GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8535, 14 September 1907, Page 6

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

By Telegraph—Press Association.

NAPIER, September 13. The New Zealand Golf Club's championship meeting was continued today, when there was a fairly heavy and very cold wind blowirg, which greatly interfered with play. An error was made, yesterday, in crediting Maclaren, the professional player, with winning the Open Championship. Arthur Duncan won the Hawke's Bay Amateur Championship and the Open Championship of New Zealand. Maclaren, as the best scorer amongst the professionals, takes the leading prize, £25, allotted to them, D. Hood taking second money, £lO. The fourth round of the New Zealand Amateur Championship was played, this morning, the most exciting game being between K. Duncan and A. H. Fisher, Duncan eventually winning by 1 up at the 21st hole. In the afternoon the fifth round was played. A. Duncan beat his brother very easily, winning with 8 up and 7 to play. H. C. Smith had an easy victory over W. E. Reid, winning with 6 up and 5 to play, and it is a pity he has to play A. Duncan in the semi-final, as, on form, he is about the second best of those remaining in. H. D. Bamford and Major Gordon played an excitingly close game, Bamford winning by 1 up at the 20th hole. H. B. Lusk and W. Handyside also kept close together in their round, Lusk winning by 1 up. ; 4 In the Amateur Bogey Handicap, A. Duncan continued his wonderful run of success by winning with 1 down when owing 5, and H. C. Smith was second. The following are the results of the New Zealand Amateur Cham- | pionsbip:— Fourth Round. | 11. D. Bamford beat J. 0. Kettle, 3 up and 2 to play. A. Duncan beat H. Bright',6 up and 5 to play. Major Gordon beat T. Lynch, 3up and 1 to play. W. Handysid? beat E. Armstrong, 1 up at the 19th hole. W. E. Reid beat J. F. Ritchie, 3 up and 2 to play. H. C. Smith beat C. A. Turnbull, 2 up and 1 to play. K. Duncan beat A. H. Fisher, 1 up, at the 2J st hole. H. B. Lusk baat G. K. Dargaville, 7 up and 6 to play. Fifth Round. H. D. Bamford beat Major Gordon, 1 up, at lh3 20th hole. H. B. Lusk beat W. W. Handyside, 1 up. A. Duncan beat K. Duncan, 8 up and 7 to play. 11. C. Smith beat W. E. Reid, 6 up and 5 to play. ahe following is the result of the Amateur Bogey Handicap:—Arthur Duncan, owe 5, ldown; H. C. Smith, owe 3, 2 down; G. M. Morris, reeehe 5, 4 down; P. F. Turner, receive 6, 5 down; J. Carne Bidwill, owe 3, 6 down; W. T. D. Haraian, owe 2, 6 down; B. B. Wood, owe 1, 6 down; G. Thorburn, scr, 6 down; D. R. Murray, receive 2, 6 down; G. R. King, receive 10, 6 down; T. Lynch, owe 1, 7 down; W. A. D'Arcy, re ceive 5, 7 down; P. McHardy, receive 6, 7 down; D. Pryde, owe 2, 8 down; Wi Karanenia, receive 3, 8 down; W. G. Wood, receive -4, 9 down; C. H. Cato, receive 7, 9 down; B. C. Rutherford, owe 2, 9 down; J. W. N. Mackie, receive 10, 9 down; A. M. Borthwick, receive 1,10 down; T. Leitch, receive I, 10 down; G. M. McLean, receive 5, 10 down; H. D. Bates receive 4, 11 down; H. C. Cock, receive 5, 12 down; J. O. Jameson, receive 2, 13 down; J. G. Mackersey, receive 6, 13 down; H. Hudson, receive 10, 14 down.

NOTES ON THE PLAY

Some capital play was witnessed in the fourth round of the New Zealand Amateur Championship. A. Duncan had rather an easy win over H. Wright. The winner played a splendid game despite the climatic conditions, and did the round in 78. A hard-fought game WdS played between K. Duncan and A. H. Fisher. At the tenth hole Fisher was two up, and at the seventeenth Duncan was one up. Fisher won the eighteenth, which made the gams all square. The nineteenth and twentieth holes were halved, and Fisher getting into a bunker at the twenty-first allowed Duncan to win the hole and the match. Another close contest was witnessed between Handyside and C. Armstrong, the former eventually winning at the nineteenth hole. U. B. Lusk had a runaway victory from E. A. Dargaville, but the game between H. C. Smith and C. A. Turnbull was a good one, the Canterbury player beating Turnbull, one up and two to play. J. F. Ritchie did'not show the same form as yesterday, and W. E. Reid beat him fairly comfortably. H. D. Bamford's defeat of J. 0. Kettle was rather unexpected, as the latter had been playing a capital game all through. In the fifth round there \vti.e two easy wins, and a couple of very close games. Arthur Duncan, still playing' in fine form, completely outclassed his brother, and beat him eight up seven to play. H. C. Smith had almost as easy a victory over W. E. Reid, winning with six up and five to play. The game between H. D. Bamford ar.d Major Gordon was a very close one, and Bamford eventually won by one up at ihe twentieth hole. H. B. Lusk and W. Handyside also played a close and exciting game, Lusk winning by one up. In the Amateur Medal Handicap Arthur Duncan maintained his play in a wonderful manner, and won with one down when owing five. H. C. Smith was a close second, being one down when owing three, his round thus taking three strokes more than Duncan's. The notable feature of Duncan's play during the last two days has been his remarkable accuracy even in the face of a strong wind, as was the case this afternoon, when in the fifth round of the championship he did the first nine holes in 38 against his brother's 58.