GOLF.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18480, 7 September 1925, Page 11

GOLF.

NOTES OF THE DAY.

(By "Jigger.")

LOCAL CLUB FIXTURES. Chnst'hurch Club \shirley";—ThurscU". S*pt/v_n!>or K-t.h' THv. Wardrop deck. S:j ?::rd.iy, V2tb : Cl-ib Chs^pv>nsh?;-» and Cox Cup, ecc*>nd K»und3. Ka 4 urrta-v, September 3Wh • Club Championship and C*x Cup, gcmi-fiiial?. r'ndiv. Sepiemocj," 2Slh, to i>rda.v. C>r3rd . Zend Chairpicn^hip ChriAtr.hurch Ladies' Oub (Shirley*—'TMe?dftv, Championship h r -l«s.i. Wednesday, September Oth: L.G.U. Mrdal. Thursdav, September 10th: Wardrop Cleak. HacUv Club—Saturday. September l*2th . Th* "\Wiker a.rri Hill Cup Competition and a Handicap. . 1.-ac'-icf" Cltio——Til sdaj, September A vends 1 , o Club—Satu'.dar. September l*2th' T"r<! Walker and Hail Cup Competition

and f.iet round of the T sda.il Cleek. Harry;,vxi C'iul.—Next, week-end: Club

Championship and Gcdby Cup, first

rounds. TlichmvrJ Hil! Chtb—'Saturday, September l-i!i : Bojpv Mateii. Hirhmonri II ill Ladies' Club—Thursday. S'ptfniVr K'th : A nne-rl b iiatch. liancioni Club—Saturday, Se. Ir.mV.or 32 h : Mixvl Koursrancs for tho rapta-in's

f ro;>h;p3 and first round oi champion-

ship. Methven Club—Saturday. September 12+. h : Team match. Captain's team v. Vicecaptain's team. Ladies' Club—Saturday, September 12th; Xinr-holo etrofcc handicap and tohEDs ir.atch.

Mr C. 11. Hewlett, of Shirley, has entered for the Rotorua Open Championship tournament, to be played on September 15th to 18th.

The final of tho Christchnrch Ladies' Golr Club Championship, between Mrs M. H. Godby and Miss Maberley Beadel, will be played at Shirley over 36 holes to-morrow,, weather permitting.

The Ward rop Cieek will be played at> Shirley nest) Thursday afternoon. Players who havo not entered, may do so at the secretary's office up to 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

If partners or opponents have not yet been arranged, the secretary will bo able to assist. There is no entry fee for mised events.

Hie committee at Shirley announced several weeks ago that they were appointing a number of members to act as stewards, with authority to speak to members, and report them if nocessary, who were remiss in the observation of the rules or tho etiquette of the game, and especially to look out for those who were responsible for slow play and the defacement of the fairways by' not replacing divots. So far nothing more has been heard of tho matter, whereas, in the opinion of a majority, this is tho time when such .stewards are. most needed as the greens committee surely needs all the help it* can get in keeping the surface of tho fairways in Order. Why shouldn't tho plan be put into operation at once ?

Much has been written against the giving of short putte. Every golfer I have talked to agrees they should all be putted and yet in every four-ball putts are not only given, but the gift seems to bo exnected.

Tlie players iji a club in Yorkshire have an unwritten rule in all private matches, w-hich has met with approval and Btops all quibbling.

They mutually agree to "give the leather," which means that all putts longer than the grip on the putter must be put in. This phrase "give the leather" has become quite a part of their golfing lore, and the men understand definitely that it is no use haggling; tho putt has got to be played. If putte are to be conceded or given at all, some such standard as this should be adopted which would at least stop the giving or accepting of putts of several feet. 1 t

A curious incident and on© which raises a nice question, happened on the Hutt course recently. Ea.na Wagg putted from the south side of the seventeenth hole, on the northern sido of" which was an impress of the bamboo flag-pole, caused by it having been blown hard against the soft earth of tho top of the hole, by the strong southerly wind. Wagg's ball seemed as though it would run around to the back of tho hole. Instead it lodged in tho impress of the. bamboo pole, and was supported by the top of tho tin inside tho hole". Very little of tho ball could bo seen above the level of tho green. It was held that, by reason of the impress of the bamboo pole, tho hole was more than 4i inches wide, and that as the ball was supported bv the tin, which waa 4i inches wide. Wagg oould not bo held to have holed his putt.

