SEMI-FINALISTS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 15, 12 October 1932, Page 10

SEMI-FINALISTS

Women’s Golf Championship MISS WATSON BEATEN Mrs. H. Collinson Survives CANTERBURY SUCCESSES Dominion Special Service. Timaru, Get. 11. Players who survived the fourth’ round play in the New Zealand women’s golf championship to-day are Miss B. Rutherford (Hawarden), Mrs. H. Collinson (Manawatu), Mrs. J. C. Tempter (Waimate), and Miss 11. Loughnan (Christchurch). They will contest the semi-finals to-mor-row. After heavy rain last night the weather ivas perfect for golf to-day. The greens were not so fast as on the previous days of the tournament, and there was water in some bunkers. Once again to-day the supreme importance of putting was clearly shown, and the high standard of approaching shown by players was the subject of favourable comment. For the first time for many year?. Canterbury has three representatives in the semi-finals. Results of to-day’s games are as follow:— Miss B. Rutherford (Howarden) beat Miss S. Watson (Manawatu), 4 and 3. Mrs. H. Collinson (Manawatu) beat Miss M. Tizard (Timaru), 2 and 1. Mrs. J. C. Tempter (Waimate) beat Miss M. Stevens (Pupuke) at the 20th. Miss H. Loughnan (Christchurch) beat Miss Barns Graham (Poverty Bay) at the 19th. Mrs. Templer and Miss Stevens. A large gallery followed a most exciting match between Mrs. Templet, now of Waimate, but formerly of Timaru, of which club she was elected a life member some years ago, and Miss M. Stevens, who covered herself with glory by beating Miss O. Kay on Saturday and followed up her success by disposing of Miss Enid Bell yesterday. Mrs. Templer did not get as great a length with her wooden clubs as she did yesterday in the match against Miss Hotwell, even allowing for the fact that the rain overnight had reduced the run of a well-played drive fully 15 yards; but her short game, especially her approaching, was good, and she showed pluck and judgment in getting out of difficulties. Miss Stevens drove beautifully, approached with precision, and in the last half of the match putted far better than she has done since the beginning of the tournament.

: Mrs. Templer won the first hole in 4 to her opponent’s 5. Bj" a poor approach Miss Stevens missed a chance at the sec- . ond, where Mrs. Templer was short of the green in her third, and the hole was ’ halved in 6. The third was halved, bliss . Stevens won the fourth in 3 to 4. The I fifth was halved, and Miss Stevens took the lead by winning the sixth in bogey . 3. Mrs. Templer’s drive was bunkered at . the seventh, but she got out well and . halved the hole. At the eighth both were on the green in 2, but Miss Stevens took 3 putts and the match was again square. At the ninth Miss Stevens found the sand bunker with her second, while Mrs. I Templer played a good approach and won the hole, making her 1 up at the turn. . At the long tenth (435 yards) Mrs. Templer’s third shot landed in water in the bunker 60 yards from the green, while Miss Stevens reached the green ’ with three good shots. The crowd applauded when Mrs. Templer played out i of the water on to the green and halved the hole, Miss Stevens taking three putts • and losing a good chance of squaring the match. A 20-foot Putt. At the eleventh Miss Stevens holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie 2, and Irom thence onward she showed greater accuracy on the greens. The twelfth was halved, and at the thirteenth Mrs. Tempter's approach hit the pin and she sank a long putt to win the hole in 3, making her again 1 up. She increased her lead at the next hole, but Miss Stevens holed a 15-foot putt to halve the fifteenth in bogey 5. The sixteenth was badly played. Both drives were in the bunker. Mrs. Templer failed to get out, and Miss Stevens cut out into the rough and eventually won the hole, and then by winning the seventeenth squared the match. At the eighteenth Miss Stevens played short with her second and was on the green in 4. Mrs. Templer took the wooden club and found the bunker with her second, but again won applause by playing out on to the green. ' Here her putt lay six inches from the hole, but not in line with Miss Stevens’s putt. Miss Stevens played an 8-foot putt. It hit her opponent’s ball, glanced off and fell into the hole, giving her a half. The nineteenth was halved in four after Miss Stevens had been in the rough with her drive. The excitement was now intense. At the 20th both drove well. Mrs. Templer found a bunker, and Miss Stevens the rough with their second shots.- Mrs. Templer played a good approach, but Miss Stevens was too strong and over-ran the green into some long grass. She cut out on to the green, but was again too strong with her putt, while Mrs. Templer lay six inches from the pin. Miss Stevens missed the putt for 5. and Mrs. Templer won the hole and a very hard fought match. Another Even Fight. , While the crowd was on tip-toes with excitement watching the final stages of the match between Mrs. Templer and’ Miss Stevens, Miss Halmai Loughnan (Christchurch) and Miss W. BarnsGraham (Poverty Bay) were fighting their match to a finish at the 19th green. The game was even throughout. Miss Loughnan won the first two holes, halved the third, and lost the fourth, where Miss Barns-Graham played a good tee shot to the green. She holed a long putt to win the fifth, and also won the sixth, where Miss Loughnan took three putts. The Shirley player squared the match at the seventh, where her opponent visited two bunkers, and the next four holes were halved. Miss Loughnan was stymied at the 10th, but Miss Barns-Graham missed a short putt to win. Miss Loughnan was 1 down at the twelfth, where a long putt gave Miss Barns-Graham the hole. After halving the thirteenth, Miss Loughnan missed a • chance to win the next hole, where her ■ opponent drove into water in a bunker, took a penalty stroke, and put her third on the green, halving the hole in 5. The pair was all square at the fifteenth, where Miss Barns-Graham struck trouble in the rough. Miss Loughnan holed a 20ft. putt to win the seventeenth in a birdie 4. but lost her lead at the eighteenth. _ ; Both drove long straight balls at the nineteenth, and Miss Loughnan lay dead with her approach, while her opponent was at the far side of'the green. She < took four putts, giving Miss Loughnan the match. ■ Mrs. Collinson and Miss Tizard. f Miss M. Tizard (Timaru). who is play- ( ' ing for the first time in championship j matches, put up a good fight against Mrs. ; Collinson. Miss Tizard was champion of ] the Timaru elub two years ago, and held t the record of the links until Miss Kay played her great round of 69 last week. Mrs. Collinson was 1 up at the fourth, and increased her lead by laying her opponent a stymie at the fifth. The sixth was < halved, and Mrs. Collinson, who drove s into the rough at the seventh, lost the hole. The next three holes were halved, '. At the eleventh Mrs. Collinson’s tee shot 1 was bunkered, but she cut out to with- l 1 iu four inches of the pin and won the ‘ hole. 1 1 Miss Tizard squared the match at the 1

