GOLF.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17786, 10 August 1929, Page 20 (Supplement)

GOLF.

A WEEKLY BUDGET. HERE AND THERE HAPPENINGS. LOCAL BREVITIES. (By “Niblick.”) Weather conditions were all that could have been desired at St. Andrews last’ Saturday, when a foursomes handicap on stroke play was decided. The winners turned up in Cole and Newlands, whose card, 90— 19 —71 was the best returned. Both played steadily and combined well, and some long putts holed by Newlands.were very useful to the sco”e, while neither missed the short ones. A short handicap pair in J. Horton and Gerrand had 82—8 —74, and MoMullln and Toombs, 97—23 —74 recorded a similar score. W. M. Horton, senr., and T. Atkins, 89 —14 —75 were next. Inoldentallv, if club-house talk is anything to go by, foursomes are not very popular with many members, and would not be greatly missed if they

pletely absent from golfing circles in New Zealand," remarks the Australasian’s golf contributor. "In fact a state of affairs widely exists analogous to that which might arise in lawn tennis If a large majority of the rac-quet-wielders were to show a preference for hitting their chamois-cover-ed halls up against a brick wall and taldng a puerile pleasure in counting their strokes, over trying-out their prowess against that of a skilful adversary on the other side of the net. The cases are hardly parallel, but they are near enough to it to point the moral. Also there is a disposition to discredit matches as a medium for testing the great golfer, and to exalt stroke play as a criterion of his skill. To people holding such views the re- ' cent failure of C. H. Fawcett to qualify in the New South Wales championship must, Indeed, be a tough morsel to digest. At the same time such failures by greafa golfers are by no means singular. Gene Sarazen, the American professional star, who was United States champion two or three years ago, and "who finished second to Hagen last year in the British open championship, is a striking Instance. Oard and Pencil Frequently Farcical. "The defeat of Mrs Gatehouse last year by Miss S. Braithwaite in the Victorian championship has been ex-