WOMEN’S GOLF

Evening Star, Issue 23092, 19 October 1938, Page 18

WOMEN’S GOLF

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HIGH STANDARD OF PLAY [Pee United Press Association.} NEW PLYMOUTH. Oct. 18. Splendid golf was witnessed on the New Plymouth links this morning, when the quarter-finals in the Women’s National Championship were decided. To-morrow the semi-finals will be contested by Mrs Fullerton-Smith and Miss S. Collins and Miss J. Duncan and Miss J. Horwell. Although Mrs Fullerton-Smith and Miss Horwell are favoured, the other two competitors are playing very well, and the issue is open. There should be two great contests. Mrs Fullerton-Smith made a weak start, but soon settled 'down to good golf against Mrs Crumble. The Wellington player was not quite up to the form of the past few days, falling into putting lapses, which proved costly. Mrs Crombie took the early lead, but Mrs Fullerton-Smith was 1 up at the fifth. She won the seventh and eighth holes, but dropped the ninth, to turn 2 up. On the way home she showed her best form to date. After meeting trouble at the tenth, she won the eleventh, thirteenth and fourteenth in bogey figures, to lie dormie 4. Mrs Crombie made a great effort at the fifteenth, but Mrs Fuller-ton-Smith sank a good putt for a half and the match. She now has a chance of winning her third national title.’ Mrs Fullerton-Smith covered the first nine holes in 40 The Wellington player, Miss Collins, was irresistible against Miss Stewart, of Whangarei, and reeled off hole after hole to finish the game on the thir teenth green. Miss Collins won the first hole and took the fifth with' a birdie 2. She was out in 39 co turn four up, and soon won two more to be dormie 6. Miss Stewart could not do better than halve the thirteenth, and the game went to Miss Collins Miss Stewart’s play lacked the steadiness and accuracy which she showed ?arlie r while Miss Collins made practically no mistakes and was deadly on the green, sinking many long putts. Miss Duncan, Wanganui, had her third hard struggle of the tournament, having to go to the nineteenth hrle to defeat Miss Buchanan (Christchurch), after a great game. Miss Buchanan won the first two holes, but Miss Duncan squared the game at the fourth. The fifth went to Miss Buchanan, and Miss Duncan evened the game again with a bogey at the ninth. Miss Duncan took 41 for the first nine and Miss Bucranan 43. Although Miss Buchanan took the lead at the eleventh, Miss Duncan had a bogey 3 at the fourteenth to square the match once more. Miss Buchanan took the lead, to be dormie at the last tee. but missed an easv putt on the green to give Miss Duncan another chance. Another missed putt at the nineteenth cost Miss Buchanan the game. Miss Duncan’s round was 84 After being behind all the way against Miss Helean (Hastings), Miss Horwell (Timaru) made a great recovery over the last five holes to win the match on the final tee. At the first hole Miss Horwell was erratic with her approach shots, and putted weakly, but she came to light when the occasion arose, and played perfect golf to win four of the last five holes and finish 2 up. Miss Helean saved the game with a magnificent putt on the seventeenth when half-stymied, but she duffed her drive from the final tee, while Miss Horwell was on in 3 and down for a birdie 4. , Mi=* Horwell had the best round of the morning, finishing in 81, while Miss Helean required 84 for the 18 holes. The par score of the course is 73. The final round of the Mellsop Cup and the Jessie Reid Rose Bowl aggre-' gates was decided in the afternoon. A feature of the contest was the gross score of 80 achieved by the 12-handi-cap player Miss J. Paterson (Hutt), who won easily. None of the championship contenders have broken 80, and on only a few occasions have lowhandicap players reached that figure. Miss E. White-Parsons also returned a card of 80. Great interest centred in the final round of the Mellsop Cup. At the conclusion of the second round Miss V. Fleming, with a total of 162, was leading Mrs R. Fullerton-Smith 163 and Miss J. Horwell 164. After her hard struggle in the morning Miss Horwell decided to withdraw, and the interest was narrowed down to the other two. TIE FOR MELLSOP CUP, Mrs Fullerton-Smith was first to set off and opened in brilliant fashion with a 3 and a 4. She then lapsed into 5 and 6 for the next two. but came to the ninth with a 3 needed for 40. She pulled her tee shot and,skated throfigh with her approach with the result that the hole cost her 5 and the first nine holes 42. When she started the home journey with 6—4—4—6 her chances did not appear bright, but a 2 at the fourteenth, a 4 at the fifteenth and a chip that went down for a birdie 3 at the sixteenth placed a different complexion on matters. She followed this with a fine birdie 4 at the seventeenth, which gave her a chance for 79, but the last hole cost her 6 and her round was 81. Miss Fleming reached the turn in 41, one better than her rival, but she took 5 at the eleventh and the pair were level again. Miss Fleming, with a 3 at the thirteenth, picked up three strokes and her 3 and a 4 at the next two holes were satisfactory. She took the required 5 against Mrs FullertonSmith’s 3 at the sixteenth, but still she had two fives to win. At the next she had a one-foot put for a 5, but the ball failed to fall and, though she secured 5 at the last, her round of 82 just enabled her to tie with Mrs Fullerton-Smith with totals of 244 for 34 holes. The best gross aggregates for the Mellsop Cup, decided over the Coronaton Medal, L.G.U. Challenge Bowl and Donnelly Cup matches were;— Mrs R. S. Fullerton-

THE DONNELLY CUP. The leading scores for the Donnelly Cup were;— Mrs J. Paterson .. .. 80—12—68 Miss White-Parsons .. 80 — 8 —72 Mrs J. H. Boon .. .. 91—18—73 Miss P. Bell 83— 8—75 Mrs Crombie 81— 6—75 Mrs Hunter 89 —14—75 Mrs Johnston 89—14—75 Miss M. Morton 86—11—75 The trophy for the best gross score was won by Miss White-Parsons on a count back, and the B Grade trophy by Mrs Boon. TEAMS’ MATCH. The teams’ match resulted: — Manawatu A (Mrs Fpllerton-Smith 81, Mrs Cook 86, Miss’ Duncan 84. Miss Seifert 88)—339. Canterbury (Miss Fleming 82. Miss Buchanan 81, Miss White-Parsons 80. Mrs Toomey 88) —341. Wellington A (Mrs Crombie 81, Mrs D. Wilson 88. Miss Collins 91, Mrs Slater 821—342.

Smith (Marton) 81 82 81—244 Miss V. Fleming (Christchucch) 80 82 82—244 Miss C. Smith (Invercargill) 86 81 82—249 Mrs D. Crombie (Wellington) 81 88 81—250 Miss J. Betts (Nelson) 89 81 80—250 Miss P. Helean (Hastings) 86 82 83—251 Mrs J. Cliff (New Plymouth) .. • .. 87 83 85—255 Mrs R. C. Cook (Wanganui) 83 87 86—256 Miss E. White-Parsons (Christchurch) 88 91 80—259 JESSIE REID ROSE BOWL. The aggregates for the Jessie Reid Rose Bowl, decided over the same three matches, were:Mrs J. Hunter (Timaru) 76 76 75—227 Miss B. Cochran (Marton) .. .. 79 72 78—229 Mrs C. J. E. Smith (New Plymouth) 74 79 76—229 Mrs J. Johnston (New Plymouth) 77 79 75—231 Mrs I. Keith (New Plymouth) 74 78 79—231 Mrs Fullerton-Smith (Marlon) 77 78 77—232 Mrs L. R. Curtis (New Plymouth) .. .. 76 75 81—232 Mrs Crombie (Wellington) 75 82 75—232