WOMEN'S GOLF

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 59, 7 September 1938, Page 12

WOMEN'S GOLF

AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS

A HIGH STANDARD

The opinion that the standard of women's golf in Australia was at present very high and that there was, in the Commonwealth, a number of most promising young players, was expressed by»Mrs. Guy Williams, 'the captainmanager of the New Zealand women's golf team which recently visited Australia and retained the Tasman Cup in the annual competition against Australian women golfers. Mrs. Williams, with Miss J. Hornabroqk, Miss Helen Buchanan, and Miss S. Collins, who accompanied the team, remained in Sydney after the playing members of the team left on their return to New Zealand. The four ladies returned this morning by the Maunganui.

Mrs. Williams said that while the team was most gratified at retaining the Tasman Cup, it was disappointing that they had not done better in the Australian women's open championships. Nevertheless, the conditions had been rather against them. Their first games had been played on a dry and fast course, but heavy rain set in later, arid made matters difficult. Unfortunately they had been unable to play more than three practice rounds before the commencement of the Tasman Cup matches and appearedto be scarcely acclimatised. It was rather difficult to become accustomed to the different light on the Australian courses, and it appeared as though New Zealand teams required a little longer than a week to accustom themselves to the new conditions and recover from the crossing before commencing competition play.

Trie three players who had remained behind with her, Misses Hornabrook, Buchanan, and Collins, although they had not been members of the team, had definitely improved their play considerably through the longer time they had had in which to become accustomed to the Australian conditions. Miss Buchanan had gone round Royal Sydney in 80, which was exceptionally good. Miss Hornabrook and Miss Buchanan had spent a week in Melbourne as the guests of Mrs. Sloan Morpeth, formerly Miss Susie Tolhurst, Australian champion.

In addition to Miss Barbara Crago, who was an outstanding junior player, there appeared to be a number, of young Australian , players who were showing exceptional promise. The Australian Golf Club was taking a great deal of pains in encouraging these young players and had introduced a system of class coaching which was proving most effective.

Mrs. Williams said she felt that the experience gained by the members of the New Zealand team and by the players who had accompanied them had been most valuable and would be reflected in their play. The trip had been most successful in every way, and she could not speak too,highly of the splendid hospitality extended to them by their Australian hosts. In this respect, they owed a particular debt of gratitude to Miss U. Clift, president of the New South Wales Ladies' Golf Union and of the Australian Ladies' Golf Union.

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