GOLF

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20953, 4 November 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)

GOLF

THE HAMILTON CLUB CHAMPION SHIP FOR CADDIES NOTES AND COMMENTS (By “Fyfe Scott”) The result of the president versus vice-presidents’ teams match at St. Andrews last week resulted in a -win for the president* Mr S. L. Paterson’s team. The game was followed by the annual club dinner and a very large attendance enjoyed a bright evening. Getting back to golf, some good scores were recorded over the weekend and a nice 75 by Eric Etheridge was instrumental in him collecting a few balls out of the scramble. On Sunday 1 a person whom we aaven’t heard of much for some Lime was Frank Roach, who with a 18 off the stick from the 10 mark, took the major part of tne spoil in the scramble. The reason tnat Frank hasn’t been heard of muen since last Easter is owing to the fact :nat he is a junior member and therefore ineligible for the major -•ompetitions. As Frank will in all probability be a senior member next year I’ll hazard a guess that he will oe tough in the big events. Another very good score to be returned was by H. G. Loveridge who, with a gross 80 off the 14 mark, also took part in the week-end spoils. Players anticipating playing friendly foursomes with H. G. are hereby warned to beware. Scoring Not High Saturday was the day looked forward to for weeks by the caddies when their annual championship was played. The cup for the championship was kindly donated by R. B. Seabrook, whilst other members contributed for the trophies. Stan Dorns, who figured conspicuously at Auckland to be runner-up in the school boys’ championship, was the winner with a score of 81. This was not quite as good as Stan can do. As a matter of fact the scoring generally was not quite as good as the boys generally do. However, when the whips are cracking it’s always a different matter. At the first Dorns started shakily with a five after bunker trouble and at the second hole a good second got a bad break to find a green bunker. After exploding out he took three putts for a six thus putting him three over par for the first two holes. A further five greens with three putts did not help matters. At the same 1 time 81 was a score that many players of long standing would be proud of . Other scores were, B. Buisson 83 and George Turaki 85. The stableford was won by Peter de Latour with 35 points whilst his brother Michael was the winner of the net medal with 88 less 15 for a net 73. This score of Michael’s is worthy of comment as he is still on the diminutive side and can only get naif the length of the bigger boys. Altogether twenty-five caddies competed. Success at Okoroire We hear with regret the loss of R. McKinnon to Hamilton golf. Mick has been transferred to Taihape. Players will remember his recent success in the captain’s trophy and he was one of the stalwarts who did battle for the country against the town, scoring a comfortable win for the country on the day, his handicap being 4. St. Andrews players are still in a winning vein and the annual event at Okoroire saw another win for the local lads. George Armstrong took pride of place with Gordon Burgess second and M. A. Kelly third, this place was shared with Harry Ford, of Matamata. Congratulations are to be extended to George Armstrong not only for his win but also for establishing a course record, Okoroire may be short and have a false par of 70; nevertheless 65 is good shooting and nothing would give me more pleasure than to see George play in the Maori championship as I would say he is the most promising player since Kapi Tareha. As this will conclude my notes for the season I would like to take this opportunity of wishing those who have now started their summer sports, good fishing, good bowling, or whatever it may be and wiil look forward to seeing them on the golf courses next season again.