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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 207, 1 September 1934, Page 6

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WANGANUI SUCCESSES SOUTH TARANAKI LADIES’ TITLE MISS CUKKIE WINS FINAL Following on the successes of Miss N. Grace at Waipawa and Miss P. Helean at Hamilton, Wanganui golfers may well be gratified to note that Miss Currie, also of the Wanganui Ladies' Golf Club, carried off the South Taranaki women’s championship, winning the final at Hawera on Thursday. In the semi-finals, played on Thursday morning, Miss Currie defeated her clubmate, Miss N. 1 up, while Miss C. G. Robertson won from Mrs Gilbert, 4 and 3. The final saw Miss Currie win from Miss Robertson, 2 up. In the final, Miss Currie was 4 up at the end of the first four holes. Thereafter Miss Robertson, who won the championship last year, displayed tenacious fighting qualities and steadily reduced the lead until the 13th, when the match was square. Then Miss Currie, after several halves, won the 16th. and 18th. for the match. In the Fairfield Handicap, Mrs Brennan, Opunake Club, defeated Mrs Goldsbury 2 and 1 after a match in which both failed to show the form that carried them to the final. Conditions for play, as they had been on the previous two days of the tourney, were perfect. Miss Currie, whose dour fighting tactics carried her through to the final against a stronger section of the draw than Miss Robertson had to face, defeated Miss Nancy Grace, also of Belmont, by one up in the semi-final. Miss Grace, the stylist of the tournament, took seven strokes more than Miss Currie on the outward half, in 46. and reached the turn 3 down. On the inward run, Miss Grace came into her own. taking 39 to Miss Currie’s 44. At the 17th, the match was square, a five to a six at the last giving Miss Currie the mafich. In the other semi-final. Miss Robertson had an easy 4 and 3 win over Mrs Gilbert. Miss Robertson was 2 up at the turn, won the 10th. and 11th. and squared the next three for the match. Miss Robertson, who had the honour, started poorly in the final, hooking her tee shot into the swamp. Miss Currie was straight but short, and though Miss Robertson recovered magnificently she was through the green with her second. Miss Robertson completed the hole by missing a two-foot putt, and Miss Currie won in four. At the second both drove well, and Miss Currie was on the green with three woods. Miss Robertson, using her mashie for a chip, struck the ball on the head, bouncing it sideways a yard or so. Miss Currie won with a par 5. Nearer the green in two, Miss Robertson played a poor approach, and another lapse with the putter cost her the third hole running. At the fourth, Miss Currie, 50 yards ahead with her tee shot, found her ball in a heap of sods and with the Consent of the umpire, picked out without penalty, winning in five. At Crater, Miss Robertson looked to have a chance of stemming the tide. Miss. Currie hooked her ball into the marram, while Miss Robertson was 15 feet past the pin. A great recovery by Miss Currie to within 15 feet of the pin and exceptionally poor putting by Miss Robertson, who took four, saw the hole halved in poor fives. A good four at . the next gave Miss Robertson her first win. The 7th, Bth, and 9th. were halved, Miss Robertson being still three down at the turn. A beautiful approach to within a foot of the pin at the 10th. gave Miss Robertson her second win in a birdie, Miss Currie taking three putts. The 11th. was halved in s’s. At the 12th. both were on in two. With a six-footer for a win, Miss Robertson’s putt trembled on the brink and dropped in for a birdie, making her one down. Disaster overcame Miss Currie at the next, when she missed a four-foot putt for a half, and the match was square. At the 14th, Miss Currie lipped the hole for a win,' a half resulting. At the 15th, Mis« Currie, after a good approach, took two putts, and Miss Robertson, who approached poorly, a rattle of some *clubs upsetting her, sank a shot putt for the half .

Miss Currie won the 16th. with a good four, after Miss Robertson, through the fence with her drive, had played too strongly in approaching. The gallery was keenly excited at the 17th. and Miss Robertson’s chances appeared bright when she was just short of the green in two, while Miss Currie, who duffed her second and third shots, was on in four. Miss Robertson ran through with her approach, and three putts saw another half. Dormy, Miss Currie played the last much better than Miss Robertson. On in three, she missed a long putt by a fraction for a birdie four, and Miss Robertson, who missed her putt for a half, took two more. The victory went to the better player on the day. Miss Robertson’s lapse at the start must have unsettled her a good deal. So much so, in fa’ct, that on all tees, she had practice swings, a feature not usually noticed in her play. Miss Currie, though she appears to overswing in her iron shots, hit long and straight balls throughout, and her approaching was masterly. In addition despite the unsettling influence of Miss Robertson’s grand fight over the middle stages, she came back at the finish with par figures.

SEAFIELD LADIES’ CLUB L.G.U. MATCH TO-DAY TUESDAY’S BOGEY BOUND The Seafield Ladies’ Golf Club will play an L.G.U. match to-day, while a bogey round will be played on Tuesday. Following is the draw:— TO-DAY’S L.G.U. MATCH Miss H. Bilbertson v. Miss Cowan. Miss O. Gilbertson v. Miss Helean. Miss P. Bell v. scorer. Miss Hogan v. Miss Jensen. Miss B. Bell v. Miss Helean. Mrs. Helean v. Miss G. Bamber. Miss Flavell v. Miss Waters. Miss Gibson v, Miss Enwright. Miss Wills v. Miss L. Clark. Miss Ellis v. Miss Townsend. Miss Kimold v. Miss Blyth. Miss Kirk v. Miss A. Bamber. Miss Slipper v. Miss 0. Daniels. Miss Crease v. Miss McKendry. Miss Gohns v. Miss Cleland. Miss McKinnon v. Miss Pepper. Miss Alp v. Miss Ri'chards.

Miss MacDougall v. Miss Thornton. Miss Pascoe v. Miss Burford. Miss 8. Wood v. Miss K. Norns. Miss Penberthy v. Miss P- Norris. Miss Conway v. Miss Neil. Miss Signal v. Miss E. Clark. FOR TUESDAY. Mrs. Goldsbury v. Miss Darbyshire. Miss Warwick v. Miss Adams. Miss Collier v. Miss M. Jensen. Miss Covel v. Miss Inglis. Miss A. Wood v. Mrs. Goss. Mrs. Bell v. Mrs. Mcßrearty. Mrs. Wilkinson v. Mrs. Dalefield. Nirs. Broadhead v. Mrs. Lamont. Mrs. Manlev v. Miss Kvne. Mrs. O. Halloran v. Miss Phair. Miss Godfrey v. Mrs. Corrigan. Miss Pritchard v. Mrs. Blanchette. Miss Calver v. Mrs. Stone. Miss B. Higginbottom v. Miss Hoar. Mrs. Watson v. Mrs. Woods. Mrs. Sanko v. Miss G. Higginbottom. Mrs. Bond v. scorer. ROTORUA TOURNAMENT N.Z. VETERANS' CUPSUCCESS OF O’CALLAGHAN. ( Per Press Association). ROTORUA, Aug. 31. In the finals of the N.Z. Veterans’ golf tournament, decided at Arikikapakapa to-day, W. D. O’Callaghan (Hawera) defeated Col. Hughes (Wellington) 10 up and 9 for the Veterans’ Cup, and Hutchison (Gisborne) beat Barker (Gisborne) up in the final of the Arikikapakapa Cup, a handicap event.