GOLF

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 97, 21 October 1935, Page 11

GOLF

WOMEN'S TOURNEY

c CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

THIRD ROUND PLAYED

FOUR BRITISH WINS

In perfect weather the New Zealand] women's goll championship was conntinued at Heretaunga today. The con«j.est has entered the fourth round with- J the defeat of any o£ the British n women, and it looks as though they -swill all reach the semi-finals. The Pmatch between Mrs. Walker and Mrs. ''Fullerton-Smith was.followed by a considerable gallery, and the play proved most interesting, chiefly owing to the'missing of a number of short putts by Mrs. Walker. Mrs. FullertonSmith, playing her fine long game, kept the game alive until the end. Miss An-, derson had the best outward nine holes of the day. The results were:— Miss Wade beat Mrs. McFadyen, 8 and 6. • Mrs. Greenlees beat Miss M. Guy, , f 7 and 6. Miss Anderson beat Miss Horwell, "'5 and 3. •~ Miss Helean beat Miss James, 4 and "3. ■'' Mrs. Walker beat Mrs. Fullerton'jSmith, 4 and 3. •'■ Miss Fleming beat Miss Beadel, 4 i;and 3. Miss O. Kay beat Miss O. Smith, '■'M and 5. or Miss Barton beat Miss White-Par-t'sons, 4 and.3. ■ ' -n Mrs. Fullerton-Smilh held her opponent well for the greater part of the first half, but Mrs, Walker took the tieighth, ninth, and tenth, and did not vlose another hole. At the first Miss Walker's second lay 4o the right of the bunker, and she r.'.duffed her next completely, talcing 5 for the hole. Mrs. Fullerton-Smith, ,who was on' the green in 2, was down *;in 4. ■■•Mrs. Walker was just through . r(the green: at the second with her iron; tiHer opponent was on the green.. Mrs; .'Walker laid her ah impossible stymie; sand they halved the hole in 4's. At the next Mrs. Walker's tee-shot lay barely six inches from the hole and she sank her putt for a 2. ■ ; Mrs. Fuller ton-Smith was in the rough at the next with her tee-shot-, uncomfortably close to the base of a tree, but was splendidly out. She was unfortunate in landing in the bunker to the right of the green, and her chip out was too strong. Mrs. Walker was on the green in 2, but took three putts They halved in 4's. ; ■?f- At the fifth Mrs. Walker's tee-shot •/■was well short, but a beautiful chip took, her to within a foot of the pin. *She missed a very easy putt, taking 4, giving Mrs. Fullerton-Smith, who reached the green with her tee-shot, the , ;r hole. The New Zealander landed in>,the rough from the tee at the next, and ~ was still in with her second, which [-otherwise was a beautiful shot.. Mrs. ~ Walker was . two feet from the pin with her third, and took the hole 4 to ...5. The seventh was halved in s's. rt-Mrs. Fullerton-Smith struck the bunker rwith her third at the long eighth, but -was nicely out. She took two putts, ' however, and the English woman, who was on the green for 3, took the hole in sto 6. At the next Mrs. FullertonSmith was in the hollow past the green, and she missed a fairly difficult putt, to take 4. Mrs. Walker took 3. turning' 2 'up. x .. -. ..- ■ . Mrs. "Walker was well out to the left with her tee-shot at the tenth, but Mrs. Fullerton-Smith struck the bunker, and chipped too far,' Mrs? Walker, who reached the green in 2, winning the' hole 4to 5. The next four were halved: At the twelfth the New; Zealander was on the ■ edge of the bunker with her ; ; ,second,'but a splendid 'chip took';her Sf almost to .the pin. Her. opponent's chip ■was too long, and she stymied herself, sr but chipped over with her" nibiock," which missed the hole. v Each took' 4, Mrs. Fullerton-Smith failing with a • long putt A beautiful mashie took Mrs. Walker to the green at the thirteenth, but another stymie from her opponent forced a half in s's. At the next Mrs. Walker took a brassie- and lay short, but a glorious chip put her a few inches from the pin. Her opponent was out to the right/ and her chip was short, but she sank a long .*,-putt for "a half in 3. ■3= At the fifteenth Mrs. -Walker was jo well on the greeny but Mrs. Fullertori- ;. Smith sent hers out to the left towards ■.. ft: the sixteenth tee, and she failed "tp fr sihk a 20-foot putt to halve the hole . ;i and save the match; Mrs ; Walker sank 2 ; ri her putt for a 3, winning the match 4 „ -and 3.: Mrs. Walker's^card for the run.c out was as follows: 542544553^-37. Mrs :a Fullerton-Smith took 39, made up as Pi follows: 443535564. .-•■;• r Miss J. Anderson was brilliant to win . , r from Miss J. Horwell,: 4 and 3. Start,;i.ing with/a birdie 3 at the first, where. ,f> she laid her iron shot dead, she had a ;.)-wonderful string of figures until the ,t : seventh, where she slipped a putt and ' 57 recorded a 6. Both got away well at the eighjh, but Miss Horwell landed in the bunker at the side of the green with her third and fluffed her niblick shot, taking a 6 for the hole. Her opponent was on the green in 3 and down in 5. Miss Horwell was on the green in 1 at the next with- a beautiful tee shot, and sank a long putt for a >■ birdie 2. Miss Anderson was -slightly * ashort, and took a 3 for the hole, and > r'turned 5 up.. The tenth was halved in 4's, both players reaching the green in 2 and taking two putts. At the eleventh Miss Anderson was in thebunker at the left of the green with her second, and Miss Horwell, who had played straight down the fairway, putted carefully to.take the hole in 5 to 4, standing 4 down. The twelfth was halved in s*s, both players taking two putts. The thirteenth was also halved in s's. At the fourteenth Miss Horwell was on the green in 1, while Miss Anderson was on the edge of a bunker to the right of the green, but played a ■beautiful chip shot from. the difficult lie and lodged on the lip of the hole. Miss Horwell also placed a long putt 1?1 a few inches from the pin, and a hall £■- In 3 resulted. Miss Anderson was on • ;.*the green with her tee shot at the m,,.l;eenth, while Miss Horwell duffed her I;'shot and failed to get up the high bank. *XShe was up with her niblick, but over- "•• Shot the green, and conceded the hole , tc- Miss Anderson, who won 5 and 3. "'Miss Anderson's card for the outward ." journey was as f0110w5:—343434653 35. • >r".: Mrs. W. Greenlees played one of her •'"■' best rounds to date when she beat Miss J- 1 M. Guy 5 and 4. The English player •■"! was out in 35, including a birdie 2 at ?*f the.fifth, where she sank'a long putt. -">'• Miss Guy struck several patches of «i? trouble, especially at the fourth, -".'-where she duffed her drive into the -•'('trees and recorded a six. Mrs. Greenlees played the same hole beautifully, and was down in three. Her card for the outward journey was as follows-434326553-35. Miss O. Kay scored a clear-cut win of 6 and 5 over Miss O. Smith, taking ■* the lead at an early stage of the match. ~ A close game was expected between ■•"•' Miss Helean and Miss James, and the :<-> early stages were interesting. The first I three holes were halved in 6, 5, 3, ■and Miss Helean got her first win at ■i the fourth in 4. Miss James took the -'■next in '4. The sixth was halved in tS"s. Miss Helean won the seventh in

