GOLF

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 25, 21 June 1911, Page 11

GOLF

This paper has bean appointed the official organ of the Ladies' Qolf Union, ir«w Zealand branch.

Secretaries of ladies’ golf clubs are incited to forward official notices, handicaps and alterations, results of competitions, and other matters of interest, te peach the publishing office not later than the Saturday prior to date of publioae lion.

AUCKLAND. /TTX IXED foursome days are fl I B always enjoyed, and the t / Middleniore Park links have / never looked better than they did on Saturday, when 130 players competed. The weather was simply perfect, and the very large nunrber of interested spectators had quite a delightful outing. The winners were Mr. Parker Upton and Miss Nellie Upton, with a gross score of 102—18—84. The best gross score was put up by D. Hay and Miss Ethna Pierce, 07. The following are the best cards given in:—P. T. Upton and Miss Upton, 102 —id— 84; A. Ferguson and Miss Roysie Greig 111 —26 —8.5; P. Hay and Miss Geddes, 114—29—8.5; Mr and Mrs McCormick, 104—18—80; E. A. Dargaville and Mrs E. Norton, 106—20—86; J. Sharland and Miss Cotter, 103—16—• 87; E. Horton and Mrs Payton, 107— 20-»-87; 11. Allen and Miss Cameron, 118—27—91; \V. B. Colbeck and Mrs W. Bloomfield, 99—8—91; H. Kelly and Miss J. Richmond, 108 —- 16—92; Dr Kinder and Miss L. Towle, 122 —30 —92; 11. C. Clarke and Mrs O’Roike. 112—19—93; J. C. Burns, and Miss J. Frater. 114 —20 —94; A. Carrick and Miss Hull. 118—22—96; C. R. Brown and Miss Barstow, 115—19—96; L. Myers and Miss Henderson, 126 —29— 97; W. W. Bruce and Miss McLean, 117—20—97; Jas. Frater and Miss Rice, 127—28—99; C. A. Griffiths and Miss M. Towle. 115—16—99; S. Hanna and Miss R. Buckland, 113—14 —99. Manngakiekie. Mrs A. Ferguson presented a prize for the lady players of the above club. The conditions were three rounds of medal handicap. The winner was Miss Gordon. The men’s eelectie match for prizes presented by Mr J. A. Peacock was finished on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Dr Harke, who returned a gross card of 52 for the 10 holes. The best cards were: Dr. Harke, .52—18—34; Gardner, 55—16—39; Guliver, 60—18— 42: Cooke, .58 —17 —46; Tavlor, 68—20 —4B. Mixed foursomes will be played op Saturday 24th, for prizes presented by Mr Gulliver. WELLINGTON. New Zealand Championship. There is a possibility that Arthur Duncan may attend the Australasian championships to be held in September, which will preclude him from playing at Wanganui as the N.Z. championships are held about tharname time. It •will rob the Wanganui meeting of a good deal of interest if he is not there to defend his title of open champion. Wellington v. Manawatu.

©wing to the Manawatu Club being unable to raise a team to play the Wellington Club at Heretaunga, an unofficial team, captained by K. Dunean, invaded Palmerston and were successful in the singles by 7J to 7 though losing in the aggregate by 10} to 10}. Tn spite of the bad weather conditions some good golf was shown and altogether the trip was very enjoyable. Results were as follows:—Ken Duncan beat L. Seifert; W. E. Reid beat A. Seifert; A. McCosh Clark beat H. S. Young; C- Gore beat S. Tyerman; E. 8. Pearce lost 'to V. Harman; W. Higginson beat H. G. Moore; G. F. Johnston lost to L. A. Abraham ; F. 8. Hodson lost to D. G. Moore; C. J. Nathan lost to H. Cooper; C. M. Turrell lost to R. P. Abraham; C. Higginson

