MATCHES IN DETAIL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 10, 5 October 1937, Page 8

MATCHES IN DETAIL

The match between Mrs Hollis and Miss Hutton attracted- a large gallery and provided them with plenty of interest throughout the whole seventoen holes of play. The first hoJe went to Myn Hutton in 4 to Mrs Hollis 't 5, folicrwed by six sucpessive halves in 5 5 4 4 4 3. Mrs Hollis won the eiglith in 5 to 6, where Miss Hutton got a poor 4riv« and found a bunker with her third. . She captured the, 9th, 4 to 5, to stand one up at the turn. The tenth was halved iu fours, but Mrs Hollis again squared the match at the 11th where she was lucky in just missing the tree to the left, which s£e fouled during the foursomes the previous day. The Terrace, the twelfth, was halved in even fonrs, then the Return was won fey Mrs Hollis, who was nicely on in two with Miss Hutton a little short to

be on in three to three-putt for a 6. Mrg Hollis holed in five after playing sa±e with her llrst putt to avoid knocking her opponent's ball. Mrs Hollis then won the short fourteenth, 3 to 4. Miss Hutton was too strong from the tee and found the hollow to the right of the green. Mrs Hollis now stood 2 up and four to play. Miss Hutton was not to be demed and wou a bole back at the pah in four to livfi, where Mrg Hollis just failed to sink a six-footer for a half. Two good dnves and seconds to open tp the green at the 19th; Miss Hutton, playing first, was on the front edge of the green with her approach. Mrs Hollis playing too strong and narrowly missing a bunker was a yard through in the rough, but her luck holding to her she sank a 40 foot run in for 4. Miss Hutton pulted up weil from 25 feet to within a ioot of the hole to lose 4 to„5. Mrs Hollis was now dormy two and the end came with a half in threes at the 17th.

Miss Betts (Nelson) won her match against Miss Horwell- (Timaru) by three up and two to play. Miss Horwell won tlie iirst lour to five and Ihe next three iioies were halved for Miss Horwell to again win nt the rti'th and sixtb to staud three up. The bhort. was halved in three. Miss Betts timn picked up two holes at the eighth and • nintb to staud onJy one down at the , turn. She coufinued on with her gooa ; work, playing very steady goli and won three more, making hve auceessive wins to stand two up. Miss Horwell's turn came at the 13th which she won 5 to 6 and the short fourteenth was halved in threes. Miss Betts tlien asserted herself once more to win the loth four to fivo and the 16th in five to six and end the game three and two. Miss Horwell played the better at the gtart but JHiss Betts came on her game after the first five boles and gave her opponent no ciiance. Miss Tolhurst (Royal Melbournci won her match with Mrs. 0. Wilson (Hutt) who put up a stubborn struggle, by four to three. Mrs. Wilson won the iirst hole with a iour to a five and the nest five holes were halved. -Miss Tolhurst then won three holes in succession. to stand oue up at the 9th., where she stymed Mrs. Wilson. The latter tried to hole out for g hali, but knocked her opponent's ball in and •uifered a Ioss. The tentk also went |p Miss Tolhurst jn three to four.

four 6, when Tolhurst's The end came at the fourteenth. Mrs. Wilson's drive lodged in a tree to the left of the fairwaj and failed to dislodge forcing her to play another from the tee. Even so, she only lost the hole by four tb five, but the game ended there, with Miss Tolhurst four Up and three to play. The game betneen Mrs. Morpeth, Royal Melbourne, and Miss Helean, Hastings, developed into a dour struggle, going to the nineteeth before Miss Helean gained a victory by one up. As the other games finished this pair captured the interest of a gallery of about 200 to follow them over the last few holes. The first hole was halved in fours, Miss Helean just clearing the big poplar with her approach to the green. Mrs. Morpeth pulled her drive at the second and had an awkward shot near the fence as a result and was short of the green. Miss Helean 's drive kicked up on to the terrace and she gained the green with her second and down in two putts won the hole 4 to 5. Both got good drives at the Ridge but kept each other company down the bank to the right to be on with nice pitehes for threcs. Mrs Morpheth holed in five to

Miss Helean 's six. Miss Helean won the River in 3 to 4 to take the lead again but Mrs. Mprpeth, winning the next. three holes and halving the 8th, " Shirley 's, ' ' was two up at tbat stage. Miss Helean then won the ninth to turn one down and to be two down after the tenth wliich Mrs. Morpeth won four to five. A win to Miss Helean at the 1.1th in 4 to 5 and one to Mrs. Morpeth at the Terrace saw the latter still two up. Miss Helean then came to light and won three holes in a row to take the lead. The game then stood in her favour 1 up and three to play. At the sixteenth both played poor drives but recovered well with their brassies and were on the green in threes. Two putts each, Mrs. Morpth from 40 feet and Miss Helean from 10 feet saw a half in fiveS. At the 16th over the road Miss Helean was on the rise off the green to the left 40 feet from the pin with Mrs. Morpeth on the front edge of the green, both rau in well for a half in threes. Dormy one to Miss Helean. 4 Two beautiful drives at the 18th for Miss Helean to find a bunker on the left of the green and Mrs. Morpeth on the green just escaping it. Miss Helean outed well with her explosion and with two putts was down in 5. Mrs. Morpeth with two putts also took the hole and the game had to go on to the 19th. Two lovely drives again with Miss Helean hugging the tree a little. M*s. Morpeth played first and found sthe green 20 feet from the pin. Miss Helean played a beautiful high pitch- right over the outstanding branches of the poplar to land on the green within a yard of the pen. Mrs. Morpeth overran her putt a little and Miss Helean making no mistake sank hers and won 'the match. Both were playing beautiful fairway shots with Miss Helean slightly shiiding her opponent but on the whole there was very little cnargin in their play either way. a