BRILLIANT GOLF

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22860, 15 October 1937, Page 15

BRILLIANT GOLF

• MISS FLEMING WINS THE WELLINGTON TITLE DEFEAT OF MRS. MORPETH ' v ' SOME SENSATIONAL PLAY [BT TELEGRArn—PRESS ASSOCIATION] ■WELLINGTON, Thursday ' Playing brilliant golf, Miss Valmai Fleming. (Christchurch) won the Wellington ladies' provincial championship at Heretaunga to-day, defeating Mrs. Sloan Morpeth (Australia), 6 up and 4 ; to.play. Out in 35, the Christchurch | player was four up'at the turn. On the run'home she dazzled the gallery "and overwhelmed her opponent with re-. I" markablo golf, finishing two ' under fours. S The weather was overcast, with a cool south-easterly wind, when the I gemi-finals were commenced 'this morning.- Mrs. Morpeth caarried too many guns for Miss B. Cheney, a fellow Australian player. Miss Cheney started i off well, but became rather unsteady | on tho home stretch. Mrs. Morpeth, taking five holes in a row, won by 6 •id 5.

Miss Fleming proved much too good for her clubmate, Mrs. H. MeKillop, in the other semi-final, and won .by 5 and 4. They had an even tussle on the outward trip, Miss Fleming being oneiup at the turn. She outplayed her opponent on the run home. A gallery of 300 followed the final. Both Miss Fleming and Mrs. Morpeth started well and halved the first hole in four. Miss Fleming drew one up with a birdie 4 to 5 at the next, and they halved the short third in bogey 3 and: the fourth in bogey 4. The A us_ , tralian. found a bunker at tha fifth. After,she missed with a 9ft. putt, Miss Fleming drew 2 up. They halved the next.

Miss Fleming duffed her, brassie •econd going to the seventh, but reached the green inV4 and caused a eensation by sinking a 20ft. putt for a 5. -Her opponent was quite surprised and took three putts, losing the bole,' 6 to' 5. ■ Bain fell going to the long .eighth/ Mrs. Morpeth 'rati- through the green, Miss Fleming pitching to 15ft. from the pin and holing out with a birdie-4 to stobe 4 up. The Australian found a bunker at the ninth, but exploded out cleverly and halved the hole in 3. Miss Fleming's score out was 35 and Mrs. Morpeth's 39. ' . There was another sensation at the tenth, when Miss Fleming holed out from off the green for a birdie 3 and ,took the hple easily. Again the Australian found a bunker and lost the Best hole, 4 to' 6, but got one back at the 12th r< ith good wood shots, taking the hole in 4 tors. They halved the Bert and Miss Fleming lay dormy 5. _The end came when Miss Fleming Played a magnificent shot off the 14th to within 2ft. of the pin. Mrs. MorPeth was short and took 4 for the hole. .The Heretaunga trophy was won by Mrs, M. H. Godby (Christchurch), who heat Miss J. Brqdie (Wellington) in the semi-final, 1 up, and then beat Miss S. Collins (Wellington) in the Mai, 2 and I* * '