GOLF

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21133, 7 April 1934, Page 17

GOLF

■ ♦ i CANTERBURY WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL REACH pi) j A clay of surprises and indifferent j golf describes the play at Shirley yes- i lerday, when the match section of the j Canterbury women'.; golf championship was begun. In the bogey matches played c" ' -g the day, only five cards were returned in the senior division in Ihe morning and they consisted of I two cards of four down and three of seven down. The junior division returned b-'.'.er figures, for their competition was won by a card of two up from two other players with one up. The afternoon fourball bogey produced results mi a par with the morning scores, for the three leading cards were I up, all square, and .1 down. j Miss .11. Eoughnan was one of the! few to play up if) her handicap, and! she was perhaps fortunate in striking Miss W. Hams-Graham a little below I her best I'oini. The latter has not yctj reached her lop form at Shirley, but her prospects in the autumn foursomes, seem very good. In a round that was even all the wayMiss Eoughnan won on the seventeenth green and completed the course in less than CO. Another surprise win was that of Miss E. White-Parsons in her match against Miss M. Beadel. Miss WhiteParsons was uncertain in the early stages of the game but improved as • she progressed. Ai the t.wcllin she was j -k clown, bin won inc next live in a, row, and was ctormy one. The last tell to Miss -beactei. out with a win at ( the nineteenth, iviiss White-Parsons, look the matcn. : Miss V. Homing had a close game' with Mrs McKiUop. but when the I latter missed a snort pint at the; eleventh Miss Fleming went on stead- j ny, winning eventually by 4 and 3. , Miss J. Stevenson started disastrously : in her game with Miss K. Johnston j and after losing the first six holes i setlied down more comfortably and j managed to keep her opponent's lead j from gro-.-ing larger. j In the Shirley Cup in the morning Miss Rutherford did well to win her match against Mrs Butcher, as she had to concede several strokes. Sue failed, | however, to survive the afternoon ; round against Mrs Stickings. Afternoon Rounds Miss Johnston put up a good light ' against Miss Fleming in the afternoon, j Miss Hcming was slightly uncertain of: some of her shots yesterday, and it was j ! at the fourteenth where the game was ! square that a putting lapse might have I I cost her the match. The hole was i I halved in fives after Miss Fleming had ; i put her second on the green. ! Miss Johnston was unlucky to have i a partial stymie at the short fifteenth 1 and as she tailed to negotiate this she ' was one down with three to go. At j "The Pat'oda" Miss Fleming's drive was down the middle and Miss Johnston hooked hers behind the willows on the left. Her second hit. the trees but went through. From there a long brassie shot left her still short ot the green, and her approach pitched in the j bank and stopped. Miss Fleming fol- ! lowed the middle of the fairway to the I green, where she put. her fourth pin i high ' This putt she sank for a bogey i and was now dormy. The seventeenth I was halved in good fours after both ! wore on the green in two. The oilier semi-final, between Miss While-Parsons and Miss I.oughnan. was • disappointing as a contest. Miss I.oughJ nan's efforts to achieve extreme length led her into much trouble, while her : opponent played steady, safe, and very : effective golf. The match ended at the 1 thirteenth green. The final will be played this morning, commencing at 9.30. I The final of the Shirley Cup will I start 15 minutes zftcr the other match and will be contested by Miss Parsons ' nnd Mrs Stickings. Mrs G. Kingscote : will umpire this match, and Mr M. H. i Godby the championship. '■ The results of yesterday s play are:

CHAMPIONSHIP First Round Miss V. Fleming beat Mrs A. C. ■ McKiilop. 4 and 3. .., : Miss K. Johnston beat Miss J. feUA - ; ens-on. 0 and 4. , , ~.. „ Miss E. White-Parsons beat Miss M. Beadel at the nineteenth. Miss Loughnan beat Miss W. Bams- ! Graham, 2 and 1. Semi-final. Miss Fleming beat Miss Johnston, Miss White-Parsons beat Miss Loughnan, 6 and 5. SHIRLEY CEP. First Hound Miss Rutherford beat Mrs Butcher, Mrs Sticking* beat Mrs CharLres, 2 '"Miss E. Parsons beat Mrs K. Gresson, 4 Miss'Y Prmgle beat Miss Morrish, 5 and 4. Semi-final Mrs Sticking beat Miss Rutherford,, 3 and 2. . . .. Miss Parsons beat Miss Prinze, 3 " C *" SENIOR BOGEY Hep. Mrs Barker .. "1 4 down Mrs Lewis .. \ 4 clown Miss B. Holmes .. 8 < c o\v. Miss D. Fleetwood .. 11 7 down Miss J. Nathan . . 1L "' < lowll .IUMOR BOGEY Mrs Brittan . - 13 ?up Miss E. Fleetwood . . 11 ' i'l J , Miss G. Browne . . 13 } u l» 1 Mrs Tuigey •• >• 5 c own : Mrs Scott .. 13 ;'down ! Miss D. Andcrjon .. 12 fa down Miss Null .. 14 Udown Miss M. Enright . . 13 G f v " ', Miss G. Camobeil .. 13 8 down ; Miss V. Campbell .. 14 8 down ! Mrs Ogilvie .. H 3 down Miss S.'Nowton .. 14 8 down

IOUKIiAIX BOGEY Mi-;- J. Nathan and Miss H. Buchanan . • -1 l 'P Mrs N E. Tin«ev and Miss M. Ward • • "11 square Mi's Chartres and Miss E. Macfarlanc • 1 down Miss G. Campbell and Miss V. Campbell . . 2 down Miss W. Barns-Graham and Mrs E. G. Kerr . . 2 down Miss Maindonald and Mrs Owens ■ 2 down Mrs F. Bnttan and Mrs U. H. Butcher . . 2 down Miss D. Anderson and Miss R. Crucroft Wilson .. 2 down Miss D. Fleetwood and Miss B. Holmes . . 2 down Mrs A. C. McKillop and Mrs van Asch . . 2 down Mrs Barker and Mrs M. G. Louisson .. 2 down Miss Morri h and Miss N. Macdonald o down Mrs E. Hartley Smith and Mrs Graven .. 3 down Mrs P. S. Foster and Mrs R. C. Symcs . . 3 down Miss Lucas and Mrs Stout 3 down Miss I. Turretl and Mrs li. Cracroft Wilson . . 3 down Mrs Fleetwood and Miss Fleetwood .. 3 down Miss J. Wilkin and Mrs G. Weston .. 4 down Miss R. Macfarlanc and Miss E. Atkinson .. '1 down Mrs A. C. Fratcr and Mrs Francis . . 4 down Mrs A. Boon and Mif.s, M. Johnston .. 4 down