GOLF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 201, 26 August 1936, Page 4

GOLF

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Keen interest is being displayed by golf enthusiasts in the form of the New Zealand women’s team at present competing at Adelaide. Wanganui in particular will be more keenly interested because Miss P. Helean is a Seafield member, Mrs. FullertonSmith is from Marton, and Miss Oliver Kay, from Hawera, has been a fairly frequent visitor to Wanganui. An inter-club match will be played at Belmont on Saturday between Wanganui and Seatield. The seniors will play at Seafield and the juniors at Belmont. At the Westbourne links, Castlecliff, over the week-end lan Meldrum holed out his tee shot at a 132 yd- . a feat which, it is claimed, has not hitherto been done this season locally. Still another good score has been registered at the Hutt links by Coli | Armstrong, a son of Mr. N. G. Armstrong, of Wanganui. On Saturday last Armstrong won the bogey competition at the Hutt by going outir. 34, and returning in 36, which, with his allowance of two strokes, enabled him to finish 5 up. The handicappers promptly reduced his allowance to one stroke, which is a tribute to his ability as a player. The best Gene Sarazen could do on the Hutt courst last Saturday week was 73, but the American had a strong north-west-erly wind to contend with. Armstrong has been steadily forging to the front, and has evolved, a style. He is a long hitter, and has learnt to control direction. The man who can cover the Hutt course in 70 at the present time is a golfer of class, comments a Wellington critic. On a midsummer’s night at Brora, in the very north of Scotland, there was played a unique golf competition. It consisted of a four-ball competition and attracted an entry of over 60 competitors, including a number of visitors Play commenced at 10.30 and the last fours returned before 1.30 a.m. The visibility was good until aoout 1 o’clock, but after that it was by no means bud, as was shown by the fact that the last player to come in had a 34 for the second half. This novel competition was so much enjoyed that those who were engaged in it expressed the wish that it be made an annual event. The best score returned was a 75.