GOLF.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1922, Page 5

GOLF.

NEW PLYMOUTH CLUB. Th? following is the draw for the first qualifying rounds for the chaunpiopshlfs f sen lore and juniors) of the New Plymouth Club:— Seniors.—Mackay plays Butcher, Johnson plays Wilson, Elliott plays Burgess, Jago plays Thomson, Robertshaw plays Grey, Johns playa Simpson, Weston plays Wade, Smythe plays Smith, Bewley plays Hasell, Renner plays Chong. Juniors-—-Donovan plays Crimp, Brown plays Archer, McCullough playa Etherington, Avery plays McGill, Colson plays Quilliam, Jackson plays Laurie, Bloxam plays Ambrose, Grayling plays Dalgleish. Lawrey plays Blennerhassett. C. Stephenson plays Stace, Honan plays Williams, McNeill playri Hutchings, Waterston plays Kinnear, Blundell plays .1. Stephenson. Wnreley plays Monteath, Anderson plays A. W. Griffin, Pearless plays Grant, Andrews playg Osborne. Competitors should place a ball on the tao on arrival at the clubhouse and start in that order. It is advisable that all who can should ■tart, as soon after 12 o’clock as possible. Partners will be re-drawn for the second qualifying round. The draw will be published early next week. WAVERLEY v. PATEA. A closely contested game between the Waverley and Patea Golf Clubs took place on Saturday. The following are the scores, Waverley players being mentioned first: Wybourne 1 v. Pulley 0; Muir 0 v. Findlay C. Johnstone 0 v. Jones 1; Corfe 0 v. Weir 1; F. Johnstone 0 y. Gilbert 1; Parsons 1 v. Harrison 0; Hargreaves 1 v. Haworth 0; Handily 1 r. Grainger 0; Metcsifo 1 v. Jenkins 0: Palmer 1 v. Ormsby 0 ; White v. Forster % ; Wick* 1 v. Stephenson 0. Totals: Waver)*.v 614, Patea 5%.-—Press. HUNTER NOT AN AMATEUh. By Telegraph —-Press Assn —Cnnvr!rt»e ’ New York. August 14. According to a Chicago memage the Golf Association has ruled Willie Hunter, former British amateur champion, as ineligible to compete in amateur tournaments. It is claimed that British Associations make him a professional. A REPORT CONTRADICTED. New York, August 15. The statement that Willie Hunter had been barred from competing in amateur tournaments was incorrect. The mistake arose because another Willie Hunter, cousin of the former British champion, entered in the professional match. NEWS OF KIRKWOOD. . Received Aug. 16, 8.5 p.m. New York, Aug. 15. At Syracuse, New York, Kirkwood and Hagen defeated Hunter and Harmon. 3 ud and 1- tc Marx «nt >*