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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 10 August 1928, Page 5

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WOMEN'S AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP , >:r^>

MISS KAY ELIMINATED IN--SEMT>~ ■"-. ■.'•.■•. • FINALS : ',.£;> ;■ ■;»;•,-":■:.

United Press - Association—By> 'Elebtm'''*' '',.- ■" Telegraph—Copyright' •.;.;.b--t.-.Tr

, ;"• . _;'"/':',' V-. SYDNEY,;'-,.4th- \ The semi-finals of .the women's,,-gQ_lf^' ; chairtpionship.iof Australia Miss MacLeod beat Miss Kay ■ (New Zealand) one. up, Mrs Gatehouse Miss Tolhurst twdup. -■•' ■ v r.'/.*s;'i*'-' A large crowd followed the Kay contest. ■'. ..':- . ■•■. -. '■

Both played well, but Mrs j£ay's-putt-ing was not so,-good as.'usual.* A t \- Tlie finial.- will' be a thirty-six /holes .; match,-played .to-morrow. ( ; < . (Received 10th> : -',--'---v.' ;• ' V SYDNEY,, ThisVDay? , "': The: press describes the women's golf championship\serrii-final'< between ,Misses; McLeqd'and Kay as the finest?-exhibit-- ■ tjions match play."', ever, the , women'^.Aampionsliip'. l^;'':',', 1 -' '* T ' . ''.'.'Greater' i 'steadin^s''on^'tye'°: > . primarily ior 1 Mi'sk'McLeyd^s'H' ■victory.' Both gave almc6t , 'faurtldss r !3rs-'- T ' driving, securin^ : j^erfiSct"iiengtft'v-' : There 1 was' little "l»tween-''.'t|ieffi\?^' , respect, ■ but Miss'- McLeod 'was'easfty %h'e' t: stylist/of '-tlie paii*, ; SwingingV'thev^fe'all" J away, smoothly. Her ..adversary on "the;* other hand, was^inclined -^O-.-punchrtKis", ! ball-away. ■■ [" ' *.■"'; '' -".', .'* '■'■: ..'■■" /-f"-*-i Miss Kay played,- many exquisite; ' arid fun strokes', but the geiri of^tlre'dayr"*, was provided by Miss. 1 'McL^qd> : in her", pitch stroke that, won the'fifteenth«;hole?^. Being a perfect match, i.t ■ wasfwatcK'i ed by ; a,record gallery.' -'■':, ./-';'