LADY GOLFERS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1252, 7 October 1911, Page 3

LADY GOLFERS.

INTERESTING PLAY AT HERETAUNGA. MISS GOULD DEFEATS MRS ORBELL. MISS BRANDON BEATS THE CHAMPION. Tho visitors who spent (ho day at Herelannga yesterday were again favoured with a glorious day and were treated lo a great' and exciting game. Tho course is in apple-pio order and presented a pretty picture from Iho Club-houso .verandah. In view of her splendid play in (ho previous rounds, .Mrs. Orbell was fully expected to win, but a whisper was going ill"-rounds that Misi Gould was a much letter golfer than nuiiiy thought, and tins was perhaps tho reason Hut (he majority of spectators followed this inatcli. Tho opsning stages saw Miss Gould'got tho load, and this she kept throughout the game. Tho most exciting part oi tho match started from the 13ththc same, as in yestenlav's mulch—and from this hole Mrs. Orbell swnied, to torgo ahead and looked Him pulling the match out of tho lire. Sho had her chance at tho IOUi bole, and her weakness in putting, which was noticeable throughout all her matches, lost: her this hole nnd probably the match also. Sho was driving with great power nnd made somn wonderful drives during tho match, while some, of her recoveries were brilliant. Miss Gould, who plays a very oasy freo game, was bitting a long ball, from which sho gets a long run. Her play Through the green was very good and her putting was sure. This part of her game "•as (o a great extent tho means of her winning a hard-fought battle; She never seems to bo doing anything brilliant or sensational; her golf is always steady and sure; her running-up shots being beautifully played. Miss Brandon again played fine golf and except that on several greens sho milled badly, her play was almost perfect. Miss Collins's play was rather scratchy and she never seemed to settle down, biit has dono well in going so far through the tourney with so little, practice. J. hat the gamo for the coveted titlo to-morrow will lie worth Boeing, there is not the slightest doubt. With both ladies dmng so well and with ti representative oi each island doing battle, it will be very interesting. This is thr second timo i>l ifs Brandon has been in tho final. On tho previous occasion she was beaten bv Mrs. Bovan by a nutt. If she can plav tlio same fiolf as she did ye.-lprdav afternoon, combined with her local kuowlodjm ot the course, sho will make a bold bid for victory; but Miss Gould, who can also produce good golf when wnntcd-as sho proved in her match with Mrs. Ov-boU-will also make a great effort to take the cup south. It will be an even rrnmo and possibly nerves may win mid osp tho itimie. In any case, it is going Ij bo a battle royal. THE CHAMPIONSHIP. RESULTS OF THE SEMI-FINALS. The following aro tho results of the semi-finals for tho New Zealand Ladies' Golf Championship:— , Miss Gould (01 ago) beat Mrs. E. Orbell GSortU Otago)'at the-19th hole. Miss I. Brandon (Wellington) beat Miss Collins (Wellington), 4 and 3. MISS GOULD AND MRS. ORRELL, Miss Gould started by topping her drive, Mrs. Orbell getting a long one, but sliced into the rushes. With her brassev ;. i S iw uW BOt a lovcl >' shot > aml Mrs. Orbell from out of tho rushes made n brilliant recovery, and the balls were lying within a yard of each other on tho edge of tho groen. Mrs. Orbell laid her shot dead, and Miss Gould, being short with her chip, missed tho putt and lost the hole, 4-5. •■■•■■

Miss Gould' , had tlio' longest drive : at the next, mid after slicing her drive, Mrs Orljell picked up a lino bnissey, and was 3ust n yard from the bunker. '.Miss Gould played short, and playing a fine masliio shot, ivas on the green six yards from the hole. Airs. Orbcll (hen shanked her approach, but followed up with ;i line chip, but Miss tiould, putting well, won the holo in s—(i. All square. Maying the third, Mrs; Ortell was hole high in the rough to the left, Miss Gould hitting a tree and bouncing to tho right, Miss Gould just got on the green, and Mrs. Orboll was also weak. Both putted to within 18 inches. Miss Gould, putting first, ran round the hole and laid Mrs. Orbell.a dead stymie, which she failed to play, aud they halved in 5.