A long driving oontest will. probably be staged during the championship meeting, which will commence at Shirley on 2oth inst. It will probably take the form of five drives, the best three within the limits of the fairway to count. '

If Kapi Tareha, of Napier, who cautiouslv took his c.leek at tho eighth bole (284 yards) at Middlemoro to avoid over-running the greori, says "Chipshot" in tho "Wellington Tost," can keep direction, this contest, would seem to be his special perquisite, but, alas! Kapi's long ones too oft diverge from paths of rectitude. A. L. Cropp and K. M. Macfarlano, of Shirley, and J. D. G. Duncan, of Wellington, are all sure to be strong competitors. Phil' Grey, of Now Plymouth, while in Australia. drove 6ome balls that quite astonished tho natives, and if this lefthander visits Shirley he should have a look-in. Of the professionals, probably Mcintosh and Shaw have £he best chances.

Two weeks from Friday and the opening gun will be fired at Shirley of the 1925 New Zealand championship meeting. The first two days arc for the elite of the game—probably no one with a club "handicap of more than four will be able to get "into the 72 entries from amateurs that will be permitted, _ and then there will be about 16 professionals. and these two first days cover four rounds of stroke play to decide the open championship. Tho professionals do not Have to qualify for anything tier all may play m the professional championship for the cash pmes and tho honour of winning the \\. H. MacDougall Challenge Cup. but the j amateurs have several things at stake besides trying to do a respectable score in the open. The best score- m the four rounds done by an amateur wuis the Jeuicoe Cup, won last year by A T) S Duncan with his brilliant 71 at Middlemore The best 32 qualify for the amateur championship, which is decided by mateh play over 36 holes, and this play occupies all of the following week except Thursday when an opportunity is given to the semifinalists to get a bit of rest, »"d on tlie last round of the four the O Rorke s Vase (Inter-Clab Cup) is decided. It goes to tho to*m of four nominated by ib* various clubs, who return the best abrogate score. . This was won last hv tho Chnstchnrch Club team lonlis& of E. M. Macfarlane. H. W. Macfarlane, C. A. Seymoor and A L. Cronp. In addition to the match plav in the professional championship and the amateur the days of the following, week provide stroke, hocev and fourball handicaps for those not otherwise engaged.

Better get. in all the practice you can. That mashie wasn't working too well the other day and you are never too certain about your putts, you know.

harewood club. TV qualifying rounds, 36 £ ole ?' , f £ r the club championship and the Godbv Cup were played at Harewood d^ the week-end in fine weather. C. K. .7 Ward, the club champion topped, ivlie list. wnh a total of ].VJ. The following qualified :_O. R. f/ ard }<*' \ B Bank 165. W. P Anderson 1/0, p a vent 17-e. L. P«;kr 180. R.„C. Blunt IS*. C'.'S. Pcnlin-ton 186. Emxtoen qualified for the the si ores shown in the following list. of those who qualified are net. scores^;— P. Austin I. G. Davion j*' Miss V. Huttcn ... ••• P. E. AHison - . ,T. Jewell •• - *" .j. H. Laury ... >. W. Bntnr ... ••• A. Taylor } b > P. C'learv ■ ••• K. B. Scar vet! ... L. P. Aver? ™ N. H. Skinner ••• ji'. L. J. Lo Cren ... • • TV. Murnhy ••• G. P. Steele ... ••• M. J. Russell ••• ••• 1 - i

The medal competition, played enn-current-lv with tbo first qualifying round, wa* vr..n, in the senior drnsion, by C. E- J. Ward with 81-3-7 S. and i& the iunior division by I. ft. avi /'^? n with' 91-16-75. T!ie third round of the knock-out competition has been completed and the following are the results:—

\V. P. Anderson beat Miss A. Hutton bv default. _ C. 'R. J- Ward beat L. P. bymes, 3 and '2. . P. L. Barnes beat A. E. Kincaiu, 1 nP R. C. Blunt beat EL F. Penlington by default. _ ~ E. B. Scarvell beat I. G. Davidsoo, 2. and 1. _ S. W. Binns beat L. J. Le Cren, 7 and 6. , C. S. Penlington beat J. Hutcluns by default. Miss V. Hutton beat J. Halligan> o and i.

The draw for the first rounds of the club championship and the Godby C'up will be published, later in the week.

RICHMOND HILL CLUB. Thero was a big entry for the Rawnsloy Clcek,. a mixed foursome bogey handicap, on Saturday, 36 couples starting, but the. rain prevented a number of these from oompletinc the round. The winners wero Miss Lawrence and J. D. Lawrence, jun., who, with a handicap of 10, were 2 up. other best scores were:—

Mrs Harris and E. T. Menlove (9), 3 down.

