GOLF

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 15, 12 October 1927, Page 8

GOLF

(By

“Niblick.”)

Ladies’ Championship Meeting. Excellent weather favoured players for Iho New Zealand ladies’ championships nt Palmerston North, while there was the mlded advantage that the links were wellnigh perfect, which reflected the utmost i redit on tho Manawatu Gqlf Club. 'lho new lady champion. Mrs. H. Collinson, thoroughly deserved her win, her coif throughout being of a very high .order, while her morning round in the final was practically flawless. She bad to fight hard in every match and well earned her title of the Dominion’s champion lady golfer. The runner-up, Miss Culling. deserves great credit for her great fighting effort in Iho final, reducing her deficit of six down after the morning round to one down towards lite close of the game, being finally defeated by 2 and I. Auckland _ deserves credit <fqr the showing of their lady players this year. , Three of tho four semi-finalists were Auckland representatives, and in addition they carried off Hie inter-prov-incial honours. Any reference to the tournament would be incomplete without mention being made of Ihe splendid scores’ recorded during Iho tournament, equalling bogey Io bo closely followed Miss G. Seifert handed in a card of 79 by Miss O. Kay with a 77. This record. hoyever, was not allowed to stand for long, as within n couple of days a score of 75 was handed in by Miss Kay—a wonderful round. With more experience in match plav Miss Kay will be hard to beat on any links. That the standard of play was exceptionally high is shown by the fact, that so many competitors reduced their handicaps during the week. Tn the earlier rounds of Iho major event there were many close and exciting finishes and in the opening round Miss Hamlin (Auckland) had to go to the twenty-second green for a win and Miss Dilling (Auckland) was taken to the nineteenth by an English competitor. Miss T’hnrazyn. Miss Acheson (Nelson), Mrs. Guy Williams (Masterton), Miss D. Horton (Til irangi), Mrs. Stainford (Wellington). and Miss K. Bristed (Christchurch) all had one bole margin wins. Tho second round contained a surprise in (lie elimination of Miss O. Kay (St. Clair) by Miss Horton at the nineteenth. Tho game between Mrs. Grace and Miss N. Guy was also decided at tho nineteenth," the latter predominating. Miss Seifert, Miss Culling, Alias Brandon, and Mrs. Collinson had narrow victories after being fullv extended. Mrs. Dodgshun was "well ahead of her opponent in this round and Miss Stevens had a meritorious win of four and three over Miss White Parsons.

Tho third round of play produced three close matches. Miss Culling survived at the nineteenth against Miss N. Guy. Miss Stevens met and defeated ono of the toughest propositions in Miss V. Upham (Miramar), who has won several championships this season. Mrs. Dodgshun had the easiest of wins against Mrs. Stout, and Mrs. Collinson, after a ding dong go, beat Miss Parsons by one up Miss Payton played brilliantly in her game with Miss Watson, whom sho defeated by 5 and 3. In tho fourth round Miss Stevens went under to Miss Upton by three, awl two and Mrs. Dodgshun, fighting to the bitter end, was 2 down to Mrs. Collinson. The match in which Miss Culling defeated Mrs. Williams was a superb exhibition of match play, which lasted to the twenty-third green. Miss Payton was fully extended in her game against Mrs. Schianders. Miss Payton was 1 up at tho fifteenth, npd managed to halve the remaining holes to win by the margin. The semi-finals left. Mrs. Collinson nnd Miss Culling to fight out the final, the Manawatu players gaining Ihe title after a stern struggle by 2 and 1.

“Good Bad Golf and Bad Good Golf.” "Good scoring,'’ says Bobby Jones, "depends upon the types of mistakes you make—the punishing ones or tho nonpunishing one.” This is true for duffer and star alike. And this element of uncertain punishment adds to the general interest that ono finds in a round. This point, which every duffer end every star knows from pleasant or biter experience, was made by Bobby Jones recently, and it covers Ihe varying degrees of -penalties for bad strokes. Gue may make the worst possible sho»-a badly fopped tpproach—and have if run up to the pin; or one may slice or hook and find no trouble. Then .again, one mar hit the ball almost perfectly, have it carry a foot too far and trickle into ft depressing bunker, deep with trouble and sorrow.

One must realise that there is “good bad golf.” and "bad good golf.” Tn a big tournament a player linked his second shot out of bounds. The hall struck ft telegraph pole across the road, bounced back nnd on to tho green, and into tho cup for a 2.

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