PROPOSED GOLFING VISIT

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1934, Page 7

PROPOSED GOLFING VISIT

UNITED STATES PROFESSIONALS. NEW ZEALAND NEGOTIATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Sept. 8. The New Zealand Golf Association has been tentatively approached by the Professional Golfers’ Association of America with a view to arranging a match against New Zealand by a team of six which is being sent to Melbourne. The suggestion is that the team should be approached when the Mariposa arrives at Auckland and arrangements made for a visit to New Zealand when it arrives at Wellington on December 10 on the way back to America. . The council has received an offer from Messrs. Imlay and Gonville Saunders, Wanganui, to donate a challenge cup or plate for permanent competition, and has intimated willingness to accept. The chairman of the golf green research committee has outlined considerable expenditure which it considers necessary, and the council is sending a copy of the recommendations to clubs with an indication that the question of future policy will come up at the annual general meeting of delegates. With regard to the request by the New Zealand Professionals’ Association for financial assistance in connection with the New Zealand professionals’ visit to Melbourne the council resolved to reply that it was not within the province of the council to make donations of this nature, which should come from individual players, which, it is understood, is already being given effect to. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS. v VISITORS FROM AUSTRALIA. Auckland, SepT. 8. An entry of over 50 players has been received for the New Zealand women’s golf championship which opens at Titirangi on September 21. Advice has been received that if Miss Shirley Tolhurst is unable to come in the Australian team she will be replaced by Miss Bailey. These two, also Misses Wray and Hammond, are handicapped on 4, Miss McLeod on 5 and Mrs. O. Robinson On 6.