WOMAN GOLF CHAMPION
Dominw Capati lifts just won the womenfi open championship of (he Philippines for the fifth time and completed a run of four in a row She is « player of exceptional power. Senora Capati was formerly the clubs laundress, and when Gene Sarazer? paid a visit to Manila a few years ago he got more than a mild surprise when, after meeting Dominga when she took charge of his clothes in the clubhouse, he met her next when she stepped on the first tee to be his opponent in an exhibition match. Quite often prominent men golfers improve their positions through the game, but it is not often that such a thing happens among women. However, It is not Hkely that Senora Capati% step op from laundress to another occupation will occasion any points about amateur status.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24025, 24 July 1941, Page 2
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139WOMAN GOLF CHAMPION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24025, 24 July 1941, Page 2
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