LADIES' GOLF

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19454, 13 October 1937, Page 8

LADIES' GOLF

WELLINGTON CONTEST LARGE ENTRY FOR TITLE AUSTRALIANS QUALIFY (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. The Wellington women's provincial golf championship tournament opened at Heretaunga links to-day in fine weather. The course was in perfect order. The large entry was augmented by the visiting Australian team, all of whom qualified for the play-off of the championship. The best six scores in the Wellington provincial championship were: — Miss V. Fleming (Chen.) 81 75—15 C Miss B. Cheney (Aust.) 77 84—161 Mrs. S. Morpeth (Aust.) 81 82—163 Miss E. Hutton (Aust.) 78 85—103 Miss H.Buchanan (Chch.) 82 81—163 Miss B. Kernot (Aust.) 85 79—164 Miss S. Tolhurst, 166, and Miss Wray, 170, both of Australia, also qualified. Miss Fleming and Miss Kernot went round in the morning, the former playing steadily to jo out in 42 and back in 39. She maintained her steadiness in the afternoon with Miss Hutton, and returned cards of 37 and 38. Miss Cheney went out in 41 in the morning and did a good home journey of 36. She was,not so steady in the afternoon, however, when she took seven more strokes to cover the course. Mrs. Morpeth and Misses Hutton and Buchanan played consistently. The former seemed to pick up the pace of the greens better than Miss Hutton. The latter, however, played inspired golf in the morning; reaching the turn in 34, three under bogey, but she had a stormy passage home, which cost her 44. Miss Buchanan handled her clubs stylishly all day and covered the course in 82 in the morning and a stroke better in the afternoon.

Miss Wray did a steady 85 in the morning and the same in the afternoon.

Miss Kernot could not find the strength of the greens in the morning, taking 40 for the outward journey, and returning in 45. She improved in the afternoon and went round in 79. "<There's no excuse for playing such bad golf on such perfect links," she said. "It's simply that I can't play to-day." The tropTvy for the best gross score in the qualifying rounds went to Miss Fleming. The teams' match was won by Christchurch (Misses Fleming, Buchanan, Mrs. McKillop and Miss E. WhiteParsons), with .an . aggregate of 333. Wellington B was next with 345.