ROSE BAY 77

NZ Truth, Issue 1184, 9 August 1928, Page 14

ROSE BAY 77

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.' ■■■..-} ■.•v, v 7T7T~ I . ■■•.-,•: ; ' -• (From ' 'fNiZ: ' Truth's" ; Special . Golf ■':.,■ >Correspphd,ent.^ ; :y;V ; Dunedin's girl golfer, soon ' showVcf her best -fbrni m . Australia. ■ .In-! the qualifying rb.unds . for' the open .'championship, „• Miss-' Kay ha'nde'd'.jh r v;af. ; cgrd '^.^TTi'a score . wh|cK"' r .l»ro]isii'r;'jihe:.'-'>'ecppd'V'for.-the ' .courae.-;'.' :.'{^S: .-VU'' 0 : '. ■. , •. QOI^JG , out^ljep score Vwas not brilliarit, her .'short game being faulty. Once turned for/ home, however, sin reeled off figures which Hagen wouki be ptoud of.; / ■ Her' inward' half of 35 was four undo par; to beat/ old- man par by four strokes is .'a,inazihg, and for a girl, brilliant. ,Th"c. conditions are troubling 'the'-'-New. ' Zealand placers and Miss ICay ;• is\ th^'onjy ? pjayet 1 to represent the ppmiriiph! m the open which is Played this. week- .: • ' • ,Exr-New>Zealanders m Miss Green (Dunedin) ! an(i Mrs. Slack (Cambridge) have; shown form at the meeting- and have assisted : '-Miss' Kay and: Co. with their local, ■ knowiedge of the course which is long,: difficult aiid- arduous. . HAS EVERY CHANGE Ttje open • is. played for by three rounds medal play and J by finishing second m tiie/ qualifying .stages, Miss Kay 'Has eyip^y chance of fulfilling all that has ■;b.l? > ejrt' i -:- 1 - lexp.ected-V';.qf":'her.;I exp.ected-V' ; .qf":'her.; m these jqolunuisj; •-: X. ■'■}. U ■'■ ■■:''■' ' '...>, Chaihipionsiiip time -.is; drawing near and the: tq^Vnptc|iei*».'far.e'.':bqgihning to open put; j Slp^n. • , Jiorp^th trotted Vqund ; Titirangi ' :' recentl y, • ' iin 64. To keep. him company m the; sixties, Kapi j .Tareh'ahad a day put at Napier and m a coriipetition he returned a ''69 which cohs.titutes; a.recprd 'for the Kapl is always ihteresting! to watch. His bieautif til swing and f baltii^ce Is the very 'poetry qf golf ■':' . * • /, . . Christchurch is leaping ahead m golf ' iarjd ', is now considering- a municipal course. ' Tjie recent/ new, course at> Russey is making great headway and the full eighteen holes will soon be open for I play. .The '■ committee- have Already planted ) 1500 tre6s/ in additipriV to 300 of the. ornamental 'variety.- arid /'.this m time should; give the course a park appearance..-;; -."i "'■ "; '";_-■■ ' ; - .V :• .; ■'. Mrs.'llosking,, who .was successful. Jn defeating ' Miss K. Horton m the final of the M.L.q.C. championship at One Tree Hill, Js-^he ex-Wellihgton player wh.o played at Berhampore as Miss Laurenson. ; . In the -early: days at the. municipal link's Mrs. ftpsking was coached and she still retains the fine free swing and control "of the . .ball m Her-, long game. Her 'straight arm-swing and free .pivot cpuld :well\ be -copied by; many of her club-mates and she shouid be a champion .for' -young players to take a cue from. . E. J; Moss, the' open champion, has had a recurrence of a trouble which originated at the Wariganui championships isorne years ago^ . It* has caused him many trips to doctors, and much/worry. : He says he will mot defend his title, at Dunedin m October, it is. hoped that by the final entries he will be fit enough to travel south, as his' appearance at Dunedin defending his title would make the open most interesting. V '