WOMEN'S GOLF

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22512, 1 September 1936, Page 11

WOMEN'S GOLF

AUSTRALIAN TITLE QUARTER FINALS PLAYED TWO DOMINION WINS MISS FLEMING DEFEATED By Telegraph—Press —Copyright (Received August 31, 8.15 p.m.) ADELAIDE, August 31 The quarter-finals of the women's golf championship of Australia today were favoured by brilliant sunshine and excellent conditions. Two New Zealanders, Miss Oliver Kay and' Mrs. Fullerton-Smith won their matches, but the third New Zealand survivor of the first round of match play, Miss V. Fleming, suffered defeat.

Following are the results:— Miss Kay (New Zealand) beat Mrs. McKenzie (Victoria) 2 and 1. Mrs. Fullerton-Smith (New Zealand) beat Mrs. Britten-Jones (South Australia) 4 and 3. Miss Hutton (Victoria) beat Miss Fleming (New Zealand) one up. Mrs. Negus (Western Australia) beat Mrs. Clements (New South Wales) 2 and 1. New Zealanders in Play Mrs. McKenzie played a solid game but Miss Kay always had a little in hand. The New Zealander's long game was good, especially her drives, but she was unlucky on some of the greens. Putts of 7ft and under repeatedly hit the back of the cup and stayed out or ran past. Miss Kay went out in 42 and was one up. She lost the next two but won three of the succeeding four and clinched the match when she won the 17th in par five. Miss Fleming won the first two holes with stymies but three putts at the fourth made her only one up. She turned for home three up. Miss Hutton then began a devastating run, winning five holes in succession. Miss Fleming took the loth with a beautiful birdie four and squared the match at the short 16th. The next was halved but the Victorian took the match with a par four at the last hole when Miss Fleming duffed her iron second. Mrs. Fullerton-Smith's Victory Mrs. Fullerton-Smith went out in 42. The only bad hole that fell to her lot was the third, where she drove into sand and took seven, thus losing her hold. Otherwise she was in fine form. The New Zealander turned three up. She took the 10th but lost the next two through weak seconds. She made a magnificent recovery at the "dogleg" 13th where she pulled her drive into sand. It was a good lie and she played her wood to reach the green. She putted short, leaving herself a down-hill putt from 12 feet and sank it for a win. Mrs. Fullerton-Smith also won the next, although both played badly, and then halved the 15th for the match. She appeared to be a little nervous after the turn. Surprise Defeat of Mrs. Clements The greatest surprise of the day was the defeat of Mrs. Clements, the only Australian woman on scratch, by Mrs. Negus. The winner's golf was not good but Mrs. Clements' play was appalling. Sho took 51 out and was four down. Her chip shots were extremely weak. Mrs. Clements began to play better on the home run after losing the 10th but was too far behind, although she won three holes in succession and stymied Mrs. Negus at the 16th from 18 inches when Mrs. Negus was dormie three. A halved 17tli ended the match. In the semi-finals to-morrow Mrs. Fullerton-Smith will meet Mrs. Negus and Miss Kay will meet Miss Hutton. Mrs. Fullerton-Smith should beat Mrs. Negus, but Miss Kay will have to be at her best to beat Miss Hutton, who is the most improved golfer in Victoria this season. Miss Kay and Mrs. Fuller-ton-Smith are expected to fight out the final.

The field contesting the women's championship is not as strong as thjit in previous years when the venue was Sydney or Melbourne. Players such as Mrs. Sloan Morpeth, her sister, Miss Shirley Tolhurst, Miss MacLeod, Mrs. T. S. McKay and Miss Lascelles, all of whom have played a prominent part in previous championships, did not make the trip to Adelaide. Only 36 players, as compared with 92 the previous year, entered for the championship, but the presence of the British team last year no doubt accounted for a large local entry. The Seaton links, on which the championship is being held, are laid out-on rolling, sandy country, and they are not unlike some 9f the coastal courses in Britain. In the qualifying rounds, Miss P. Helean distinguished herself by breaking the course record with a score of 79, but she was the holder for only half an hour, as her team-mate, Miss 0. Kay, returned a 78. All the New Zealand women qualified. Miss Kay tieing for the lead, but Miss Helean and Miss Horwell were eliminated in the first round.

PLAY ON SUNDAY GLASGOW CORPORATION FIVE COURSES OPEN • LONDON, August 80 The Corporation of Glasgow, which has a Labour majority, for the first time permitted Sunday golf on five out of the nine municipal bourses. A young Scot took up his position on one of the courses at 10 p.m. on Saturday night under a huge umbrella, a local sportsman having promised a new golf club to the players who drove off the first balls. Ono thousand tickets had been issued by mid-day.