LADIES’ GOLF

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20576, 13 August 1938, Page 17 (Supplement)

LADIES’ GOLF

HAMILTON CLUB PLAY HORTON CUP MATCHES The Hamilton Ladies’ Golf Club experienced another very* wet day for their Wednesday match. The fates seem to think that Thursday would be a better day for the weekly matches, for, as often happens, a very line Thursday followed the wintry conditions of Wednesday. However, there was no doubt about the sort of weather that was to prevail on Wednesday so that the Horton Cup matches were postponed quite early in the day. The players are now playing their matches at times to suit themselves and several good matches were played on Thursday, all of them being won by very narrow margins. The hardest match was that between Mrs Mills and Mrs Brewis, both of whom played better than their handicaps to finish all square in the morning. They re-played their match in the afternoon, Mrs Brewis being the winner. Others who so far have played and won are: — Mrs Worley, who- won from Mrs Blundell, Miss Masters from Mrs Mark, Mrs Booth from .Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Joy from Mrs Luckie, Mrs O’Connor from Mrs S. Bennett, Mrs Hooker from Mfs C. Taylor. Foursomes Games Mrs Brewis has had a s-uccessful week as Mrs Arthur and she played super-golf in the semi-final of the foursomes and are now to contest the final with Mrs McDonald and Mrs C. Bennett. In the first 9 holes they had a score of 41 and as this is to a 10 handicap and their average handicap is 18 no opponents could have stood up to them on that day. The final of the consolation foursomes will be played on Monday between Mrs Savage and Mrs F. Taylor and Mrs Mills and Mrs Mark. As all these players are right on their game it should be a very tight match. Handicaps and Reductions So many C grade players earned their handicaps at the end of the 1937 season that this year the G grade is practically non-existent. Some of the new members have qualified for this grade by returning 3 scores but they tarry in it but a short time afid proceed to swell the ranks of the handicapped division. The latest recruits are Mrs Qualtrough, who has earned a 28, and Mrs Gamble who has earned a 35. These were both earned on Thursday. In the L.G.U. competition played last week, Miss Cowern, a Saturday player, returned a nice 89. This does not reduce her 19 handicap, but she now needs only a 91 to become a senior. A Strange Occurrence On Monday a lady player was playing out of the rough wnen her bail ilew backwards, landed on the nape of her neck, rolled into the loose collar of her pullover and continued into her underclothes. No amount of shaking would send it down so it had to be lifted out. There has been quite 'a discussion as to what penalty she should pay. Of course she takes a 2 penalty tor hitting herself, but some have said that there should be a further penalty of 2 for removing the ball from an unplayable lie. This argument is wrong as the wording of the rule about moving an unplayable ball is that “a ball may be moved from any part of the course.” and the plajer is not part of the course. The truth is that the ball had come to rest in a moving object and could be removed from thjs, or another dropped, without penalty. Slow Players Again It has been reported that a fourball game objected to letting a 2-ball game go through. For their objection they advanced several reasons not one of which will hold water. The only thing to be considered is that slow players must let quicker players through and a 2-ball game must be quicker than a 4-ball, unless the latter is composed of top rank seniors and even they would probably be slower than any couple travelling at a normal rate. Players are very foolish to give themselves a reputation for slowness and obstinacy as it will sooner or later recoil on themselves. The putting prize for July was won by Mrs Mander with a score of twelve. She has been in the picture each month, but this is her first win.