Muss Pender and C. I. Donham (9), 7 down. Miss Thompson and J. D. Lawrence, sen. (9), 8 down. Mrs Mayne and M. Best (9), 9 down. The draw for the bogey match, to be played next Saturday, is as follows: C. I: Denhara v. E. T. Menlove. W. G. Black v. D. S. Mackenzie. T. Merry v. N. K. Smyth. J. C. Cullman v J. D. Lawrence, sen. x J. M. B. Crawford v. Roy Hutton. W. J. Sim v. J. Wood. W. It Jamieson v. G. Jobborns. 11.I 1 . J. Glackin v. M. Best. H. J. Williams v. R. H. Hamilton. G. W. C. Smithson v. C. J. Wilson. F. E. Holdgate v F. H. Thompson. R. Hastio v. C. Sead-Gowing;. J. Sead-Gowing v. G. Gossett.. . A. W. Smithson v. N H. Skinner.

THE CHRISTCHURCH CLUB. The stroke handicap to determine the Shirley team for tho Walker and Hall Cup Competition was played on Saturday.

All clubs affiliated with the New Zealand Golf Association vrero invited to enter for this competition, the conditions being that each club should hold a stroke handicap on either Saturday, September oth, or Saturday, September 12th, the four best net scores to comprise the Walker and Hall team for that club for the year, and the team •tfith the lowest aggregate to be the winner, their club to hold tho cup for' one yea.r and each member of team to receive a medal.

The winning team for this year will not be determined until after next Saturday, when all tho returns have been made to the Golf Council, after which an announcement will be made.

Tho Shirley team, as determined by tho scores on Satu/dav, is as follows: Millen Macbeth, playing from scratch, did a 74; E. M. Macfarlane, also did a 74, but as he is on plus 2, his net scoro was 7fi: L. A. Dougall 82-5-77, and T. W. Woodruffs- (captain of the club> 83-6-77 —total 304. The best scores wore:—

KAIAPOI CLUB.

ASHBURTON CLUB.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. The final for the senior championship of the Ashburton Men's Golf Club was played ' on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Pigou against- Boddington. In the morning Boddington actually gave away seven putts by toisging: short ones. Pigou ended the morning round 4 up. Boddington caught Pigou in tl\e second round, 3nd it_ was anybody's £&roe up to the tost green. Boddingion had the misfortune to get in the ditch, but- reached the in 4, and otpttiq the pin his fifth. Pigou made a beautiful approach and took two putts to hole out in 44, winning the match. Pigou played very nice golf. Boddington showed his usual at fighting spirit and put up a. great performance. I Men's Jnnior Championship. R. McGregor and J. Bathgate, who confuted the finals, were all • square to the 36th hole, and McGregor won on the S7th. Ladles' Championships. ' Miss G. J. S. Fisher and' Miss H. La ing /met in the final of the junior grade. Miss Laing won two ap. The players were all square at "the 13th hole, and also at the 27th. Neither of the players showed any brillisncv, though Miss Laing played some aieo shots. Miss Fisher was not at all up to her usual form. In tho senior ladies' championship, after a fairly close contest in the initial stages

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of the game, Miss T. Boddington gradually drew away from ber opponent, Miss Bonnington," and wou 7 up and 6 to play.

PRESENTATION TO MR H. A. BODDINGTON.

There was a largo gathering on the Ashburton golf links on Saturday afternoon when Dr. Kishor, vice-president, on behalf of the members, presented Mr H. A. Boddington, who - is about to take up his residence in Christchurch, with a golf bag and also a gold medal of life membership.

AVONDALE V. HAGLEY. A homo and homo match between tome representing tho Avondale Chib and the Hagley Club wa& played on Saturday afternoon, resulting in a win, by one game, for Avondale. - Tha individual results wero as follows:

AVONDALE LADIES* CLUB. The following is tho result of the first round of the senior cha,mpionship:—Mies H. M. Sapsford, a bye; Miss Shand won on tho 19th green from Miss Gilbertaon.; Miss Gwitha Shand beat Miss Rattray, 2 up and 1; Miss E. L. Sapsford -won by default from. Mrs Early. J.unior Championship, 2nd round:—Mi6s ijawior beat Misa \V. Robertson, 5 up and i; Miss Gibbonn beat Mrs Sampson, 8 up a-nd 6; Mies Maindcnald beat Miss Robson, 6 up and a; Miso E. Smith beat Misa Ell* wood, 2 up and I.