thirteenth, only to duff her drive at the fourteenth, and lost the hole. The next two holes were halved. At the seventeenth Miss Tizard approached too strongly, giving her opponent the hole and the match. Miss Watson Beaten, In her match this morning against Miss Rutherford, Miss Watson did not play the wonderfully accurate golf by which she beat Miss Beadei yesterday on the eighteenth green. After winning the first hole with a neatly played 4 she halved the next three holes. Miss Rutherford squared the match at the seventh and won the eighth, where Miss Watson, who yesterday could not make a mistake on the green, took three putts. The ninth was halved, and Miss Rutherford sank a long putt to win the tenth. After halving the eleventh Miss Rutherford, who played her second shot badly, sank a 15-foot putt to win the twelfth. The thirteenth was halved, and at the fourteenth (210 yards) Miss Rutherford drove almost to the green, approached dead, and with one putt won the hole in a birdie 3, being 4 up. The North Canterbury player had only to halve the next hole to win the match. DONNELLY CUP The Donnelly Cup and trophy for the stroke handicap match was won to-day by Miss Jean Horweil (Timaru), whose score was 83 —7 —76. As the winner is in the senior division a trophy will be given for the best net score in the junior division. and this was won by Mrs. M. G. Bruce (Timaru). The prize for the best gross score in the'match was won by Mrs. H. Dodgshun (Dunedin), whose score was 82. The best scores were:—■ A Division. Miss .T. Horweil, 53—7—76. Miss B. Rutherford, 53—4—79. Miss M. Stevens, 83—4—79. Miss S. Watson, 85—5—80. Mrs. Dodgshun, 82—1—81. Mrs. A. McKillop, 89—8—81. . Mrs. Grant, 91—10—81. Mrs. Kerr, 91—10—81. Mrs. Orbell, 91—10—81. B Division. Mrs. M. G. Bruce, 93—16—77. Miss K. Hertslet, 91—13—78. Miss E. Barton, 94—15—79. Mrs. J. G. Johnston. 97—17—80. Miss N. Hoare, 96—15—81. Mrs. George Reid, 98—16—82. MELLSOP CUP The Mellsop Cup for the best gross scores in the Coronation Medal match, L.G.U. Challenge Bowl, and Donnelly Cup was won for the seventh year in succession by Miss O. Kay. The best scores were:— Miss O. Kay, 81—81—84—246. ■ Mrs. Dodgshun. 81—86—82—249. Miss Galsford, 87—83—83—253. The teams match, for which eight teams entered, was won by Canterbury A team, the members of which were: Misses Rutherford, Beadei, Tizard, and Horweil. Otago A was second, and Canterbury C third. Following were the best scores:— Canterbury A , 347 Otago A 362 Canterbury C 364 Canterbury B 369 Wellington 380 INNES CUP For the Innes Cup, presented to the player in the winning team with the lowest score, Miss Rutherford and Kliss Horweil tied with 83 each, but as Miss Horweil was one stroke fewer on the last nine holes she will receive the cup. TO-MORROW’S EVENTS To-morrow morning the semi-final of the championship will be played. Miss Rutherford plays Mrs. Collinson, and Mrs. Templer plays Miss Loughnan. The bogey handicap and the second round of the Rattray Cup will also be pl.qjed.