GOLF IN TARANAKI

Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1930, Page 7

GOLF IN TARANAKI

CONWAY WINS MEDLEY CUP ■SOME GOOD SCORES RETURNED. RESULTS OF BOGIE HANDICAP. Despite the inclement weather there were some good scores in the second and final rounds of the Medley Cup on the links at Waiwakaiho on Saturday. A. E. Conway, with the great round of 70 (30 out and 31 in) finished .two up on bogie and this, combined with his first round score of 3 down, gave him the Medley Cup for the year. V. Dalgleish, with 2 down in both rounds, was next. Other good cards in the bogie handicap were J. M. Hine (2 up) and G. W. Haughton (all square). The quailniyg mwfyp cmfwyp fwyp The qualifying round of the Coltman Cup competition will take place next Saturday. . . Following .are the results: — MEDLEY CUP. A. E. Conway (2), 3 down, 2 up—l down. V. Dalgleish (15), 2 down, 2 down—--4 down. ■ 0. H. Stephenson (2), 1 down, 4 down —5 down. N. Trewby (18), 4 down, 3 down —7 down. K. Tompkins (15), 2 down, 6 down—--8 down. R. Greiner (9), 4 down, 5 down—9 down. - ' SENIOR BOGIE HANDICAP. A. E. Conway (2), 2 up. J. M. Hine (7), 2 up. G. W. Haughton (12), all square. C. H. Stephenson (2), 4 down. R. Greiner (9), 5 down. JUNIOR. V. Dalgleish (16), 2 down. N. Trewby .(18), 3 down. Dr. Rich (16), 3 down. J. L. Mander (15), 3 down. H. W. Martin (15), 4., down. S. H. Russell (14), 4 down. J. H. Combes (15), 5 down. K. Tompkins (15), 6 down. J. O’Reilly (14), 7 down. MANAKORIHI GOLF CLUB. RESULTS OF’ WEEK’S MATCHES. Medal matches were played last week at the Manakorihi links, Waitara. The winners on Thursday were E. George and J. H. Combes,- with net 73’s. On 'Saturday G. P. Fuller won with 71. Details are ;— . • ' ■ Thursday. E. George : 89—16 —73 J.‘H. Combes ...' 93—20—73 A. G. Wills ..J.. 87—12—75 W. B. Glasgow .>.... 85—9 —76 C Sampson 88 —12—76 Hicks .. 92 —16 —76 R. George ~............. 97 —20 —77 D. H. Purdie 99—18 —81 W. R. Fuller 93—10—83 R. Sampson 108—20 —88 Saturday. G.' P. Fuller ...... .*.. 81—10—71 A. G. Wills .......... 84—12—72 Hicks .............. . 90—16—74 W. R. Fuller ........ 85—10—75 C. Sampson ....... 91—12 —79 Court ....A;......... 102 —14—88 The opening round of the Joll Cup will be played this week. The trophy is for match play on handicap. The draw will be made during the week.

DRAW FOR LADIES’ GOLF. L.G.U. MATCH FOR TO-MORROW. Following is the draw for the L.G.U. match to be played, at Waiwakaiho tomorrow: — Seniors. Mrs. Russell y. Mrs.. Curtis. Miss Dell v. Mrs. Mac Diarmid. Mrs. Nicholson v. Mrs. Hill. Miss Horner v. Mrs. Quilliam. Miss Gavin v. Miss Smart. Miss Morton v. Miss Blundell. Junior. Mrs. .Stainton v. Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. McQuade v. Miss Ryan. Mrs. Wade v. Mrs. Scanlan. Miss Webb v. Mrs. W. C. Weston. Miss Lea'tham v. Miss M. Thomson. Miss Grover v. Mrs. Brewster. Miss Cameron v. Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Waterston v. Miss Thomson. ..Mrs. Mander v. Mrs. C. H. Weston. Mrs. Rea v. Miss M. Morton. Mrs TayloiA v. Mrs. Rankin. Miss Brodie v. Miss Malone. Mrs. Corfe v. Miss Hutchen.

