AUSTRALIAN WOMEN DOMINATE FOURSOMES IN N.Z. GOLF TOURNEY

Wanganui Chronicle, 4 November 1949, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN DOMINATE FOURSOMES IN N.Z. GOLF TOURNEY

INVERCARGILL, Last Night (PA) ■ —Six hard-hitting, keen-eyed young Australians scooped the pool today by sharing honours in the New Zealand women’s golf foursoqies championship played on the Invercargill Golf Club’s links at Otatara.

The winning pair was Misses J. I. Fletcher and J. E. Percy two young Queenslanders, who led the field with a magnificent 76. Close behind them were the rest of the Australian team. The New South Wales representatives, Misses B. Cheney and P. Borthwick, were home in 78 alter suffering almost inexcusable putting lapses in the last three "holes which may have cost them the Dominion title. The third Australian pair. Miss B. Kernot (Victoria) and the youthful Miss M. Bishop, champion of West Australia, divided second place in the foursomes, also returning 78, a round which was remarkable for uniformity and its attention to bogey figures. Only at the 423-yard eight hole did they stray from par by more than one stroke. The Australians played outstanding golf, overshadowing the leading New Zealanders in stroke making, length and finesse. Miss Shand and Mrs Dolan, the Otago contenders, played the best round for New Zealand, with the former title holders, Misses Claire Smith and Zoe Hudson. Both finished the course in 80. Mrs FullertonSmith and Mrs Bail returned 81. The 1948 champions, Mrs Hollis and Miss Buchanan, crashed and tailed to return a card. A handicap played in conjunction with the foursomes was won by Misses Percy and Fletcher, with a net 73. Misses Kernot and Bishop, 74, Misses Shand and Dolan 75, Misses Smith and Hudson 76, and Misses Cheney and Borthwick 75 were next. SCORES IN THE FOURSOMES Misses Percy and Fletcher (Australia) 76, Misses Cheney and Borthwick (Australia) 78, Misses Kernot and Bishop (Australia) 78, Miss Shand and Mrs Dolan SO, Misses C. Smith and Z. Hudson 80, Mrs FullertonSmith and Mrs Ball 81, Mrs Murray and Mrs Crombie 82, Miss M. Hughes and Mrs Steel 83, Mrs Hutchinson and Miss Guest 83, Misses Duncan and Hodges 84. Miss Ruinerford and Mrs Andrews 84, Miss K. Johnston and Mrs Hawkes 87. Mrs Cullen and Mrs L. W. Smith 87, Miss Nash and Mrs Cliff 87, Miss Stewr.rt and Mrs Glanvllle 87, Mrs Lawless and Miss North 88, Mrs Mac Diarmid and Mrs Day 89 Mrs Andrew and Mrs Henley 89, Miss O'Sullivan and Mrs Hastedt 89, Mrs Jacobson and Miss McCallum 90, Misses Nutt and White-Parsons 91, Mrs Glennie and Mrs Homan 91, Mrs Harris and Mrs Anderson 94, Mrs Coxhead and Mrs Curtis 96, Miss Vivian and Mrs Twytord 97, Miss Gilkison and Mrs Hanan 97, Mrs Wight and Mrs Osborne 98, Mrs Lusk and Mrs Hain 99, Mrs Burnett and Mrs Burrows 99. .