OUT OF THE FIRE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1934, Page 22

OUT OF THE FIRE

AN AMAZING MATCH

Both Miss Joyce Wethered and Miss Enid Wilson have retired from championship golf. Each in turn has dominated the championships in which they have competed; and there was great interest when they met in an exhibition match on the Bramley course, near Guildford, in aid of St. Dunstan's, the London institute for. the blind, in which Miss Wethered is keenly interested. They had never met before in this kind of match, .which was not at all in the nature of a challenge, but was nevertheless a keenly contested game. The finish was amazing and all the thrills were packed into the last five holes, says George Greenwood, which Miss Wethered. accomplished in the astonishing score of 16—ono over 3's. There were a couple of 2's, and four "birdies" in this wonderful stretch, the figures for which were 4, 2, 4, 2. 4. Miss Wilson had a cruel experience; she did the five holes in the bogey figures and lost four of them. Miss Wethered was two down at the fourteenth, having played far below the form of which we know she is capable. The chief source of trouble was the putting, which gave her many unhappy moments. A little frightened at the pace of the greens, Miss Wethered developed a jab, the putter being stopped at impact with a pronounced jerk. For thirteen holes it was the worst exhibition of putting that Miss Wethered has ever given. , In addition, Miss. Wethered hit one or two loose wooden club shots. 'For example, at the eighth she pulled a drive under a wooden' seat, and, in accordance with rule eleven of the newcode dealing with immovable obstructions, she dropped without penalty. Miss Wethered was then left with a full -brassie shot which was sliced into