WOMEN’S GOLF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22711, 25 October 1935, Page 7

WOMEN’S GOLF

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY MISS ANDERSON WINS FINAL A BRILLIANT DISPLAY (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, October 24. By as brilliant a display of golf as has ever been seen on a New Zealand course Miss Jessie Anderson made herself women’s champion of the Dominion by defeating Mrs R. P. Walker in the final by 5 and 4. Mrs Walker did the morning round in 75 to 76 and went in to lunch 1 up, But Miss Anderson turned on amazing golf in the afternoon to go out in 34 to be 1 up at the turn, and with a magnificent display of high pitch shots which landed her ball within easy putting distance on the greens took the nest four holes in a row, three of them “birdies,” to stand 5 up. They halved the thirty-second in 3, which gave Miss Anderson the championship. Miss Anderson was four under fours for the 14 holes played in the second round and even fours for the 32 boles played in * the match.

At the first Miss Anderson was in the bunker with her second, and Mrs Walker just short of the green. Miss Anderson was poorly out, and Mrs Walker sank a 12-footcr to take the hole in 4 to 5. The next four were halved in bogey figures. Mrs Walker's approach shot was a trifle hard at the sixth, and it was halved in a birdie 4. Miss Anderson missed an easy putt at the seventh, taking 6 to 5. At the next she was on the edge of the rough with her tee shot, and put the next into the rough on the other side of the fairway. This was short, and she missed a fairly easy putt for a half. The ninth was halved in 3, and Mrs Walker turned 3 up. At the tenth both were short with their drives, and Mrs Walker struck a bunker with her second. Miss Anderson was on in two, but both missed putts to halve in 5. Mrs Walker got into trouble at the next, being in the bunker with her second, and too long with her chip shot. Miss Anderson was on in two, and sank her putt for a 4 to 5. The next two holes were halved in

55, but Miss Anderson got one back at the fourteenth. They halved the next two in bogey figures. At the seventeenth Mrs Walker was in a bunker to the right of the green with her second, and her chip shot was too strong. She failed to sink her putt, and Miss Anderson squared the match with a 4 to 5. At the last hole Mrs Walker was in the bunker with her second, but sank a splendid putt to win the hole 4 to 5. standing 1 up. Mrs Walker took 35 for the outward journey and 40 back. Miss Anderson took 38 ,caeh way. The gallery had swelled to over 2000 when they started off on the second round. The crowd got a thrill right away. Miss Anderson planted her second with a magnificent iron shot two inches from the pin and squared the match with a “ birdie,” 3 to 4. The twentieth was halved in bogey 4 and the twentyfirst in 3. At the twenty-second Mrs Walker’s iron second found a bunker to the right of the green. Miss Anderson planted her second on the green with a high pitch and took the hole in 4 to 5, to stand 1 up for the first time in the match. The twenty-third was halved in 3, and Miss Anderson drew 2 up by landing her brassie second on the 410yards twenty-fourth and taking the hole in 4 to 5. Miss Anderson got a half in a “ birdie ” 4 at the twenty-fifth by running down a 15-foot putt, but Mrs Walker got one back at the 408-yards twenty-sixth by planting her ball with three wooden shots against the wind on the green. Miss Anderson pushed her drive out into the rough and found a bunker with her second, Mrs Walker taking the hole in 5 to 6. They halved the next in 3, and Miss Anderson headed for home 1 up. Despite her 0 at the twenty-sixth, Miss Anderson did the out journey in 34, while Mrs Walker took even fours. Miss Anderson won the twenty-eighth in bogey 4 to 5, and then planted a superb iron second five feet from the pin at the 340-yards twentyninth and ran down a putt for even in a “birdie” 3. A magnificent high

pitch laid her third shot four feet from the pin at the thirtieth, and she took another hole in a “birdie’' 4 to 5. She recorded another “ birdie ” at the 455-yards thirty-first, where another beautiful pitch shot landed her ball nine feet from the pin, ami she ran down her putt for a win in 4 to 5. This placed her 5 up, and she took the championship by 5 and 4 when the thirtysecond was halved in 5. The cards read : Miss Anderson. Out-—5, 4,3, 4,3, 4,0, (i, 3—38 In —Of 4, Of Of 3, 3, 4,4, 38 j 6 Out—3, 4,3, 4,3, 4,4, 0 3—34 In—4 3,4, 4, 3. • Mrs Walker. Out—4, 4,3, 4,3, 4,5, 6, 3—35 In—s, 5,0, 5,4, 3,4, 5, 4—40—75 Out—4, 4,3, 5,3, 5,4, 5, 3—30 In—s, 4,5, 5, 3. There was a large gathering at the clubhouse afterwards, when the prizes were presented by the GovernorGeneral.