GOLF

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144710, 19 June 1915, Page 8

GOLF

(By “All Square.") At Witiora. on Saturday lasi. in tin* New Plymouth Chd* mat-.h. Sian. Smith had li’-ir-' lurk n; iosinw lo Kiteiiie. Smbh was up all Cm way. ami 1 up ami 2 looked like winning. Phehie's ball pitched on In tho “'Coffin ' groan 'within 2] foot of the flag am! i f’Vi-r moved. Kiulde buffid in i_ lo Smuh's A, and winning the bust liulo- won the match by I up. On Saturday next. at Waiwakaiho, the monthly modal handicap lor liio St. Andrcw’s Cross will in* played. On Thursday tho Start roni-Xew Piyr'ontli matoh v ill hi- played at Waiwakaihu. The* following circular has been received, by the >.<t Plymouth Gob (Tib from the Now Zeah'» w l Assochmaou, which suites that James Wail., professional to tho Wellington Club, and K. S. Douglas, professional to the Miramar Club. i‘~? desirous of promoting a coinpetition nrn'Mig all geho’s in Now Zealand for tho purpose of raising money to augment the Wounded Soldiers’ Knud, and have donated two cMnplelo bits of clubs to bo competed for or. C’c following conditions and dates;— Ladies; Modal mind, under club handicap. .Match to ho played on June i!3. Mon: Meual roam!, under club handicap. Match to ho played on Juno lid. Knirnnce fee. is each player, both ladies and uvn. All receipts, without reduction, to bo donated to the fund. (dub secretaries are urged to take this dialler up am! do their utmost in make tho cemnciitiou a success, and to forw.'- -:i ah moneys in connection therewith to .Mr. A. S. MneShaue, secretary to Now Zealand Golf Association, toget her with Iho best card in each section. The y.f'\v Oolf C.’luh has agreed tn the muj.lv Mi>»ns and will play the matches on the dales mentioned. Tho men’s mav-h ml! be played in coniuneMou v.i'h ili- 1 Andrew's ?Vdal Handicap. Tho ladies will play their nml'h on We*’ uesd; y. At the beginning of June. Mrs. Cook was rlevlod captain, and Airs, Maekie deputy cap Vin of tho Otago Ladies’ Golf Club. Curiously those players played off in tho final last week lor ih-> club championship, Mrs. Cool; defeating her opponent. A petty act of revenge against the Anglo-American golfing element in r'erlin was the burning dawn hy uidvmwn persons of ilm Scots profesffionera private premises on the course, ineTuling thy destruction of a vahr’Me ceiffiction of goMng parapliernalia. dubm ‘balls, boots, ’athes. ole. The profemiouai is rbn a prisoner at Huhloben. The “Oiuvn’s Work for Women” Guild golf competition, arranged for by the proprieties of the Gentlewoman, met with unqualified success, and a .sum exceeding C2OO has been pyihoivd. So fat dvp hroneli medals have been awarded and 273 competitions are still to )»e played. The competition is as far reaching as the medal competition originated hy the Golf Illustrated, as an application lor one of these medals has be“n received from the Tientsin Club. China. ‘ The course, by the way. has mud greens, ami has a peculiar local rule that a hall lying against or in a collin may be lifted without penalty. All tho entrance tees for com petitions are devoted to tho Hoyal Fund. M. L. Apperly. the Sydney amateur, is showing great form this season. Playing in a competition over Kensington links recently from the plus 1 mark, lie went round in 70. and finished 7 up on bogie. Siute then Lis handicap has boon reduced to plus 3. Try this experiment: There are various Challenger Golf Balls—the light, the medium small, and the heavy. Buy the three halls and test them ngainat any other make. Your dealer will exchange any that don’t suit you. Yen’ll buy Challenger hy tho box after.—Advt.