MISS WETHERED FAILS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20483, 8 December 1934, Page 9

MISS WETHERED FAILS.

Defeat in Mixed Foursomes Tournament. (Special to the “Star.") LONDON. October 25. Although the competitive golf season continues to lengthen, the mixed foursomes tournament on the Worplesdon course is the last of the big events. It attracts the leading players of both classes in partnership, and there is also a notable social side to it. Miss Joyce Wethered, too, has given the competition rare distinction by her wonj derful sequence of wins. She has I changed her partner almost every year, but she has gone on from triumph to i triumph until it has been said, ‘‘lt ! does not matter who plays with her. i she can carry him to victory.” But Miss Wethered now plays little i golf, and none that is competitive. 1 Hitherto, this has not seemed to make j much difference to her superb form. ; but on this occasion she was far below ! her best. and. in partnership with R • 11. Oopenheimer. she went out in the first round. It was a big disappoint- ■ ment, but it could not be said that | vhe had been let down by her partner. . In fact I cannot remember an occasion when the old champion, who has j always been a model of consistency, ! placed so poorly. The prize was won by T. A. Tor- ! ranee and Mill Molly Gourlay. who ' had been back from America only two J days when she went out to play. An ' Atlantic crossing is not good for one's . golf, but Miss Gourlay found her form

at once, and she was a splendid helpmate. A Scotsman who has been engaged as a dentist in London for many years. Torrance is an old Walker Cup captain. and he has the best record of all British players in the match with America. Me is now approaching the veteran stage, but with the aid of steel shafts—how they have helped the elderly golfer—and the modern farfixing' ball, he has lost nothing in length. His partner backed him up in great style by steering the ball down the middle and by courageous putting They had a comfortable margin all their matches, and they were undoubtedly the best of the eighty odd partnerships.