GOLFING GOSSIP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 145, 20 June 1936, Page 4

GOLFING GOSSIP

PLAY DURING LAST WEEK-END

COMMENT ON NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S TEAM

New Zealand’s golfing season is now in full swing, and in most districts last week end was spent most enjoyaDly. In some localities the fine weather of Saturday was replaced by patchy conditions. The selection of a women’s team to represent New Zealand against Australia lor the Tasman Cup, which is to be competed for on toe Royal Adelaide course on September 3, has been the topic of the week. It is generally conceded that the team chosen by the L.GU. is of the right order. Miss Uli'er Kay Banking on a handicap u£ plus 3 last year, Miss Oliver Kay is probably the best-known of the nomen golfers in the Dominion, She was the G-nly player io be placed oehind scratch. Her game has brought her consistently before the golfing public lor the past ten years. For nine a ears in succession, from 1926 to 1934. she was the holder ci' the Mellsop Cup, a trophy awarded the player doing the best aggregate medal rounds in the three mo&t important stroke matches at the New Zealand cnamj lonships. Aliss Kay lost that trophy last year to Aliss Jessie Anderson, ot the touring British women’s team. The New Zealawder was 14 strokes behind the £26 accomplished by Miss Anderson, and came lourth in the contest, Mrs. W. Greenlees and Airs. J. B. Walker, both teammates of the winner, filling the positions of runner-up and third respectively. Aliss Kav already has had valuable experience in matches of an international flavour, having represented the Dominion against Britain and Australia. She has been New Zealand champion on two occasions, in 1931 and again in 1934. Aliss Kay belongs to Hawera. Miss Valmai Fleming Miss \ al.nai Fleming, the Christchurah player, will be remembered as ihe partner of Aliss J. Horwell in the foursomes played at Miramar against the British team, in which the two New Zealanders finished all square with Airs. Greenlees and Aliss Puyllis Made. Aliss Fleming is a steady type of player, her form two years ago in ihc North Island attracting notice. She won almost every major event that year, in the New Zealand title tourney last year she won through to the quaiter-final’ and then went under to Mrs. J. B. Walker (Britain) 5 and 4. Miss J. Horwell In Alias J. Horwell the selectors have chosen the logical partner for Aliss Fleming. These two have played well together in foursomes, and Aliss Horwell was on a handicap of 4 last year. Her form this season has reduced that to 1. She is regarded as one of the most promising players the Dominion has in view at the momentNot only did she do well in the foursomes with Aliss Fleming again.-t the British competitors last year, but she finished all square with Mrs. Greenlees in the singles. Miss Jessie Anderson accounted for her in the third round of the championship last year, Aliss Anderson displaying the wonderful form which later won her the title. Miss Horwell beat Miss Hclean (Wanganui i in the intvr-island contest last j ea r 6 and 5. Aliss Pat 11 clean Mis* Pat Hclean, who plays for peafield, Wanganui, has been improving her play steadily during the past three years. She won to the quaiter-liuals of the New Zealand championship last year and became another victim tv Aliss Jessie Anderson, 4 and 2. With an aggregate of 259 Aliss Hclean came next, to Miss Kay in the Mellsop Cup l.iat year, She was on the 2 mark last yeaj and is now down to 1. Airs. 11. Godby (manager; Airs. H. B. Godby, president of the New Zealand Ladies’ Golf Union, is to captain tue team in a nou-piaying capacity. Of genial disposition, ami capable as an administrator, she would make an ideal leader, She has been a regular competitor at championship tournaments and should be invaluable in her capacity over the lasman. A Desirable Contest Like every team selected that just chosen is bound Lu meet with critidisiu -c **jme quarters. Several players can c»e counted as unlucky, but taking the team by and large, it is of a sound v-rder and should du well and gain it experience. If New Zcaianj is tt justify its claim that gulf is supplant mg Rugby as the Dominion’s nauonai game it is essential for matches of the type encouraged by the Tasman Cui to lie given full rein. The day is coming wnen New Zealanders will take their place in the ranks of the terriers the 1 uompsu-ns, the Littles, or, if the competitors be ladies, among the Pan: Barluiis and the Jessie Andersons. Auckland. Conditions for gulf were again idea in Auckland uu Saturday, wnen com petitions were continued by the vari ous clubs. Scoring in the first ruund of the L K. Bloomfield Bowl at Aliddlemore v.m good, J. V. Upton, from a handicap oJ 15, returning a net score of 67 to iea*. the field by two strokes. Apart iron sixes at tue 6lh and 14th holes, tin winner played fine golf. played steadily to be lunner-up and a; a number of players returned cards ol 70 net, the subsequent rounds shook b e interesting. In addition to the vrdi nary trophv fur the best net score oi Saturday, a special prize was donatei by Mr. *J. Farrell. During the week S. H. Abel player a splendid round of 77 to defeat J. 1 Aldred in the captain’s prize tourney

