliss E. O’Loughlen and Airs. Knight, all square. PUKEKOHE CLUB From Our own Correspondent PUKEKOHE, Wednesday. The Pukekohe team to play Waiuku on Saturday will be selected from the following: Payne, Maddison, Lawson, McWhirter, Schlaepfer, Johns, Charlesworth. Duncan, Short, Hosking. Jobson. Pike, Sellar, Roulston, Stuart. Spooner. Foster, Findlay, Wilson. Coyle and Kissling.