GOLF.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 260, 26 March 1913, Page 7

GOLF.

TIIK TAKAXAK! TOI'KXAAIFXT

TAYLOR WLXS TIIK CIIAMI'IOX SHIP.

The Taranaki (!olf Tournament concluded yesterday in fine weather, which tempted a lfiv«e number of spectators out to Waiwakaiho. li. L. Taylor, of Wellington, proved the champion, D. Pryde, of Feil<ling being runner <up. Tlx; secretary (Mr. .1. Paton) Inul all arrangements complete and everything worked very smoothly, liesnlts:— CHAAIPT OX SHIP. SIXII-FIXAL. B. L. Taylor heat W. Seileut, .one up at the nineteenth hole, after a very close contest. 1). Pryde beat J. Power .) up mi J 4. Tl'lE FIXAL. Tile championship linul in the afternoon between il). Pryde and iB. -L.'Taylor was very keenly contested, and proved very interesting'. Some Jfi»lf was shown by both players, and it was anybody's game till the thirteenth hole, commencing which Taylor stood one up. Pryde having won 'llie first, fourth ami tenth holes and Taylor the second, third, eighth and eleventh. The balance were halved .Taylor won the '.thirteenth and fifteenth, andthe fourteenth and sixteenth were halved, giving 'Taylor the championship. Towards the conclusion the distance Appeared to tell ion the older player, as his putting was not so accurate as in the earlier stages.

The first, hole was won by 'Pryde. who lav dead on the green with his second. His partner meanwhile had played 'lour and gave up the hole. Pryde, I up.. Both got good drives away for the second, a blind hole. Pryde foozled his second. Taylor's second kept low and rebounded from llic fence. Taylor lav on the green with a beautiful third. Pryde failed to lidle in five anil lay lor won. AH snuare.

Taylor was oil tlie green at the third hole with his drive off the tee. Pryde was short, but retrieved with a nice approach. His putt was short, and Taylor. going down in three, was one yp. Teeing off for the fourth both got well awav. Taylor topped his second, and took four to get on the green, which his partner reached in three. Pryde got alongside the hole in four. Taylor took six to do likewise, and he gave up the hole. All simare.' At Xo. "> both lay on the green with their second, and both took two to hole out. The hole was halved in four. All square.

At the sixth hole both pulled their tee shots. Pryde lav dead on the green with his fourth. Taylor over running the green. It looked Pryde's hole, hut 'his partner stymied him with his sixth, and the hole was. halved. All square.

The seventh hole was also halved in four, Pryde foozling his approach. All square.

At the eighth hide. Taylor drove into the rough, but got out well with his second, crossed the green with his third, lay well with the fourth and holed out in five. Pryde got awav well, hut his third was indifferent, and he took six to hole out. Taylor 1 up. For the ninth hole both got well away with long straight drives, lying almost level. Pryde with his third ran through the green, as also did Taylor, who got a bad second. Each took two on the green, the hole being halved in five. Tavlor 1 int.

The tenth hole, on the hill, tavlor used his brassey. and landed on the edge of the green. Pryde with his iron got right on. and went out in four, though Tavlor got a half stymie. All square. Both got well away for the eleventh, hut Pride's third was short. Tavlor landed well on the green in his third, and was one lip. The drive to the twelfth hole, a. short one in the rushes, saw both on the green, Prvde lying closer to tire hole. Taylor, with a magnificent putt, holed out in two. and so also did Pryde, a great performance that earned the plaudits of the audience, this being the roughest green on the course. Taylor 1 up. Prvde ondrove Taylor by about thirty vards on teeing oil' for the thirteenth, but Taylor equalised this with his second. Both approached well, reaching the green in three. Prvde was short with a long put. and Taylor hoied out ill four. Tavlor 2 un.

For the fourteenth Pryde got a beautiful drive, being short in two. Taylor's was a longer drive, lmt slightly skied in the rough, lie also was short, in two, and Pryde's third overran the hole, and missing an easy putt, he enabled Taylor to halve. Taylor 2 up..

Leaving the tee for the fifteenth hole Prvde was i>l the rough, but a good second sr.w him retrieve. He was just short' of the green in his fourth. Taylor placed a poor fourth to the right of the green, and with his next the green. A long putt saw him hole in six. Pryde misled a nisty putt and left Taylor donnie

Both got well away at the sixteenth, and as it proved, the fin:'.l hob'. Tavlor laying short and Pivde to til ■ left. Prvde approached well, and his third put him within four feet of the hob*. He lud to ho'e out next shot to ->ave the inaleh. but failed by a narrow margin, and Tavlor going out in five, the match was halved. I'ay lor thus won (he championship by n up and 2 to play.

i»(.k;f.v iiAxnu Ar. Tn the Jlogey Handicap F. S. Parkes and A. Bewley tied with 4 down. FOntSOMK. K■'<!iih and Wardrop with 2 down handed in th? best card. prrnxi; ro.Mi'HTmux.

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Ije J i ij'e preseili'llg tile trophies, (he President (Mr. ('. If. I' irge-s) thanked the vi>itors fur th-dr attendance. Tin-re >vr:v. hj- sjiiii. a rct-o"! 11:! - of enfries. and tile Club was keen"!.- disappoinlcd thai the links were llot i:i perfect order. Th" edge had been taken oil' that disappointment by th" and

sportsmanlike manee-r in which c-i.apcti-tors had played, tie imped to s.-" t'lcin all at the I!M4 toiirnaureiY', when he could promise that the links would be greatly improved. They intended to make the course as good as passible, hut 1 hi ~ i-on'-l lint he done in one y'-,-:r. particularly when the weather v,a- aaa;n-t them. He then called on .Mrs. Pa ton to present (lie trophies, which she did. as follows: -

Championship.-- B. Tavlor. Wellington. Tliinuer-up.— 1). Prvde. l-'eilding. Medal Handicap. :hi holes. - -I. Power 1. W. Seiferl. 2.

Ist. Bogev Handicap.- IT. Tl. Ward 1 A. A. S'ewart. 2.

Second liogev Handicap.—F. S. I'.likes 1. W. Bewlce 2.

Second Bogey Handicap.-—F. Parkes 4 down end A. B»w!cy 4 d iv.u tie. Jlen's Foursome. - Ralph and Ward-

Pnttim Cnmpetilions. Saturd;:v.— W. TV (ila-pmv 1. -I. I'iuvit 2: Motnl'.v. K. "•Vanlrnp 1. A. TT. I.ewis 2: Tne.vhiy. J. C'oi-l)i':i no ]. A. 11. Cil-tsgnw 2. Mr. V,. T.. Taylor. on lu'lialf of llic visitors. relnnvd thanks. Til" tonrnameni. lie said. Vind lieen admiralilv i-muln;-)ed. (Vi-lainly t!u' srcii'i-. l:ul nui lii' Cii larse. Imt if tlirv \vi re here ■' nio'Hh they v."<>n 1i 1 piii up jfood sows, or at anv rale would develop £»oo:l muscles. All v»"i> n. I<l •;o n\v:\v. In' felt sure. with pleasant uu'inories of 11] oi- treatment ami experiences hero. Cheers for the visitor*. the ladies, the Hub. and the I'resideiit and Sccritavv concluded the 101 :> Tournament.