LADIES' GOLF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 15

LADIES' GOLF.

AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL TITLE WIN FOR MRS. W. HOSKING. SIX HOLES WON IN SUCCESSION. Tho final of tho Auckland provincial ladies' golf championship was played yesterday at the Mnungakiekie Club's links at Titirangi, and was won by Mrs. W. Hosking, of tho Titirangi Ladies' Club, who defeated Miss K. Horton, also of the Titirangi Ladies' Club, by 6 up and 5. There was a fairly large gallery of spectators who watched the play with keen interest. At the commencement of the match Miss Ilorton held tho upper hand, and but for weak putting would have established a useful lead. Going to tho fifth holo she was ono up, hut hero Mrs. Hosking squared tho match, and the next two holes were halved. Mrs. Hosking then won the next six holes in succession to take tho game. Mrs. Hosking was playing tho more powerful shots both off tho tee and with her iron, but at first she was uncertain noar the greens. Miss Horton, however, was putting erratically and could not take advantage of her opponent's errors, while later she frequently ovorran tho greens with her mashio approaches. Her putting continued to bo erratic and her failure on the greens seemed to affect the rest of her play as the match progressed. Mrs. Hosking was also uncertain with ■ her putts. Both players seemed nervous from the outset. Miss Horton Takes Lead. Mrs. Hosking won tho honour and outdrove Miss Horton, but both wero nicely on in three. Putting for a four, Miss Horton just missed and the holo was halved in fives. At the second Mrs. Hosking topped her drive, following this with a pulled brassie shot. She was in the long grass near the road with her third, while Miss Horton, who had been playing steadily, was on in throe. Sho held the advantage to win sto 6. At the next holo both wero short with their drives, and Miss Horton played a pretty second shot a few yards past the pin. However sho missed a good chance and tho hole was halved in fives.

At the fourth, measuring 155 yards, neither player was on the green with her tee shot, and they lay an equal distance from tho pin with their seconds. Miss Horton stymied Mrs. Hosking with her first putt, and the latter had to be content with a half in four. The long fifth saw Mrs. Hosking get the better drive, and she followed up her advantage by hitting a more powerful brassie shot which left her within easy distance of the pin. She over-ran the green, but Miss Horton putted too strongly after she had placed her mashie approach on the near edge of the green and her faulty putting gave Mrs. Hosking the hole by 5 to 6. squaring the match.

At the next, another long hole, Mrs. Hosking again got the better drive, and then hit a long iron shot. Miss Horton's second with a baffy was in a gully below the gr.een, although she was in a fair position. Mrs. Hosking lost her advant aga by putting her approach below the terraced green, while Miss Horton was on with her third. Miss Horton threw away her chance of the hole by erratic putting, and allowed Mrs. Hosking to halve in sixes. Another half followed at the short seventh, a 134 yards hole, where both were in a handy position with their tee shots, Miss Horton's ball striking the mound bunker at the edge of the green and turning in to run within striking distance of the hole. Each player took two putts. Mrs. Hosking Gains Advantage. Mrs. Hosking took the lead for the first time at the eighth, where Miss Horton followed a good drive with a badly-topped iron shot. Her third, a low mashie shot into the wind, ran too strongly, and she was through the green. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hosking, by sound play, was in a goo.! position near the pin <vith her third and took the hole 5 to 6. Her success was repeated at the ninth, where Miss Horton again played her approach too strongly, and ran past the green. Mrs. Hosking, whose powerful iron second had finished to the right of the green behind a bunker, played a good shot over the bunker and after both had missed their first putts took the hole 5 to 6, leaving her two up at the turn.

At tho tenth both lay equal with their seconds, slightly short of the green. Once again Miss Horton played her mashie too hard and this gave Mrs. Hosking her opportunity, which she took, winning 4 and 5. The difficult eleventh, a tee shot to a terraced green into the wind, saw Miss Horton just short, her ball dropping into the sand bunker below the green. Sbo made a good recovery, but overran the pin. Mrs. Hosking obtained a sound three and Miss Jlorton's putting failed, making her four down. Players in Trouble. Both players were in trouble going to the long twelfth, Miss Horton topping her third, while Mrs Hosking failed to lift an approach shot which just escaped a sand trap. Both were on tho green in five, Mrs. Hosking being in the better position. She was able to sink her ball with two putts, Miss Horton failing with her second putt and losing the hole- 7 to 8. Mrs. Hosking was now 5 up and 6 to play and Miss Horton's position was practically hopeless. The end of the match came at the next hole, when after a beautiful drive Miss Horton failed to hit her iion shot cleanly. The ball came to rest on the side of a small gully in a bad lie. Her fourth lay equal with Mrs. Hosking's second, a pretty iron shot, and Mrs. Hosking took tho hole when she sank a putt for five, Miss Horton giving her the hole and match. Mrs. Hosking's figures for tho 13 holes which were played were as follows, bogey for tho holes being givon in parentheses : Out.—s (4), 6 (5), 5 (5), 4 (3), 5 (5), 6 (5), 3 (3), 5 (4), 5 (4) —44 ( 38). In.—4 (4), 3 (3), 7 (5), 5 (5)—19 (17). Miss Horton's card was as follows: Out.—s (4), 5 (5), 5 (5), 4 (3), 6 (5), 6 (5), 3 (3), 6 (4), 6 (4)— 46 (38). In.—s (4), 4 (3), 8 (5), 7 (5)—24 (17). Bogey Match. During the day a foursomes bogey match was played, tho best cards being returned by Mrs. R. L. Wilson and Mrs. Deighton and Mrs. McMillan and Mrs. Warren, who wero 1 down, while Mrs. 0 Leary and Mrs. Spinloy finished 2 down. After the final had been played the prizes won at the tournament were presented to tho successful competitors hy Mrs. G. L. Taylor, president of the Titirangi Ladies' Club, at a function held in the clubhouse.