MISS WHAM CHAMPION

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 105, 30 October 1931, Page 3

MISS WHAM CHAMPION

WINS AT NINETEENTH

j The linal of I he Minimal' ladies' open ;;i>lf championship was fought out in a strung wind yesterday afternoon, IMiss G. I'phuui, who won the JHiramnr Club championship the year before hist, defeating Mrs. Banks, who was defeated in the linal of this tournament last your by -Mrs. Wilson. In the Minimal' Handicap final Mrs. R. I l>. Ward beat Mivs. r'arr. G and 5. It whs cold as well as windy for the championship final, and naturally the golf v, it;-, nut of the .same standard as either pl.'iyrr showed in the earlier rounds. Little divided the players on the way out, but Mrs. Banks took the ninth in 13-7, and turned for homo I up. The tenth, against a blustering wind, was halved in 7's, and the eleventh in o's. Miss Upham took the twelfth in 3 and squared the game. At the thirteenth Miss Upham was unlucky enough to play two shots with Mrs. UanUs's ball, Mrs. Unnks having only played one shut with Miss Uphain's ball, and 1!. C. Butters, who umpired the match, awarded the hole to Mrs. Banks, making her 1 up again. Mrs. Banks took tho fourteenth in 4, and was 2 up. Miss Upham took the tricky fifteenth in a pretty bogey 4, and was only 1 down again. Miss Upham stymied Mrs. Banks at the sixteenth, which was halved in s's. Mrs. Banks drove down the middle at the seventeenth, while Miss Upham's long shot strayed into a bunker, and it cost her five strokes to reach the green. Mrs. Banks lay dead for a 6, but Miss Upham sank an eighteen-foot putt for her half, saving the match, Mrs. Banks standing dormy 1. Miss Upham, with two fine wooden shots and a pitch, was on the eighteenth green in 3, and down in 5 to Mrs. Banks's (i, and they walked over to the nineteenth tee amidst excitement amongst the gallery which had been interested spectators of the match throughout. Miss Upham clinched her plucky recovery from an uphill fight by reaching the 425-yard green in 3, and getting down in the traditional two putts, while Mrs. Banks was through the green with her third, and left herself a twelve-foot putt for a half which she failed to sink, Miss Upham winning 1 up. Mrs. R. P. AVard, winner of the Minimal1 Handicap, was three times champion of the Miramar Club some years ago, but has not played until recently owing to indisposition. Best Gross Score. The trophy for the best gross score recorded in the medal competitions -went to Mrs. Tread well, who, with Mrs. Stout and Mi's. D. Wilson, recorded an 87, but won on the count-back over the second nine holes. Special Prizes. . • The special trophy for players with handicaps from 25 to 36 inclusive, was won by Mrs. 11. Smith with 112-33-79, Mrs. Miller coming second with 115-34-81. The third medal handicap competition was won by Mrs. Butler with 95-17-78, Miss E. Bell being runner-up with 93----11-82. In the junior division Miss Blundell came first, with 106-24-82, Miss Young taking second place with 108-23-85. The junior handicap bogey competition was won by Mrs. Adamson, with 3 down, after a recount with two other players. Prizes were presented in the diningroom of the clubhouse, where general appreciation of the arrangements of the enjoyable tournament was expressed.