Golf

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 764, 10 September 1929, Page 14

Golf

AKARANA LADIES The match arranged to take place between the Papakura and Akarana Ladies’ Golf Clubs lias been postponed. WAITEMATA The match for the Blackburn trophy, played by membene of the Waitemata Golf Club, resulted in a win for N. Naismith, 3 up. Other scores were; R. B. Wilson, all square; A. N. Duder, 1 down; J. M. Alison, 2 down; J. Prime, 2 down. AUCKLAND The following players will represent tho Auckland Golf Club in a match to be played against the Hamilton Club at Middlemore next Saturday:—R. D. Wright, AY. S. Ralph, H. Plumley, W. A. Donald, E. L. Bartleet, P. J. Western, R. Rainger, L. W. Delph, R. O. Gardner, F. Macky, C. M. Gordon, H. Tidmarsh. Singles will be played in the morning. commencing at 10 o’clock. The return match between the juniors of the clubs will not be played. WAIUKU The first 18 holes of a 36-hole medal handicap competition was played by the members of the Waiuku Golf Club on Saturday, when some excellent scores were returned. The best cards handed in were:—Roscoe, 94—28—66; C. Herrold, 83—14—69; A. Herrold, 87—18 —69; Whiteside, 105—36—69; Aldred, 90—20—70; Hill, 90—20—70; P. Howden, 81—10—71; Ohlson, 79—6—73; Ducker, 93—20—73; Jerram, 96 —20—76. A medal scramble held in conjunction with the competition was won by Roscoe, a fire-yeai* player who returned an excellent card, 94—28—66. PAPAKURA Following were the best caras returned in the third round for the Parker Trophy, played by members of the Papakura Golf Club:—Pl. Spencer, 75, 18—57; G. Hutchinson, 86, 27—59; Langford, 94, 26 —68; G. A. Smith, 85, 16 —69. The trophy was won by G. Hutchinson, with a net aggregate of 196 for the three rounds. Other aggregates were:—H. Spencer, 201; Smith, 207; Langford, 211. The following qualified for the junior championship in the order named: —Langford, Bridgman, Brooks, Beams, T. McLennan, Gilmore, D. McLellan, Blair. WAIHI The final for the senior championship of the Waihi Men’s Golf Club was played on Saturday between the club captain, F. C. V. Clark, and R. Cullen, who has held the title on two or three occasions. The match was over 27 holes and the result was in doubt to the end. Cullen finished 1 up on the final hole. OPOTIKI LADIES The semi-finals in the Opotiki ladies’ golf championship resulted as follow: Mrs. Forbes beat Mrs. Candy, 6 and 4; Mrs. Birkmyer beat Mrs. Jessop, 1 up. The final will be played next week. OPOTIKI The final of the Opotiki Golf Club’s men’s championship over 36 holes between Mahoney and Bunkall was played on Saturday in fine weather. The-first two holes were halved, but at the third hole, playing into the wind, Bunkall’s tee shot fell short in a water hazard, Mahoney winning the hole. He retained his lead of 1 up to the end of the first nine holes. At the conclusion of the first round Mahoney was 4 up, but at the end of 27 holes Bunkall, fighting hard, had reduced his opponent’s lead to 1 up. At the 13th hole in the second round Mahoney was again 4 up, with only 5 to play, but Bunkall made another good recovery, and by winning the next three holes brought Mahoney’s lead down to 1 up at the 16th hole. The 17th hole was won by Mahoney and gave him victory after a very hard-fought game by 2 up and 1 to Play. WHAKATANE A team of Whakatane golfers visited Te Puke at the week-end and, after a series of competition matches, was successful in winning by 11 games to 9. The results were as follow, Te Puke names being mentioned first: Ralfe and Simpson lost to Reynolds and York, 2 and 1; Hookey and Westlake defeated King and Beckett: Veitch and Mollgaard lost to Baker and Suckling, 2 and 1; Duff and Taylor lost to Ryde and Pirini, 1 down; Holden and Bradley defeated Napier and Stubbs, 1 up: D. Johnson and R. Mollgaard defeated Innes and Hyland, 6 and 4; Stevens and Rogers lost to Marshall and Sloan, 7 and 6. Ralfe defeated Reynolds, 6 and 5;

Hookey defeated York, 9 and 8: Simpson lost to King, 3 and 1; Westlake lost to Baker, 3 and 1; Veitch defeated Suckling, 1 up; H. Mollgaard lost to Beckett, 1 down; Taylor defeated Ryde, 3 and 2; Duff lost to Naiper, 2 and 1; Holden defeated Hyland, 2 and 1; Bradley and Stubbs, all square; Johnson lost to Pirini, 3 and 2; Mollgaard lost to Innes, 4 and 2; Stevens lost to Sloan, 3 and 2; Fox defeated Marshall, 6 and 4. WAIUKU The first 18 holes of a 3C-hole medal handicap competition was played by tho members of the Waiuku Golf Club on Saturday, when some excellent scores were returned. The best cards handed in were:—Roscoe, 94, 28—66; C. Herrold, 83, 14—69; A. Herrold, S 7, 18 —69; Whiteside, 105, 36 —69; Aldred, 90, 20—70; Hill, 90, 20 —70; P. Howden, 81, 10 —71; Ohlson, 79, 6—73; Ducker, 93, 20 —73; Jerram, 96, 20—76. A medal scramble held in conjunction with the competition was won by Roscoe, a first-year player, who returned an excellent card, 94, 28—66. ROTORUA Patchy and obviously cautious golf was characteristic of the junior cup final between W. T. Pakes and Dudley George. Both played good tee shots, and were fair to the greens, but there, in the majority of cases, temperament on the greens proved too strong. Especially was this noticed in Pakes, a prolific left-handed iron player, who lost many chances through. “Scotch” putting. The game, however, was always full of interest. Pakes was 2 up at the turn in the morning round, maintaining that lead to the 15th. George then annexed the last three holes to finish 1 up for the first IS. Pakes took the 19tli and the game fluctuated till the 15th, when George was 2 up. George lost the 16th and the 18th to square the match at the 36th. The 37th went to George and with it the Junior Cup, due to George’s splendid match playing steadiness. During the week-end an excellent exhibition was given by A. D. S. Duncan and Troutbeck, who defeated Morrice and S. E. Carr 2 up and 1. TAUMARUNUT T. Gilpin won last week’s bogey handicap with a score of 3 up. The following players have had their handicaps adjusted:—Gilpin, to 14; Thynne, to 11; Harty, to 20; R. TV”. Thomas, to 11; Wilks, to 13. The married couples’ foursomes was won by Mr. and Mrs. Seaton, with a socre of 75 net (handicap 20). The best gross score. 90, was put up by Mr. and Mrs. Richter. The following is the draw for this ■week’s medal handicap:—R. AV. Thomas v. Sandel, Coker v. N. Thomas, AVood v. D. M. Simmons, Gilpin v. Hamil, Crawshaw v. Scorer, Poutawera v. King, Henry v. Stevenson, Hughes V. Thynne, AVilks v. Ivan Smith, Holford v. Albertson, Richter v. Scorer, Harty v. Groom, Moore v. A. Simmonds, Laird v. Syme, Arthur v. Manson, Seaton v. Lloyd.