GOLF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7499, 5 September 1902, Page 3

GOLF.

.. ■■ . +- • • NEW ZEALAND AMATEUR CHAMPIONj . SHIP. The ■principal event, of ifce- -tournament, the final for the championship (between fa. i±Gollam <und C. E. S. Gillies, was commenced at the Shirley Links this morning. By the interval eighteen holes had been played; out of thirty-six, ami Gotten stands 1 up. The play is not up to rthe standard of some seen during the meeting; "in fact, the play on- the grean can be best described' as poor, Gillies being the greatest sinner in this respect. \ His carelessness in this important department of the game certainly threw away the last two holes* Gollan is not as accurate through the green Va he i» usually, said Ma play lacks that certainty that was such a prominent Jeatuore in lus match against A. Duncan. The following *re the details oS the .play in -the first round :-=Gillies' second -was a doubtful bras sey and h« 'had luck in just getting through ihe fence. 'Gfalran's approach -was a 'beauty, and •ha holed out in 6. There -was nothing to choose in 'the drive for the second, and 'both playera (made a good approach shots. G-illies' next -was very short, and Gollan: 'hoied out in 4 and stdci 2- lin, GollaTii'a cleek shot 'aip- r PTOaoh was 'beautifully judged. -Gillies again potted short and allowed Gollan iv hole out in 4. Gollan 4 -up. Both drove -well for the fifth ■hole, Gollan lying dead with- his second, and he holed out with his next. Goßlan S up. At the sixth hole Gollan missed an; -easy putt, which enabled Gillie 9to halve in 5. Tih« next -was » very indifferent hole, the work on #ie green- being distinctly bad, and Gillies noted out in- x> to his oppon&'nf s€. T-he eighth waa a good hole, Gillies going out in 3. Driving to Briggs', Gdllan topped' hi 3 second and found the -fence, amd g&v-e up the hole. Gollani 2 up. Gillies lay dead with his tihird and. (bo-led out mi 4. G-ollwa 3 up. The next hole -was halved, after very in-and-out play. The Lake Ho 1 !© -was .-vronj by Gillies through Golla'n giving up after «gainr rinding the fence. Gollan, 2 up. At Land's End both had rather narrow -escapes of going out of >bounds> with their third shot, Gillies especially. Gollan his -opponent" witih- his fihlh >andi 'the hole -was halved in 6. Gollan riook O'Rorkc's Drift with 3 to his . opponent's 4. Both drove long shots for Spi^nkop. Gillies -was on the edge of the green with -his second and 1 holed out with his next, with a long putt. :Gollan 2 up and 3 -to play. Gillies got on to "the Chasm green- with a beauty, while Gollan drove wide and got close to ihe fence, and he itook 2 to get out, his third was short, and Gillies took the--hole, being within putting distance for 3. Gollan lup and 2to pfay. Gilliea should have won this hole, bub it was halved through his careless putting. Gollan 1 up and 1 -to play. At the eighteenth hole Gilliea 'ftiv within a few feet with his second. His thir3 was within a foot of the hole, and he missed it and enabled Golla-n; to halve in 5. Gollan lup on the first round.