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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 210, 5 September 1934, Page 4

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Record entries have been received for the returned soldiers’ tournament, which is to bo held at the Belmont links to-morrow. With over seventy contestants likely to participate, the links should present a busy aspect, and the opportunity of exchanging wartime reminiscences should not be neglected. Entries for the Wanganui Golf Club’s annual championship tournament are due to close on Mondav, September 17. The tournament will conclude on September 22, and the following day an exhibition match will be played over 36 holes. A. J._ Shaw and W. Campbell being pitted against the two Wanganui amateurs. B. M. Silk and L. Cathro. A collection will be taken up for the expenses of the visit to Melbourne. At Belmont the middleweight championship title has been decided, M. Fell defeating E. Ziesler 4 and 3 in the final, which was played over 36 holes. They were all square at the end of *se first eighteen holes. Tn tho Tmlay Cup one of the semifinals was won by Beaven, who defeated Fell, while in tho other semifinal B. M. Silk is to play A. Haworth. The first round of the Rowe Cup was played by the Castlcciiff Golf Club on Saturday last. R. Bates returned the very good score of 70 nett and has a lead of three strokes on the next competitors. A number of matches in the Championships and Power Cup wore also played over the week-end. Those who were unable to play should endeavour to play their matches over tho next week-end. Cathro returned tho best score that has been recorded on the links so far with a card of 73. His figures were as follows;—•

With the Australian selectors already watching their amateurs and professionals with a view to picking their best men to meet the British amateurs and L.S A. professionals in November, and with the New Zealand championship meeting at Belmuut in October, entries for which close on September 20, there is plenty of first quality golf in the offing. Doubtless, furm at Bel mont will influence New Zealanders who contemplate visiting Australia to take part, in the big events there. It is understood that lhe Australian aniareurg will meet Britain’s team twice, possibly in Sydney on November 3 and 5, and in Melbourne on November 10 and 12. The assurance of the president oi the American Professional Gollei-s’ Association that an American professional team will definitely be sent to the centenary celebrations removes doubts which were becoming persistent. It will consist of six golfers, and with the announcement that Sarazen and Kirkwood will make the trip also, lhe statement that the team will be an exceptionally strong one need not be doubted. As the English amateur team is also a strong one, a definite comparison of the standards of golf of the two countries with that in Australia will be possible. The Australian amateur team will be a good one, as there is plenty of material, including some very brilliant youngsters, and it is not unlikely that the best golf of this tournament, both professional and amateur, will be produced by the younger golfers. The suggestion has been made in Australia that if an “international” event, preferably annual, could be arranged in Australia, it would provide an opportunity for New Zealand golf- ' ers periodically to measure the golf of the Dominion against that of Australia, and the hint is given that such a contest would give freer opportunity for such tests than the Kirk-Windeyer Cup. This is looking a bit far ahead, perhaps, but with the increased number of young players qualifying for low handicaps in New Zealand, the material will soon be available, and the opportunity would be welcome * * * • The secretary of the Australian Ladies’ Golf Union, Miss R._ Austin, who is the non-playing manager of the Australian team which will play in the Tasman Cup at Titirangi, Auckland, on September 2(5 next, has announced that Mrs. Sloan Morpeth, who had been nominated by the V.L.G.U. as a candidate for selection in the team, will not now be available for the New Zealand visit. The -other four Victorians whose names were submitted for selection are Misses S. Tolhurst, M. Macleod, LBailey and B. Kernot. The team will be selected after the playing of the inter-State match at Rose Bay, Sydney, on September 3. r • • • What is the British open championship worth to a professional who wins it? The first prize is only £lOO. so that there is nothing much in that. But the indirect rewards are very great, particularly in the United States, and it may be taken for granted that Cotton will go to the United States in due course, not to live, but to gain the prizes which the game offers to the real champion. A New York writer, in estimating Cotton’s prospects, said: “Cotton will undoubtedly find a shower of money poured into his lap if the experience of former champions is any criterion. Bobby Jones is estimated to have realised nearly £lOO,OOO, having received at least £24.000 from Warner Brothers, of Hollywood, for his famous series of golfing shots. He received perhaps £5OOO a year from syndicated articles, and in addition has a fiveyear contract with a sports equipment firm at a salary believed to be at least

Out:— 4 4 5 3 5 5 4 4 In: — 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 4—36. The standard scratch score i Hows:— Out:—4 4 5 3 5 5 4 4 3—37. In: — 5 4 5 3 4 3 5 5 4—38.