ON THE LINKS!

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 June 1927, Page 11

ON THE LINKS!

—(By E. C. ROBIESON.)_

FIXTURES Saturday, June 25. Middlemore.—Continuation of captain's prize tourney. Titirang..—First round, Taylor Bowl, handicap match play. One Tree Hill.—Medal handicap. Waitemata.—Qualifying rounds, senior and junior championships. Glendowie Ladie*.—Third round, match play tourney. Pupuke.—Stroke competition. Glendowie.—lnter-club (at Otahuhu), bogey for remainder. Tuesday, June 28. One Tree Hill Ladles.—L.G.U. medal (entries close June 24). Middlemore.—lsabelle Bloomfield Memorial Vase (entries close June 24). Wednesday, June 29. Glendowie Ladies.—L.G.U. medal Thursday, June 30. l"Ti#irangi Ladies.—L.G.U. medal (entries OTHER EVENTS June 14 and 17. —Auckland Ladies’ Provincial championships. July 21-23. —Hutt championship tourSeptember 2 and 10.—New Zealand men's championships at Hamilton. Week preceding, New Zealand championships; Manawatu tournament. September 24-27.—Glendowie open tourSeptember 27-30.—Napier tournament. September 29. —New Zealand ladies’ championships at Palmerston North. Octooer 13-1.5. —Hamilton tournament. EVERSLIE v. PUKEKOHE A n atch was played on Saturday between the Pukekohe and Everslie Clubs on the Everslie links for the Irvine Cup, which was donated for competition between the Everslie and Pukekohe Clubs onlv. Both the men’s and ladies’ teams of Pukekohe won. Results as follows, Pukekohe names first:—Men: Brosnahan bent Smith, 3 up; McWhirter lost to Milne, 5 down: Coyle and Dykes, all square; Lully beat Wardell, 2 up; Johnson beat RhVnd, 4 up; Schlaepfer lost to down; Payne lost to R. O’Neill, 2 down; Kirwan beat Lever. 5 up; brood lost to Goddard, 3 down; Riley lost to Beechey, 2 down; Johns beat Rice, 4 up; Duncan beat Parker, 8 up. Ladies; Miss Baker beat Miss Walker, 3 up; Mrs. McWhirter lost to Mrs. Bilkey, 1 down; Miss Pirrit beat Miss Cosgrave, 2 up; Miss O’Laughlen beat Miss Smith, 2 up; Miss Backhurst beat Miss Little, 4 up; Miss Allan beat Mrs. Rhind, 7 up; Miss Jeffries lost to Mrs. Lever, 3 down; Miss Addle beat Miss O’Neill, 6 up. THE GLENDOWIE CLUB The following will represent Glendowie v Otahuhu at Otahuhu on Saturday next - —F Trice, A. Poole, L. Goodwin, It. R. Kissling, N. Ching, R. H. Favitt., X. Hot-kin, E. Bradley, A. Duthie, O. Wolf gram, S. C. Woods, R. Edmonds, O. J. Lilly (reserve). Following is the result of the fourth round of the captain’s prize:—L. Harrison beat N. C. Snedden, 1 up; R. Kissling beat L. Goodwin, 2 and 1; A. Horspool beat W. H. Olsen, 4 and 2; S. Hunter beat D. Rathbone, 4 and 2; P. C. Niccolls beat C. Biernacki, 4 and 3. The bogey handicap resulted as follows■ R Ralfe, 3 up; O. Horspool, 2 up; C W. Garrard, 1 up; N. Hockin, all square; Dr. Horton, 1 down; G. Kissling, 1 down. / HOLES IN ONE Now that holes, in. one are becoming so common, recently the names on the Hole in One Club roll having reached 10 000, the club was disbanded, it is refrflphing to see a suggestion that something new in that line might be tried. It has been suggested by the Boston “Transcript” that a new club of the kind might be formed, namely a Hole in Two Club, the qualification for which would be holing out in two at par, four or five holes. This would, of course, be a far bigger fluke that the old whisky stunt, anti therefore would have to be requitted with at least half a dozen of champagne. Speaking of holes in one, it is a most amazing fact that* “Bobby” Jones has only just scored his first hole in one. And it must not be forgotten that ' Bobby’s” chances' of a one are far greater than those of the average player, for he can drive to greens unread able by almost anyone else. Indeed he is liable to hole out from the tee at holes up to 300 yards, and besides his average shot to the short holes must, for direction, give him a very large pull over the rank and file of the golfer. The Boston “Herald” has published the following appeal to the ladies. It originated at the Cannes Golf Club, Frame, and ran as follows: ■ Dear, Charming Ladies! Please do not wear shoes With high heels or —I am sorry—l shall have to saw them off, as they make too many holes on our greens, and one is quite enough.” SWAGGERER AND BLOWHARD The gate in the recent Hagen-Sara-zen match amounted to 6,000 dollars, so that these players were able to pocket £6OO each for two days of work. No wonder Hagen enjoys an income running into five figures. Arising out of this I match is a suit by Sarazen against the •National Magazine” for .£40,000 damages. It seems that this journal quoted Sarazen as saying that Hagen won his matches by “goat getting” and that he (Sarazen) beat Hagen "any day, every time.” Sarazen maintains that this statement put him into the position of being a swaggerer and a “blowhard.”