CHEVIOT GIRL WINS GOLF FINAL

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30957, 13 January 1966, Page 13

CHEVIOT GIRL WINS GOLF FINAL

The Cheviot girl, Miss M. Ensor, beat Miss R. Bennett (New South Wales), 4 and 2, in the final of the matchplay tournament, featuring juniors from New Zealand and New South Wales, at Waitakiri yesterday.

Miss Ensor, who began by putting badly, gained a clear superiority over the last eight holes. Two up after 12, Miss Ensor chipped well to win the thirteenth, and then sank a 7ft downhill putt for a birdie at the fourteenth, to be dormie four. Miss Bennett was back a

hole at the fifteenth after Miss Ensor had landed in a bunker. However, she was an inch short for a birdie at the sixteenth and then watched Miss Ensor roll in an Bft putt for a birdie and the match. Straighter woods and irons made Miss Ensor look the better player. She hit a very flat trajectory for the tee, but some of her fairway woods failed to get off the ground. Slight Player However, the 18-year-old Miss Bennett, a very slight player, appeared to be about to fall over backwards when playing a wood, so great was her backswing. She got a good length but was often on the edge of the fairway. She had played a brilliant 73, two over par, in the morning, and looked to be a little tired in the final. Neither player had much trouble to win her semi-final in the morning, both by a margin of 4 and 3. The teams will play 18 holes at Amberley today, before beginning the test at Shirley. Results: — Semi-finals.—M. Ensor (N.Z. 1) beat A. August (N.Z. 1), 4 and 3: R. Bennett (N.S.W.) beat R. Wright (N.S.W.), 4 and 3. , Final.—Ensor beat Bennett, 4 and 2. Flight.—Semi-finals: H. Mowat (N.Z. 2) beat D. Fitzgerald (N.Z. 2), at the nineteenth; B. MeTaggart (N.Z. 1) beat L. Walker (N.Z. 2), 6 and 5. Final: Mowat beat MeTaggart, 2 and 1.