Women show fine form

Press, 3 May 1977, Page 32

Women show fine form

PA Palmerston North!) 1 The efforts of Manawatu- i Wanganui and Wellington on i ' the first day indicate that. they will take a much higher i place in this year’s Russell : Grace women’s golf touma- • ment than they did last year. 1 Both sides waltzed through to 4-1 victories on the first day of the tournament, which started in wet weather at the Manawatu Golf Club ’ in Palmerston North yester- , day. Last year’s bottom six iteams started the tournament ' yesterday. The rest start to]day, and the action really |'starts with Wellington playing Auckland and Canter- ' bury playing Manawatui Wanganui. Spearheaded by some su- • perb golf from the ageless . former national champion, , Mrs Jean Whitehead, the - home team tamed Hokowhitu • and won, 4-1, against the ] Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay : team. The only home loss was [ suffered by Mrs Mary Lauge- : sen, and this took a birdie .putt on the eighteenth hole I by Miss Anne McHardy to ac[complish. ' Northland lost its two top ’ matches, but beat NelsonWest Coast-Marlborough, 3-2. f The best performance came from the New Zealand junior

[representative, Diane Woodhouse, who played only a couple over the card in beating Toisie Hill, 4 and 2. And Joanne de Breuk came from three down to all square starting the eighteenth and won that hole to record a rather unexpected victory. Results:— Northland V. Nelson-West Coast-Marlborough (Northland names first): Mrs T. Hill lost to Miss D. Woodhouse, 4 and 2; Mrs J. Snelling lost to Miss J. de Breuk, 1 down; Mrs P. Butler beat Mrs T. Cumpstone, 8 and 6; Miss M. Duncan beat Mrs D. Strickett, 5 and 4; Miss S. Russell beat Mrs B. Win, 1 up. Northland 3, Nelson-West CoastMarlborough 2. Wellington 4, Taranaki 1; Manawatu-Wanganui 4, Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay 1.