LADIES' GOLF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 220, 17 September 1938, Page 25

LADIES' GOLF.

TITLES DECIDED.

MISS STEWART WINS.

RETAINS NORTH AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIP.

Hie North Auckland ladies' golf championship tournament was concluded at the -Mount i Jen by links yesterday, the title boms won by Miss Jean Stewart I.W hangarei). Miss Stewart played consiNtcntJy throughout the tournament.

c, 1 ", liss Stewart beat Miss •.teelo (Whangareil, 0 and 5. Owing to lam J hursday night and slumery conditions yesterday, the links were not in such goo<| order as on the previous two days.

-M,>> ..-tew art took the lead at t!te second " ! , 11 •'•'nd increased it at the third , VI . . '"'"tli.fi- o. Miss Steele was finding difficulty m settling down, and Mis* ■il 1 ."" :, I ( ' asi 'd her had to three at the I nin th. Bogey figures in 4 at the filth - * ,"I>. At the sixth Miss Steele cai .|c.| 1.,! ,|, O 4, lo le( i„ L . e thc ](1 . 1( | A , jss Mparts approach ran through the green at the seventh, and was unplayable, so mat she conceded the hole. The eighth was halved m five, and Miss Stewart mrded bogey figures at the ninth to leave lier ,J 1IJ) at the turn.

J lie tenth was halved in orthodox injures, 1 > ut at the eleventh a putting lapse li nst Miss Steele the hole, and Miss Stewart j \\4is now 4 lip. Miss Stewart won the j «eiuh in lour to five, and the match I finished at the next hole, where Miss | Stewart earded a three. J Runner-up Last Year. The semi-finals lesulted as follows:--Mi.-*Stewart beat .Mrs I'a \ i Hamilton 1. 3 and - 2. Miss Steele (Whangarei) beat Miss - tevens I North Shor<M, 1 up. -Miss Stewart, this years champion, had lier hist lessons in golf during the 1933 season. In Id.Sti she beat Mrs. .J. M Wilson. ol Middlemore. for the North Auck--1 d title. Miss Stewart last year went iiiMitijjli to the final of the championship, iui.v to lose on the nineteenth to Miss () Stevens (North Shore). She is also this years champion of t!ie Whangarei Ladies' .-'lining this position for the iirst time. Cup to Mrs. Birnie. Ihe Mount Denby ('up Went to Mis. l.irnie (Whanuarei I, who in the final beat .Mrs Waul ( I. 1 up. This was a closely contested match. (join;; to the eighteenth. which .Mis. Itirnie secured. Mrs. \\ard was conceding three to her opponent.

J lie semi-finals of the competition resulted Mrs. Ward f Whnngarei) heat Mrs. McQuinn (Dargavillel, 4 and :C Mrs Bii-nip ( Whangarci) beat Mr*. Tliomas (< >kai :ia11). .*$ and 2.

-Mrs. Stead and Mrs. Aiken, with a <-anl or !fj _'4 CS. won the Canadian t orn--ome played yesterday. Other food cards were: Mrs. Robertson and Mrs. Hrattic ! 'V ,s -Mis* Rishworth and Mrs Nelson. ill IS 7:3; M,s. Milne and Mrs •Nolan. <)•_' 17 "•

MRS. PHILIP WINS,

NKW AKAR AX A CHAMPION"

*1 he senior cliani]>ionsliip of the Aknrana ( I'll) was won hy Mrs. K. Philip, who defeated Mrs. L. I>'. Karam, .") anj 3 in the ■>t> hole final. Jt was an interesting contest and both played well, though Mrs. I hilip always looked the winner. In the first round she obtained an advantage of 4 up; and after the next ten holes had been played she had increased the lead to 7 up. Mrs. Philip is ou a lti handicap and .Mrs. Faram 14.

I lie best contest of the championship was provided! in the semi-final when last years winner, Miss K. Hickman, took Mrs. Philip to the 2'2nd hole before she was defeated. Mrs. Philip went out in 44 and was 2 up. \\ hen she obtained a bogey at the 10th she increased her advantage, but Miss Hickman played verv steadily and squared the match at the seventeenth. J lie next was halved. Both took sixes at the ii in t ecu tli. but made no mistakes about the* next, halved in 4. TJie next wa* halved in 5, hut when Mrs. Philip got a bogey at the 22nd she waa the winner.

Mr*. Faram, in her semi-final with Miss I. Met ready, started well and won the first tour holes. She played the rest of the half well taking 41 for the nine holes, but Mins AlcCYeady had reduced the lead to 3 at the turn. Fortunes alternated comiii)i home hut Mis. Faram lump on to her early advantage and won and 2. Iho junior championship resulted in a win for Mrs. W . .T. MeAllen, who defeated Mrs. (}. A. .Ashley. 1 up. Mrs. Ashley and Mitts Ivirk tied. 7 down, in the junior bogey contest played in conjunction, Airs. Ashley bciny successful on the recount.