THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME OF GOLF

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20298, 7 May 1934, Page 11

THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME OF GOLF

BY

"THE colonel"

Golf on Saturday was out of the question, but players were able to indulge in matches yesterday, when the morning was dry. Play went on in a light drizzle in the afternoon. Fairways and greens were naturally heavy, as*” Avondale, where water in bunkers was the only drawback. Bridge * Washed Away. Heavy rains often produce interesting results at Charteris Bay. Last time it was a river of mud flowing down a gully, and the result of the latest spell of rain is the loss of the bridge leading through the trees over the creek to the “ KelP ” green. Members playing yesterday were forced to make a detour of 2uoy<Js through Mr Orton Bradley’s eowyard to reach the green. This creek rose quickly and at one time was flowing level with the bridge crossing from the inside paddock to the pavilion, but no further damage was caused. Match For £IOO Stake. The challenge issued by K. J. Moss, New Zealand open champion, and F. Butter, to play any two other professionals over 72 holes for a stake of ITOO is not likely to go unanswered. A. J. Shaw, former open title-holder, lias expressed an inclination to accept the challenge with W. Campbell, the Wellington Scotsman, as his partner. Such a match would be a great draw if it could be arranged. W 55 52 Shaw in Top Form. Such a challenge match would find hluiw in top form, as lie has been reeling off some great rounds at Wellington lately. Campbell has not been far behind him and the pair, both In Wellington, are setting a high standard. Shaw turned on a US at -M;ramar a week ago, taking 34 each way, and followed this with 119 and 70 at 1 [eretaunga. Campbell, since his arrival in Wellington, has been very much at home, for. In adtlition to rounds of 71 and 70 at Shandon, he recorded a brilliant 6!) on the Hutt American Thoroughness. Members of the American Walker Cup golf team are taking the match against Great Britain at St Andrews this month very seriously. J. Fischer, who is 21, and one of the two youngest Players on the side, has been given extended leave of absence from college so that he may devote the time to intensive practice. This is in striking contrast to the American Ryder Cup team, which arrived in England last summer with three days only for practice before the match at Southport. Some of the players paid the penalty for this disregard of the recognised period for acclimatisation. America’s amateurs do not, obviously, intend to make the same mistake. •* If the weather is kind,” says one optimistic American, " our players will sweep aside the Britishers. But if it blows at St Andrews then It will be a tough game.” Miss Kay Jn England. In a recent letter to friends in Dunedin, Miss O. Kay stated that although they had been in England only a week she and Miss B. Gaisford had already had one or two games on well-known courses around London. They found the greens very fast and much larger than the New Zealand greens. The New Zealand players had had a game with Miss Enid Wilson, the British lady champion, and had been invited to plav Miss Diana Fishwick. Curious Coincidence. A curious coincidence in relation lo a lost ball occurred on the Richmond Kill course recently, when a member of that club unexpectedly came across a bull he had lost at Russley. many miles away, u few days before. A Russley player who had found the first man’s ball on the Russley links, was having u day at Richmond Hill with the ball in question (it was marked with the original owner’s private sign). The Richmond Hill man drove off with one of his marked balls, and on walking up the fairway came across what he thought was the same bail, but one which was claimed by the Russley visitor, who had driven off another tee. Then the mistake was explained and the lost ball was returned. Some Super Tasks. Some amusing instances of super tasks set. players to win a hole in handicap match play occasionally coma to light, two of them at Russley in the past few days. A woman playing a friendly match with two men, each of whom was giving her a stroke, holed out for two at a three bogey. The two men were left to do a one at this hole, which is about 230 yards, to get the half or a nought for a win. Again at the ninth, over a quarter of a mile in length, one of the younger members of the club, who was receiving a stroke from his fa-ther in a family match, played a great stick for an eagle three. The father was thus left with a two for a half or a world-record 440vds hole-in-one. The son won. Simes Cup at Hanmer. The Simes Cup foursome, over thirtysix holes, postponed from Saturday, was played at Hanmer during the weekend under most unfavourable conditions. There was a continuous downpour throughout the day and after the two previous day's rain, the course and greens were waterlogged. Good scoring. con.svquently, was out of the question. The majority of the one hundred entrants took their place in the field, but only a few completed the afternoon round. The Lyttelton players, L. G. Gower and C. H. Plimmer, were the winners of the Simes Cup, and the Bascand Cup, for the best gross score, was won bv A. R. Blank and D. B. Bowker, entered from the Waimairi Beach Club, whose 157 was an excellent performance under the conditions. Results were: SIMES CUP. Gross. Hep. Net. L. G. Gower and C.