PROBLEM OF GOLF CROWDS. CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS. (By Harry Vardon.—Special to News.) The control of spectators threatens to be one of the most urgent problems in connection with this year’s golf championships, for the events are of unexampled interest and are fixed to take place on courses where large crowds always assemble on important occasions. The amateur championship, with the whole of the United States Walker Cup team in the field, will be decided at St. .drew’s in the last week of May, and the open championship, with the incomparable Mr. Bobby -Tones as well as Walter Hagen and other Americans among the competitors, will be played on the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake in the middle of June. It will be hectic work for the men who find themselves involved in the closing stages of the struggle for the amateur title. There is no means of restricting the attendance at St. Andrew’s, where the links are free to everybody; and the crowds there, while posessed'of a thorough knowledge and appreciation of the game, are among the hardest fighting I know in their endeavours to obtain favourable places from which to view the shots. Personally, I have found the task of making a passage through the swarms of spectators more difficult, than any other phase of playing in a championship in Scotland. There was an example of its trials when Miss Joyce Wethered and Miss Glenna Collett met in the final for the ladies’ title at St. Andrews last year. It is generally conceded that no more than 10,000 people were present, which was by no means a record, but they were unrivalled in their capacity, for running and shouting and stamped-

ing in every direction, and creating a scene of confusion infinitely more distracting than one would , expect to find bn any fair-ground. Considering the circumstances, the golf was extraordinarily good. The powers of concentration possessed by these two players must be extraordinary when they can hit their shots with such effect in a setting -of tumult. But that is not the point. Golf, even more than other outdoor games, demands that the contestants shall be allowed to pursue their task in conditions of decorum. Silence during the stroke, and a clear fairway so that the player may see the ball while walking towards it, so as to be able to think out the next shot, are points of etiquette as important as any. rules. And the' fact is that on important occasions at populous centres of the game these essentials of golf are no longer passible. - OFFICIALDOM FLOUTED. ’ When a cricketer makes a boundary hit or a footballer scores a goal, the .multitude that is watching does not rush all over the field and necessitate an army of stewards to restore order. When Miss Wethered played another of her championship finals at~ Troon, the spectators swarmed over the fairways at every hole directly the shots had been made, and sprinted towards the greens in such impetuous battalions that officials who got there first and waved flags in defence of these supposed sancturics were pushed aside and sometimes even trampled underfoot by the pressure of the rear ranks of onlookers on the front ranks. Small wonder that stewards, too. become excited, and that the players had to suspend their putting operations while sections of the crowd were being admonished for their unruliness.

These are not the conditions in which a keen match should be contested, and amateur golfers of both sexes have from time to time given up their association with the classic events because, instead of finding in them enjoyment and the relish of eager rivalry, they have found very largely the frenzied chaos created by a half-controlled crowd. And the situation is becoming worse, especially in Scotland, where every section of the community wants to see a much-discussed match, and where, as at St. Andrew’s, the fact that there is still nothing to pay for seeing it does not help to limit the attendance. GIVE THEM ROPE. , We have already had 20,000 people at an amateur championship final at Pres-

wick, and crowds of 10,000 or more at other attractive events. It is utterly impossible to conduct golf properly in such circumstances, and sooner or later the question of controlling the crowd will have to be considered afresh. Gate-money has proved only a partial palliative, and cannot be enforced at all at St. Andrew’s; During recent times it has been somethimr of a fashion to decry the oldfashioned system of ropes as a means of keeping golf crowds under control. All the same, it is, I think, the beat system of all when it is properly worked. It needs three relays well drilled in the duties. One is. in position round a putting green. The second relay is two hundred yards up the course, waiting to rope off the spectatorfl after the drives have been made. The third is hovering by the next putting green, waiting to rope that off too. When the first relay has finished a spasm it proceeds immediately to the next teeing ground to await the crowd there. . The second moves forward to a position half-way up the next fairway, and the third to* the next putting green. (Note. —The cablegrams last week showed that Mr. Vardon’s fears as to the behaviour of the crowds were justified. His article was written about April 10. —Ed. Dai.ly News.)