ITn the semi-final he met A. O. Buddington and after a great match Abel won at the 19th. Boddington took the 'lead with a 3 at the second hole, but his Opponent was 2 up at the 6th. Abel increased his advantage at the 10th, but Boddington squared the game at the 13th. Abel won the next two holes, but’his opponent again became evef at the 17th and the position was unchanged at the last. Although Boddington was nearer the pin with his second shot at the 19th, his approach putt was weak an'd Abel ho.’ed a good 4 to win. ConsDtcncy brought its reward at Aka ran a. when J. W. Coney won the Koskill Cup with net scores of 6b, 72, and 71. His total was iour strokes bet- . ter than that of the runner-up, E. F. Snell. tn the coiieurcmt bogey match S. Booth was responsible for a fine . performance when he finished 4 up. 11. L i Wiggins, who until recently had played little golf for some time, was unfor- . tunate in not winning with a card ox ■ 3 up.

P New Plymouth. t Wet weather on Sunday last caused •- the postponement of many niter-club e golf matches in Taranaki, but on 8;<to j urday club matches were played with [. out interruption. The first round tiie We>ton trophy contest, a Canadian drive foursome middle handicap over two rounds, was played by members of [ the New Plymouth Golf dub. Ihe best . curds were: — s J. Cliff and K. Walker . - 50—11—69 4 T. V. Mackay and F. U- '■ Walton 6.1 —11 70 s I K. I’. Tompkins and O. L. c Flyger 62 —11—<1 b i B. Chapman and G. j llaugiitun 62—1.1 •—<l e 11. S. Weston and G. Alacc allan•• 65 13 72 s I A. N. Thomson and C. H- " I Wynyard 66 —11 72 d I J. H. Boon and J. JLomas 62 S 71 11 G. Al. Chong and V. Dull S 3— 9—74 | -• J. Uaradus and R. A. Boon 55—11—74 I *' D. Alcldrum and J. Al. ■ 4 O’Reilly 1 J. Warnock and I- Barker 87 lu <4 L. 11 Johnson and F. \ • bole • •• 66-12-74 i- C. Grainger and N. Goodg sou •• 65 1 l|-74 c D. Sutherland and P. Ills Jagusch 63 - 9—71 Wellington. Hutt had a signal win against AliraI mar. which was rather unexpected by „ the seaside club, as it had put in one of the strongest A teams it. has arranged for sc-me time. The Hutt A team won by 7 games to 2 and 3 games s<iuared at Miramar, wiule the Hutt B team won at Hutt by 8 games e to 4. making the aggregate win lo ° games to 6, with 3 games squared. 3 D The following are the results, Hutt II nlavers first mentioned:— Id a A Teams [e J. 1.. Black beat K. V. Jeffery, 3 anil 2. . B. .M. Silk beat M. It. Uuore, , and I ’ \V. G. Horne lost to H. A. Black, st 3 and 1ru Rana Wagg beat J. H. Drake 1 up. in \V. G. Fisher and C. L. Hollis, all ie square. id J. F. Pym beat L. Seitert, and J. u U. N. Armstrong beat J. Shelly, o -o and 4. ... n l- !•’. Kenrber and H. K Alpm, all 7 f< K’en.ner and V. E. Sutherland, all ip square. • • u- G. P- Roberts beat J- R« Umitn, - 7 i an G. " X. Tui-tin 10.-t to I>. «■ Mal'ey. it* I 3 and 2. ._. m| JI. K. Adamson beat A. Griftn, 5 and 4. , I Both No 1 N were uut in m 9, BiacK turning I up. Black got a 3 at the I tenth and came back in oh, Jeltciv tovk a stroke more. Black, U * ns usual was very sound G l the V- Silk began in line style, am] played brilliant golf to the sixth. He recov- “ cred well at the first, where his hooked ld second lay near the thirteenth green, U 1 placing a fin pitch over the ditch and I]L' 1 ] L ' bunker, and then sinking a nine-looter ; for his 4. He got a 3 at the secund, and approaching well from an OV< J T ' , ! strong shot helped by the wind to the '* fast third green, sank a seven-footer '*■ for his 4. Taking a 3 at the fourth, ,n I and a 4 at the fifth, he seemed to have -’ a settled down to his best golf. A fine pitch laid him twelve feet from the pin at the sixth, but Moore’s approach putt, after emerging from the bunker, J - - overran, and though it did not stymie

Silk, the borrow was such that it was a very close thing. He hit Aloore’s ball and missed the putt, and the hole which seemed a certain 3 for him, cost him 4. Both were up on “Hillside’ with their seconds, but Silk played 0 line shc-t out of the rough to the green, and got his 5. then standing 5 up. Again at the eighth Silk’s ball hit Moore s when putting for the hole, though again it was not a stymie. A half in s’s resulted. The tenth was halved in s’s. A hook whicth Aloore developed got him into various troubles. Silk’s completed card was 75, with a 6 at the eighteenth.