GOLF.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1922, Page 3

GOLF.

DOMINION LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP. FIRST DAY’S PLAY, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. The first round of the New Zealand ladies’ championship was played this morning, when the weather was again lovely, and the condiI tions perfect for play. There were only three games in this round, and they resulted as unMiss V. McClure (Wellington) beat Mrs. Collinson (Palmerston North), 4 and 3. . Miss Acheson (Nelson) beat Mrs. Gardner (Auckland), 8 and 6. Mrs. McCarthy (Dunedin) beat Miss M. D. Dixon (Christchurch), 7 and 6. The Coronation Medal match was won by Mrs. Boogshun (Otago), whose net. score, with handicap 7, was 80. Miss McCormick (Auckland) was second, with 89—8—81; Miss M. McFarlane (Auckland) third, 95—13—82. / The second division match resulted: Mrs. Fowler (Belmont), 102—19.—83; Miss Bristl'd (Christchurch), 103—19—84; Mrs. L. Smith (Hawera), 101—16—85; Mrs. Webster (Wellington), the present holder, 102—17—85, The best gross score was Miss Gambrill (Wellington), 84. HAWKE’S BAY CHAMPIONSHIP. Napier, Last Night. In the final of the Hawke’s Bay golf championship, to-day, J. Goss (Wanganui) beat L. W. Bridge (Lower Hutt), 5 up and 3, after a poor exhibition. ELTHAM CLUB. Playing round the Eltham links yesterday, with Mr. W. D. Ross and Mr. A. Stewart, Mr. J. Quin established a record for the course, doing the nine holes in 35. Details are: 5, 4. 5,3, 4,4, 3,4, 3; total 35. On the previous day the same player holed out in 2 at the orchard, a 360 yards hole. His drive was well down on the flat in front of the green, and his mashie approach landed on the ridge to the left, tricked on to the green, and into the hole.—Argus. BRITISH GOLFERS. WHY AMERICANS WIN. London, Sept. 1. Every British golfer is asking;—"What is the matter with British golf when the Americans are able to beat the best British amateurs?” The critics are inclined to agree with Harry Vardon’s opinion that the Americans make a much closer study of the fine, points of the game, and devote almost as much time to practice as the British professionals. Some critics, however, believe that Vardon overstresses the American superiority in the short game. The expert of the London Evening News calls attention to the putting of the Americans, always their strongest point since Travis, 17 years ago, showed the British golfers what good putting really meant. Bernard Darwin, a member of the British team in the United States, telegraphing to the Times, asserts that the British players did well as far as the greens, but "the lesson that Travis and Hagen taught us was rubbed in again. We did not putt badly, judged by British standards, but we really have not begun to know what good putting is.”