LADIES' TITLE GOLF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 243, 15 October 1931, Page 8

LADIES' TITLE GOLF.

DOMINION* CHAMPIONSHIP. exciting morning round. lIISS GAISFORD LEADS, 1 UP. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star. ) ROTORUA, this day.

The NeW . Zealand ladies' golf tournament championship final between Miss Oliver Kay (holder) and Miss B. Gaisford over 36 holes, commenced this morning. A very large gallery followed the plav with keen interest. As expected, tne contest is a close one. Miss Kay is not quite so steady as usual, 'vvnilfit her opponent is at the top of her form. At the first both landed on the green in 2 Miss Kay narrowly missed sinking a 30ft putt. The,, hole was halved in 4. The second saw Miss Gaisford slice a drive on to the No. 1 fairway, with Miss Kay just short of the green. Miss Gaisford over-ran the green with her second. Miss Kay took the hole, 3—4. Miss_ Kay 1 up. Playing tlie third, Miss Kay found the right bunker with her drive. Miss Gaisford was to the right. She played a perfect second to the pin. Miss Kay made a poor approach, Miss Gaisford taking die hole 3—4, making the game all square. At the "ourtli both players made good drives. Miss Gaisford, with the second, landed behind the bunker on the left. Miss Kay again narrowly missed a long putt, the hole being halved for 4. At the fifth both found the creek with their drives, but reached the green in 3. The hole was halved in o. At the short 6ixth Miss Gaisford was on the green, but Miss Kay found the right bunker. _She chipped out and over-ran the pin. Miss Gaisford sank a short putt and took the hole, 3—4. Miss Gaisford I up. The seventh was marked by fine driving by both to the green in 3, the hole being halved in 5. Miss Gaisford 1 up.

Miss Gaisford 2 Up at Turn. Driving at the eighth, Miss Gaisford pulled a drive into the crowd at the side of the fairway, but made a good recovery; reaching the .green in 3. Miss Kay's putt was too strong, and she over-ran the hole, Miss Gaisford taking the hole. 4—5, which made her 2up at tne ninth. Miss Gaisford reached the green with her drive, Miss Kay resting on the edge of the crater. She chipped out, but. was short of tne pin. Miss Gaisford missed a 2ft putt and the hole was halved in 4. Miss Gaisford still 2 up. The tenth saw Miss Gaisford strike trouble, as, with Her third, she over-ran the green and rested behind a tree at the back of the green. She failed to play, the ball and gave np the hole. Miss Gaisford now 1 up. * The eleventh was halved for 4, but the twelfth saw Miss Gaisford on the. green with a drive. Miss Kay, in the right bunker, chipped out well, but Miss Gaisford took the hole, .3—l. Miss Gaisford 2 up again. The thirteenth' was halved for. 3. At the fourteenth Miss Gaisford found the bunker with her second, with Miss Kay on the green. Miss Gaisford chipped out strongly, but over-ran the green, running, into the opposite bunker, Miss Kay taking the hole, 4—5. Miss Gaisford 1 up. At the fifteenth Miss Kay^played a perfect second to the edge of the green, but' was short with her putt. Her second one lipped the hole, Miss Gaisford winning, 5 —6. Miss Gaisford 2 up. At the sixteenth both found the rough on th" right with their drives. Miss - Gaisford made a great recovery, with _ Miss. Kay short of the green. Miss Gaisford sank a 10ft putt, taking the hole, 4 —5. Miss Gaisford 3 up. The seventeenth saw both on the green with their drives. Miss Kay endeavoured to sink a 20ft putt, but lipped the hole. Miss Gaisford failed to sink a 2ft putt. Miss Kay taking the hole, Miss Gaisford 2 up. At the eighteenth Miss Kay played a beautiful second on to- the green, -Miss.. Gaisford finding the left bunker, Miss Kay taking the hole, 4—5, the morning round finishing with Miss Gaisford 1 up.

SECOND BOGEY RESULTS. In the New Zealand ladies' golf tourney, the second bogey match winner yesterday afternoon was Miss O. Smith, 2 down; opposite division (scr to 10), Mrs. Stout, 3 down. Other good cards were: —Mrs. H. V. Johnston, 3 down; Mrs. Green, 3 down; Mrs. G. Clark, 4 down; Miss Pliarazyn, 4 down; Mrs. H. O'Leary, 4 down; Mrs. Finlay, 4 down : Miss M. Wylie, 4 down. In conjunction with this was the first round of the Rattray Cup, which constitutes the aggregate of two rounds of bogey. . :