Tho fourth and fifth were, halvcd-5 and 4.

Miss Gould got tho best ball of the Cth tee, Mrs. Orbell slicing, and got into the pot beside the sth toe. She got well out, playing to tho side, and then played a faulty brassey shot. Miss Gould, makim; no mistakes, got up lo tho green in I). Playing 2 more, Mrs. Orbell over-ran the green. Miss Gould played her next well, and inis-cd her short putt. Mrs. Orbell, putting badly, lost the hole in 8-fi. Miss Gould 1* up. The 7th saw good tee shots, and good seconds. Both played beautiful iron shots, Mis? Gould being on the green and Mrs. Orbt'll short. Their approach putts wero both .short, and Miss Gould, running down a well-hit putt, won the hole in 5-fi, Mrs. Orbcll missing her putt. Miss Gould 2 up. Mrs. Orbell hit a great shot up to within 20 yards of the big bunker at the Bth, and her second was also a great shot, reaching the old temporary green. Miss Gould mishit her 3rd, and (hen topped her 4th, while Mrs. Orbell played a lovely half-inashie right up to the green. Miss Gould overran a yawl in her fifth, and missed the next. ' Mi.-. Orbell made, a great effort for a U and won a brilliantly-played hole in S; Miss Gould 1 up.

Pressing oft' the ninth toe. Mr?. Orbell topped her ball and sut it burird in the rushes over Hie creek. Miss Gould got away a fine straight one. Mrs. Orbell then had three shots in the rushes, and failing to get out picked up, and Miss Gould won the hole and turned 2 up. Miss Gould half dulled her next drive, and Mrs. Orbcll again got in a magnificent drive, and got into the dip short of the green. Miss Gould, however, picked up a lovely brassey shot and reached the green. Mrs. Oibell with her approach overran. Both putted weakly, and the hole was halved iu 5. After good seconds and nice chip shots they both missed short put's by inches at the eleventh, and tho holo was again halved in 5. Mrs. Orbell outdrove Miss Gould at tho next, and then hooked her bvassoy into the. , rough. Miss Gould playing straight. They both approached beautifully, and I>oth tipped the holo for a 1, and halved in 5. Again straight driving at (he thirteenth, then Mrs. Orbell was short in an iron. Miss Gould played an excellent iron shot with a fine run on it and got to within three yards of the hole. Mrs. Orbell gave her putts too much strength, and Miss Gould won the holo in a flue 1 to 5; Miss Gould 3 up. Tho game, as was the case yesterday, took a change from this hole, and playing the next holo very well and holing n lovely downhill putt, Mrs. Orbcll won it in i to i, Miss Gould being short in her second and third. The short fifteenth saw Mrs. Orbel! piny a beauty 10 yards to the left of the hole, Miss Gould being just on the- edgo of tlio bank. She wns")ynig among stones, and just got the ball on the green, playing 2 more. Sho was again too short, and Mrs. Orbell, putting fine, won tlio holo in a Hue It to a 5. Miss Gould 1 up. At tho sixteenth Mrs.'. Orbell lost her chance of tho match. Alter getting another tremendous long drive she played a nioo lntifhie on the green, Miss Gould overrunning in her second. Miss Gould, giving her long putt a chance, overran four l'ect. Mrs. Or boll having a live-feet putt played a foot past and Miss Gould holed her putt for 1. Mrs. Orbell then missed tho foot pull, which hit the holo and ran round and • practically lost her tho match. Miss Gould, dormy 2.

