LADIES' GOLF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1938, Page 21

LADIES' GOLF.

MISS M. STEVENS' NORTH SHORE RECORD. FINE MIDDLEMORE SCORE. ANOTHER WIN FOR MRS • • CHNSTCN AT MAUNG AKIEKIE l:.- T.I.M! ■ 1 ' " ■■ ••• : M'li I■!:n ~, " • J " :! 111 A.!. Ui-.n.1. , ' ""I' 11 ' 1 *""''! •'■-ini tins V V " ; ' S '""" -M'- M- >t. , ~„k • ■ '"M 1.,,,;.„ tl , ll||(i , ■ ~ x -"» . 't'V ■: " j'-in.-.i ii„. ri l iiv;! 11An,,t '-' • 1 >■—< - m - »" \ iv,.,, i'' ' - -"=;' Liic ton. tii l'"'' ,t i"" 1.-Ihu In tho OX] 101 i- • ' • l '" , > J> -"I ""!;I"> : - tll.-ii In. til.. ' •' r " '•■-'."i- !-.i. •• -.1 tII ilrt|c ill,I;. t n.it r.ii' -i .iini-i ■,| I in n i, ~, i,.„ V •', «•!'• i.i,■ t.■,l li.i;i > '■ I ' '-, I ■ I«* 11 :Ii ' . null.,||| «, I .km r "-I- >"i'l I'tiun \ i'i il.r. in tit., p. I - Ml". w. s i iM ' 'I lll'.' I" 1: 11.1 -■ ..; til.- .\ i H -l\! ;i i,, I 1 ' 1 ' ' 111 1111 ■ I'll'. ■ . >iii i. I \ ~, . I. I tin- i, M - liir - -- 1 " 1-t• .1 I l .' i..1111,1 n, 7!i ""'I "' ~ 1 " - I .'. |tl i l ... I ion, I i.l.- t lll'| I; , 1 111 -11..K.V .1.1,1,1 r,[ 1,,', 110,11'..>t 1 .V;li.

M>'- If-'ii-li pl.ns utf ,i ti iu.ii k. ami liet 1 --it:t >i the two rounds «as »ix HVI'T ll*r handicap. a \el \ met 111 u ions pelice. In. identally it «a> the best '111-hole scOl e ill the |I||H iuee tliis season. Mis. It.i 11> 1 i is the present holder ot the ■ lull title. I'ufortuiiately Mrs. Uiishtou, another six handicapper. and one of the -oundest. players i u Auckland, was prevented by illness from competing.

As rmntioned before. the Ste\ens -inters filial was a particularly keen one. In the tiist nine holes six were halved ..ml M;ss O. Stevens won two of the other tlitee, to be one up at the turn. Coming nunc the first tun were halved, am:' the lend was increased to 2 up by Miss Olive taking the twelfth. A birdie 4 at the thirteenth pave her sister a win. and when ■die took the fifteenth she had squared the '.Mine. Kot tunes alternated at the seventeenth and eighteenth, where Miss M. Stevens' win scjuared the came again. Then at the short nineteenth she obtained the birdie .1, and that wave her the lead for the first and fiual time.

The intermediate championship at Noith Shore was won by Miss I!. Webster, tornierly of Titiranci. whose first season it is across the water. In the junior event Miss I. Stewart played very steadily .md defeated all her opponents comfortably.

Mr.*. H. V. Johnston's opponent in the tinal at Maungakiekie yesterday was Mrs. K. •!. Nolan, who formerly played at Wh angarei, -where she was on a 9 handii Hp, Now 011 a 17 she is liberally treated. She was a worthy opponent for th#*"elnl> i hampion. but lacked the latter'* match temperament and experience. Mm. IT.l T . Kerr. too. played some excellent golf in lhe semi-final. Provincial Championship. The Auckland provincial championship this year is to be played at the Maungakiekie links for the first time in the history of the event. The championship was first played in 1922 at Middlemore. and was won by the then New Zealand champion, Mrs. Guy Williams. Last year, at Middlemore, Mies V. Fleming, a member of the New Zealand Tasman Cup team tor the past two eeasons, was the winner, l>nt it is not yet" known whether she will defend her title. However, an excellent entry from the province and some other clubs of the North Island is promised tor the event, which will be played on October 4, 5 and 6. Tt is expected that there will be about 20 competitors on a single figure handicap. Win* K. M. C'hurton, the secretary of the Manngakiekie Club, is at present a victim of the measles epidemic. It is hoped that she will have recovered in time to attend to her duties for the provincial championship, which the club is very pleased has been allocated to it. MAUNGAKIEKIE CLUB. The semi-finals and finals of tlie champion shto» of the Maungakiekie Ladles' Oolf Club were played yesterday. Results were as follow: — Seniors.—Semi-finals: Mrs. E. J. Noble heat Mrs. C. E. Gravatt, 3 and 2; Mrs. H. V. Johnston beat Mrs. IT. 3 and 2. I'lnnl: Mrs. Johnston beat Mrs. Nolan 1' up. Juniors.—Semi-finals: Mrs. 8. Haycock heat Miss E. McGowan. 3 and 1: Mra. C. F. Kosser beat Mrs. C. Ellett, 3 and 2. Final: Mrs. Haycock beat Mrs. Rosser, at the l!>th. Maungakiekie Cup Handicap Match I'la.v Competition.—Semi-finals: Mrs. A. Milne beat Mrs. V. R. Garrard. 6 and 2: Mrs. H. Walker beat Mrs. H. P. Caughey, and 4. Final: Mrs. Milne beat Mrs. Walker, B and 4. The best scores in the Canadian foursome bogey were as follows: Miss S. I/awrence and Mrs. h, Knight (20). all square; Mrs. W. S. Spence and Mrs. L. Pegler (14), 1 down: Mrs. J. Paterson and Mis* J. Edwards (12). 4 down. The putting competition was won by Miss M. Harvey with a; card of «4. —— GOLF IN AUSTRALIA. AM Amm TITLE OF K.S.W. J. FERRIER REACHES FINAL. I SIDNBT, September 23. A* a result of to-day's match play In the New South Wales amateur golf champtOMhip J. Ferrler and D. J. Davie* will contest the final.