GOLF

Southland Times, Issue 24232, 16 September 1940, Page 8

GOLF

INVERCARGILL CLUB

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND

Scores ranging from 77 to 120 were returned on Saturday in the first qualifying round of knock-out competitions that have been substituted for the championships of the Invercargill Golf Club this year. After a succession of fine Saturdays since the middle of June, light rain fell on Saturday afternoon, a moderate wind blew from the south-west and there was no placing of the ball for fairway shots. Conditions were thus in striking contrast to what they have been during the past three months and it was not surprising that many players returned scores much higher than what they have been doing lately. The second qualifyirig round will be played next Saturday in conjunction with the September stroke handicap. The leaders after the first round are:— „ Senior—G. Robertson 77, A. H. Broad 79, S. A. Bell 79, J. D. Strettell 80, B. Mehaffey 82, H. M. Smith 83, F. H. Hughes 84, G. R. Hanan 85, W. F. Poff 85, J.- S. Dick 85, J. R. Woods 85. Intermediate —F. O, Rice 87, J. A. Doig 91, A. E. Smith 93, H. Ritchie 94, U. R. Smith 94, E. E. Broad 95, B. W. Hewat 95, A. G. Stubbs 96, S. F. Williams 96. _ Junior—M. H. Mitchel 93, W. D. Palmer 95, A. W. Owen-Johnston 97, A. W. Broad 97, C. M. Davis 99, C. W._ Francis 100, A. R. Macnee 101, A. T. Walsh 106. „ „ , 20-24 Handicap players—R. C. Cook 97, A. J. Kingsland 99, B. H. Palmer 100, D. F. Davis 105, H. S. J. Craig 106, E. H. Smith 108, E. H. J. Preston 112, J. Pedlar 119.

An unofficial stroke handicap was played in conjunction with the qualifying round, the best cards being as follows:— „ _ A grade—G. Robertson, 77-5-72; S. A. Bell, 79-6-73; A. H. Broad, 79-4-75; H. M. Smith, 83-8-75; B. Mehaffey, 82-6-76. „„ TT B grade—R. C. Cook, 97-20-77; M. H. Mitchel, 93-15-78; A. W. Owen-John-ston, 97-19-78; A. J. Kingsland, 99-20-79; U. R. Smith, 94-14-80; W. D. Palmer, 95-15-80; B. H. Palmer, 100-20-80; C. M. Davis, 99-19-80; A. W. Broad, 97-17-80.

QUEEN’S PARK CLUB —. 0 The Queen’s Park Golf Club’s monthly stroke handicap and first qualifying round of the 1940 Plate were postponed on Saturday and an unofficial stroke handicap was played. The best scores returned were as follows:— A Grade.—A. Des Forges, 75-4-71; A. R. Cullen, 86-13-73; G. M. Thom, 86-13-73; R. Kidd, 86-12-74; R. Gimblett, 87-13-74. B Grade.—H. A. Giller, 90-23-67; A. J. Milne, 82-15-67; J. Boyd, 88-19-69; E. Hargraves, 85-15-70; J. G. Imlay, 96-24-72. Giller won on the count back. QUEEN’S PARK LADIES’ CLUB The following is the draw for the first qualifying round of the Queen’s Park Ladies’ Golf Club’s championships to be played at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Renown.—Mrs Carter v. Mrs Dwyer; Mrs Glennie v. Mrs Salisbury; Mrs Field v. Miss McKenzie; Mrs Sutherland v. Mrs A. E. Smith; Mrs Mackintosh v. Mrs Clark. Bonnie Jean.—Mrs Miller v. Mrs Torrance; Mrs Morgan v. Mrs McEachran; Mrs Stalker v. Mrs MacGregor; Mrs Smart v. Mrs Barrett; Mrs Brown v. Mrs Joseph Miller; Mrs Mclntosh v. Mrs Dick. Lang’s Nek.—Mrs S. Smith v. Mrs Gifford; Mrs Inglis v. Miss Sweetman; Mrs Larcombe v., Mrs Scandrett; Mrs Halder v. Mrs Gregory; Mrs Riddell v. Mrs Halligan; Miss Crawford v. Mrs Tait. Tait’s.—Mrs Hughes v. Mrs Field; Mrs Alexander v. Mrs Robbie; Mrs Wallis v. Mrs Watson; Mrs Kean v. Mrs Fraser; Mrs Richardson v. Mrs Kissell; Mrs Skjellcrup v. Mrs Stuart. Elbow.—Mrs Anderson v. Mrs E. Smith; Mrs Littlejohn v. Mrs Keen; Mrs Young v. Mrs Witt; Mrs Ritchie v. ; Miss Andrews v. Mrs Adamson. Polygon.—Mrs Trim v. Mrs Kilkelly; Mrs Powley v. Miss Miller; Miss Marshall v. Mrs Blackmore; Mrs Ayling v. Mrs Tunnicliffe; Mrs Harrington v. Mrs Crombie; Mrs Cruickshank v. Mrs Westerby. SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND

CHAMPIONSHIPS OF GORE CLUB

The second qualifying round of the championships of the Gore Golf Club was played on the. Croydon links on Saturday afternoon when the scoring was again only fair, the players again finding difficulty with the new conditions after placing the ball for several months.

