LADIES’ GOLF TITLE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 166, 4 October 1927, Page 13

LADIES’ GOLF TITLE

PLAY’ AT INTERESTING r STAGE

jIISS IHILLING’S HARD MATCH

(Special to THE S U.V.) \ PALMERSTON N.. Monday

Th* championship play in the Zealand ladies’ golf title is [La, petting to the interesting stage and lias practically resolved itself ■■do a contest between the low fandicap players. To-day Miss E. Culling (Auckland) nil Mis* M. Guy (Manawatu) hud to a,rv <>n for an extra hole to decide k, match. although neither player reIrvned brilliant cards. The journey ' mvt Miss Guy In a promising posibut coming homo the Aucklander .I- dually reduced the margin until , ; y stood all square at the 18th. At If . 19lh Miss Guy duffed her second T ; , arlilch cost her the game. ■ riss Payton (Rotorua) accounted for yes Si. (Vatscn (Manawatu) fairly •"'si. although neither played what "ilj’ls called brilliant golf. Miss Wilson had a tendency to be short in h«c approaches. At the turn Miss Payton Was 41—two over bogey—to he- opponent’s 43. Miss Watson at fhis stage began to putt weakly, and hi the time the 15th green was reached opponent had a sufficient lead to im-ide the match. Mrs. Guy Williams, of Masterton, vtohai held the championship on sevoccisions, met Miss D. Horton, of Th Irani and emerged with honours 4 Ini 3 The Play on the way out was lueiy e»en, the cx-champion turning o, home lup only. She had accotniluihed the nine holes in bogey, 39. SURPRISE GAME A surprise game was that between Mias M. Stevens (Dunedin) and Miss V L'fhtm (Miramar). At the turn •he latter was 1 up, and by her exhibition thus far looked a likely winner. Milts Stevens squared the match at the •Mh green, and then took the 11th and ilib. lliss Upham squared again a:. th« lltth- The next two holes, however, were won by Miss Stevens, who thtis’ passed into the fourth round, D up and 1 to play. Th« sole Manawatu representativo lefi lit the championship is Mrs. H. CMBbsos. jlrs. Podgshtn (Otago) enjoyed a comfortable victory over Mrs. Stout (Wellington), the latter player, who h»! 9llec. the role of runner-up in the championship on more than one oeejaien, having come back in pursuit of honours following a lengthy absence fr;m competition play.