lost to P. McHardy; 11. E. Abraham beat G. VV. Harden; R. C. Bireli beat J. Goring Johnston; W. Addumms beat P. Sim. .• . - Improvements at Heretaunga. Players who enjoy spending their week-ends at Heretaunga and who have hitherto been occasionally debarred from doing so owing to the insufficiency of accommodation will be pleased to learn that the committee have decided to proceed at once with the addition of bedrooms and a billiard room. The money has been raised and plans have been passed and it is expected that the alterations will be completed in about three months’ time. Miramar. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. The Miramar Golf Club’s first medal competition and qualifying round of the championship was played to-day in glorious weather, there being an entire absence of wind. Following are the result: W. T. Doughty, 105—20—85; Rev. J. G. S. Bartlett, 102—16—86; M. J. Crombie, 107—20—87; M. W. Horton 88, scr. 88; E. Y. Mills, 93—5—88; R. C. Freetli, 95—5—90; G. Shand, 109—18—91; W. Carter, I'ol—lo—9l. Wellington Club. The Victoria Cup Competition (bogey) resulted in a tie between A. Young and J. A. C. Campbell, all square. Detailed results are as follows:—Arthur Young, all square; J. A. C. Campbell, all square; C. Gore, one down: A. S. Mac Shane, two down; J. S. Fairchild, two down; W. E. Reid, two down; A. J. Abbott, three down; M. Ross, three down; R. W. Kirkby, three down; A. McCosh Clark, four down; Dr F. G. Webster, four down. Foursomes at the Hutt. The Hutt Golf Club held a men’s foursome competition to-day, and although the greens were in good order, the lies throughout the green were so bad owing to the recent rains, that it was almost impossible to play decent golf. Messrs Treadwell and Murphy won with a score of five down, whilst Brown and G. W. Callender were second with seven down. ROTORUA. A one elub match for the captain's trophy was won by Mrs Grove, who returned the following card: Gross 58—5 —53; Mrs Sheriff 64 —10—54. The men’s forecomes between teams chosen by Kusabs and Worthington was won by the latter. CAMBRIDGE. The following is the result of the monthly medal for May:—T. Middleton, gross 93, handicap 16, net 77; A. Richardson, 103—22 —81; A. H. Nicoll, 94— 12—82. Miss B. Taylor’s was the best card sent in with a net score of 98. The fixtures for the South Auckland! tonrnament to be held in Cambridge are: Monday and Tuesday, August 14th and 15th, the ladies’ tournament; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 16th, 17th and 18th, the men’s tournament. POVERTY BAY. The snontjily eonxpetition of the Poverty Bay Golf Club was played last week, but unfortunately after the match

had started heavy rain came on, and a number of the competitors withdrew. A number of the keener players saw the game through. The best scores were as follows:—Messrs. Howie. 94 —7 — 87: Chirnside, 92—1—91; Hamilton, 109—18—91; G. Willock, 94—ser—94; J. H. Bull, 95 —scr—9s. WANGANUI. A team of six players representing the Palmerston North Ladies’ Golf Club visited Wanganua on Friday. Bth inst., and played a match with the Wanganui ladies on the Belmont links. The results were as follows, Wanganui players being mentioned first:—Mrs. Cowper 1, v. Mrs. Wray Palmer 0; Miss Darley 0, v. Mrs. Abraham 1; Mrs. Coutts 1. v. Mrs. Mellsop 0; Mrs. Good 1. v. Mrs. Macßae 0; Mrs. Sarjeant 1, v. Mrs. McLennan 0; Mrs. Izard 1, v. Mrs. Adams 0. A team of ten Wanganui golfers went to Waverley last week to play' the Waverley Club. The weather somewhat spoilt what would otherwise have been a very enjoyable trip. The match resulted in a win for Wanganui by seven matches to 3, the results being as under (the -Wanganui golfers being mentioned first): —I. Saunders 1. Muir 0: Harrison 0. Rutherford 1; Cameron 1. Coghill 0; Hole 1, Jones 0; Payne 1. Johnston 0; Ritchie 1, Cave 0; Dalgety 0. Bridge 1; Bavly 1. H. Dickie 0; Allison 0. Howie 1; Taylor 1, T. Dickie 0. NELSON. The third round of the Encounter shield was played on June 10th at the Tahnna links and Mr J. Wood was the winner. Men’s singles, played on the holiday, resulted in a win by Mr Ward, 89 —1 — 88; Mr Dalziel, 108—18—90; Mr Maides, 107—14—93. In the mixed foursomes Mr A. Hamilton and Miss E. Hair were 5 up, first, and Mr Dalziel and Miss Wright, second, 1 up. The ladies’ final for Mr C. J. Harley’s trophy was won by Mrs H. Cock, who beat Miss Gladys Adams by 2 up and 1 to play. BLENHEIM. Owing to the state of the weather there was not a good attendance at the Riverlands golf links on Saturday week. The second round of the men's medal competition was played and was won by H. Anderson with a gross score of 91, handicap 26, net 65: T. H. Horton was second, gross score 81, handicap 12, and net score 69- G. J. Riddell was third with a gross score of 76 handicap 6, and net score 70. The second round of the ladies’ medal competition was also contested, Miss Carkeek being the winner with a gross score of 59, handicap 20, and net score 39. Misses Douslin and Chapman tied for second place, the former’s tally being gross score 57, handicap 9, net score 48; while Miss Chapman had a gross score of 51, handicap 3 and net score 48.