LAWNS & LINKS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue XIV, 3 October 1896, Page 428

LAWNS & LINKS.

GOLF. THE New Zealand Golf Championship Meeting at Dunedin commenced on Tuesday last, and the results of the first draw were as follows :—S. Todd beat Wilson ; MacGregor beat A. Todd ; Webster beat Stronach ; Kitts beat Dr. Ogsten; Melland beat Wardrop ; Duncan beat Leitch ; Wheeler beat Kidd ; Mac Neil beat Young; Roberts beat Hosking; J. R. Scott beat A. Scott. The following is the result of the second round : —S. Todd beat J. Webster, 4up and 3to play; E. C. S. Gillies beat W. C. MacGregor, 2 up and 1 to play ; Captain Preston beat D. B. Howden, 2 up and I to play ; F. J. Stilling beat E. Melland, 5 up and 3 to play ; R. Kitto beat H. Duncan at the 19th hole; J. C. Kettle beat R. Campbell, 6 up and 5 to play ; R. T. Wheeler, junr., beat G. Roberts, 3 up and 1 to play ; H. Mac Neil, junr.’ beat J. R. Scott, 7 up and 6 to play. A handicap match was played on Wednesday, the winner being J. B Kyd, of Auckland, gross score 100, handicap 8, net score 92 ; J. F. Stilling, second, 99—6— 93. The best performance was that of Gillies, of Auckland, who was third, 96 —2—94. In the third round of the Championship Gillies (Auckland) and Stanley Todd (Otago) were equal at the outset. The 19th and 20th holes were halved, but Gillies, narrowly missing a difficult put at the 21st hole, allowed Todd to win. At the same time Preston beat Stilling, Kitto beat Kettle, Mac Neil beat Wheeler, while later on Todd beat Preston and Mac Neil beat Kitto. In the match, Visitors v. the Otago Club, Otago Club won by five holes. The scores were: —Otago Club : D. Brown, square ;J. R. Scott, 6 ; F. J. Stilling, 7; W.C. MacGregor, 7; G. S. Todd, o; J. O. Kettle, o;R. T. Wheeler, jun., 8 ; C. W. Rattray, 2; H. Mac Neil, jun., 6 ; F. Leitch, 2 ; W. H. Young, o ; total, 32. Visitors ; J. Y. Wardrop, square; R. Kitto, 2 ; D. S. Howden, 6; Captain Preston, o ; A. Duncan, 6 ; J. C. Wilson, 9 ; V. Harman, o; J. Webster, o ; C. E. S. Gillies, o; J. S. Holmes, o ; J. B. Kyd, 10 ; total for visitors, 27. On Friday the final was played off in boisterous weather, and after an exciting game M. S. Todd beat H. Mac Neil, junr., by two holes, and won the championship. The competition at Miramar (Wellington) on Saturday for the Cleek resulted in a win for Mr Hodson, who holds it now till the next competition, a month later. On Wednesday the lady members met in competition for the balls presented by Miss Duncan. Miss Cooper eventually carried off the prize.

Miss Duncan has been succeeded by Mrs Wardrop as Secretary to the Wellington Golf Club. The members of the Christchurch Golf Club are very loth to give up playing, and there is some talk of keeping it going through the summer. Some of the members of the men’s Golf Club are at present in Dunedin, and we hope they will annex something, especially as we have lost the lady championship. The cycling craze is more rampant than the golf, and certainly no country is better suited to the latter than Canterbury.