After lliss Gould got a. flno drive to the 17th. Mrs. Orbcll not in another long liiill well up to the hvmlicr, "'hich eho followed by a very fin« approach right up to the Hag. .Miss Gould was just over Ilio bunker in 2 and duffed her .ippronch. She. then ovor-ran tho. hole and missed tho putt back, but laid Mrs. Orbcll a stymie. Slio played safo and won tlio .hole iA 5~6 4 W&.fiPSld dormj.-3U

Both got away fine drive?, Mrs. Ortacll , again getting well on (o hers, ami was almost in tlio bunker Inside tho rushes. -Miss Gould lopped her 2nd which jumped over Iho hunker. Mrs.-Orbell hall-topped an iron, but got a good result, almost' reaching (.ho green. With !ier lird Misa Gould was far too strong and not iulo Iho long grass past tlio hole to flio left. Aβ sho was lying in a heap of cut grass sho was allowed to lift and drop, but sho played her next clean over tho green. J'liiying 2 jiioro she rnn up close to tho hole. Mrs. Orhel], having 2 for flic hole, played..pafe ami, squared Iho match by winning (ho liolc in a . !j. Among the largo "gallery" excitement was at fever pilch ns Iho players went b decide the match at (ho Mb liolo film liiiif-li). But tho players took things quiln coolly, As they walked to the teo chatting to each other on tho way, olio could almost have heard a pin drop as Mrs. Or--bell look up her .stand to drive. The spectators expected nerves would tell, and tops would be the result-; but: they woro wrong, lor Ijolli got awav cscellen't * hots and followed by putting lovely iron shots just on tho jfi-pcii, clo>« in oacli other. Mrs. Orbi-U played lier 3rd 2 yards lo (Jin loft of the pin, and Miss Gould was blightlr nearer (ho holo lo Iho right. Mrs. Orbell then gave, her putt a good chance and ran over the hole six inchr*. Miss Gould, alter studying her putt, made no mistake, and holed it, winning a ureal , mivlch by 1 hole. The spectators relieved of the stYain and excitement, broke into loud and long applauso and (hen made towards tho Clublioviso for lunch, o-acli discussing tho "it's" and "might have beenV of the match.

MISS BRANDON V. MISS COLLINS. Both .started oft vyith lino drive.?. Mis* Collins then sliced into tho wins bunker guarding the green, while Miss Brandon got her brassev shot on the green. Misa Collins K ot well out in 3 and putt her fourth dswl. Miss Brandon putted short and then holing a 4ft. putt drew first blood, 4—r>. Miss Collins won tlio second G—7—alL square. The third Was halved in 5. Again tho river apparently had a fascination for Miss Collins, who pulled her tee into it, Miss Brandon sweeping away a fino long ball. Miss CoUins's escond tee shot was a good one, but her third was again pulled nearly into tho gorso on the nveii'bank. Miss Brandon was on in 2 and was within a ynrd of tho hole in 3, but , she missed and took 5, winning tho holo toMiss Gollins's G. Miss Brandon 1 up. At tlio next, after long sliced drives, : Miss Collins topped her mashic, but it ran on tho green, Both took 2 putts and/ halved iu 4. Miss Brandon pulled and Miss Collins sliced fit the iiftlL, and tho seconds wero apiu pulled and sliced. Miss Brandon played a lovoly mashio shot just on to tlio green. Miss Collins made a bad chip in her fonrlh, aud Miss Brandon rcnuiriu" 3 putts they halved in 6. Good play going -to the eighth with wood saw them on tho green in 4. Miss Collins ran up to within 3 feet of tho. hole, and holed out. while Miss Brandon again taking 3 putts lost tho holo in i—o. . . . Miss Collins aijain topped into the creek and Miss Brandon got behind tho trees to the right. Miss Collins did not got too good a thot with her third off the too, aud Miss Brandon, playing a lovely cut approach, then took 3 putts, but won the 1 holo in 5-G, Miss Collins failing to holo her putt, Miss Brandon turning 2 up. ( After a good drive at tbo tenth Miss Brandon hit her mashio shot right off tho too of tho club, and tho ball scooted at right angles to tbo intended lino of ilight. Miss Collins, who sliced into tho rough, sent away a very fino shot which had bad- luck in hitting the big (too and coming back. She topped her next:, while Miss Brandon played a beauty closo up t'o the pin. Miss Collins then played a nico mashio shot', but lost the hole. s—ti. Miss Brandon 3 up; l'iuo drives and seconds were made to the next hole and Miss Brandon overran the hole in her 3rd, Miss Collins being short. Bad putting look place on. the green, both taking 3 putts. Miss Collins missing a 2-footer they halved in G. Good wooden piny was followed by 2 excellent iron shots on the green. Miss Coljins was short in her , long putt awl missed the short one. Miss ' Brandon,' getting down in 2, won the holo in 5—6., Miss Brandon 1 up. Again correct play off tho tee, Miss Collins getting a iino 2nd on the edgo of the green. Miss Brandon' half'Voppetl her 2nd, but played a perfect inashie to within 2 yards of Iho hole. Miss-Coll ins made a bad approach nnd they-'half in 5 all. ■ ■ ■ —

