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Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1920, Page 5

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. DOMINION TOURNAMENT. WEATHER SPOILS OPENING' ' jjj lORKWOOD HEADS THE LIST, ■. (By Wire—Special - 's■ Hamilton, Lost Nigj *9 The weather was anything but f pleasant for the commencement of thp; |- New Zealand golf championship; me< tag'-to-day. Heavy rain fell overnight md if continued all day. strong. n< thr'*! easterly assisted players in die a) rti- v | lug round at several. long. iut j. In the afternoon, several competitor) ex- f perienced difficulty in holding ilubs, and some spoiled their scoreetj through their clubs out of i their hands. The course, stood the rain well. .''i The feature of the day's play was Kirk-, wood's initial score of 72, in which tied with the record for the j despite the' conditions he played (rolf, and the large gallery that uirn was rewarded with a. great «s%}.- ,41 tion. He seemed to be playing, f of ''is| par figures. His seconds to tn • jteq& n were deadly. He opened with ft Bin B'' at the first, and followed with five par* fyl (ectly played holes. His second*' WeM-'-vf on the green, and he took two putts, Helijft took 37 for the first ntne holes. ' 'MM He missed a two-foot putt at th*j?ll tenth, but holed out in four. 'w tours'followed. At the 14th he played fM the shot of the round. The hole is on;.|§ a high hank 100 yards from the tee, 111 with a stiff bunker in front. Kirkwood Tg drove a high ball, landed two feet from -3] Che pin, and wound up four inchet tyom - 1 the hole, and lie registered a 'two, ;Hif seconds to the three following hbles i'J were splendid, and easy fours were* cured. He had to get a four to break "M the record, but he left himself a nasty ;«! nirly putt, which stopped an inch, short. ;':s| His card read:— ; Jffl Out: 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 0, 4, 4—total 37. In: 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4', s—total 85, Total, 72. j <^J| Douglas, the present open campion '« of New Zealand, started off brilliantly, SI but he was too strong at the sixth, and •,<§ found the bunker beyond the green. eventually holing out in five. Btd !bck -i''l ;ontinucd on the greens of the lfbxt tnix-% holes, and his average was five. remainder of the holes were well plajed, f|| and he finished with a 77. *'|j Morpeth started erell, but he had bad " J tj luck at the 7th.,,8th., and 9th. A two at the tenth assisted him, and he placed' la the last eight holes splendidly, return* ing 7.V His 34 returning home, best of the day. •AhVMm Dr. Ross also returned 7(5. He^« : »fffl turned in 37, but threo putts on two,'|B greens spoiled the tally. ' "-vi|S In the afternoon, .Kirkwood played. *a| sound game. The greens were becominfeJjaj tricky, and his putting was not steady. He got two 39's, which madeilS him 78. 'Jm Douglas and Dr. Ross cracked up,' end la neither seemed to be able to -grip Jul fn clubs. On one occasion the club flevfl out of Douglas' hands. ] I® Morpeth played well, and Het Ud 2 East improved their positions. Sex ';' i George (Maungakieki) returned two sound scores, but H. B. Lusk WM too often in the rough. « ''si Kirkwood looks a winner on to-day 1 * 1 play. . • | • DETAILS OF PLAY. • | YESTERDAY'S BEST SCORES, ' | Br Telegraph—Press Association. •jj

Hamilton, Last Night. 11 The best scores for to-day's play arei Kirkwood 72 78 1*0 '''I S. Morpeth 75 78 153 East „ 78 78 156 'i i 80 7« 150 •W K. George 81 78 169 McEwan 80 79 169 ull D. Boss 73 85 160 'ill J. L. Black 80 80 160 , ;a Douglas 77 85 162 ' n T. H. Horton .... 83 78 161 1 H. B. Lusk 8'2 80 162 | Brooks v., 82 81 103 . ' .1 F. Hood v.. 83 8-2 165 J H. Crosse . . 82 83 166 1 Clements ....... 78 ' 88 160 i I. Forbes 81 86 187 Moss 82 8(1 168 '»'Si Martin ,... 83 85 168 : I N. Bell ......... 81 88 169 '■I Blair v.. 84 85 1B9 A. likstedt no 79 169 J. B. Mcliwan ... 80 85 171 H. D. MeFarlane . 87 85 172 Q, Saunders ..... 88 85 1T3 C. B. Wright *...; 86 88 174 H. Caldwell 89 8C 175 • .T. Harold ....... 85 ' 90 175 I. Oosb . 85 91 176 > 1 x J. Banks 87; 89 176 ' R. 0. Chesney ... 82 95. 177- ■ R. (1. Gardner 85 92 177 K. 92 80 178 , | 7. Hurst ........ 85 93 178 J 1>. Rainger ...... 94 84 178 , [M H. L. Lise 85 94 179 ' 1 D. 0. Whyte .... 90 8» 179 W. Humphreys >. 91 90 181 4 A. Clonston 91 90 181 . i W. Colbeck 90 91 181 j IT. Gillies ....... 88 03 181 F. Trise ........ 90 91 181 1 W. Seifert ....... 95 89 184 C. F. Bond ...... 89 95 184 C. Clements 93 92 187 '