FROM TEE TO GREEN

Waikato Independent, Volume XLIII, Issue 6036, 23 October 1946, Page 7

FROM TEE TO GREEN

Towns'end Trophy To Henry Davys

GOOD ROUNDS IN THE WET

WEATHER REDUCES THE FIELD

Even the farmer members of the Cambridge Golf Club who realised that the rain was neeeded, regretted that after a fortnight of fine weather it should set in on Saturday. To a large extent the wind and rain marred the 36-hole medal match being played on the Cambridge golf links for valuable trophies presented by Mr W. Townsend.

The field which faced the elements in the moring comprised only half the members who would have played under normal conditions. As the morning progressed and the rain continued odd players dropped out and returned to the club house, while the others carried on wet through but undaunted. The rain abated in the early afternoon but by this time there were not many left to comple the 36 holes.

• The result was a well-merited win for Henry Davys, who was the only

By "Wullie AucMerlonie"

player to improve on his handicap of 21. In the morning when conditions were at their worst his round was 90-21-69, and in the afternoon he was one stroke more, making his net total for the 36 holes 139. He was 42 for the first nine holes both morning and afternon. In future he will play off a 19 handicap. The runner-up prize went H. M. P. Baker with 144 net. He played to his handicap in the morning with 89-18-71, but was two over in the afternoon. This was a good effort. In the second round G. W. Allen had a good card of 83-12-71, and this with a 74 net in the morning gave hir third place, one stroke ahead of W. Bobbette.

The local links were practically deserted on Sunday. The course was in excellent order, but a strong wind made good scoring difficult. A team from Cambridge visited Lochiel for the open day there on Sunday. There was a full entry but no outstanding rounds resulted, due to the wind. In the moring G. W. Allen won the Stableford with 32 points.

It is anticipated that there will be a very large entry for the annual Labour Day tournament .next Saturday and Sunday. Post entries will be accepted so that all visitors will have to be accommodated. For the R. S. A. Tournament a week later, entries closed today, and it is possible that the field will have to be restricted.