GOLF TOURNAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 616, 20 September 1909, Page 7

GOLF TOURNAMENT.

■ ■. . ■ —-—*~—-■ ; ;•• , THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS. ' WON BV A. DUNCAN AND J. C. ' ' CLEMENTS, ( ', , SOME SENSATIONAL PUY.. ••;' -V. fib. Tlilcgraplj.-Prcii Amw.I&IU.I,) '.' V • '"..■■ Auckland,. September 19. '"■ The NeH-'Zoalnnd golf cliamplonsliit) tounia'.ment concluded on ' Sfttui'day ■ h\ j.crfcct weather.; The mccfins ya,s very successful, and the ambitious programme manned by the Auckland Golf Club- was. satisfactorily-carried oat and up-to, time-table, except on Tuesday when the number omjagitf lh tho medal handi; caps was.more than the green could modatd. '~.'. ■. '.! ' - ' . Satdrday M-as'dwoted fe'tlip flnnia of t-ViA 2 from , "?" B«n«en,- I of; Welii l,Ji( 'f Buril! ' ? f Auckland, by 3 ■was ■! up atithe turn. On thohomo journey Burns played ■ sensational golf, and/of So V won'tliriicf 0 -^ 5, , ¥ next 3 and' won. tic, last, thus lend nguftcr tho first SX V?-x, Hil, ft ,- ,101 " «cd "homo of 3B' Tγ S foss i onol . «' ttnl P>"»"*hl-,) was won by Lμ AfT n V( of , Wftn !!<»iui; who , boat F. S rX. Hood, n-ilo missed ma^o^, shtn »MM )n » 1 i B s??.' ef, J ll i , - ato(lta "' rundrerl≤ followed by a crowd of several uinared persons, the prises .won during the PlunkcT 0 pn? : sontal . to the winners,by B LadJ

. , Amateur Championship Final. -|' . ,First round: It was ■' generally • considereii that defeat.Burns ovo/theTsiS hole course for the final .of tW' amateur championship of the Dominion. The first and produced sensationo.l golf; Duncan led o9 by wmmnff tho first hole in f, tho second Was halved, and.Duntan won the 3rd. The next three fere'halved, and then Duncan won tbi 7th and Bth holes. Tho flth was halved" and Duncan was thus i up at the tuni, and BurrS played a roniarkable wrae coming homo, and won the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and? 4 holes sit. card, reading 4, S, 3, 3, ,1-18, for five holes, six strokes better: than-the bogey: score. The next three wwehalved, and he won the 16th, thne making the recovery from 4 down to' 2 un m; 9.holes, ; and that against a.champion' of Duncan's standard. His'ecoM'of 30 for the home journey, was easily tho. best 9-hblo score' ,ot the week. .■ i. '.! : , ■■:. / ... :, "

.Second ronnd: Tho first holo ofthe isocond round was halved in i, and then Duncan won the next in 5, and teo'for the next hole., had tho s honour: for the finst time in eleven holes. Hβ won the next in 4, afld wan all-square. Burns. won tho fourth in 4. but Duncan ngaitt equalised matters by winning tho sth in' 4. All-square again. The next three were' halved, and then Duiicaa .won tho 9th and led by 1 up with the home journey, to go. The lOth was halved, but Burns won tho lfth in a brilliant 3, j and followers of tho game got a thrill, and visions of- another sensation presented themselves. The next three, howevor, were .halved in bogey scores. : ; The 15th"hole i decided the game, for Duncan won' it U i, iftnd Burns'A play became erratic, and Dnncejj increased his l«\d at the lfith, nnd *is dormy two, Burns absolutely cracked up at tho 17th, he topped and pulled his drive, foozled hia second, and sent hi* third right across * the green, His approach was short, and he missed his putt, Duncan holed in thwo cud won » great match by 3 up and 1 to play. The detailed scows are:—

First round.—A. Duncan: out 5, i, 3, 5, 4, &. 5, 3, 5-39; in 5, 5, 4, i, 5, i, 6, 4, 7-44. TolaL 83 J. C. Burns: out G, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4, 543i,1n 4, 3,'3, 3, 3, 4, 6, 4-38. Total, 70. ,• -Secotflimtantl.-A Duncan: out 4, 5, J, 5, 4, 5, ;'5.-L^"M9j.in-S, 5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 3V35. Tofal, 75. J. C. Burns: out i, G, 5, 4, S, 5, ■VS—43; In 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, G-3S. Total si. •

Hatch Final! 18 Holti.v ' '. Clements was the most favoured for the"pro-' fessiohar championship , of. Netf Zealand his pl&y during the: week having .been remarkably ■ oonsfctont. Going out for the round, the first hole ; was halved, then.Hood won the- neit in' 4. Clements won the next in 3, and then the 4th and sth were halved.:: Clements'esoured the advantage at the 6th,' and tho next throe being ■■■'•■ halved, tho men tnrned for home with, Clomenta one up. -The tentt wee halved, and Clements, winning the 11th in 4, wne 3 up. Tho 12th, 13th, ' ami Uth were halved. Clements »on the 15th i in three, his putt at this hole being EonMtional. Ho played a long putt very stronaly and it jounced about six Inches, changed its oom so, and ran into tho hole. The ICth was halved in G, and Clements thus von the first professional golf championship of Now Zealand by 3 up and 2 to piny. The following ore th» detailed scores of tho match:— J. C. Cloment*-out 4, 5, 8, fi, 4, 5, !i, 4, S-ilj in 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 6. , l> , . G. Hood-ont 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 5, 4, &-43| in J, 5, i, 3, 4, 4, 6. During tho neck the visitors have bean eiv tcitaincd at a round of social functions, which included, in' addition to numerous prlvatti receptions, diii Mis nnd' dnncce,'a Govornmcnt .House ball, nnd n dinner at the Northera Club,