SHE IS O.K.

NZ Truth, Issue 1174, 31 May 1928, Page 14

SHE IS O.K.

Girl Golf er Who Is World-beater

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Golf Correspondent.)

Miss Oliver Kay, of St. Clair Golf Club, Dunedin, has a great record for such a young player. Still m the twenties, she ranks now as a scratch player m . the Ladies' Golf Union. THIS means that if she went Home 1 .she would rank m the same class as Miss C. Leitcli and Miss Wethered and it is a feat of which New Zealand golfers should be proud. Since her entry into first-class golf, she has won over sixty trophics — not pot-hunting — but modestly defeating the best and at times better players than herself. This season she holds the Otago, Canterbury and South Canterbury provincial championships, also the Melsop, Mill and Freeth Cups, which were won at different meetings: She is also St. Clair Club champion. She has her name on the club championship cup of Whangarei three times, and has also won the Auckland provincial championship. With such a., record it is natural for her to look afield and Australia is her object. The' Australian open is' played for over medal conditions and m these circumstances Miss Kay is strongest. The Australian open has always been won on scores which Miss Kay would reckon poor. She lately holed put St. Clair m 73. FOR AUSTRALIA Her trip across the Tasman will be of great interest.- Her l-easori for representing New Zealand at Rose Bay is the outcome of a strong invitation by' a lady player of the K.W. team, who played with Miss Kay m Dunedin. ; New Zealand golfers do riot realize what a great young golfer we- have. America would be sending cables all over the world if they had such. New Zealand has one of the six lowest han-' dfoap golfers m the world m their midst and they want to wake up to the fact that her record is unique. It is not too much to expeot her to iiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

win at Middlemore and also at Rose Bay. She has met and easily defeated the best m New Zealand already and every tournament has added to her experience. ■At her age, when others are only starting to play the game, she is a veteran. " It would be a good move on the part 6f the L.G.U. of N.Z. to send across a team. of four to Australia to battle for New Zealand, for the scores returned here by the younger players such as Miss Kay and Miss Upham show that they are ahead of their Australian sisters. ■ The inter-State competitions improves play and a move as suggested by the L.G.U. would be- a step towards advancement m ladies' golf m New Zealand. Many a swing goes up like a rocket and comes down like a pick. Hdkowhitu links are about to undergo a transformation. Some £800 is to bei spent ■m bringing up the course to present championship standard, which is all for the good of the game and future play. '■; Drive .and the world drives with you, duff and you duff alone. HOW THEY DID IT The Whangarei Club have one of the .finest rules a club, could make. Some j^ears ago the club raised the subscription £1 for men and 10/6 for. ladies. With, this, they started a land purchase fund and each, year they build up this fund ,witn the,l £ 1 ana 10/6's. They now- have a substantial balance standing to the fund and if on any J year the working of the club should show a loss they borrow from their own fund and pay it back the following year with interest. In a few years they will be able to ' purchase land suitable for a course. This is one of the. finest. ideas I. have yet heard of for golf clubs. R. Mcßae recently holed but the 11th at Bernampore m one stroke. He did the necessary social honors like a man. Then M. Bird, just fpllpwing, nearly igot into a. "shout" as well. His ball from the tee was describing a lovely fade away, when it hit a golfer on the head and bounced to within two. inches of the hole— a heady shot? H. B. ,Liusk, 'during school vacation, visited the scene of former victories— r Shirley. And just to show he. could play the old love m par. he did so, the second time round — a 72. Auckland golfers' were pleased to s^e Qeff. Gunson play into, the third round of the amateur. Gunson was a methodical golfer. H. Blair, the Christchurch pro., ought to be happy' jiisV now. He has a whole host of lady junior . members, who are showing great promise. 1 He says 'they wi|l all be seniors, next" season. , Too' many hooks spoil the card. K. Guy, a player of two seasons now oh an 11 handicap 'at Palmerston, is showing ■ great ; promise. A card of .4 up Jon; bogey m a recent competition is proof that his future handicap will be much shorter. ' Wellington's ' new club— Shandon— will • have nice links to play over once they are pi-operly broken^in. The soil is good, sandy and dry, and m a few, years it will be first-class. Lock, stock, and barrel— leave packing and transport to N.Z. Express Company,; Limited. No matter how short the notice or how great the distance, possessions will .be "delivered on time, safely- and economically. Estimates given at all our offices. All work under, the care , of experts. If you get sudden notice, of trah S f eri call and see US.— N.Z. : EXPRESS : Cp,, &TD,«f