GOLF L.G.U. Medal Match To Mrs. Wilkins

Grey River Argus, 7 September 1948, Page 6

GOLF L.G.U. Medal Match To Mrs. Wilkins

The senior division of the September L.G.U. medal match played ny the Greymouth Women’s Golf dun at Kaiata on Saturday,:' was won oy Mrs Wilkins, 92/14/78. Miss D. Blair, 97/17/80 was next best scorer. Results:—" Junior division: —Mrs A. Hutchison 92/19/73; Miss P. Bond 113/36/77; Mrs H. Brown 111/32/79; Mrs C. Neville 103/24/79. ’ ■ A one-club match for Mrs J. S. Ro- ■ trophy will be played at Kaiata on Wednesday. The draw is: Mrs Hooper and Miss Moore; Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Logan; Mrs Robertson and Mrs Patton; Mrs Murdoch and 'Mrs Heaphy; Mrs Hanan and Mrs A. Smith; Mrs Chivers and Mrs McKay; Miss Munson and Mrs Meldrum; Mrs Ryan and Mrs McKane; Mrs Neville and Mrs Boustridge; Mrs Lambert and Miss Kells; Mrs J. C. Smith and Miss Bond; Mrs Thorpy and Mrs Bluett; Mrs Hutchison and Mrs Gilbert; Mrs A. K. Smith and Miss Hay-MacKenzie; Mrs Kitchingham and Mrs Wallis. The third and final round of the Caulton'Trophy competition for C division players will also be played on Wednesday. The draw is:—Mrs Head and Mrs Stopforth; Mrs Stirton and Mrs Nixon; Mrs Thompson and Mrs Jef coate: Mrs Stewart and Mrs James; Mrs Taylor and Mrs Parfitt; Mrs Ray and Mrs Orbell; Mrs Crookes and'Mrs Mclntyre; Miss McDonnell and Mrs McNulty.

Australian Side SYDNEY, Sept. >6. The New South Wales team to meet New Zealand on the AustralianGolf Club’s course on September -18 is H. W. Hatterslev (captain), A. N. Waterson. J. Prendergast ,T. Tanner, and K. Enderby (emergency); OVERSEAS CONTESTS NEW YORK, Sept. 5. Willie Turnesa, the youngest of the famous golfing family of seven brothers, to-day won the American amateur golf chamnionship at Memnhis. Tennessee, for the second time. He beat Ray Billows, a fellow New Yorker, 2 up and 1, in the 36-hole final. Turnesa, who won the British title in 1947, last held the American championshin in 1938. LONDON, Sept. 5. The Australian, Norman von Nida playing in his first tournament since an' operation for sinus trouble, won the Lotus £l5OO golf tournament' at the Royal Mid-Surrey course, Richmond. He had third and fourth rounds of 66 each, and his aggregate for the 72 holes, was 271. Dai Rees, with 273, was second, and Max Faulkner, with 275, was third, Von Nida’s performance was a splendid one. It was achieved amid storms, rain, thunder and lightning over a 6405yard course. Charles Ward won the Vardon Trophy competition for the golfer with the season’s lowest average, with 71.29 strokes a round. Von Nida was second with 71.35,- ar.d Dai Rees third, with 71.42.