GOLF TOURNEY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 310, 25 August 1932, Page 6

GOLF TOURNEY

the second day BETTER CONDITIONS SEE « GOOD STANDARD OF PLAY. THIRD ROUNDS TO-DAY. The Rotorua Golf Club's annual open championship tournament was continued yesterday on the Arikik&pakapa links under more favourable playing conditions than those which were responsible for the poor cards returned in the qualifying rdunds on the opening day. The course was in good order and the absence of wind gave visiting piayers an opportunity to show true form. . . The first and second rounds of both the championship and the Thermal Chp competition were completed, and this morning the third rounds will be cdmmenced. ;J. L. Black, the low handicap man of- the tournament, was eliminated iii the first round by F. Fryer, while the Rotorua Club representatives in the championship also failed to surr vive. When play concluded yesterday, J. Goss, H. E. Troutbeck, G. M. Dodgshun, G. Tallis, R. Rainger, 0. H. Williams, F. Fryer, and H. B. Lusk remained in the championship. * Scores all round showed marbed'improvement and there were some very close finishes. The draw for to-day is as follows: CHAMPIONSHIP Goss plays Troutbeck. Dodgshun plays Tallis. Rainger plays Williams. Fryer plays Lusk. THERMAL CUP Murray plays Armitage. French plays Coltman. Hussey p-lays York. Napier plays Louisson. Following Are the Results of Yesterday's Play: — CHAMPIONSHIP First Round: J. Goss beat W. D. Ross, 4 and 3. K. S. Glendinning beat W. Calder•frood, 4 and 3. H. Troutbeck beat J. Kenny, 6 and 5. F. C. Hutchison beat G. Pott 5 and 3. W. O'Callaghan beat G. Henderson 5 and 4. G. M. Dodgshun beat C. G. Johnson 5 and 3. R. C. Smith beat C. A. Stevenson one up. G. Tallis beat Dr. Abbott 2 and 1. R. Rainger beat A. B. BarnesGraham 2 and 1. " Dr. C. Blundell beat A. G. Lancaster 5 and 3. R. F. Edmonds beat J. N. Anderson 3 and 2. 0. H. Williams beat W. H. Fuller 2 and 1. F. Fryer beat J. L. Black 1 up at the 20th. M. D. Carr beat E. H. Hill 5 and * S. E. Carr beat J. M. Greenbank 3 and 1. / H. B. Lusk beat L. B. Campbell 9 and 7. Second Round * Goss beat Glendinning, 2 and 1. * Troutbeck beat Hutchison, one up. Dodgshun beat O'Callaghan, 5 and 4. Tallis beat Copeland Smith. 1 up at 19th. | * Rainger beat Dr. Blunde1!, 3 and 2. ( i O. H. Williams beat R. F. Edmonds I ,1 up. Fiyer beat M. D. Carr, one up at the 19th. Lusk beat S. E. Carr, at the 19th. r THERMAL CUP. First round: J. F. Murray (13) ; heat A. Powdrell (12), 3 up and 2 to play. + R. Spedding (11), beat A. Nicccll (8), one up. H. Bryan (10), beat R. Dacre (5), i bne up at 21st. Z F. W. Armitage (12), beat Stronach Paterson (12), one up. A. French (13) beat K. L. Caldwell (6), 3- and 2. «■ H. Bradmore (10) beat E. Fenton

(13), 4 and 3. G. Coltman (10) beat D. Bohan (13), one up at 19th. J. S. Barnes Graham (9) beat W. J. Forsyth (10), 6 and 5. J. Hussey (4) beat Dr. Kirker (15) 5 and 3. L. H. Norton (11) beat N. Smith (9), 6 and 5. C. Wells (10) beat W. K. Willock (8), one up. York (12) beat J. Barnes Graham (8), 2 and 1. S. Napier (10) beat E. La Trobe Hill (12), 2 up. J. B. Lusk (8) beat A. Craig (11), 1 up at the 19th. J. L. Herrick (9) beat W. Pakes (15), 2 and 1. H. Louisson (5) beat E. D. Williams (13), 2 and 1. Second Round Murray beat Spedding, one up at 21st. Armitage beat Bryan, 4 and 3. French beat Bradmore, 5 and 3. Coltman beat J. S. Barnes-Graham, one up. Hussey beat L. H. Norton, one up. York beat Wells, 2 and 1. Napier beat Lusk, one up. Louisson beat Herrick, 2 up. NOTES ON ROUNDS A good round was put up by the Rotorua player, M. D. Carr, who went round in 69 and finished up 1 up on bogey. Going out, he took 33 and eame home in 36. He played off a six handicap which has been reduced to four. Carr did the Drop in two, one under bogey. His card read: — Out: 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 5, 5, 3,-33. In: 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4—36. Total, 33- and 36 — 69, two under bogey. * * =i: A 64 nett card was returned by L. H. Norton, of Maungakiekie, whose handicap of 11 has been reduced to 8. He took 37 going out, returning in 38 — very consistent golf. ♦ * * A cup to be known as the Geyser Cup, has been donated by Mr. W. Galbraith, of the Geyser Hotel, Whakarewarewa, to be competed for on Saturday by guests in the house who have not been successful in winning any prize during the tournament. * * :|! Tuesday morning. Stroke handicap, A. B. Barnes-Graham, 70, handicap 6. Best gross score: R. Copeland Smith, 76. Tuesday afternoon: Stroke handicap, D. McMillan, 66 nett. Gross score: J. Goss, 71. Wednesday morning: Bogey handicap, M. D. Carr, 4 up. * * * Many of the finishes in yesterday's championship matches were very close as the scores indicate. Three in succession were carried on to the 19th, and in others only a putt divided the piayers. According to a prominent member of the club, play was the keenest seen in a tournament here for many years. * * * There are no Rotorua piayers left in the third round of the championshie, Copeland Smith and the Carr brothers being eliminated by Tallis, Fryer and Lusk. . However, they each put up a good fight, the matches all going to the 19th. S. E. Carr was particularly unfortunate, striking Lusk in wonderful form. The Auckland player sunk his ball for a pe.fect three at the 19th. * * * Two holes to the bad at the 16th, a fine recovery was made by Copeland Smith in his match with Tallis. Ile managed to equalise on the 18th gic.cn only to lose the match in the 19th by a putt. * * * The conditions yesterday were far better than on the opening day, a ff.-t which was refieeted in the cards i clumed. Many of the visiting piayers, wi.o seemed to find the first day's wind rather tricky, got better directmn and there was less time spent in the bunlcers. - * * -it Tallis had a stroke of luck at the 1S h in his match witli ,Co]deland Smith. He duffed his drive, but played a perfect second. His third landed in the "pot", but he got out magnificently and landed by the pin

to halve. He won the 19th -and the match. * >5: * A good round was put up during the af iernoon when D. A. Burt, Auckland, finished all square with bogey. This was the best card until "C. II. Murphy eame in with 1 up on the Colonel. * * :H There were quite a few spectators to witness some of the earlier of the championship rounds during the morning, and in the afternoon, these galleries grew in dimensions. It was noticeable that the bulk of the spectators were either women or boys. * * * * The first piayers to go round in the morning found the course a bit tricky owing to the fact that the frost was not yet off the grass. The first two greens presented one or two rather tricky problems.