GOLF.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 809, 7 September 1905, Page 15

GOLF.

- J. C. Burns had matters all his own way in the final of / the Auckland golf championship, and he ran right away from . Bamford. The match was two rounds of 36 holes, and Burns won by no less than ten up and nine to play. Such a runaway victory was not expected, but Bamford was completely off hisform in the opening round, and although he ...afterwards recovered the effort came too late

..Mixed foursomes will be played on the Cornwall links next Saturday.

In the “ Badminton Magazine” for July' there is an interesting article on x A '-year^-of Women’s Golfi.” by Mrs. Boys/ There, are photographs oh . the leading players. 7 The most noticeable thing’'‘ab'out/the long drivers is that they haver/all’ abandoned the absurdly long which they used to have,' ,/l and ; Jtiavb a rather shorter swing than most men. Mr?? Boys sums up the 7 championship by. saying that there ahe several lessons to bejearned. Firs£ -is thb .obvious folly of holding so many -eVents: in the week preceding the championship. All the leading players came up to the mark overstrained and overplayed; and in consequence the championship went to an outsider, Missy B. Thompson. Then there' was a lot of entrants who had no possible business in the championship, made tlieS match longer. The way/she-suggests/fis to allow those not to have the privilege: Of pl§y on the ch-JUn pion ship course after tmq;?compe'titpf^’ a started, and the entree of the c’ub-hbnse. i? This would eliminate those . wlibi enter for-the fun of

the thing. There were nine America) ladies playing, though none got into th semi-finals. Their long game is said b be very good, but the English beat then hollow in approaching and putting.