LADIES’ GOLF NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17190, 6 November 1923, Page 5 (Supplement)

LADIES’ GOLF NOTES.

At the Nelson links last -tveek Miss ; Acheson, the young club champion, I drove thc ' eleventh green. Some drive. | The Xelson goll links will he kept ( open through t lie summer months and quite a number ot the ladv members intend playing. Nine holes 'are now in play, being the third, fourth fifth, sixth, seventh, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth ; the other nine being closed for repairs. On the closing day Mis I.tleas, the honorary secretary of thc Nelson .Radies’ Golf Club, was' presented by the men) bci-s with a iasautiful silk handbag in appreciation ot her services during tho i' ve “:- | Mrs Sclnnders. better known amongst lady golfers as Miss Hindmarsh, of Napier. has won thc club championship of the Wellington Ladies’ Golf Club, beati.ig Mi>s March banks in the final over eighteen holes, 2 up. In the semi-finals she bent Miss Enid Bell and disposed o{ her by 1 and 3. Her approaching and putting were exceptionally good. Other championships to her credit are : Napier ladies’ in 1909, 1910, 191*. 1012 and 1913; in the- latter year she also annexed the Hawke’s Bay ladies’ chainThe Hokitika Goll Club has decided to keep its links open for summer play There is a likelihood that a tournament will he run during the month of January, where it is hoped that Christchurch players will swell the entrv list. A one-club match was plavecl by thru vereargi II Ladies’ Club on the‘Park links last Monday, Mi- Morgan winning with a net 82. Others placing were Miss Campbell 83. Mrs Tnnslev Bb. Miss Perrin 81 and Mrs Willett 84. A one-club match is quite a valuable help to golfers who are genuinely in earnest about improving their golfing powers. Tho mid iron is the club usually chosen in such matches, and tho many different and complex distances that the player finds she lias tc» circumvent proves tho useful practice that the round will surely give. Continual play over eighteen holes with an iron . Lib must be excellent practice, especially as women’s gull, generally speaking, is deplorably weak in iron play. Ibe match over thirty-six holes, for Afrs I. fi . Macdonald's trophy, the plav to extend over two Mondays following each other, was most keenly contested hy tin- members ol the Invercargill Ladies’ Club. The following best cards wen* handed in, winning honours going 1 1; M l\s Stringer ;

Tho final of thc club championship of the Miramar Ladies’ Golf Club was played last week, when Miss Gambvill heat Mrs Cooke 3 up and 1 to piny. The match was keenly contested, Mrs Cooke putting up a good fight against the champion.

The junior club championships <>l the Miramar Ladies Club also provided a close finish between Miss Plimmer and Mrs Nagle, the former winning hy 2 up on the eighteenth green. Miss Bliturner led all thc. way going out. being up at tho turn. At ilie. tenth Mrs Nagle made a. remarkable recovery, winning thc next two and was only 1 down at the seventeenth 'dorroie). This made ■fhe eighteenth hole a most interesting one, and it fell to Miss Plimmer. Last 'Wednesday * tho Hull Ladies’ Golf Club brought its season to a close with a series of competitions. There was a, very large attendance of players. members and their friends. A bogev match played in tho morning was won by Miss Carr, a new player on the limit handicap, who finished 3 down on bogey. Others who handed in good cards wore Miss Jervis and Miss Williams 0 down, Mrs Chesney and Mrs Spiers 6 down. A Canadian foursome was played during the afternoon and was won by Miss W lllioms and Miss Bunny, who finished 2 up. The next best pair were Mrs Chesney and* Mrs Spiers, all square. The prizes of the year were presented to the winners by Mrs Spiers (in the absence of the club captain, Mrs Hayward, who was uuable i<> he present) ami were ns follows:—Club championship. Mrs Wage: runner-up, Mrs Spiers. Riddifdrd Medal was won by Mrs Wagg, who won two of the six monthly buttons on which this medal is decided. Placers who secured one win each were Mrs Chesnev. the Miss Williams 2, Miss Cook and Miss Jervis. Other prizes were, the Speedy Trophy and Silver Spoon, Mrs \Vagg; Junior Club Championship. Mrs I?. A. Holmes; L. G. U. vSilver Medal. Miss Jervis : Record score for the Hutt links,

