GIRL CHAMPION.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20359, 17 July 1934, Page 13

GIRL CHAMPION.

Brilliant Golf by Pamela Barton. WINS FRENCH TITLE. A cablegram on Saturday stated that in the final of the French women's championship at Le Touquet, Miss Pamela Bartoji, London, playing brilliant golf, defeated Mile, de Lavigne, 11 and 9. Miss Pamela Barton, who is seventeen years of age. left school at Easter cf this year, and in less than four months has been phenomenally successful. Playing in the British ladies’ open championship at Porthcawl she produced magnificent golf for one of her years and reached the final, to be beaten by Mrs Holm, who has won the Scottish championship twice ip the past four years.

Miss Barton’s golf in this event astonished the critics, who predicted a brilliant future for her. Her tee shots were prodigious for a woman player and on the greens her putting was masterly. In the morning round cf the final she required only twentyseven putts in all and was 1 up at that stage. Mrs Holm played thirteen holes in level fours in the afternoon and gave the yduthful player no chance. Latef Miss Barton was picked to play in the annual match between the ladies and men and again gave a good account of herself. • Mi§s Barton has a beautiful style with a wide swing, but her iron piav is still rather a -weakness; as is her pitched shot to the green, ; the latter being inclined to be too strong. In putting she is slow and deliberate, and hits the balls sweetly with unusual confidence. Her match play temperament is excellent, as she never lets up and believes in adopting shock tactics from the beginning, treating the early part of a match as the most important. All her golf has been "learned iri her holidays, and she has a handicap of four at Royal Mid-Surrey and West Middlesex clubs. Hororata Club Wins Against Avondale. In the annual match against Avondale, played on The Terrace Station links during- the week-end, the Hororata Club defeated the visitors by 12 games to 6. Results (Avondale names first) : Foursomes—H. V. Sharp and T. Knight lost to E. 11. Sime arid T. 11. A. Richards; W, M. Cleland and E. A. Cleland Lost to D. Pearson and T. Charles; T. M. Preston and W. Earwaker beat- W. Stone and C. D. M’Garry; G. E.' Carter and C. -G.. M. Boyce lost to JI. Murray and A. D. Oliver: R.'W. Rofe and .T. Pierce lost to H. A. Oliver and.V. Owen; It. M’Nish and G. Young- lost to A. J. Harris and W. O. Gray. Singles—H. V. Sharp beat E. 11. Sime; T. Knight lost to T. H. A. Richards; W. M. Cleland halved with D. Pearson; E. A. Cleland lost to T. Charles; T. M. Preston halved with W. Stone: W. Earwaker lost to C. IX M’Garry: J. Carter halved with R. Murray; C. G. M. Boyce beat A. D. Oliver; R. W. Rofe halved with H. A. Oliver; J. Pierce lost to V. Owen; R. M’Nish halved with A. J. Harris; G. Young halved with TV. O. Gray. Templeton Ladies’ Club. The L.G.tX.\medal match played on Saturday resulted in a win for Mrs A. Tucker in the silver division and for Miss E. James in the bronze division. The best scores were:— Seniors.

A bogey foursome will be played next Saturday, players to choose their own partners and opponents.

Hagley Ladies’ Club.

The draw for the L.G.U. medal match to be played on Friday is:— Morning—Miss R. Hall plays Mrs Bagshaw, Mrs M’Alium plays Mrs Trevor Foster, Mrs R. Jones plays Miss M. Morten, Mrs Hayes plays Miss I. Jones, Mrs Smith plays Mrs Dolph, Mrs Parsonson plays Mrs Reed, Mrs Wood plays Mrs White. Mrs Summers Plays Mrs Siddall, Mrs H. P. V. Brown plays Miss Macbeth, Miss Bonnington plays Miss Bayley. Afternoon—Mrs Cullman plays Miss Atkinson, Mrs Wilkin plays Miss Burrowes, Mrs H. Adams plays Mrs Lawry, Miss Stewart plays Mrs Knowles, Mrs Stringer plays Mrs Richards, Mrs Page plays Mrs Lord, Mrs Bretherton plays Mrs Hunter, Mrs Cartwright plays Miss Rennie, Mrs Kennedy plays Miss Newton, Mrs Hale plays Miss G. Denshire, Miss R. Richards plays Miss Harcourt, Miss Page plays Mrs Sandom, Miss Hill plays Miss A. Scott, Mrs B’onnington plays Mrs Buchanan, Mrs Dawson plays Miss Preston, Miss Dawe plays Mrs Lindsay Russell. Miss Saunders plays' Mrs Harman, Miss Guthrie plays Mrs Harris, Mrs Wellwood plays Miss M. Hunter, Miss M’Murray plays Miss E. Holmes, Miss J. Buchanan plays Miss H. Hunter, Miss Talbot plays Miss M. Holmes, Mrs Curtis plays Mrs Bullock, Mrs R. Adams plays Miss K. Buchanan, Mrs Pfankuch plays Mrs Young, Miss Macdonald plays Mrs Hutchinson. A bogey foursome will be commenced on July 24, entries closing at noon on July 23.

Holed in One.

Per Press Association. WAIFUKURAU, July 16. A young local golfer. John Turtle, playing at the Mount Herbert Club's links, yesterday for the third time at successive weekly intervals, holed in one at the same green, an almost unbelievable coincidence of so scoring. The sixth hole was involved, a distance of 95 yards.

Gross. A. Tucker 1 7 Mrs R. Lewis . . . . Mrs A. M’Killop .. 92 Mrs I. MacIntyre .. 301 36 85 Mrs E. Rudkin .. 105 17 88 Juniors. Miss E. James .... Miss D. Musgrave . . 112 79 P. Anderson . . 309 28 Miss N. Middleton . . 102 Mrs W. Smith . . 102 W. Simes .... 33 83 Mrs J. Wright . . 110 26 84 Miss E. Seymour . . 103 10 84