GOLFING.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1928, Page 2

GOLFING.

BOGEY SCORES TOO EASY. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association^ 1 WELLINGTON. August 29. v Miss Kay, the lady golfer, who returned from Australia yesterday, said that one tiling they discovered in Australia was that handicaps in New Zealand are far too flattering. “There is not a single lady player,” she said, “on the scratch mark in Australia, and the result was that none or us New Zealanders had a hope' in the handicap events. \Ve are affiliated to the Ladies’ Golf Union of England, while in Australia the ladies have a golf union of their own. Miss Payton thought a lot of the Australian Union, and told me she had a good mind to join it. In Australia, instead df playing to bogey scores as we do in New • Zealand, they play to par scores. There (fc. is not the slightest question but that our bogey scores are too easy, and all our handicaps should ho shoved up three or four strokes. Until this is done New Zealanders who go overseas will have no chance in handicap events.”

ROTORUA TOURNAMENT. ROTORUA, August 29. The golf tournament was continued in glorious weather. The championship results are as follows: — First round:—Lusk (Auckland) heat M. Can- (Rotorua) 6 and 5, Morrice (Rotorua) heat Dodgshcin (Gisborne), at the 19th, Tidmarst (Auckland) heat Britton 3 and 2, S. E. Carr (Rotorua) beat Trice (Glendowie) 3 and 4. Seilert junr (Manawatua) beat Western on the 22nd, MeEwan (Wellington) beat Aidred (Auckland) 5 and 4, Bull (Gisborne) beat Brimlen (Auckland) 2 up Ralph (Auckland) beat Harrison (Wanganui) 4 and 2. Second round:—Morrice heat Seifert junr 5 and 1. Tidmarsh heat Ralph 2 and 1, S. E. Carr beat MeEwan 2 and 1 Lusk beat Bull 2 up. Bogey match :_H«ivcr (7) Tidmarsh (4) a tie 3 up. Semi-finals: —Morrice plays 1 idmarsh, Carr plays Lusk. '~-