GOLF

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1933, Page 3

GOLF

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPS.

(Fer Press Association, Copyright),

AUCKLAND, October 12,

At the Golf Championships the playing of the semi-finals of the : New Zealand professional golf championship, and the--third- round of the amateur championship, at Titirangi Links to-day, reduced fields to two in tli« -former event, and four in the amateur event. \ The final of the-professional ■championship will be • decided to-mor-i row ever -p 36 holes between Shaw (holder), and - Dyke (Lower Hutt). The semi-finalists, in the amateur championship, are -Young (Titirangi), H. A. Pluck (Miramar), Ross (Dunedin) and Wright (DunecVn). Tn 'to-hiorrowfs contests Young will play Black, while Ross will meet Wright, both matches being over, 36 holes. The winners will meet in the filial on Saturday over the

same distance. The tie in the amateur foursome resulted' in a wiir for Brinsden (Titirangi) and Smitlr (AkaraiiaV, who defeated Ferguson- and Wright, both of Dunedin, by three- strokes. The weather conditions were again ideal, there being bright sunshine, and very little wind, and the. course was, if anything, in better order than on the previous days. This was illustrated by' the fact that Ross completed his round in 70, this being the best to date. He took 35 each'wav.

GAME FOR ONE-ARMED PLAYERS,

LONDON, October 10.

No stronger witness- to the compelling powe.r of gdf cPuld be imagined than the decision.' to hold an open gfolf championship for one-armed players. This championship iis 'being arranged by the Society iof One-armed' Golfers, whose headquarters' ’are in' Glasgow. Many of these, who will take part are men who learned their golf in pib-waf. days, find whose love fo-r the game has suffered' no diminution through the' loss of a limb’,

The, resp'ense has already been, great, Und inquiries fire’ s'a"d to lnve been' ifiCeived from one. armed players' iii many parts of the world. Some c‘f the players have reputations which' iria'ri'y a twoarmed golfer would eilvy—men whose physical, handicap is by no me'ns reflected in their club handicap. The Scottish players will meet players from England and Ireland. ...