WOMEN’S GOLF

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 269, 13 October 1932, Page 8

WOMEN’S GOLF

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY. j TIMARU, Oct. 12. In the semi-finals of the New Zealand women’s golf championship tlie ■ match between Miss Rutherford (Hawarden) and Mrs H. Collinson (Manawatu) was keenly fought all the way. The players were equally matchI e<l.' Miss Rutherford frequently outdrove her opponent, who was not as safe with her second shots and not as accurate with her mashie as she has been on previous occasions. Both : ed great skill in getting out of diffii cultieß. Miss Rutherford, except on i two occasions, putted very well, and | Mrs Collinson, except at the 18th, gave i away nothing on the greens. The first hole was halved in 4 s. Mrs I Collinson won the 2nd, halved the 3rd, and lost the short 4th, which Miss Rutherford did in bogey 3. The sth was halved, and then the game became ready exciting. At the Knob, where the players drive iip the hillside. Miss Rutherford was a little short with her tee shot. Mrs Collinson was in some long grass to the left of the green- lhe i ’ crowd applauded when Miss. Ruther- ! ford sank her approach for 'a' birdie 2 while Mrs Collinson’s second shot ! lay 3 inches from the pin. Mrs Colhn;i son struck trouble at the next hole. Her drive was bunkered; she cut out, ; hut did not reach the green with her third. Her fourth overran the i green, and she gave the hole to Miss ’ Rutherford, who was lying handy to i . the pin with her third. The eighth was halved m bogey 4 s. 1 At the ninth Miss Rutherford s long i drive found the rough, but she played t out almost to the green. Her approach i putt lay 4 feet from the pin, but she missed the putt, and Mrs Collmson f after being hunkered with her second ! holed a 20-foot putt to win the hole , in 4, making her 1 down at the turn. At the long tenth Miss Rutherford ’ was on the green in three well-played i shots. Mrs Coliinson topped her third, ’ overran the green with her fourth, played back too strongly, and after failing with her putt gave up the hole. ( At the eleventh Miss Rutherford was ) on the green with her tee shot, her opponent being short with her second. Mrs Collinson. laid Miss Rutherford a dead stymie and won the hole 3—-4. The twelfth was badly played, both \ being in the rough, and the hole was 5 eventually won by Mrs Collinson mo, and the match was again all square The next hole was halved. At -the ' fourteenth Miss Rutherford s drive landed in a deep bunker to the left of the green. She played a fine shot to the } green and her third lay on the lip of the cup. Her opponent was first m the rough, then in a sand bunker, and lost the hole, making her 1 down. At the fifteenth Miss Rutherford, putting hor approach putt within 18 inches or the pin halved the hole, and also i halved the sixteenth. Disaster befell her at the critical seventeenth. After a good drive her second was poor, her third ran into a bunker, and playing 5 out too strongly her fourth fell among the spectators beyond the green, tohe ■ made a valiant effort to retrieve her position, but lost the hole, her opponent being on the green m three wellplayed shots. All square. , » \t the eightheenth tee both got good ! drives, but Canterbury supporters had an anxious moment when Miss Ruther- { ford’s second landed in the rough, while Mrs Collinson’s sat up nicely in the fairway. However, Miss RntherI ford chipped, out neatly and landed on the green. She putted to within o f inches of the hole, while Mrs Collinson was surprisingly short with her first putt and missed her second, giving Miss Rutherford the hole and the match ' BOGEY MATCH. The second bogey match of the tour- ! nament was played to-day. Miss M. Beadel and Miss Tizard tied for first l place in the A division, but ns Miss Beadel’s score over the last nine holes was better she was declared the winner. Miss Olga Smith, Napier, scored ani other success to-day when she handed in the best card in the B division. The best scores were as follow: — A Division. Miss Beadel, 2 down; Miss Tizard, 2 down; Miss Gaisford, 3 down; Miss > Morrish, 4 down; Mrs Kerr, 5 down; j Mrs W. Scott, 5 down; Miss BarnsGraliam, 5 down. B Division. Miss Olga Smith, 2 down; Miss Norah Hoare, 3 down; Mrs Lambert; 4 down; Mrs Dawson, 0 down; Miss Kate Johnston, 6 down; Miss Gertrude Browne 6 down.

RATTRAY CUP. The Rattray Cup, for the competi--1 tor returning the best aggregate in the ! two bogey matches was won by Miss ' Olga Smith, who also won the L.G.U. j Bowl on Monday. The best scores j W< Miss Olga Smith, 2 down, 2 down, 4 down. Miss Tizard, 3 down, 2 down, 4 down. „ , _ , i Miss Kay, 4 up, 9 down, 5 down. Miss N. Hoare, 3 down, 3 down, ' 6 down. In the bogey match to-day Miss Bessie Gaisford went round in 78. This is only the second time the course has been played by a woman in fewer than 80. The executive of the New Zealand Ladies’ Golf Union has -decided that the autumn foursomes be played next year at Ueretaunga links. The date lias not yet been fixed.

the final play,

MRS TEMPLER’S GOOD LEAD. Per Press Association. TIMARU, Oct. 13. Overnight rain left the Highfield links in a slightly heavier state than yesterday for the final of the Dominion women’s golf championship between Mrs J- C. ' Templer (AVaimate) and Miss B. Rutherford (Hawarden). Keen interest was displayed, and_ at the end of the morning’s play Airs lempler was four up. In the early stages Mrs Templer gave a rather indifferent display, while ner approach shots and putting both proved erratic. Mrs Templer improved and showed fine form to assume a six-up lead at the eleventh hole. Miss Rutherford then rallied to win back three holes, but lost the eighteenth, giving her opponent a lead of four with which to commence the afternoon round.