LADIES’ GOLF FINAL

Grey River Argus, 28 September 1934, Page 5

LADIES’ GOLF FINAL

KAY v. GAISFORD Results of Semi-Finals (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 27. I’he semi-finals of 'the New Zealand ladies’golf championships were played at Titirangi links to-day in fine weather with strong westerly winds eompe ling accuracy at the majority of the holes. The meeting of Miss O. Kay, the holder of the title, and Mrs Robinson. the Au. tralian ehampiion. proved a n irrestible attraction, and their match was followed by a very large gallery It was a keenly-contested match, in which both had to make up ecwa v alternatively, and it went right to the eighteenth green before Miss Kay was sucees-ful, two up. The other semi-final was between Miss Gaisford and Mrs Allison. Although s'he won only three holes, Mrs Allison did very well indeel to {take her brilliant opponent to th© sixteenth hole, where the match finished, three am] two in favour of Miss Gaisford. The loser earned distinction of doing onlv two holes better than bogey figures. In their keenness to see incidents connected with the matches, the special -s frequently had a large number of maishals on the run to keep ahead of them. This hurrying and scurrying had the effect of causing ft he competitors to maintain an unnecessarily fast pal e over the whole round. This was particularly the case in the match between Miss Kay and Mrs Robinson, There were a few isolated instances of ignorant followers wandering about in frvn£ of the players, but, the whole, the gallerv behaved intelligently, and there were few hold-ups for the clearing of the fairways. Following are the results of the semi-finals:— "Miss O. Kay (Otago) beat Mrs C. Robinson (Australia) two up. Miss B. Gaisford (Marton) beat Mrs M. A’lison. thsee and two. The Rattray Cup for the best scores in the two bogey competitions during •• the tournament was won by Mrs G. Henderson, after a tie with Miss Barnes-Graham. In the senior division of the second bogey handicap, two p’ayers tied. Miss Hammond and Miss Fleming, and after a recount, the prize weitf: to Miss Fleming. Mrs Henderson won the trophy for players of handicaps of over ten. Following were results of the second bogey competition (handicaps up to ten): — Miss J. Hammond (4) one down; Miss V. Fleming (4) one down; Miss B. Hill (9) two down; Miss M. Ward (9) two down; Miss B. Hblmes (10) two down: Miss E. Hanson (6) four down: "Miss Lascelles (5) down; Mr< F. Pre-Tfon (7) five down; Mrs J. C. Peacock tten down. Handicaps over ten: —Mrs G. Henderson (10) one down: Miss B. Allott (15) two down; Miss A. O’Neill (12) three down; Miss K. Hally (13) five down: Mrs .R B. Stewart (14) five down. Both of the semi-finals produced excellenf match play golf, none of the four making many serious mistakes. The majority of the holes were settled by (filie putting. There was particular interest in the meeting of Mrs Robinson and Miss Kay. as these two met recent Iv in the same stage of the Austra’ian championship', where, (curiously enough, the match was decided on the Inst rroen in favour of Mrs Robinson. The New Zealander, therefore, had HUe sati faction of turning the tables. Thn other semi-final was contested 1 v two New Zealanders and the fact that it will be an aH-New Zealand final to-morrow may be regarded as some compensation for |the overwhelning defeat of the New Zealand Tasman Cup team on Wednesday.