CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF.

Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16096, 20 September 1924, Page 2

CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF.

N.Z. LADIES' TOURNAMENT. CORONATION MEDAL. The best cards in the Coronation Medal Handicap, decided yesterday, •were: — .:' . .. Miss O. Kay (Whangarei), 87—12 —75. -, . - ' - . '• Mrs Clark (Thames), 95—19—76. Mrs Bannister < Maungakieke), -92 Miss Cotterill (Christchurch), 94 15—79. .' •Mrs :G. Williams (Wellington), 83 -^4—79. Mrs Miller " (Paeroa), 98—19 —79, Miss Bristed (.Christchurch), 88—9 :_T9- '"- ■ ■■"" - -- - ' 'Miss Wheelan (Miramar); 92—13 --79. . Miss Cooper (Auckland), 87—8—. •79. ' ... ' •. ~. •: Mjss Gato (Napier), 89—9-—BG. ■Mrs Collinsoh (Manawatu);,B6" 6—Bo. . : ; / L.G.U. CHALLENGE BOWL. • / ' ' • —! : •On Monday the medal round for the L.G.U. Challenge Bowl will be played, after those in the championship are away. The draw for the L.G.U. Challenge Bowl is as follows.:—- .. L.G.U. Challenge Bovvf. Mrs Arthur (7) v. Miss Seifert ..(9),; Miss Buddie (15) v. Miss Hally (14) j Miss Turton (14) v. Miss Culling (11); Miss West (14) v., ■■ Mrs Hay (11); Mrs Hunger (14) . y. -Miss Marion Macfarlane (15); Miss Lucas (12) v. Mrs Ward. (1:1); Miss Gotterill . (15) v. Mrs Marshall (13)'; Mrs Dufaur (13) v. :Miss ;/S.'- ; 7Mackay' (16); Miss Wilkinson (19>.! v, Mrs Alison (15); Mrs Bush (16) v. Miss Gould (16); Miss Lewis. (17) v.. Mrs Guy (20 ); Mrs Meikle (i 9<) • v. ■ Mrs Wilson (18); Mrs Dargaville (1$) v Miss R. Brown (18); Mrs Clarke (18) v. Miss , White-Parsons (17); Miss Bloomfleld (17) v. Mrs Reynolds (19); Mrs Bannister (13) v. Miss Wily (1-8) ; Miss Banks ('1'8) v. Miss Cameron (20). .; '' The following pairs will play in the order in which they are available from their championship rounds: Mrs Orbell (4) v. Mrs Bray (8); Mrs Slack (2) v. Miss Cato (8); Miss Gambrill (2) v. Miss Cooper (8); Miss McCormick (10) v. Mrs G. Williams (4.);. Miss Bristed (9) v. Miss S. Payton (10); Mrs Peake ('8) v. Miss Snodgrass ( ; 5); Mrs ■■ Grace (7')- v ; ---Mrs-. Pumphrcy (5); Miss Chrystall (G>' v. Mrs Collinson (6);- Miss Carter (7) v. Miss E. Brown (3) ;-Miss Bell (6.) v. Miss M.' Payton (4); Mrs' Spiers (7) -v. MriS B,lytlie" £5) i-.jMrs"; Cook (6) v. Miss . Jcrvis (5); Miss Brandon (6) v. Mrs Dodgshun (4); Miss Aebeson (6j v, Mrs Weston (11); Mrs ioyce (15) v. Mrs Gardiner (12,); Miss Upton (12) v. Miss Tingey (—) ; Miss Wheeler (13) v. Mrs R. Bell (12); Miss Easton (12) v. Mrs llatligan. (12) ; Miss Marjorie Macfarlane (13) v. Miss' Kay (10). Playing for special prize: Miss Re id (20; v. Mrs Storey (20); Miss Henderson (20) v. Miss Rimmer (20); Miss D. Mackay (20) v. Mrs Fen ton (2D); Miss Price (20-) v. Miss -T. Brown (20); Mrs Clendon (20) v. Miss Ring (20); Miss Roberton (20) v. Another.

FAIRWAY AND GREEN, KOTES ON PLAY AND PLAYERS. (By "Niblick.") The annual meeting of rne delegates to the New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union will be hold at 8 o'clock on Monday evening in the Farmers' Union rooms, Hood Street; The tournament now in session is the 28th held under the auspices of the New .Zealand.Ladies' Golf Union, and the first occasion on which Hamilton has been honoured with the conduct of it. The patron of the Hamilton Ladies' Club (Mrs..J. W. Ellis), the president (Mrs ll.' Douglas), the secretary. (Miss Stevens), and the various officials associated with them in the conduct of the tournament are to be complimented on the smooth running arrangements for the biggest festival of the season in ladies' golf circles, in the. Dominion. ...

