Golf to Geraldine

Press, 10 December 1976, Page 28

Golf to Geraldine

PA Palmerston North Little Geraldine in South Canterbury can justly claim t, be the top golfing club in the country for its size after yesterday’s victory in the first women's Peter Stuyveunt Rose Bowl tournament, held ar the Manawatu Golf Club in Palmerston North yesterday. Sue Hutchins, formerly Sue Ritchie, the New Zealand representative, led the way for her team with a sparkling 73 off the stick in the morning round. This gave her 37 stableford points in this competition, which is for silver end bronze division champions. wnth the stableford points counting only.

Her partner 50-year-old Mrs Audrev Neutze. scored 19 noints : n her first round, a fine effort, but halfway through the afternoon round the pressure appeared to be getting to her. However, she pulled her same together and ended with 13 stableford

; points, enough to help her i team to victory. j Mrs Hutchins herself i slumped a little in the aftermoon as persistent rain took j its toll on the course, but she I still finished with 29 points, to help give South Canteribury a total of 98 points for | the two rounds. A superb round of 74 by Mrs Daisy Seiringer (Manor : Park), pushed Wellington 1 right through the field, but it stilt finished three stableford points behind the winners. Third place went to the Auckland pair of Miss Natalie White and Mrs Jane Reid, from the Muriwai Club. They had 44 points in the morning and 43 yesterday afternoon for a total of 87. The national women’s golf champion. Liz Douglas (Inveri cargill). reoresenting Southlland. found her first glance | at the Hokowhitu course an j unhappy one. She scored Ion! 25 points in the mom;ing round, after finding more (trouble in the Hokowhitu

trees than most champions are inclined to do, but in the afternoon she salvaged some of her reputation by scoring a 76 off the stick, even though she came over the final nine in 40. Scores were:— ’ 98—South Canterbury (S. A. Hutchins and A. E. Neutze), 56-42. 95—Wellington (D. P. Burton and D. Seiringer), 46-49. 87—Auckland (J. M. Retd and N. B. White), 44-43. 85— Manawatu-Wanganui (R. T. Laugesen and R. C. Donald). 84—Canterburv (M. I. Hanna and C. Sullivan), 41-43, 86— Southland (E. A. Douglas and N. Harper), 39-47; Otago (M. A. Hawker and J. E. McCarthy), 49-46. 83—Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley (C. A. Wade and V. R. Fraerl, 47-36. 77—Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay (P. R. Zohrab and K. J. Burns), 38-39. 74—Northland (G. R. Clean.' and M. Parkinson), 38-36. 73—Taranaki (A. Stewart and J. C. Conlin), 37-36. 68—Nelson ■ West Coast - Marlborough ID. Kelly and E. Adams), 30-38. 61 —W’aikato-King Country (L. J. Acton and A. Christie), 30-31.