GOLF TOURNAMENT OPENS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 188, 26 August 1937, Page 6

GOLF TOURNAMENT OPENS

F. S. Budd at Head of Championship List MANY PLAYERS COMPETE Heavy rain overnight took the pace out of tho Bridge Pa course to-day when the Hastings Golf Club's annual tournament commenced. Eain fell .at intervals during the morning, but the wind was light from the north and temperatures were xnild. During the past six weeks the course had become rather fast and patchy under the influence of the dry spell, but the greens had been kept in good order by the watering system installed last year. Though the entries ih. the first case constituted a record, the change in the weather conditions resulted in a number of intending competitors dropping out of the play this morning. Tho entries aTe from a wide' area, Wellington, Wairarapa, Southern Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, Central Hawke's Bay, Wairoa and Gisborne being represented. Altogether there are„ over 40 visiting players. Considering the conditions this morning the standaTd of play was quite good. The majority of the players, however, returned cards that indicated tEey were playing below their handicaps. For the resumption of play this afterpoon conditions were very rnuch improved and a start was made with the elimination rounds. Those who qualified for two priucipal events, the Hastings championship and the Longlands Handicap^ are as "follow: — HASTINGS CHAMPIONSHIP. F. S. Budd 71 E. Hobbs 7S T. Garrod 7S E. A. Murley 79 H. Longstalf 79 L. A. Eeid 9 A. Eathbone 80 li. Harrison 80 I. Elliott 80 E. Worker 81 T. Crawford 81 D. Sutherlaud 81 T. G. Swainson 81 Mason Waterworth 82 E. Eead ........................ 82 E. W. Dalgleish 83 LONGLANDS HAND1CAP. W. A. Wilsou 84 C- M. Campbell S4 A. E. Smith !. 84 E. Eixon 84 W. ;P. Greenbank - 84 E. Mclntyre 84 J. L. Patterson - • • • 85 E. G. Wells 85 S. Peacock 85 E. J. Watts 86 H. G. Harvey 86 J. D. Wilson 86 J. Vesty 87 D. S. McLean \ 87 C. Vidal 87 D. Newbigin 87