For starting day the only fly in the . ointment was the weather. The rain of the few days prior to the tournament starting militated against the most successful results in attention to fairways, and greens,; but every opportunity was being seized on yesterday to bring these appointments up to as near concert pitch as' possible"/ Now that the weather, has" taken, up the progress, for the best/in this connection'is very rapid, , ~.; ':.".:'

Mls's O. Kay. who returned'the best net? card in the Coronation Medal Handicap, secures that trophy, which is to be held by the club to which she belongs, while the winner receives a replica in miniature. Miss Kay also secures the short handicap prize in. this competition. Mrs Clark and Mrs Bannister tied for the long handicap honour yesterday, and play off in competition with the first bogey handicap to-day. The gross score prize was secured by Mrs Guy Williams. Miss Eva Brown, the winner of the title 12 months ago, had a walk-over-, in the first round of the champion-: ship. She will require to produce her very best golf if she is to retain the honours, hut if Miss Brown strikes her game she promises to keep the best of her challengers busy.

Mrs Guy Williams, who has a noteworthy record in connection with the championship and tlie game in this country, has quickly approached very near to her best play and promises to be one of the hardest io beat'in the test for the highest honours. The gross /card of Bi 3 yesterday from the four handicap mark was good when the bogey 79 for the course is surveyed. Miss Gambrifl has been playing some good golf in the South of late, aftd the Wellington representative, if she strikes her game early, promises to be in the running for the title. She shares with Mrs Slack, of Cambridge, the shortest handicap (2) of the contestants for Dominion honours. Mrs Slack had a very keen tussle With the Aucklander, Miss Cooper, yesterday, the game going to the last green for a decision. Her short game, was a factor towards Mrs Slack's success in (tie match. At the J3tii she holed n magnificent, putt from some six yards or thereabouts. Another keen struggle was provided in tho first round of the championship by .Miss .fcrvis, a Ilutt representative, and Miss Seifert, of Manavvatu. The latter is a player who has shown rapid improvement in tier coif I his season, having reduced her handicap from 22 to 12. The game seesawed practically throughout. Tho 16th was a very costly hole for Miss .lervis, which brought mattrrs all square, but the latter look the last two in a neck and neck tussle. One of the features of the golf yesterday was the success nf (he Whangarei player. Miss 0. Kay, in the Coronation Medal. Miss Kayis the youngest player at the tourna-

ment, and is yet only in her teens. If her golf keeps on improving as it has been doing she promises to go far as a golfer. It is noteworthy that Miss Kay had her first grounding in the game at St. Andrew's, where her father was caretaker for some time, round about the period of the New Zealand men's championships, when J. H. Kirkwood was over from Australia and annexed the open and the professional titles, while Sloan Morpeth, a local product, was all conquering among the amateurs of 1920.

To hole out in one is always an outstanding performance in golf. This rara: avis was achieved at St. Andrew's yesterday by Miss Cotterill, of Christchurch. Playing with Mrs Weston, of Wellington, in the Coronation Medal round, Miss Cotterill achieved this noted distinction from the tee at the short 14th. This is the familiar hole on the hilltop which so .often proves the undoing of many. The distance on the ladies' championship course from tee to pin is 80 yards. It was also a further noteworthy feat that Mrs Weston was credited with a two for the same hole against the bogey three. To satisfy several enquiries it wilL be interesting to,give the relative distances of the men's championship course at St. -Andrew's as compared with that over'which the ladies are now playing for the title. The full distance - of the men's course is 6407 yards, which, is 1182 yards in excess of the distance from the first tee to the 18th hole ever which the ladies play. In' each; instance the seventh is :the longest hole and the 14th the shortest.; the-former being 521 yards over the men's course and the latter 116 yards, while 510 yards and 80 yards" are the respective distances of .the-'seventh and 14th now being 'played. The men's bogey is"4o out home, and the ladies' 40 out vand:-39 for the return journey. '■ The. North and South Island contest which is to take place at the weekend is creating marked interest, and the expectancy is that it will produce good golf. ' This is a team's match of six aside and will be decided without handicap over 18 holes. The members of the winning team will receive trophies presented by the New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union. *' '"'■'■ In addition -to-the third round of the' championship on Monday there will be the L.G.U. Challenge Bowl match. This is a handicap medal round over 18 holes. The trophy was won last year by Miss Turton, Of Miramar. The winner of the coming contest, who must have a handicap of 20 or less earned on three scores, will hold for ..the year the ..Challenge •Bowl'presented to ; New Zealand by the English L.G.U., and will .also-receive a replica of it, presented by the New -Zealand,Ladies'. Golf Union. At the same time a trophy, open to all players' except the winner of the Challenge Bowl, will be played for and a trophy for the best scratch score. THE ROTORUA FINAL. ROTORUA, Friday. The Botorua Golf Championship was decided to-day, A. D. S. Duncan (Wellington) defeating H. B. Lusk (Auckland), 8 up and 7 to play, after a brilliant exposition of the game. Lusk played fine golf, but in face of Duncan's form his defeat was inevitable. WANGANUI CHAMPIONSHIP. WANGANUI, Friday. The final of the Golf Championship was won by Goss, who beat Hussey, 4 up and 3.