H.B. GOLF TITLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 199, 8 September 1937, Page 6

H.B. GOLF TITLES

179 Players Qualify For Major Event

% T. KURU IN LEAp • Tho Hawke's Bay amateur golf ehampionship and handi.cap tournament was eontinued this morning at the Napier Golf Club's links at Waiohiki. Th.e conditions were good, fine weather pxevailing and though the greens wero a little on the heavy side they firied out nicely. There was a pronouneed improvement "in. the performances of many of the leading players under the improved conditions, bnt for all that, 179 qualified for the majcv event. The second qualifying xonnd was played this morning and the leader proved to be W. T. Kuru with a xepeat performance of his 76 of yesterday afternoon, when the first xound was played. J. R. Hobbs and A. D. Morris were next on the list with 153 each. The first of tke eliminating rounds .was commenced this afternoon after the yarious competitors had been graded according to their performances in the qualifying xonnds. The first 16 qualified for the championship, the next 36 for the Waiohiki handicap and the xexnainder of the field were divided in •ighte for the various flights. The scores recorded in the qualifying xonnds, together with an indieation of the grading, are as f ollow; —

TV, T. Euru 76 76 , 152 J. £. Hobbs ....... 74 79 153 A. D. Morris 76 77 153 H. E. Grosse 81 76 157 A. A. Sinclair ..... 76 81 157 D. C. Collins 77 80 157 T. Garrod- 82 76 158 "W. F. Turner ....... 83 76 159 H. D. Brihsden .... 82 77 159 I*. C. Fryer . 82 79 159 D. G. Sutherland 81 81 162 Et. St. Lawrence .. 79 85 164 D. Graham ......... 83 81 164 P. E. Peacock 83 81 164 H. G. Carver ...... 81 83 164 A. Kawha ......... 82 32 164

H.B. CHAMPIONSHIP.

G. M. Mowat ....... 85 80 165 1L H. Elliott 83 82 165 E. J. Longstaff .... 82 83 165 E. Williams 86 80 166 H. C. Barlow 80 86 166 W. A. Wilson ...... 84 82 166 C. S. Geddis 84 83 167 S. W. Eapley 86 82 168 R. W. Dalgleish ... 85 83 16S F. L. Stephenson .. 82 87 169 R. D. Kettle 86 83 169 G. L. Wynyard 84 S5 169 J. Mapu 85 86 171 H. Brown 84 88 172 J. Graham . . . . ( . 86 86 172 G. M. S. Kelly ' S6 86 172

WAIOHIKI HANDICAP.

A. E. Lawry ...... 84 - 89 173 H. H. Wyllie 87 86 173 S. Powdrell ....... S8 89 177 U. G. Faulknor .... 85 93 178 M. 11. M. Turnbull 91 S7 178 A, M. McClurg .... 90 S8 178 T. Taaffe 90 88 278 W. Matthews ...... S7 92 179

THIRD FLIGHT.

E. Bridge 91 8S 179 T. D. Trussing 91 S9 3S0 A. Jensen 90 91 381 D. E. Murray 88 89 1S6 Col. Dowding 95 9L 1S6 F. Y. Kettle 94 92 186 W. B. Hobbs 96 91 187 i\ M. Fisher 96 92 1S8

FOURTH FLIGHT.

L. Henry 97 92 189 J. Duiie 96 93 189 J. G. Cliff-McCulloeh 98 92 190 T* J. Simmonds .... 94 96 190 H. E. Clark 95 S3 190 S, Inglis 93 99 192 H. Willis 101 93 194 R. G. Connell 100 94 194

FIFTH FLIGHT.

G. M. Hindmarsh .. 104 91 195 G. KeEy 99 90 195 W. Somerset- Smith 99 96 195 E. E; Wiig 98 97 195 C. Lonisson 97 100 197 A. Dinnie 104 94 198 J. G. Hughes 104 98 202 F. G. Smith 104 100 204

SIXTH FLIGHT.