RANGIORA CLUB. On tho Rangiora liiikft on Saturday tits •cfinal for -tho ladies' handicap _ dup •was played. Miss I?,. Murphy (handicap 32) was the winner, beating Hiss A- l/ynakey (handicap 11), 1 ui>. Miss Murphy also won ah Li.G.TL and club medal round, with a net 6core of 73. The following qualified for the ladies* junior championship:—Mrs Keetley, Misa M'-rnsh, Mrs Tolmie, Mrs Shankland, Misses Glasgow, Horrcll, Anabrooo and "Walker,

U.S. AMATEUR TITLE.

WON BY ROBERT JONES, JUN. (IT CABLE— PSESS ASSOCIATION —COPTBIOHT.) UEUTEE's TEIXGEiItS.J (Received September 6th, 5.3 p.m) VANCOUVER, September 5. At Oaimoni" (Pennsylva.nia), Bobby Jones' (Atlanta) won the national amateur golf cnajnpionship, defeating Watt 3 Sunn, the nineteen-year-old schoclboy, al3o of Atlanta, .?4 eht an d eeven to play. L Bobby" Jones is Rotiert Tyre Jones, lU?''1 U ?'' holder of the American amateur title, winch he won last year on the Merion Park course, at his fifth attempt. He tried for the titlo first in 1316, when he but fourteen years of age, and lie is reckoned sow to he the most consistent amateur ??ii worW- Gunn, is a leuow-townsmati of Jones, and despite his was expected bv many to do ~ r - ■ 3,1 tn u meeting. Pla.vin°- in an exhibition match with Jones and Walter Hagen. rev S ?j 5.- Guna outacored Hagen almost , his osrn against Jones. He is said States ° n ° ° f 010 lon^e3i ' hittcra ia

Gross Hep Nefcfc Millen Macbeth ... 74 scr 74 E. M. Mactarlano ... 74 plus 2 76 L. A. Dougail ... 82 5 71 T. W. Woodroffe ... 83 t-> 77 F. G. Brisked ... 83 5 78 0. A. Quane ... 83 0 78 TT- W. Macfarlane ... 79 scr 79 L. H. Campbell ... 84 5 79 79 D. Beese ... 87 8 P. S. Foster ... 91 12 79 A. L. Cropp ... 81 1 80 I?.. W. Morgan ... 84 •4 80 H. E. Button ... 9o 1.5 80 G. "W. Haverfield ... 84 3 81 E. J. Pumphroy ... 8.5 A 81 C. R. J. Ward ... 85 3 82 L. E. Carter ... 86 4 82 W. J. "Wratt ... 93 11 82 A. Taylor ... 91 12 82 H. Anderson ... 97 lo 82 8. J. tlordon 97 1.5 82 W. P. Anderson ... 86 3 83 E. W. Hasell ... 9o 12 83 P. Hoaro ... 9r. 11 • 84 O. J. R.onaldson ... 96 1-2 84 W. Irwin ... 100 16 84

At the Kaiapoi links on. Saturday afternoon the monthly medal competition wa3 played, the four leading Fcoree to count in the Walker and Hall com etition. The following were the best cJirds returned;— Groee. Hdcp. Ket. W. Clarke -« 96 ■26 70 T. B. Leithead w. 87 16 71 U. ,T. Corcoran SO 8 72 L. Wilson .1 >— 8S IS 72 L. B. Evans PI 73 G. Templeton •• "• SI S 73

AT AYOXDALE. AvondaJe. Hagiey. E. Prince 1 p. C. 3Iarris .. 0 G. Millar 0 M. A. H. Fell .. 1 S. T. A. Scott .. 1 J) 1 S. Grant 0 J. E. Sfcoko3 0 0. S. Penlington 1 H. E. Span.i'er .. * i'. Martio i F. B. Foley .. 1 A. G. Atkinson 0 33. L. Robinson 1 F. G. Gurnsey .. 0 S. A. Prankerd 1 T. G. Greenwood 0 It. Fraukish 0 R. A. Bagsliaw 1 W, Beattie 1 C H. Whit® 0 H. do R. Fleshcr 0 G. van Aach. 1

AT HAG LET. Avondale. Hag-ley. •T. Millard i R. T. Tosswill .. ?! J. H. Sheppard 0 V. H. Freeth .. 1 J. D. McGlymont 0 W. A. Purdio 1 J. Preston 0 J. Stevenson 1 J. V. MantG. A. ConnaJ .. 0 gomery' 1 S. Wynne 1 F. W. Hobbs „ 0 P. Robinson X E. J. Ross 0 A. P. O'Callaghan 1 A. G lunacy 0 J. Martin 1 J. Fitzgerald 0 R L. Bennett .. 0 A. T. Donnelly 1 <■5 5| Totals 1J 10