GOLF

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 5

GOLF

WELLINGTON LADIES' CLUB MRS. MENZIES CHAMPION First rate golf and close matches were seen in the semi-finals and finals of the Wellington Ladies' Golf Club's senior aud •junior championships yesterday at Heretaunga. The conditions were perfect. The results were as follows: — SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. Semi-finals. Miss War beat Mrs. Stout, 1 up at the 19th. ' Mrs. Menzies beat Mrs. Blain, 1 up. Final. Mrs. Menzies beat Miss Ward, 1 up. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. Semi-finals. Miss Barton beat Mrs.. Howden, 2 up. Miss C. Young beat Mrs. Kemp, 5 and 4. Final. Miss Barton beat Miss Young, 3 and .2. Very fine golf was seen in the semifinal between Miss Ward and Mrs. Stout, their completed cards reading 81 and 82 respectively,.better golf than wais played at the ladies' 'provincial.championships, recently. This game was very closely contested throughout. Mrs. Menzies. who has been three times the champion-of the club, but who had not taken competitive golf seriously again until recently, found , her hands full with Mrs. Blain, a comparatively new player, and won only by a narrow margin. Mrs. Menzies had a hard fight in the final against the provincial champion, Miss Ward. Miss Barton, the junior champion, is playing very promising golf as the result of ample practice and a good deal of time devoted to the study of ber shots. She was 4 up at the turn, and, though Miss Young kept her lead,down on the return, she was" unable to reduce" it enough. At the presentation of prizes by Miss Duncan, the champions were congratulated, and the standard of golf throughout the tournament was favourably commented upon. '