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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20214, 17 April 1931, Page 9

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ggggy.' j - • i : - FIXTURES. I S>— April 18th,: Strobe hanMt qualifying round, \ BortU--idies'' oiob—April 22nd: .(drawn). ... rij.' 18th: -Opening Day Cap ibill. bogey-handicap)., Club; —April Slat:' L.9.U. 18th: Ladies' day. i-bandicap and Saturday Iprll 19tii; Bogey handicap, Junior, natch t. AsT»burtpn, ' Club—April 23th: Medal leap (first round, White nb—April lßtft: Medal 'hanqualifying' round,. cajitain'e ladies' Clufc—April 23rd: Aprils, 18th: Four-ball bogey IpriJ 18th: Stroke handicap. Match •• ftawhlti, at ,pril 18th; 2' p.m., ladioa' sap. April 19th: Matci, *. i Charteris -Bay. April 18th: Bogey handifMU). April 19th: M«toh ...Rangiora. < Club—April 18th: .Stroke pril.nledals), . April 2Srd: Unearned. * OP THE DAY. ■pjagrtick.") vice president of the Ladies' Golf Club, who, with A. E, Blank, reitViMorVvin; the Islington last Saturday, tulated on-her return to •for the weather/cqndi>atening enough-Jo- cajwe of many younger players, ndicap of nine strokes, d her partner just failed with bogey—a result to mum contributed mateW- , play through. the green nndnesa tot her putting, as in his best form, and to take" the -tee-shot -holds, which are pllodd a card, thus gaining the of his "partner's work and also of the. position ees s6me of the even* Their winning 'score is an excellent one in the •and - two. other pairs•<l with W. P.'Anderson, lure B. S. Befldol—0' with a score of two iftaiehes of • the Canterbampionship and - of" the which followed - Blatter, have been ' fully Thjs Pbkss' day by day. j-times ehampton, Misa - have made definite pro-; i' was seen here a year Lence.in the.' Australian nesting having apparent' it i polish on her game, id 89- ever in L faer long »- her brassie work hing, a'little better than 'or twp.,f(hots .wejre deplayed,.- notatyy chip trtigh close" td\ tie green, yle ' alsb seemed to lave for the bettejy-the club, a; a fronfc-to-refar line,, inthe body, as formerly.

The result of the semi-final between Miss Kay and. Miss M. Beadel, winner of .the title in 1926, was top a longtime uncertain, the latter standing one .up.after seven holes liad been played. Her opponent had had the . worst o£;the .luck up to that point, having encountered stymies at the fifth and- eighth holes, and- paving* incurred a ' penalty stroke at, the sixth, where her second failed to clear the ditch in front of the ' The match was squaredagain %t the eighth, Terra Nova, which Mips Kay played ini a perfect 'four//while. Miss Beadel's second found a patch of. rough under a tree. She was ,obliged to play left-handed, and topk two strokes :to 'clear. She recovered,'with a fine two at Crossways, and led, one up at the turn.. They were all Bqu'ari going to the-Pines, but here Miss Kay took the:lead, chipping boldly over a bunker with her second and finally doling in four from six feet away. This was .prpbably the turning point of the match, for Miss Beadel. then failed ta r gpt .down-a'shorter putt., The . same, player had a stroke of ..ill-fortune at Old Nick, her tee-shot, running through the,* green to the reverse slope of the bowl-shaped bunker beyond—a situation to tax the ingenuity of, a x ,Hagen. The mishap enabled h.er' opponent to halve the hole after being in long'grass twice over. Playing to" Shirley Miss Kay's .slightly hooked drive found a lie pear, the bridge over the, creek,, whence' she ■was unable to play directly for the greptu Miss Beadel had a'golden opportunity of getting a hole back, .but her second was short of the creek, and? missing another sbprtjsh.putt, she' waß, two 1 down with four to'play.- The Dunedin lady gave her nO ehance, taking the two following; holes, in three and-five respectively—the par figures—* and .winning 4 up and 2.

The 'runner-up in the championship, Miss S. Watson, of Palmerston North, who "also watf the dominant partner in the' winning foursome combination, -made a very favourable impression on thoso who were able to follow her play. Hor carries from the tees did not seem vety long, but the slight ."draw" on her ball gave it a great length of run, and- her driving, like 'her long shots through "the green, wbb seldom more than a yard' or 'two off the desired ■line.' "Hot*partner, Miss E. Bell, was not bo sound with her wooden clubs, though it must.be said' that she had .more..than a.fair share of bad lies, b\t her .mashio approaches from distances up to 130 yards were very accurate, often-'giving her partner a good chance of getting down in one putt.

