PLAY IN FOURSOMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22240, 15 October 1935, Page 12

PLAY IN FOURSOMES

CONFIDENCE OF VISITORS THRILLS IN SECOND MATCH In the first foursomo the British pair, Mrs. Walker and Miss AnderBon, made light of the strong wind and set their North Island opponents, Miss Barns Graham and Miss Helean, an almost impossible task. The visitors played with the greatest confidence, taking every advantage from the start, placing their drives cleverly and approaching boldly to the pin. Miss Anderson's brilliant work on the greens was a deciding factor. Tho North Island pair took some time to settle down, especially Miss Barns Graham, who was inclined to lack courage with the shorter shots. Miss Helean drove well, getting great length, although sometimes at the expense of direction. Losing' the first to a 4, the home pair managed to halve tho second •when Miss Anderson played -too strongly for her second. The visitors played the third brilliantly for a three, halved the : fourth in 5, and increased their lead at the fifth. At the next the North Island pair did well to halve after incurring a penalty, and reduced their opponents' lead at the short seventh.

A great recovery from a bunker at the eighth and a 20-foot putt by Miss Barns Graham saved that bole, and when Mrs. Walker failed to recover from the gully at the ninth the home pair turned only one down. From this point the visitors were brilliant, playing the next five in two under fours. Against this there was little hope of staving off defeat and the match came to ati end on the 14th.

Judging by the manner in which the British pair, Mrs. Greenlees and Miss Wade, reached the greens in two on quite a few occasions, it appeared as though they would score a very comfortable victory over Mrs. Deighton and Mrs. Barker, but it was remarkable that the visitors should take threo putts on the green after gaining such advantages. Following two halves in five, the visitors won two successive holes. It was only lapses on the greens that prevented the Britishers from further increasing their lead, although a great recovery saved them the situation at the sixth. Mrs. Deighton's placing of her tee shot in the bunker at the seventh was responsible for giving her opponents a lead of 3 up. This was retained to the turn, which the British players reached in 44 to their opponents' 47, The real thrills of the match occurred during the early stages of the second half of the round. Mrs. Deighton and Mrs. Barker made some very fine recoveries to take the 11th, 12tn and 13th holes in succession, and they were playing more confidently at this stage. With the match all square the attention of the gal lory was drawn from the neighbouring fairway. The tension was right on, which fact was made evident by Mrs. Deighton driving into the bunker, while Miss Wade played her poorest shot of the matcti —a weak iron approach. Following a half in five at this stage, Mrs. Greenlees paved the way for a British lead with a magnificent iron second to the green. In spite of the fact that Mrs. Deighton made a wonderful recovery from a lie on the slope of a bank at the next, following a poor drive by her partner, the hole went to the Britishers, and this made them 2 up.

There was an unusual ending to tho match. Both balls were in : the bunker to the left of the green, but Mrs. Deighton scooped her shot, the ball striking the shaft of her club after hitting the head, this entailing forfeiture of tho hole, and so ending the match in favour of the visitors.