GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8535, 13 September 1907, Page 5

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

By Telegraph—Press Association. NAPIER, September 12. The New Zealand Golf Club's championship meeting was continued today. Slight rain fell late in the afternoon when the day's play was nearly over. The Amateur Championship of Hawke's Bay was won by Arthur Duncan, with a score of 159. For the two rounds his was 76—a record for the links, beating by two points the previous best record of 78 made by S. H. Gollan and Kurupo Tareha four years ago. Duncan's driving, approaching, [and putting were all splendid, and his performance to-day was undoubtedly the finest all-iound exhibition ever given on the links either by amateur or professional. J. Carne Bidvvill 166, Kurupo Tareha 169, G. Thorburn 171, H. B. Lusk 171, Kapi Tareha 174, and D. K. Murray 174 were the next best scorers in this event. In the Open Championship of New Zealand for Professionals, McLauren, of Dunedin, won by 1 point from David Hood, the scores being 167 and 168, respectively. F. G. Hood 169, J. M. Herd 169, J. A. Clements 172, D. Johnstone 174, D. Pryde 185 and A. J. Milliner 193 were the other players in this competition. The winners of the third round for the Amateur Championship of New Zealand are H. D. Bamford, J. 0. Kettle, T. Lynch, Major Gorcon. G. A. Dargaville, H. B. Lusk, W. Handyside, C. Armstrong, A. H. Fisher, K. D. Duncan, H. E. Wright, A. Duncan, W. E. Rekl. 'J. F. Ritchie, C. A. Turnbul), 11. C. N. Bull, and H. C. 'Smith.