WAIKATO GOLF

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21200, 24 August 1940, Page 15 (Supplement)

WAIKATO GOLF

GLADING’S FINE FORM EXCELLENT AVERAGE SCORE NEWS FROM ALL LINKS (By “Fyfe Scot”) Some very good golf was played at St. Andrews last week-end. Glading, despite his plus 2 handicap, was the first to romp home a winner with a 37 Stableford on Saturday afternoon. This was the winning card in the club competition, while a 2 up bogey card the following morning was the winning scramble. The medal rounds were 71, 70, this now makes Glading’s average for his last 46 rounds, In the afternoon scramble, George Armstrong, on the scratch mark, was the brilliant performer and returned a 40 points stableford card. The medal round was 70 and George was just unlucky to lose form over the last two holes, otherwise he would have broken the 70. Out in 34, including a 6 at the 7th, was great going and this brilliance was maintained to the 17th, at this point two fours were required for a 68. A “duffed” tee shot at the 17th and a badly hooked second at the 18th,- however, were responsible for him taking two fives to finish with. Nevertheless it was a meritorious round and with more of this form St. Andrews will be sporting two plus men.

The biggest interest, of course, over the week-end was the clash between M. A. Kelly and C. C. Ladner for the Captain’s trophy, while S. Mayes and N. Cann fought out the vice-captain’s trophy. In the captain’s trophy Kelly was conceding Ladner 3 strokes and started the game by annexing the first in three to four. Both got bogeys at the second, but Ladner won with his stroke. The match was all square at the turn. Neither played the 10th hole well, Kelly winning it by negotiating a half stymie in 4 to 5. The 11th., 12th., and 13th Ladner won with bogey figures, Kelly missing 3footers on the 11th and 12th for halves and having to concede a stroke at the 13th. Kelly, now two down, played a good one at the 14th having a six-footer for a two. A three was good enough for a win, however, Ladner not quite making the green with his first. Ladner retrieved this loss at the next with a well-played 4 and although he lost the next, finalised matters by putting a brilliant second stone-dead at the 17th for a birdie 3, and winning the game by 2 and 1. Considering it was. a final, the golf was really good, Ladner chipping particularly well and the final figures, allowing fives at the 18th, would have been Kelly 80 and Ladner 81. A Great Recovery In the final of the vice-captain’s trophy, Stan Mayes appeared to be in a hopeless position at the 11th, being five down to Cann. Nevertheless he made a great recovery to square the game and in the replay won by three and one.

Having a look at the qualifying rounds of the Herbert and Waitemata Cups at Lochiel, the long markers are certainly making it tough for the A grade players to qualify in anything and F. Cramp, who was only made an A grade player last week, was the only one to make the grade in the Herbert Cup. His round was the best one as a matter of fact, being a 72, so he apparently is not going to have any trouble in playing to 13. The only other A grade players to qualify were M. Brien and J. Hallam in the Waitemata Cup. In the semi-finals of the Handicap Foursomes trophy, Dennis and Gwynne had a win over Lorimer and A. Murray by 2 and 1. The game was very even to the 10th, it being square at this stage. Dennis and Gwynne won the 11th and 13th and were never headed a fain. The highlights were Murray’s birdie at the 3rd and Gwynne’s at the 9th. The other game was between McGowan and C. Cowley against Hemi and J. E. Murray, with Hemi and

Murray staging a sensational finish. Unfortunately their run was a bit late for victory. McGowan and Cowley were dormy five up but lost the next four holes to Hemi and Murray’s three bogeys and a birdie and just staved off a replay by getting a half at the 18th. The first qualifying round of the club championships has been played at the Narrows and Don Coventry heads the seniors with 79, while nearest to him was A. Guinness with an 86. In the junior division, A. Hinton was top with 90, and D. Commins next with 92. In the women’s divisions, Mavis Wallace, who has been playing good steady golf of late, was top, with Mrs G. Steele next with 94, while Miss Nicholson was best of the juniors with 100. Semi-Finals Played Ngahinapouri are a bit further on with their championship, the men’s semi-finals being played last week. T. Livingstone went down narrowly to E. Reid, the game finishing on the 18th and both players had medal rounds of 82. It certainly looks as if Tom Livingstone is eventually going to be as big a menace on the golf course as he is on the tennis courts. In the other semi-final, A. Morgan, the club-captain, seems to have a partiality for beating everybody by five and four and this was the extent of his wfin again over G. Bainbridge.

Last week I mentioned that Mrs Mills would meet Mrs Wilkinson in the final of the Ngahinapouri ladies’ championship. This, however, was really only the semi-final round, and I\lrs Mills had a win by three and one and now meets her daughter in the final. Two years ago they met in the final when Miss Mills won. In the consolation trophy for those out of the club championship at Ngahinapouri, S. Valois had a win over J. Smith by 2 and 1, S. Reid beat D. Newdick 4 and 3, while J. McWhannell defeated J. O’Regan by 2 and 1. In the final of the handicap trophy at Gordonton, R. Forsman went down to R. Bruce 3 and 1. Bruce was 1 down at the turn, but doing the second nine in 40, was just too good over the 18 holes and his round of 82 was so far the best that he has accomplished. The semi-finals of the handicap cup at Te Kowhai resulted in very close games. V. Limmer, conceding C. Allan 5 strokes, won on the 20th, while N. Sing and A. Duncan had to play an extra seven holes before a decision could be reached, Sing finally prevailing with a birdie 3 to Duncan’s 4 at the 25th. Excellent entries have been received for the Silver King Day at St. Andrews on Sunday and professionals to enter are Alex Murray, C. Clements, Jim Galloway, B. J. Smith (Auckland), T. S. Galloway (Rotorua), Jack Weir (Otahuhu), Geo. Watt, recently of the Belmont Club, Wanganui, and the local professionals, Melvin and Galloway.