GOLF

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6136, 14 September 1945, Page 5

GOLF

KING COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TE AWAMUTU PLAYERS COMPETE The King Country golf championships were concluded at Tarrangower, . on Saturday last when there was the largest field seen in the history of the club. Altogether 27 teams competed and there were over 100 players-on the course. The weather conditions were ideal, but the course was not its best and most players found the bare green very difficult when they dried out in the afternoon. The tourney was run by the Waimarino Club and they made a good job of it. The teams championship was won by Taumarunui A with a score of 611, which was very good indeed, giving the individual members of the team average rounds for the day of just over 76 each. The members of the team were W. Jones, H. K. Spencer, T. Jones and M. Dudley. The runnersup were Taumarunui B with 642. Te Awamutu A took third place with 667. Other teams’ scores were: Otorohanga A 723, Otorohanga C 827, Te Awamutu B 681, Te Awamutu D 759, Te Awamutu E 761, Te Kuiti A 701, Te Kuiti C 760, Te Kuiti D 775, Waimarino A 822, Taumarunui C 765, Taumarunui D 702, Taumarunui E 716, Taumarunui I 764, Taumarunui J 782. The teams handicap was also won by Taumarunui A with a score of 581. The runners-up were Taumarunui B with 605. The outstanding player of the tournament was the scratch Orakei man,* W. J. Jones, who scored a faultless 69 in the morning and a 72 in the afternoon. He hardly made a mistake all day through the green but found the putting greens a bit troublesome in the afternoon. His smooth flowing style made the game look easy and he returned the best gross score for the day with a total of 60—72—141. J. Bundle, of Te Awamutu, also played impressive golf to be runner-up to Jones with 76—76—152. Other individual results were as follows : 36-hole junior gross: W. C. Wilson (Waimarino) 90—84—174. 36-hole senior medal handicap: P. D. Smith (Taumarunui) 140. 36-hole junior medal handicap: K. Wotten (Taumarunui) 139. Senior morning medal: H. K. Spencer (Taumarunui), 73—5—68. T. Ware (Taumarunui) 81—13—68 tied with Spencer, who won on the countback. Junior morning medal: H. Strange (Taumarunui) 88—15-7-73. Senior Stableford: J. Wallace (Taumarunui) 34. Junior Stableford: M. Buirk (Taumarunui) 33. i The following are some of the leading scores:—W. E. Jones (Taumarunui) 69—72—141, J. Bundle (Te Awamutu) 1 6 76—152, H. K. Spencer (Taumarunui) 73—81—154, J. Sterritt (Te Awamutu) 75—79—154, T. Jones (Taumarunui) 80—77—157, M. Dudley (Taumarunui) 76—83—159, P. D. Smith (Taumarunui) 82—78—160, D. Harding (Te Awamutu) 80—80— 160, H. Babbage (Te Awamutu) SOSO—I6O. At the conclusion oWthe tournament the trophies were presented by Mr Manson, president of the Waimarino Club. Other speakers were Mr A. McKenzie, president of the Taumarunui Club, Mr H. K. Spencer (Taumarunui), Mr C. Johnson (Te Kuiti) and Mr D. R. McLeay (Te Awamutu). Open Tourney An open tourney was played on Sunday when there was again a large field, which included S. E. Chappell, the scratch Orakei (Auckland) Club champion, and six other Orakei low markers, F. Parkinson (3), S. Rykers (6), G. Tyndall (6), A. Marshall (7), and W. Parkinson (12). W. E. Jones again played outstanding golf and won the 36-hole senior gross trophy with a score of 152. H. K. Spencer (153) also played fine golf and was only one stroke behind Jones to be runner-up. Other results were:—36-hole junior gross, E. H. Bishop; senior morning medal, B. Waymouth; junior morning medal, J. Birrell; 36-hole senior medal, M. Ormsby (Otorohanga), 36-hole junior medal, S. Ryburn, senior Stableford, S. Rykers, junior Stableford, F. Laskey (Te Awamutu), ladies’ combined Stableford, Mrs Clegg and Miss S. Doyle.