Miss Jervis: Mrs- Carminer’s Trophy. Miss Williams: Bronze L.G.V. -Medal. Miss Williams ; Mrs Chesney’s Trophy. Mrs Murphy. Hie final ol the Club Championship ol the 'Wanganui Ladies’ Golf Club was played on the Belmont links last week, when -Mrs Grace beat Mrs .Moult. The button bogey match was won by Mrs Broderick, with 1 down on the Colonel. A mixed foursome, the last match of the season, was played by the New Plymouth Golf Club last week, and was won by Mrs Hill and Mr C. H. Stephenson with 7 up, Miss Hollo and Mr J. Hutchings being second witty G up. A special bogey was used, for the links which somewhat explains the unusually high scoring. At the conclusion of the day's play the prizes of the year were presented to the winners by Mrs < . H. "Weston, and were as follows : Club Championship. Miss Bundle; Runner-up. Miss Gavin ; Junior ( hampion. Mrs Wade : Runner-up. Miss Smith: Brewster Cup, Miss Gavin: Silver L.G.U. Medal, Miss Bundle: Bronze L.G.U. Medal, Miss Rea.d; Ringer competition. ' Mrs Nicholson; player earning greatest har.dic-ap reduction. M iss Dell ; winners of other matches. Mrs Nicholson. Mrs Hill. Mrs M’Quade. Mrs Birch-John-ston. Airs Christoff©!, Mrs M D'iarmid, Miss Dell. Miss Read. Miss Rolo, and Miss Brrwster. Golf will be played at Waiwakaiho Links, New Plvmouth, during ihc* summer, the links being open as usual.

At- 111 Middkunore links. Jnsi week. Llie annua 1 match hc-twoon the cu played, and resulted in a win lin* •in latter by nine garmx to seven. The; following results are to hand (.captain's team mentioned first); Mb.-, S. I*a vion lost 1<» Miss ML'ooper. 3 and 2. M is; ( Mogiuu lost to Miss I Bag bv. 3 and 2. Miss E. C idling heat Mrs Marshall. •I and 3. Mi-- M. Nlacfarlane and Mrs Joyce, all square. Mrs Dargaville lost to Mrs Abbott, 7 and (>. Miss M. Cameron lost to Miss B. i M •') and 3. Me Trice beat Mrs Nevilo. 8 and 7. Miss M. Noakes beat Mrs ALorris, 2 and !. Miss N. Hanna arid Mrs Ranger, Miss M. Graham lost to Mrs H. Hanna, 2 down. Miss R. Robertson lost to Mrs Grand, 3 and 2. * Miss B. Ferguson lost to Miss J. Ruddock, o and 3. Mis* B. Fisher and Mrs Hugh Fenton. all square. Miss B. Sharnian heat Mrs Mnc.-in-! doc. 8 and f>. Mrs G. R. Bloomfield beat Miss L. E. Nolan, o and -L Mrs 11. Richmond lost to Mrs E. Horton. 2 and 1. Miss AY. Kent beat Mrs Markham. 4 and 3. Aliss D. Rainger lost to M iss E. Gill. I down. Mrs Eliot- Davik heat Mrs H. Fob- i ter. 7 and o. This maii h. as a. rule, concludes this ! club's season’s play, but owing to the wet weather of June the season has been extended one month, and four more weekly matches will lie played j At tho conclusion of the captain’s and secretary's match the general meeting was held and the prizes of the year were presented to the ! In the final of tho junior club cham-

pionship of the Auckland Ladies’ Golf Club, Miss M. Noakes beat Mrs H. Hanna 2 up. At Hokitika last week a match was played between the Ladies’ and Aten’s . Golf Clubs, the former receiving lire strokes in addition to tiic difference in handicaps. The teams were twelve aside and the result was: Ladies 7 games. Men 15 games. Two games were all square. The Nelson Ladies* Golf Club, after the most- successful year it has so far experienced, closed its season last week, when a series of competitions uas gone through. The one-club , match played during the day was won by Mrs Cock, for which Aliss Curtis presented a beautiful glazed china bowl. The putting competition was won by AIGs Eileen Hair. At the conclusion of the--'day’s play the prizes of the year were presented to the winners by Airs Robison, a. vice-president of the L.G.U.. and were as follows:—Club championship. Mrs Alowbray; runner-up. Airs Cock; junior club championship. Airs Goodhue : runner-up. Airs Davidson ; C grade championship. Ali.-.s J. Hogg: rimnor-up. Miss ]•'. Snodgrass: L.G.U. > silver medal, Aliss Acheson: L.G.U. bronze medal Aliss Hair: Encounter shield. Afiss Hair: Ringer match (Airs Cock's trophy). Aliss Acheson: junior linger. Airs Davidson: ladder matches (Aliss Curtis’s trophies). Airs Cock and Alis> Hair: one-club foursome. Aliss « E. H.-iir and Aliss F. K nod gras : putt- . iug (Mrs Remvick’s prize). Aliss Nancy Robison.

Cirnss Mrs St . 117 '-I Jl .*i 70 Mrs \V. ,f. Barrlav 110 *0 l*2(> SI Mrs Marleorl 1 23 87 ! \\\ S3 Mis Lennic* . 121 88 ’~7 0 7