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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 245, 16 October 1922, Page 8

GOLF.

LADY GOLF CHAMPION. MISS WKTHEKKD WINS. * TITLI-1 lIKTAINKH BY PUTT. • LONDON. Uctober 139. Mis,- Wt-th.red won the final of the English la-lies' self championship a*. Hunstanton, defeating Miss Smoker. . up and 6 t» play. Mi.-s Leilch did not compete. ..-on-s--.(iiently Mt.-s Wcthered was a hot favourite from tho beginning, and until she reached riie semi-linn!, she wen: through comlortabiy wlh. big margins by virtue of her Imp.-tnrhable steadiness. I-i the semi-final Miss Molly- -Gouriay. a ecuniy player from Surrey, taking every advantage of Mis- Wethered's mistakes, which were nr_. erous. was 2 up a: the ivvelfth hole. Kvetit.ualiv a ctowfl of ldi. saw Mi.s Wcthcre,." putting for the reteu- v tion of her title ~n the eighteenth green. Miss Gouriay just mi-sing a long putt. This enable.'. Miss Wethered to square the match with a stroke score of 77 to Miss Gouriay s 70. Miss Wethered was lucky at the nineteenth. winning the closest championship march of her career hy holing a up. putt.—i A. and N.Z. Cable.l HAC EN-KIRK*WOOD TOUR. NI.W YORK. October 14. A: Nevvliavcii. Conne.ii.-ut. 1. 11. Kirk-w.-i.l an.l W. Hapen defeated Svvectscr and Bc.bbv Andrew in .in IS-holo ma' 'a. - up and 1 t . play. A; l-hila.lelphi.t. Hag.-ti .mil Kirkwood defeated Barnes and Parrel*. 4 up and .1 !•> play. iv a :*.ii-liole uiV.li.-iA. and N.Z. 1 able..