GOLF.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 10 September 1924, Page 5

GOLF.

N.Z. TOURNEY. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. i'Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) : AUCKLAND, Tuesday. The second round of the New ZeaTSand amateur golf championship was ToJayed at Middle more to-day. The weaker was fine and sunny, and the greens -pycre in good condition, GOSS IN POEM. "The holder of the amateur title, J. •{Goss (Wanganui), for the first time at fthe meeting, played up to something Jike championship form. He out-drove dSeymour at almost every hole, and his *ghort work, particularly his putting, was very superior. Goss was 9 up at ->She seventeenth hole, but struck trouble the eighteenth, getting into the trees, and he finished the morning round B up. , . t i In the afternoon the champion did saot appear to be playing very strenu•amlsy, but had no difficulty in maintamdmg his advantage, and won, 8 up and 6. A,N EXTEA HOLE. Gunson, the young Maungakiekie ©layer, turned in a nice card of 78 at "soon when he was 3 up on his cliibumate Gardner, who struck trouble with ‘the water hazards at the first and fifth liholes. Gardner managed to square the -match at the thirty-fourth hole, and the naext two were halved, necessitating the slayers going to the thirty-seventh for .a decision, wher e Gardner missed a ;ahort putt for a half. A second Wanganui man left in, Harold, showed greatly improved form, and was Sup on Colbeck at lunch-time. He played steadily again in the afternoon, .-and finished 8 up and 7. LUSK BEATS PETLEY.

Lusk also showed steady play in his -snatch with Petley, the Miramar player ■finishing well down on the morning s •work. At the first hole in the after;aooH Lusk increased his lead from 7 up •to 8 up, but Petley won: four holes, in •■•succession. Lusk then reasserted him--sself, and, using his local knowledge to ..good advantage, won, fi up and 5. SENSATIONAL KECOVEEY.

The closest contest of the morning 'was between Black (Wellington) and ! Bid will (Featherston). Black was 2 up -on the outward journey, but on the re'iurn course Black weakened in his put--£ing, and Bidwill won the twelfth and •thirteenth, making the match all square.. ‘Bidwill took th e fifteenth and seventeenth ,but Black won the last of the •round, and finished 1 down. In the afternoon Black made the game all square at the eighth, but BidTwill, by nice approaching and putting, won three holes, and at the fourteenth was 3 up and I to play. Black then imade a sensational recovery, and won the remaining four holes, principally •(through improvement in driving and approaching. Bidwill went slightly off 4ais game. QUIN BEATS GEOEGE. L. Quin was 2 down to George at the 4snd of the morning's play. In the afternoon Quin made a tremendous effort, -and with luck in putting rapidly overhauled George, and was 4 up at the turn. George was unable to cope with him, and Quin won, 5 and 3. Conway had a runaway win from Fryer, who could not do anything right. Conway was 5 up at the adjournment, and finally ran out 9 up and '.B. HORTON BEATEN.

Horton and Wright had a ding-dong .-sontest over the first nine holes. They Jhalved the first six holes, in which Horton was twice stymied, and Wright finished 1 up at the turn. Horton was considerably short in his second shots, .;und this cost him a hole at the twelfth, :-fi£teenth and sixteenth, with the result “that Wright finished 4 up. A large gallery followed the play in -ih 3 afternoon. " Wright won the first dhole, making him 5 up. Horton then set out to catch his opponent. By a noticeable improvement in mashie approaches, he won four holes, making him 1 down. At the last hole Wright still .had. something in reserve, and succeeded in halving the hole, and won the match, 1 up. G. F. Gunson (Maungakiekie) defeated. R. 0. Gardiner (Maungakiekie) . at the 37th hole. PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. The matches in the third round cf Abe amateur championship to-morrow -we:— Gunson plays Wright. (Quin plays Harold. Black plays Goss. Lusk plays Conway. A stroke handicap played to-day resulted as follows: — E. L. Bartleet, 82—6—76. H. P. Bale, 79—3—76. T. A. Gouldiug, 82—5—77. X Quin, 80—3—77. D. MacCormiek, 81 —3—78. X C. Clark, 82—4—78. J. G. Duncan, 82 —3—79. K. Tareha 79—scr —79. W. Geddee, 93—14—79.

The matches in the semi-finale of the •■professional championship resulted: — E. J. Moss (Auckland) defeated G. JB. Forest (Timaru), 1 up. J. Mclntosh (Hutt) defeated R. C. Butters (Wanganui), 4 and 3. A consolation bogey match over 36 .holes was played by professionals today, and won by Blair, 4 up. MASTERTON CLUB. BOGEY COMPETITION. DRAWINGS FOR SATURDAY. The following is the draw for a bogey competition to be played on the Lansdowne links on Saturday next. The • competition will be payed over the full 18-hole course:— l T. Flannery plays 11. PI Hart. . Dr. Moser plays J. Kerr. 'W. Percy plays G. Rose. ■O. Perry plays H. Donald. J. G. Bee plays R. McKenzie. €. Bowler plays R. Page. E. W. B. Hornabrook plays R. S. .'.Hanna. A. Caselberg plays J. Lawrence. H. 11. Dawson plays 0. 0. Hodgins. A. G. Dawson plays S. M. Noble. .11. 11. Pavitt plays H. F. doom. B. Welch plays J. C. Broad. 11. E. Smith plays 0. Henehilwood. T. V. Hodgins plays 11. E. Pither. J. W. Bird plays D. T. Herbert. 11. Bannister plays E. T. Rotlnvell. -J. Shearer plays H. Turner. M. F. Cunningham plays G. Stewart, i G. Thompson plays J. .Jameson. W. Campbell plays F. W. Wesney. -J. Lucas plays W. G. Gentry. *G. P. Clapcott plays J. Kerslake. A. Balrymple plays F. Mason.