GOLF NOTES

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19639, 27 July 1935, Page 15 (Supplement)

GOLF NOTES

HAMILTON LADIES' CLUB. PRESIDENT’S TROPHY. (By “All Square.”) It was indeed unfortunate that the', Saturday players, in their second •round of the president’s trophy corn- I petition, encountered such disastrous weather conditions as prevailed last ] week-end. Several who were in the ■running after the 'first round, could not produce anything good enough to 'beat the week-day players. The winner of the. competition, Mis 3 M- Eyre, with 9 down in the first bogey match, appeared to have a hopeless card, as there were 21 players with better scores. However, in the second match she came in with one down, at the same time reducing her handicap by one stroke. Her aggregate of 9 and 1 equalled Miss D. Duxfleld’s 7 and 3 down, 'but .taken over the last 18 holes J Miss Eyre was the winner. j Foursomes. In the quarter-finals of the match play foursomes played last Monday the competition reached a very interesting stage. * Mrs \V. Waring and Miss Duxfleld had a great battle- to beat 'Mrs G. A. Arthur and Miss Gann. The' match was only decided on the 18th green, 1 up. The Waring-Dux-fleld combination is a strong one and their opponents will have to he playing very well to account for them in the semi-final. Mrs N. Rawlings and Mrs J. F. Strang are to be congratulated in defeating Mrs R. P. Hazard and Miss J. Templer, as they only received three strokes. Mrs Isdale and Mrs Joy won by a good margin from Mrs Orr and Mrs Peterson. The latter players did not do as well as they did in their previous matches. Mrs ■H. Matthews and Mrs Pettit, in defeating Mrs Gower and Mrs Hockin, will meet Mrs Isdale and Mrs Joy in the semi-final and give 'them four strokes. It remains to be seen if they can do this. 1 Provisional Ball. There seems to be some misunderstanding with the junior players about the use of a "provisional" ball. A provisional ball must not be regarded as an ‘'optional’’ ball and is only played to save time when a ball is likely to be out of 'bounds, or in some place where it may be lost or unplayable. At flic 14th hole the other day a player’s ball from the tee shot went into the bunker and. rather than play out of the bunker, she drove another ball from the tee. As the first ball was neither lost nor out of bounds, the player deemed it unplayable by playing a second shot from the tee; therefore when tier second drive went out of bounds she should have gone back lo flic tee playing 5. Instead of doing that she elected to play the first ball out of the bunker, making the provisional ball an optional ball, nccausc, if : tlie second ball had landed on the green she certainly intended fo play it. Wc must not forget the moral aspect of a rule. A ball may be lifted from a hazard or from any place on the course and teed up. not nearer the hole, hy incurring a penalty of 'two strokes (Stroke rule 11) or, go. back to the place, or as near as possible to tho place, from where the last bail was hit, incurring a penalty of one stroke (rule 22). Match with Auckland Ladles’ Golf Club Xftcr several days of rain, glorious sunshine greeted the Auckland Club's team when it visited St. Andrews to pinv an inter-club match last Thursday. Although Auckland won l.io match by 10 games to 7, one being all square, our players did very well as the Auckland learn was a string one. Mrs F. Marnier's putting was superior to Miss Culling’s, wljich assisted in her win of o—s0 —5 over her opponent. Miss M. Wilkinson and Mrs j. M. Wilson had a close game, the Hamilton player winning on the 18th green. -Mrs A. W. Rush ton did the first 9 holes in 10. As this was her first lime on the links she did well to win from Mrs Day by i—3. Miss J. Masters (finished 2 up against Mrs Ralph by doing a gross 87, which was two strokes below her handicap. Mrs G. W. Gower and Mrs J- Clachan won their matches, while Mrs W. Waring squared hers. Tho Auckland players were superior in tho foursomes, windContlirued in next column.!