* That even experienced players' cannot always be relied on for a sound decision* on a point of golfing law is evidenced by an' incident that happened on the eleventli green in one of the earlier" foursome rounds. One' of a long-handicap pair, having missed a putt and left her, ball"hanging over thehole, proceeded to kjiock it- in, not doubting that' the remaining putt would t>e, conceded. ,All four .players knew that this was a breach o£ the rules, but they-were quite undecided as to the penalty, nor - jcould they learn definitely from other, experienced players at adjacent holes. In ' fact the.final sentence of Eule 3, "If a player play when his -partner should have played; his side shall lose the 'hole,""seemed to have quite dropped out of the memory, of nearly a dozen golfers all told. The autumn foursomes being play'efl on -handicap, it is not surprising that many'of the games finished at the last green or were carried .on to extra holes, or'that some of the strongest pairts met with early- defeat.' In the latter case were Miss Kay and Mrs Dodgshun, -both New Zealand champions; who were de-

feated in their first", roijnd, to the disappointment of .many who would have liked . to. more, yf their play.' We saw- all too* little 'also'of, Mra Gily Williams, who gave the cups for the competition, anil who,' 1 with her younger daughter ad; sjiffered defeat on ' the-last < green' in their first round. They were' oppqsedbya very sound pair in*M?s Kerr, of-Timaru (New Zealand'champion in* 1926) and Miss B. Kivcr, ;and had a close fight all ,tho way.: The' southerners had the upper band-at firss, and" pjaying s ,to Terra Nova were four lip, but-hero they struck some whereas Mrq Williams began a run :o£; brilliant play and. was , well secondod by her partner. The exQhampion ran down 'excellent putts at Crossways and Old Nick,'and with a fine'tee shot 'at Farthest South enabled her partner to hole her second from nine feet away. Miss Kiver by goodapproaching'saved her side from defeat at; several iof the later holes, and the pair reached the eighteenth one - up. Peso Mrs Williams had a shortish'putt —over, rather broken ground—to keep thp match alive, but was unsuccessful. !: The following extract from the report of the monthly meeting of the Council of th6;W»Z.G.A. will convey an unwelcome "passage to those in: the running for New Zealand honours:—"The secretary reported that the New Sohth Wales . Golf Council had acknowledged receipt 'of the Association's cablegram suggesting postponement. of this competition ,-until 1932, and the suggestion is being referred,to a meeting of the Council of the -New South. Wales Association." ■■■■>

CHRISTCHURCH CLUB. The following 'is the draw for the second qualifying round of the Borthwick Vase and Stroke Handicap to be played to-morrow:— , 10.30 H. A, Boddington plays P. Curtis; H. RT. Spanjer plays R. J. Murly; D. Wood plays J.-A. Oliver: S. L. Rutherford.plays A. 11. Blank;- A. H. Glasgow plays W. M. Hamilton; M. K. Gray plays E. •B. Eeay IV a.m.—W. L. M; Dearsloy plays it. L. Fisher; 0. Ogilvie ploys W. N. Seay; P. S. .Foster pjnys A. h. Cropp; K. J. Walkor plays O, W. Haverfleld; W. B. Purchas plays ,D. Wood;' L. N. Scholfleld plays 3, S. Taylor. ■ . . . _ r--11.30 a.m.—O.- 'H. Smith playd R. 0. Horsley,; A. 0., Thomson plays J. K. Davidson;- F. A. Britton plays A. T. Donnelly; L. J. Taylor plays L. Hansen; D.-'M. Fororaan plays H; Ej Burtono. - S, PeoUngton plays K. W./Robinson; H. Q. W. J. Wratt. ' .. ' Noon—G. G. Ait ken plays E. J; Oordner; R; J. Hobbs J. Ramsden; G. P. Parkinson plays W. T. E l . Harman; "H. R. Bu6sell plays F. - W,. Freeman; J., Dolph plays F. S. Grant; ■T. • S.• Oonnell plays G. H. Wood; R. 0. Abernetlvy iplays W. D. Wood; .11.. W. Macfarla'ne plays R. T. Toeswill. ' 12.30 p.m.—l>. Reese plays P. -H. Wood;, 0. A. , Seymour plays M. ■H. Godby; -S. Gerard plays G. -R.' Stevenson; 0. A., Stringer.plays P. 0. Harris;. R. S. Beadel plays E. J. Pumphrey; F.. C.- A'Oourt ploys F. Banks; L. M. Best plays W. J. Watson; O. J. Wilson plays M. J. Russell. 1 p.m.—R. G. Arnould plays C. J. Ward; L. A. Dougall plays W. P. Andersotr; J.' D. Lawrence plays R, A. Wilson; \L. B. Scott plays J. d.'D. Ward; 0. N. Fraser plays K. M. Adams; W. Mafbeth plays J. W. Drflton; F. P. Symons \plays J. L. Vergette; .P. B. Allison plays 0.., Bonnington. 1.30 p.m.—J. P. Rutherford plays G. A. •K. Williams: A* b.- Macfarlane . plays E. W. HaBBll; R. W. Morgan plays G, F. Colbeck; J.. F., Duncan plays H. O. D. Meares,; H, S, Williams plays- L. Treleaven; N. H. Skinner, plays M. T. Harman; 0.-Holdsworth. plays M. 'A. Johnston; W. Jamieson plays J. I>. Hutchison. 2 p.m.—F. Armstrong playe JH. Barlow; W., R. M. Irwin plays M-. G. Louißson; K. W. Ballantyne plays W. A. McQueen; Gv' T. Weston plays R. L. M. Kitto; F; B. Fbley plays Ri L. Bush; L. A. Bennett plays P. D. Shea; W. J. Brown plays G. N. Francis-: C. Garrett plays A. .0. BusSelU;

RAWHITI CLUB. Tbe following have been chosen-to sent the Rawhltl Club in a -match against' Lyttelton on April 19th:—H. F. Mora, 0. A. Cooper, F. W. F.innegan. H. Throp, J. B. Gudgeon. H. N, Jarvis, B. T. Coburn, C. Brown, R. J. Davis, C. Collins, "B. Miles. H. G. Lyttle, a. W. Lovell, A. E. G. little.