CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 247, 17 September 1932, Page 11

CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF

MANAWATU LADIES’ TOURNEY

AIISS GAISFORD AVINS

Played in a strong south-easterly gale, the final of the championship at the ; Manawatu ladies’ golf tournament, which concluded at the Hokowhitu links . yesterday afternoon, was productive of a keen match between Aliss 13. Gaisford (Marton) and Mrs H. Colhnson (Manawatu). The New Zealand champion ultimately prevailed 2 up and 1 to play, but Mrs Collinson strongly contested her opponent’s supremacy throughout and played a solid game before she submitted to defeat on the 17th green. Miss Gaisford led 1 up at the turn for home and still had this margin at the 13th. After the sixteenth Miss Gaisford was dormy two; the Htli hole was halved and she won the championship 2 up and 1 to play. Many of the shots were played in tlio teeth of the gale and, considei’ing tho exceptional conditions, both players were very steady. The final was followed by a large gallery. Colonel J. H. Whyte was the umpire. Going to the first hole Mrs Collmson landed her tee shot in the bunker and chipped short across the green rn getting out. Miss Gaisford found tho bunker to tiro left, and came out too strongly. Mrs Collinson Jusl failed to sink a long putt. Miss Gaisford took three putts against the wind, being short twice. They halved in six. Miss Gaisford outdrove her opponent to the next, but played a weak second and was too strong with her approach. Her 4ft. putt lor a half lipped tho hole. Mrs Collinson was down in 4 —5 to lend. At the third (Shotover) Mrs Collmson pulled her tee shot into the rough and duffed her second. The Marton player was short with her second, but Mrs Collinson put her third right through the green and Miss Gaisford won tho hole 6 —(l. Airs Collinson sent her toe shot plump into the ■ bunker in front of the fourth green, and Miss Gaisford sent her first out of hounds, but her next tee shot was perfect, landing six feet from the pin. She sank the putt for 2 but incurred penalties for distance and lost ball, making her 4. However, Mrs Collinson had taken two shots to get out of the bunker, and Miss Gaisford won the hole 4—5 to again lead. They halved Strang’s in six, Airs Collinson playing a very weak second and hitting her third into tire rough, while Aliss Gaisford also struck trouble. Going to Cliff View Airs Collinson played a perfest second on to the green. Her opponent landed her second perilously near a bunker, but sent her third close to the pin. However, she lipped tho hole i'or a half in 4 and they were all square again. Tho New Zealand champion drove into a bad lie in the rough approaching the 7th, but played out with a beautiful second. Airs Collinson pulled her second into the rough and put her third into the bunker, chipping out weakly. _ She missed two putts and Aliss Gaisford won the hole. At the Bth Aliss Gaisford was in the bunker to tho left of the green and took three to get out. She picked up and they were oil level terms. The Manawatu player found the front bunker at the 19th and got out badly, striking the lip. Her third was too strong. Aliss Gaisford was in the bunker to the left, but was down in 4—5 to turn for home 1 up. Both drives were over tho road at the 10th, but Aliss Gaisford’s next two shots were weak. She sank a 4ft putt to go down in four, but Airs Collinson holed nicely in three. They were now all square. Going to the 11th, Aliss Gaisford got away a perfect drive and was nearly over tho bank at the back with a pitching second. She won the hole to lead 1 up. Airs Collinson won Lagoon Hill 3—4 after Aliss Gaisford had lipped the hole with a putt. They were all square going to the 13th, but there Aliss Gaisford laid her opponent a dead stymie to win the hole 5 —7 and lead 1 up again. Both sent nice drives I to the 14th, which was halved, Aliss Gaisford narrowly losing the full award with a putt which stopped on the lip. Airs Collinson badly duffed her second on the way to tho loth in the face of the gale. She played a decidedly weak third and took five to the green, compared with three well-balanced strokes bv her opponent, who won the hole comfortably 5—7, to increase her lead to 2 up. . At tho 16tli the wind carried both well to tho right over the adjoining green. Aliss Gaisford landed in the bunker, but chipped a long and difficult shot into the wind to land nicely on the green. Airs Collinson likewise played a beautiful shot. Aliss Gaisford then encountered a stymie and tho hole looked a certainty for Airs Collinson, but she astoundingly missed a 12-inch putt and Aliss Gaisford was dormy two. AVell over the back of the green with her second at the 17th, Miss Gaisford made a perfect approach with her third. Airs Collinson had to sink a putt for four to keep the game alive, but failed. They halved in five and Aliss Gaisford won tho match 2 and 1. HOKOWHITU HANDICAP.

The final of tlio Hokowliitu Handicap! was won by Miss M. Garner (Manawatu) 11 from Miss Jepson (Palmerston North) 14. The iormer was required to concede lrer opponent throe strokes, but 2>layod a remarkably well controlled game under adverse circumstances. Miss Garner won the first hole 4—5. They halved the next in five, but Miss Garner gave a stroke here and they were square. She won the next to lead 1 up, but Miss Jepson had a nice three at Willows to come on level terms. Miss Garner won the next hole 7 -8 but again gave a stroke and this made it a half. She took the next three holes in succession but lost the 9th and was 2up at the turn. She increased her lead at Land’s End and again at Lagoon Hill with, a pretty «3. li li s was squared in 7, but Miss Garner conceded her third stroke here and lost the hole. She was again 4up at the end of the 14th, but lost the next two holes 7—6. She won the 17th with a nice four to take the match 3 up and 1 to play. MEDAL HANDICAP.

Miss M. Guy (Manawatu) won the first division of the third medal -handicap witli a card cif 89 9 80. Mis A. McKcgg, returning a card or lUT —24—80, won the second division. Mrs J. Young was the winner of the putting competition. ... . Subsequently tiro president of the Manawatu Golf Club (Mr H. ItCooper) congratulated the winners and Mrs Cooper presented the prizes.

MANAWATU MEN’S CLUB

The ten m to represent Mnnawatu in the match with the Felding Club at Hokowhitu during the week-end "in lie as follows: —A. E. Ekstedt K. S. Glendinning, O. H. Williams, 1. Louisson, F. Murray, A. Seifert, E. R. Chapman, T. Stubbs, A. E. R. Jobhn, F. Bendall, P. G. Cope, W. L. Fitzherbert, N. G. Ingham, J. E. Lewis, H. G. Moore, N. H. Itawson, R. L. Ingham. F. Swindell, L. F Speeeliley, E R. Wimsett. E. J. Treliey, G. I. McGregor, A. E. Hansel, F. L. C. Scrivener. Reserves: C. G. Moore, M. \v. Loftus, F. A. Lewis, J. Carter, W. S. Carter.