o, and followed that up by placing her third from away behind the bunker less than two feet from (he pin, getting her 4 at this 498-yard hole. She was short at the ninth, and too strong with her approach, and Miss James, who was, on from the tee, got her 3, and turned only 1 down. The next two were halved in 5 and 4. Miss Helean sank a long putt at the twelfth for 4, and missed a short one for a 4 at the thirteenth, which she played well through the fairway. Miss James put her second in the rough to the left, and took 6. Miss James would have taken a 5 at the fourteenth, but conceded the hole to Miss Helean, who lay well. A half at the fifteenth ended the match.

Miss Fleming played very steady golf against Miss Beadel, and was out in 39; standing 1 up. Miss Beadel scored a win at the seventh with a pretty 4. Miss Fleming got a 3 at the tenfh.

Miss Wade was out in 37, and went on to beat Mrs. McFadyen 8 and 6. Miss White-Parsons held Miss Barton fairly well in the first half of the game. She got a 2 at the third, squaring the match, but conceded the fourth, and was • obliged to concede the fifth, as she was struck by Miss Barton's ball coming out of the.bunker. Miss WhiteParsons was 1 down at the turn. Miss Barton won the eleventh in 4, the next two were halved, Miss White-Parsons conceded the fourteenth, and Miss Barton, winning the fifteenth, won 4 and 3. • • i ■