FROM TEE TO GREEN

Waikato Independent, Volume XLV, Issue 6234, 4 May 1949, Page 2

FROM TEE TO GREEN

Excellent Rounds By Club’s Leading Players

A feature of the Stableford bogey played on the Cambridge golf links on Saturday was the outstanding scoring by the club’s three leading players,'Max Sing, (last year’s champion) Bill Ryan and Dave McCathie. With 38 points, Max Sing won the senior section, his medal round being 72-4-68. He was out in 38 and home in 34, the excellent second nine being assisted by remarkable putting. Finishing stylishly with four threes, Bill Ryan took second place with 37 points. His medal round was 72-3-69. Dave McCathie maintained his good form with a steady 73-3-70, which gave him third place. The winner of the Alford Cup bogey competition this month is likely to be one of these three players. " ! j Dick Thornbury again played below his handicap with 81-12-69, and carded 35 points. Con Burgess also went well, liis 81-11-70 earning 34 points. The next best scores were: A. Webb 34 points (83-12-71); V. C. Hollis, 34 points (77-5-72); P. S. Kirk, 33 points (82-10-72); A. H. Clayton, 32 points (81-8-73); H. Perry, 31 points (82-8-74). JUNIORS REDUCED Without a great deal of practice, Bob Rush came to light with an excellent round of 82-15-67, and his 36 Stableford points won him the junior section. His handicap has been reduced to 13, and it should be long before he leaves the “Devil’s number” to join the ranks of the seniors. Bill McElwaine has been the junior find of the season, and handicap reductions from 24 to 18 since opening day have not deterred him. On Saturday he turned on a round of 87-18-69, and the handicapper, Vern Hollis, has reduced him one more stroke to 17. Sharing second place with McElwaine, were Doug Calvert and Dick Ireland, all with 34 points. Calvert’s round of 85-16-69 was his second good effort this season, and his handicap has been lowered to 15. Ireland escaped the “axe” this time. Other good junior scores were: J. W. Paine, 32 points (90-20-70); H. M. P. Baker, 32 points (89-18-71); P. L. Thompson, 32 points (92-21-71); J. Richardson, 32 ponts (86-15-71); H.

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Davys, 32 points (85-13-72); M. Weatherell, 31 points (89-17-72); P. Richards, 31 points (94-24-70); J. T. Gibkison, 30 points (88-15-73). 73). WEEK-END BOGEY Although there was no prefered lie for the wpek-end bogey, scoring was still gfod. ,The senior scramble was won by A. 11. Clayton 1 down, the next best being V. C. Hollis, 4 down, M. Sing 4 down, Len Haworth 4 down. The best junior card was R. Rush all square but he did not participate in the scramble, which went to W. 11. Cubis, 3 down. G. A. James., 4 down was best of the others. There were several good rounds last Thursday, outstanding of which was D. H. Blackie’s 82-15-67, and his handicap has been reduced to 13, E. Nickle also recorded a good 84-16-68, and he is back lo 15. J. B. Harvey has been reduced from 22 to 21 as a result of his round of 91-22-69. D. McCathie was in form during the week to register 72-3-69. He was 36 on both the outward and inward journeys. ALFORD CUP The first-round of the Alford Cup bogey competition will be played on Saturday when, the regular tees will be in use again. The draw is:— R. S. Alford, Y. C. Hollis D. McCathie; B. Farquhar, F. Fisher, J. Butler; 11. C. Tod, I. Litchwark, A. H. Clayton; \V. J. Ryan, M. Sing, H. C. Wells; F. Entwisle, W. Rice, G. W. Allen; C. Burgess, P. Lewis, 11. L. Perry; P. S. Kirk, A. McCann, W. Bobbette; J. R. Haworth, G. C. Vosper, M. Calvert; G. Stone, R. S. Thornbury, A. Webster; E. J. F. Kennedy, A. Webb, D. B. Mitchell; W. H. Cubis, R. Rush, J. W. Payne; W. J. Ward, W. O. Cubis, H. M. P. Baker; D. Dallas, I. Penman, D. F. Calvert;. I Fairbrother, J. T. Gilkison, 11. Davys; L. Waite, B. E. Harper, J. Richardson; J. B Harvey, T M. Crabb, D. Lundon; M. Wells, W. Kehely, F. T. Ray; G. E. Johnson, Lesi Feisst, D. White; A. E. Feisst, R. A. Waite, Les Haworth; J. W. Jeans, J. Yolland, R. Ireland; H. Betts, M. Weatherell, G. A. Shelton; R. E. A. Newcombe, G. E. Wright, E. Nicklc; Father Quinn, R. Macdonald, A. Sturgeon; R. H. Feisst, D. 11. Allen, Dr. I. R. Oliver; B. E. Oliver, C. Greig, P. L. Thompson; S. J. Banks, A. W. Cubis, R. B. Miller; B. W. Currie, I. R. Oliver, W. J. McLean; P. R. Richards, J. T. Dagg, K. C. Beer; W. Wilkinson, E. R. Foster, B. Bromwich, W. R. Collins, A. C. Oliver, Clive Boyce; Chris. Boyce, Jim Dagg, E. G. McElwaine.