GOLF

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12077, 17 October 1933, Page 7

GOLF

N.Z. WOMEN’S TITLE

(Press Association i WANGANUI, Oct. 16. Miss 0. Kay had an easy win from jj rg Q r aee (Wanganui) in the third round ol the women's golf cLampUm6hip tournament , which was continued in filic weather.'the links being sliglAjy on the dead side after heavy weekend rainMiss Came, the Wanganui champion, eliminated Miss He lean (Castlecliff). She commenced shakily. The loser improved her game the homeward journey, doing 34 tor the eight holes. Miss B. Gaisford had an easy .vie '■ Cl . Miss Bathbone, ; winning five g& four. Mrs. Collinson played sound golf to beat Mrs. Robertson, six and five. Excellent putting enabled Mrs. Guy .Williams to defeat Airs. Macfarkme, three and t.wo. The remaining games were evenly contested. Details are: — Miss Currie beat Miss Helean, *2 and !•

Mrs. G. Williams beat Mrs. Alacfarlane, 3 and 2. Miss Gaisford beat Miss Rat-hbone,

o and 4. Mrs. Collinson beat Mrs. Robertson. 6 and 4. Mrs. Stout beat Mrs. Grace. 3 and o, Mrs. Blair heat. Miss 'Rutherford, 3 and 2Miss Kay beat Miss Grace, 3 and o Miss Barns-Grnham hear. Miss Or- . mond, 2 up. Tlie L.G.TT. Challenge Bowl was won bv Miss 0. Smith (Napier), 83 gross, 8 handicap, 75 net, with Mosdamrs Broderick, Afonteitlr, Monkham and Scliroff the next best with net scores of 77. The best gross card Miss 0. Kay. with 79-' N.Z. OPEN TITLE MOSS SCORES COMFORTABLE WIN AGAINST DOUGLAS (Press Association ) AUCKLAND, Oct. 16. The play-off in the tie of the New Zealand open golf championship was ■decided on the Titirangi links to-day between E. J. -Moss (Auckland), 'and E. S. Douglas (Balmacewan) j resulting in a comfortable win foi 31oss by 146 strokes to 100. Both these professionals had Led over the four . rounds, with a total of 300. They started the play-off on Saturday, but a deluge of r.ain caused the abandonment of p*ay on the sixth green. _ . Rain during the week-end, and again this morning did not promise well, but apart from an odd light shower, the match was decided tin der good, green conditions, although the very strong southerly wind 'blowing made it an excellent test of accuracy. Moss was the more steady Pf the pair, and completed the outwar,d journey in 37 against, his op 'jpnent’.s- 40. -v feature of the homerard journey was that Moss won /the first hole in 4 to 5, and then each of the succeeding eight holes iwas halved. The result was that Moss finished in 37 to his oponent s m. Moss’s total for the round was therefore 74, whereas Douglas book J7B. When seven holes of the isecon found had been decided, Moss ha doubled his lead, to be eight strokes to the good, Douglas having found the bunkers on two occasions at short holes, recording fives. The features of this x.ound were a 3ott. putt by Moss on the 23rd green, whereas Douglas sank one fiom nearly 50ft. on the 31st. green. Moss completed his round in the ex cel lent figure of 72, thereby showing . (Wonderful consistency m recording a card for the match of 146. Douglas took 78, giving him a tota o 155. u Moss has now won the title t rce times, 1924 and 1927 being his previous successes. Douglas was s uc cessful in 1913, 1914, 1919, and j PREVIOUS WINNERS. The professorial champions of the past are as follow:—Year. Champion. 1920 3. JET. Kirkwood. 1921 E. S.’ Douglas. 1922 A: Ham. 1923 E. 4. Moss. 1924 E. J. Moss. 1925 ,E. J. Moss. 1926 J. Mclntosh. 1927 J. Mclntosh. 1928 A. J. Shaw. 1929 A. J. Shaw. 1930 F.: Rutter... 1931 A. J. Shaw. 1932 A. J. Shaw. 1933 A. J. Shaw. .