GOLF.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue IX, 27 August 1898, Page 271

GOLF.

The Palmerston Golf Touriuimeiit takes place on the (ith of September, ami a team comprising the leading* players will in all probability repr - sent the Wellington Golf Club, who have been invited to semi representaOwing to the wretched weather prevailing in Wellington. the golf competitions which were to have taken place on Saturday were postI Mined until this week. Mr Holden, of Messrs Stewart Dawson and Co., Auckland, has pres* nted the Auckland Golf Club with a very valuable trophy, which the committee have decided shall not be too easily won. A handicap singles will be placed, opponents to be drawn in the first round in two classes. After each rouml there will Im* a consolation for the losers, so that a. competitor must be beaten twice at least before In* drops out. Losers will be drawn after each round to play in the consolation, and the survivors of the consolation will be dira-wn for the next round with the winners of the previous round. The tournament will take place over the championship course of 18 holes, and will be match play: one rouml and its consolation to be played within a fortnight. The cattle have been doing so much mischief to the polo ami Cpolu holes at Green Lane, Auckland, that they will not be fit to play on for somt time. Miss Lena Thompson, a member of the Wimbledon Golf Club, has won the Ladies' Golf Championship of Great Britain, being the first English woman to gain the coveted honour. HOCKEY. The hockey match between clube. representing Wellington and Christchurch will probably take place about the 27th. and it is reported that the team to try conclusions with our local club will be a very strong one.