GOLF

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 293, 6 September 1919, Page 8

GOLF

PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS . YESTERDAY'S MATCHES By Telegraph—Prcpa Association. Napier, September 5. Aa a result of the day's play in the golf championships, Butters and Jl'Ewan are left in the final for the professionals, and Duncan and Crosse wi',l decide who is to be New Zealand's amateur champion. Following are the results of today's play:— Professional Championship, W. M'Ewan beat J. A. Clements 1 up. Play was very consistent throughout, thn competitors bains with bogey nil the time. At the fifteenth hole Clements was just off the edge of tho green with his eecowl. lie missed his third, Jl'Ewan winning tho liolo in 5, making him 2 up and 3 to play. Playing to the last holo both got good drives, and found the green with their seconds. M'Ewan's third was four feet from the hole, and Clements's 18 incises. M'Ew-an holed his putt, but Clements missed, losing the game 1 down. ft. C, .Butters beat J. Watt 1 up. I'lny was very moderate over the.first half. Towards the last Watt came on his game, just being beaten on tho last green. Amateur Championship. Third Bound. ICapi Tavelia (Napier) beat It. M. George (Auckland), 5 up and 3 to play. Tareha was in good-form, his approaching and putting, being-well, up to standard. He won the first six holes. George lnsl his ball at the fifth. The game ended at the thirteenth, which Tareha did in 5, making his total G5. H. E. Crosse beat D. M'Cornmcr (AiK.'lawli, 7 up and 5 to play. M'Cormack's driving was rather poor, and he loft himself too much to do round the holes. The play all round was consistent. . lttilay Saunders (Wanganui) beat IV. O'Callaghan (flawera), 5 up and i to play. The winner'covered the : first nali of the course in 41. and finished at the fourteenth hole in 60. A. D. S. Duncan (Wellington) beat S. Morpeth (Waihi), 4 up and 2'to play, A big crowd followed this pair. -Throughout, both drove'well, but the putting wan not good, particularly Morpeth's: "At the first holo he missed a three feet putt, giving Duncan the hole in 5. Duncan was 2 up at the seventh hole. The fifteenth was hnlved in 5, and Morpeth approached the sixteenth' badly, giving Duncan the hole and the match. Semi-finals. H. E. Crosse beat Kapi Tui\.ha, a up and i to play. In the afternoon tins pair attracted most of the spectators, who enjoyed watching some fines gulf by Crosse, whoso play was almost faultiftvs. lie was very successful ' with the drives, usually getting better length and direction than his opponent. .Tareha did not piay up to the form he showed in the morning. His -judging oi' distance was at fault, and at times ho missed easy putts. Crosse won the game on tho fourteenth green in a, having completed the course to that stage in 58. A. D. S. Duncan beat Imlay Suuuders, 7 up and 5 to play. Duncan again play-: ed well. He won the first in 5, but lost the second, where he had three putts on the green. A good putt won Dun. can the third in 3. The fourth Saunders, won in 4, against tho bogey 5. Duncan holed in three at the fifth. The sixth was halved and Duncan won the next two. At the ninth Duncan holed out in 1. Tlie tenth was halved in :i, and Duncan won the eleventh in 5. Duncan won at the thirteenth hole ill S. Modal Competition In the afternoon u medal competition was played, and Hunger and Miller divided the prizes. TO-DAY'S MATCHES. The final for the professional championship, in which M'Ewan and Butters meet, will bo starved, at 9.30' o'clock this morning. Duncan and . Crosse will commenco ten-minutes later to play off the amateur championship.