Miss Collins Rot ltor brnssio filiot' riprlit on tlio Hth, -Mis-s .Brandon, being short, and half-topped licr 2nd,but,it"run to within 8 foot of the hole. Miss Collins, however, made no mistake, .and lny donil, winning in 3—l. Hiss Brandon, 3 np. Tho bank hole saw Miss. Collins 100 show; ami she found the bunker guardiug t'ho green, Miss Brandon beingi in th? centre. Miss Collins: just .pot out a' fewyards and her 3rd over-ran 2 yards. Mis* Brandon iml!e<l to within • 2 feet, and holing- a. 3 to Miss Collins'*) 5, won the hole and inalch by 1 nnd 3.

Miss Collins's play was very slack nnd she, was inclined to slice off tho tee, but ''or approach work on occasions was very fine Miss Brandon, played beautiful golf and her only mistakes were on the green, when she took .1 putts too often. CORONATION MEDAL, Tile following are the results of the Coronation Alctlal contest:—

S7 TEAMS MATCH. The loams match wns van b.v XorHi Tw laud by 23 strokes. Tlio follow ing arc tbfl scores:— Xortli Island. Miss A. I'earre S8 Mrs. G. Williams 87 Miss Wray ~ S7 Mrs. licvan .1 !),? Miss I(. Brandon So Miss Collins Ill) Total 530 South Island. Miss Wood DO Miss Wilson R8 ' Mrs. Humphreys ...; ni Mrs. Orbcll '.... >n Miss 'V.mpbpll „ I), , ) Mrs. UnvlHiaw M Total .. 553 MELLSOP CUP. I Tlio Mellsop Cnp resulted as follmvs:-» Mts. Guy 'Williams, first 2iH Miss Wray, second , CSS Miss L. Brandon, third 2CG PUTTING COMPETITION. On Thursday the putting rouipotitloa was won by Mrs. Abraham, nml on Friday by lire. Soifcrt. TO-DAY'S PLAY. To-day nt 1 p.m. tire finals of fin than , . pionship ovent' w>ll bo played bi\\t>fii Afiss L. Brandon (Wellington) and ilisa Gould (Otago). Tho prizte will bo pncscnlod at 3.30 p.m. at tlio Club-liouso by liis Excellency tho Governor, A oonsolation Bopoy will Iw jlaywl {a:

I Gross. II'p. Xf-t. Mrs. V. AnriPrstin W *2 OS Mrs. W. Cotter Ill 15 7« Mifs Ornv !W IS 7R 1>. Cox !fi 17: 78 Mrs. Donald W 1!> 78 Air?. Uuckley sn in 7H . Mis* SUimiisli M i:i 7r> Mrs. "Watkins 101, 25 T9 The best gross scores were::— Miss Ii. Urandon , ...' $5 Mi f s Wrny H7 Mrs. Williams S7 Mis-? A. Toarco S8 .Miss WilMin !••» TIip medal was won liy -Mrs. P. Andcn pen, and I lie prize for Ix-pt Rruss score was won by Miss I,. Urandon. Tliu iollowing are t'lio. detailed scores:— Miss HrandoH— Out i s "iino n r. 1-12 In J 5 " .'1 J I 5 5 1-13 Miss Wraj— Out r> fi S 5 " 7 r> C 5-15 In j 5 (i 0 1 3 1 5 5—12 S7 Mrs. WilliamsOut 5 5 1 ."1 3 5 7 7 1-15 J11 1504 1555 5—li