The following players have qualified to play off for the championsips: Senior: Orr, 90-84-174; L. C. Barron, 88-87-175; L. G. Thomson, 86-89-175; Willocks, 89-88-177; S. Taylor, 89-88-177; Feast, 95-85-180; Cockerill, 92-89-181; Martin, 86-97-183. The draw is as follows: Orr v. Taylor; Cockerill v. Thomson; Willocks v. Martin; Feast v. Barron.

Intermediate: C. Barron, 90-88-178; Smith, 93-96-189; West 96-93-189; Steans, 95-95-190; Milsom, 94-96-190; F. Young, 89-102-191; G. Thompson, 90-105-195; Ritchie, 98-98-196. Tim draw is as follows: Barron v. Milsom; Thompson v. West; Steans v. Ritchie; Young v. Smith.

Junior: Lusk, 98-97-195; Sutherland, 101-101-202; Strang, 101-103-205; W. Young, 102-107-209; Smart, 105-108-213; Kirk, 105-110-215; Latty, 110-105-215; Cochrane, 115-115-130. The draw is as follows: Lusk v. Smart; Latty v. Strang; Young v. Cochrane; Kirk v. Sutherland. The September medal match, which was played in conjunction with the second qualifying round, was won by C. R. Barron. The best cards returned were: C. R. Barron, 88-15-73; Thorn, 84-10-74; Lusk, 97-23-74; Taylor, 88-13-75; Cockerill, 89-14-75; L. C. Barron, 87-11-76; Feast, 85-7-78; West, 93-15-78; Steans, 95-17-78; Adamson, 95-17-78.

Taylor and C. R. Barron have tied for first place in the medal aggregate with a score of 292 each. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WYNDHAM In the first round of the Wyndham Golf Club’s championships the most interesting match, was that between Rout (last year’s champion) and Crawford. Rout was in the lead practically all the way and at the fourteenth he was 2 up. His tee shot was well placed on the green, while Crawford was short. Crawford’s approach was too strong, and his third failed to find the cup. Rout had two putts for the win, but failed and the hole was halved. At Elbow, Rout pulled a long ball out of bounds and Crawford won the hole. The next two holes were halved and Crawford squared the match with a bogey at the last hole. At the nineteenth both had good drives, but neither player found the green with his second, gout was too strong with his third and

was short with his next and Crawford putted up for a win and the match. Milne nearly brought off a surprise in his match against Pankhurst. Pankhurst was 3 up at the twelfth, but Milne won this hole and Slippery was halved in bogey. Boiling Pot was won by Milne, who had a birdie 2. Milne also won Elbow and the match was square. The next two holes were halved and at the eighteenth Pankhurst hit a long ball, slightly pulled. Milne sliced his drive and he was left with a difficult second over the trees. He did not succeed and Pankhurst’s second was short. His third was handy, and Milne placed his fourth six feet from the pin. Pankhurst made no mistake with his putt and won the match 1 up. At the end of nine holes Barnett was 2 up on Heath and the Pit was halved in bogey. Heath, who was driving a long ball from the tee, hit a screamer at Clubhouse, but duffed his second and Barnett won with a birdie. McDonald’s was halved in bogey and Barnett won Slippery and was 4 up. At Boiling Pot, Heath failed to hole a sixfoot putt to keep the game alive and Barnett sank his putt to win the match. In the Plate, Henderson defeated Gibson after both players had shown some good form. Tangney had rather an easy win in his first match against Muir.

CHAPMAN WINS AMERICAN AMATEUR TITLE

(Received September 15, 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 14.

R. Chapman won the American amateur golf title .by 11 and 9 in one of the worst routs in - the tournament’s history. Chapman was 4up after the morning round and did the first four holes in the afternoon in one over threes. McCullough won two of the first three holes in the morning, but only four throughout the day. In the semi-finals McCullough defeated R. Billows 5 and 3 and Chapman defeated Wehrle 3 and 2.