GOLF.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 25, 23 June 1909, Page 11

GOLF.

LADIES' GOLF UNION. This paper has been appointed the official organ of the iMdies’ Golf Union, ATw Zealand branch. Secretaries of ladies’ golf clubs are incited to forward official notices, handicaps and alterations, results of competi tions, and other matters of interest, to reach the publishing office not later than the Saturday prior to date of publication. Wanganui. On Wednesday, June 9th, the monthly match was played by the Wanganui Ladies’ Golf Club, over the 18-hole course. Only four players are at present qualified to play for the silver L.G.U. medal, though doubtless many others wi.l, by the cud of the year, hold handicaps under the 25 limit. The course at Belmont is a new one, and the ground is still very rough to some eight or nine holes. The distance round the links is 5040 yards, and the record is held by Miss Cave in 99. The par of the green is 85. Following are the scores sent in for the silver medal in June, player! conjointly with the monthly match:—Miss O. Stanford, 106— 25—81; Miss Cave, 99—15—414; Miss Cowper, 104—17—87; Miss Stanford, 110 —23—87. Alterations of handicaps: Miss Cave reduced to 14, Miss O. Stanford reduced to 22. Mrs. Good, with scores of 115 and 107, obtained a 25 handicap. L.G.U. Year Book. Copies of the Year Book fcr 1909 will have reached secretaries i/ affiliated clubs by the last English ui-il. The Year Book is edited and compiled by Miss Issette Pearson, lion. see. of the Ladies’ Golf Union in England, and contains a complete list of the clubs affiliated to the English branch of the Ilnioz , and also of the New Zealand clubs, giving all details as to the membership cf the dubs, the handicaps of members, pars of greens, ete. The book also contains the revised rules of golf, as adopted by the Royal and Ancient, in September last. The rules of the Union and the regulations for handicapping are fully set forth and explained. Secretaries and handicap managers of clubs should go carefully through these rules, and they would thus clear up points upon which they may have been in doubt. A point that is worth the consideration of the New Zealand clubs is that of the appointment of handicap managers, apart from the secretaryships of the various clubs. It seems to be the custom to pass the office of secretary on, and no exception can be taken to this custom, as it is right that the work entailed should not always fall on the “willing shoulders”: but in the regulating of handicaps it would seem to be desirable that when one person has thoroughly grasped the system and got her club into smooth working order, she should not then hand the managing of handicaps over, to another member who has to begin de novo. In England a handicap manager acts for, perhaps, six or eight clubs, and continues to act in that capacity year after year. Another point which occurs when looking through the Year Book is the desirability of getting the’New Zealand clubs to hold their annual meetings in the spring, so that the information supplied for the Year-Book would he for the current season. The year in England starts from January 1 ; clubs hold their meetings and appoint officers, etc., prior to that date, and tho information for tho Year Book is compiled in January. If the New Zealand clubs co"bl hold their meetings in the spring, the information in the Year Book could be made more up-to-date than is the case at present so far as the officers of the club arc concerned. Auckland Clubs’ Competition. The members of the Auckland Golt Club held a four-ball best-bill match at Cornwall Park links on Saturday. Tho winners of the match were Greig and S. Upton, who put up a very good score of 74 net, and they were each presented with a handsome travelling clock by Mr. E. D. O’Rorke. Other score-cards returned were: Allen and Chat field, 77; Heather and Burns, 77; Alexander and Tonks, 78; Lusk and McCormick, 79; Macfarlanc and Kirkcr, 80; Gordon and Bruce, SO; P. Upton and Dargavi'le, 80; Jackson and Bal), 81; Kelly and Hanna, 83; Purchase and Marriner, 84; Lewis and E. Horton, 81; Dadley and Bloomfield, 84; Stringer and H. Kirkcr, 85; Ruddock and Mair, 88; Webster and Foe- , ter, 90; Cave and Mclntosh, 91.