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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19625, 20 October 1933, Page 7

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WOMEN’S TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY MISS KAY By Telegraph—Press Association WANGANUI, October 18. The weather was fine, but a strong nor'-westerly wind was blowing for the final of the New Z. aland Women's Golf Championship, between Miss O. Kay (Dunedin) and Miss B. Gaisford (Marton), over 36 holes. The first round this morning resulted in Miss Kay being four up. Both played good golf, especially Miss Kay, who went round in two over par for nine holes play, o couple being conceded. Her long game was excellent and except for a couple of shots, her putting was very steady. Miss Gaisford was inclined to hook her shots which got her into trouble, and several of her long putts sat on the lip of the. hole. Playing a brilliant game and approaching the greens with almost uncanny precision, Miss Kay maintained her morning lead of 4 up at the eightenth to end the game at the thirty-third, winning 5 and 3. Miss Gaisford's long game was exceptionally good. She out-drove Miss Kay at several holes but her iron seconds were frequently misplaced and several times she was in trouble. Commencing the afternoon round a missed putt by Miss Gaisford enabled Miss Kay to halve, but Miss Gaisford won *the next when Miss Kay’s putt stayed on the lip of the tin. The twenty-first was a sensational hole. Miss Gaisford was on in two, Miss Kay taking three, her approach being six inches from the pin. Miss Gaisford's long putt halted on the lip of the hole for fully ten seconds. Miss Kay sportingly waiting for the wind to oblige and the ball rolled in The next two were halved but Miss Kay had a ‘‘birdie” four at the twenty-fourth and won the twenty-fifth when Miss Gaisford pulled her second and third into the rough. Miss Gaisford won a hole back at the next when Miss Kay missed her putt, but Miss Gaisford was bunkered at the twenty-seventh. After halving the next Miss Kay won “Long Tom” in a “birdie” four, Miss Gaisford winning the next when Miss Kay’s putt went in and out. Miss Kay approached to six feet from the pin at the thirty-first but missed the putt, the hole being halved, but she sank a 15-footer at the thirty-second for a half to become dormie four. The end came at the thirty-third when Miss Gaisford over-ran a long putt and missed the putt back, Miss Kay winning the hole in a perfect three and the championship 5/3. Finalists to Visit England. During the prize-giving ceremony this afternoon, it was announced that the executive of the New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union had decided to send Misses Kay and Gaisford to England to participate in the English ladies' championship which, it is understood. will be held in Wales next May. Misses Kay and Gaisford will probably leave next February. The Union is making an appeal for financial support in the project. Already the Marton Golf Club has notified its intention to provide £25, and the Wanganui Club is holding a special benefit tournament next Saturday week.