Davison 213 40 173 T, Easterbrook and Miss M. Todd .216 42 174 E, Watkins and Mrs Watkins . 197 22 175 PRIZE LIST. Simes Cup—L. G. Gower and C. H Plimmer 1, A. R. Blank and D. B. Bowker 2. Bascand Cup (best gross score)—A. ; R, Blank and D. B. Bowker. Best net morning round—A. Reid and K. C. Ensoi-. Best net afternoon round—L. G. Gower and C. H. Plimmer. At the close of play Mr Godfrey Rutherford addressed the players, after which Mrs E. Simes presented the Simes Cup and Mr Rutherford presented the other trophies. The players were entertained at afternoon tea by the lady members of the Hanmer Club. Harewood Club. A four-ball bogey match was played at Harewood yesterday. The course after tjie heavy rain was very slow and heavy, but notwithstanding this some good scores were returned. The best card was that of N. E. Tingey (8) and H. G. Barnett (9), 6 up. This pair played very steady golf and won the event by a margin of 2 up. Best cards N. E. Tingey and H. G. Barnett, 6 up W. L. La wry and J. T. Watts, 4 up. C. N. Thomson and J. H. Robertson. 4 up. * C. G. Penlington and J. L. Davis, 4 up. A. D. Neill and A. T. Bell. 4 up. E. H. Smith and H. F. Robertson, 3 up. A. W. Williams and R. S. Smith, 3 up. N. Boon and G. 11. Frater. 2 up. M. B. Cook and .1. G. M’Dermott, 2 up. L. N. Austin and H. M. Taylor, 1 up. R. G. Mai col m son and 1. B. (bomb, l h. Gower and C. J. M’Fadden, 1 up. C. Haigh and F. O. Schmidt, 1 up. F. Parris and Miss Robertson, all square. J. D. Carl and Mrs Carl, all square. L. J. Moorhouse and N. Roake, all square. F. W. Ste-vens and A. H. Dargie, all square. L. J. Neil and D. Neil, 1 down. A. F. Preston and E. H. Box, 1 down. G. G. Henry and A. C. Thurlow, 1 down. C. E. Hoy and B. J. Wilkes, 1 down. L. Jewell and J. Simpson, 1 down. A. C. Parson and E. H. Buckeridge, 1 down. J. S. Wilson and Mrs Wilson, 1 down. Templeton Country Club. During the week-end a bogey handicap for men was played at Templeton. The best cards were:—

Avondale Club. A bogey handicap, postponed from Saturday, was played at Avondale yesterday. The winner of the competition was A. Gibson, with a score of 1 down. Best cards were:

Waimairi Beach Club. The stroke handicap, played yesterday at Waimairi Beach in conjunction with the first round of the Bo\Vker Cup, resulted in a win for S. B. L. Bowker. who returned a net 69. Best cards Gross. Jlop. Net. S. B. L. Bowker 86 17 69

Lyttelton Club. A medal match was played at. Charteris Bay yesterday. D. R. Wallace was the winner with 70 net. T. Bowling and C. Paseoe wete-runners-up with net 7 4 each. Rawhiti Club. Over the week-end a men’s foursome stroke handicap was played by the Rawhiti Club. Following were the best cards:—

Christchurch Club. The first round of the Godby trophy, postponed from Saturday, will he played next. Saturday. ai\d players in the second round are requested to play their rounds then. The bogev match set down in the programme for May 19 has been cancelled to permit Godby trophy matches to be played.

H. PI tinnier A. R. Blank and D. 172 26 1 46 B. Bowker .... W. G. Morrison and 157 10 1 47 t). Climie K. C. Elisor and A. 166 IS .1 IS Reid E. W. Carter and 166 18 1 48 J. Lahmert G. L. Rutherford and Miss B. Ruther172 24 1 IS ford LI. W. D. Rogers 1 6 6 1 6 1 50 and R. Ormond . >5- W. Ha sell and W. 187 3 6 151 A. m-Queen .J. 1,. Veigette and H. R. T. Spanjer 1’. R. Dearden and c ' Mao - A. L'.. Kincaid and 172 20 152 1 90 32 158 1 S3 22 161 M. w.‘ S?mes°and n. 186 25 161 S. Williams S. L. Rutherford and 1 82 20 162 Mrs Bethell D. Stavert and Miss 1 S 4 22 1G2 C. T. Werren and S. 1 S 6 24 162 Cl. Moore M. S. Maefarlane and Mrs Mac far1SS 26 362 lane B. C. Rutherford and Miss Na196 34 1 62 than Miss H. Buchanan and Miss J. 1 91 28 163 1 93 30 1 63 C Bonningrton and J. E. Donald Miss S. Rhodes and 194 30 164 Miss E. Payne . J. Reid and Mrs G. 214 50 164 Reid D. I.. Macdonald and 198 32 166 Mrs Hobhs .... J. Rennie and T. H. 209 3S 171

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A. Gibson (D) 1 down W. M. Cleland (6) 2 down 13. J. Jackson (12) 2 down It. V. Sharpe (5) 3 down P, A. Adams (6) , . 3 down K. C. Ward <2) 4 down G. E. Berry (8) 4 down K. J. M’Menamin (9) 4 down F. W. Deighton (8) 5 down E. SJiennan (11) 5 down W. J. Dickinson (15) ........ 5 down E. Schnack (15) 5 down K. A. Cleland (11) ti down H. Pymond (12) 7 down B. A. Campbell (9) 7 down

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Gross. Hep. Net13. Jackson 5 and B. A. Miles 17 75 11 64 B. T. Coburn 10 and V. Ij. .Jensen 12 78 11 67 C Shaw 7 and H. Tli rop 10 77 9 68 A. B. G. Smith 20 and A. .J. Manning 24 . . 92 22 70 J. Hastings 11 and M. J. Sparrow 20 .... 86 16 70 H. X. .Jarvis 8 and D. A. Tait 15 83 12 71 J. C. Gudgeon and F. B. Skinner 88 17 71 M. Taylor 14 and C. Mu 1 lan 12 85 13 72 H. G. Byttle 11 and A. K. G. Lyttle 1 4 86 13 73 C. Brown 11 and 11 A. Falloon 18 88 15 73 C. D. Clarke 22 and A. Hodgkinfson 24 66 23 73 W. J. Edwards 21 and J. Jack 24 99 22 77