PLUCKY GOLF

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 114, 16 May 1934, Page 9

PLUCKY GOLF

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

MISS GAISFORD GOES FAR

KEACHES NINETEENTH

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LONDON, May 15,

In the British women's golf championship in the second round Miss Gaisford defeated Miss Pcech, 3 and 1; Mrs. Clarke defeated Mrs. Jaeobscn, 5 and 3; Mrs. Coats defeated Miss Morgan, 1 up; Miss Pentony"aofeated Miss Diana Fishwick, 3 and 1.

In the third round Miss Pentony defeated Miss Gaisford at the nineteenth,

In the opinion of critics of play in the first round Miss Kay had the misfortune to meet an opponent who not only drove consistently but putted emphatically. Mrs. Holm, a former Scottish champion, had a single putt on five consecutive greens. This was enough to break the heart of any golfer. Miss Kay had cruelly bad luck, and was never given a chance.

Miss Gaisford has a remarkably sound style, and is not afraid to hit hard. Mrs. Garou, British international, had no excuses to offer except that she deserved to be beaten. ' She took six at the last hole.

Grace Amory, America's sole competitor, was criticised because she practised for an hour before the match with a professional specially brought to the course. ?«• is expected that the Ladies' Golf Union will discuss the matter with a view to obtaining a decision. Miss Pentony made a great recovery. Miss Gaisford was dormie at the 16th. Miss Pentony overran the 18th in 2 but chipped back within six feet of the hole and sank tho putt. She holed a long putt to win the 19th in 4.

Miss Gaisford has demonstrated her fine match play temperament remarkably well, first in her match with Miss Gourlay, whosp reputation must have been an appreciable mental hazardj then has won her second match creditably, and is'most unfortunato in going out in, tho.third round after taking a player of Miss Pentony's calibre to the nineteenth. Had Miss Gaisford remained in the contest she might, with good luck, have gone past the next round, as four at least of tho strongest opponents aro now out, Miss Fishwiek, Miss Morgan, Miss Gourlay, and Mrs. Garon. Miss E. C. Pentony is a promising young English player who, though she has not qualified high in previous British women's championships, or gone far in them, has done remarkably well in minor events, producing very low scores, and was chosen as a member of the team to tour South Africa, which had a walk-over victory there. In tho absence of any indications of form in tho message, her victory over Miss Kshwick, 3 and 1, seems to have been an achievement. Miss Fishwick won the English girls' open championship 1927-28, tho British ladies' open in 1930, England ladies' championship 1932, and was runner-up in 1929, tho French ladies' open championship in 1932, and represented England internationally in 1930, 1931, and 1932, playing against the U.S.A. in the latter year. Probably Miss Pontony was feeling the strain of her match with Miss Fishwick, but nevertheless Miss Gaisford has emerged with credit from her visit to England, and the team as a whole has drawn favourable attention to women's golf in Now Zealand: ' v'-'i

Mrs. G. Coats, of Troon, who defeated Miss Morgan, is credited with being the best putter in women's rolf in England.