N.Z. GOLFERS AT DUNEDIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 483, 12 October 1928, Page 13

N.Z. GOLFERS AT DUNEDIN

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE VERY HARD Press Association DUNEDIN, To-day. The New Zealand golf championships Cfl ®ixienced this morning at Ualmaceorer- The gale of last night had died w a light northerly when play comjaenced. The course is \ery hard, and the aten* fieryThe garnering is representative of cream of New Zealand golf, with t «o exceptions. Arthur Duncan among jjz# amateurs, and E. J. Moss, the iidttiemoro proiessionai, vfrbo is the present holder ot the open champion.nip, neither of whom could attend. Tne r.rst round ot the open cnammonsnip. whicn is decided on four junds of meuai piay, comnu i ced at vlO a.m., in conjunct.,n Wii. the iirst tiuaiiiying rounu oi tiie amateur and cnampionsiiAps. The* first • amateurs, ana Lite- hrsL >uli« protesrespecuveiy, qualify. “In the first IS holes of the open championship, the following cards have been returned:—A. J. bnaw 76, j. .Ucintosh 76, K. C. Butters 76, 11. it. Liiair 77, K. Ross 78, J. L. Black 711, H A Black 79, J. * orrest Bu. T. 11. Horton 81. A. U. Sime 81, 11. 1\ Dale 81, j. A Clements 81, T. Gal la way 82, H. .1. MacFariane 82. A. It. Blank 83, l. Branch S 3, J. Goss S 3, B. J. Smith j,4, J. Millard 84. C. B. Wright 85, C. A. Seymour So, K. Fox 86. D. Grant 86, Ci. \V. Ritchie 88, G. W. Melvin 88, J. it. Galloway 88, J. M. Hussey BD, L. Boss yj. Th« New Zealand championships were aat played in Dunedin in 11*13, when B. Douglas, now attached to Titiiangi, ~pd. won the title. The weather at j.unedin has been bad for a week, and a r . petition of 11*08, when J. A. Clements won with 333 in a howling gale, was wared Before the gale set In early in the week Ken Koss had been round in 70. During the gale Butters tpro.). of Miramar, has done a brilliant 73. Koss Sj, Morpeth Sa. Butters and Macintosh heat Sloan Morpeth and T. H. Horton 2 and 1 in a friendly four-ball.