GOLF

Otago Witness, Issue 4031, 16 June 1931, Page 50

GOLF

FRENCH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP t A WIN FOR BOOMER. LONDON, June 10. The Deauville open golf championship was won by Boomer .with 291. Gcnta and Alliss registered 293, Bingham 294, Jurado and Dellemagne 297, Kirkwood and Curio 298. Stewart was fourteenth with 303. Fortunes fluctuated rapidly. Genta’s third and Boomer’s final round—namely, 67, were records for the course. Genta led the field at the end of the third round but his 78 for the final left his aggregate two short of Boomer’s. The latter, playing in a masterly fashion, won on the post, his fine putting more than compensating for his poor tee shots. BOOMER’S FIFTH VICTORY. LONDON, June 11. Boomer’s fifth victory in the French Open Championship at Deauville was due to a brilliant last round of 67, which equals the record for the course. Kirkwood fell away badly, taking 80. BRITISH RYDER CUP PLAYERS. NOT COMPETING AT DEAUVILLE. LONDON, June 9. None of the British Ryder Cup players, including Ernest Whitcombe (title holder), are competing at the French championships, as they are going to America to-morrow. Jurado has been invited for a week’s golf with the Prince of Wales at Sandringham. WOMEN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. SIXTY PLAYERS QUALIFY. LONDON, June 9. Sixty players qualified in the Women’s Open Golf Championship at Port Mermaek. The leaders include Enid Wilson 158, Diana Fishwick 167, Molly Gourlay 168, and Maureen Orcutt (America) 169.

MISS PIM’S GREAT GAME. LONDON, June 11. The chief feature of the women’s golf championship was the excellence of play, and despite a cold wind and showers u rain a surprising number of fours were reeled off. The biggest thrill was Miss Pirn’s great game against the holder, Miss Fishwick. Miss Pim led till the thirteenth and was again square at the sixteenth. The match went to the nineteenth, where the holder found a water-filled bunker near the green. YOUTHFUL FINALISTS. LONDON, June 11. In the fourth round Miss Gourlay beat Miss Pim, 3 and 2; Miss Wilson beat Miss Corlett, 5 and 4. In the semi-finals Miss Morgan beat Miss Gourlay, 1 hole; Miss Wilson beat Mrs Greenlees, 2 and 1. The finalists are each 21. Miss Morgan is the daughter of a Kentish artist, and Miss Wilson the daughter of a Manchester doctor. The latter has not previously won a British title, although she has secured almost every other honour possible. She has been the semi-finalist three times in the past four years. Miss Morgan is competing for the second time. She was frustrated in an attempt to win the championship when bunkered at a critical hole.

WON BY MISS ENID WILSON. RUGBY, June 12. After an exciting match Miss Enid Wilson to-day won the Ladies’ Open Championship, beating Miss Wanda Morgan 7 up and 6 to play. The foreign competitors were eliminated in early •rounds, and the contest between the English finalists was followed by a large gallery. Miss Wilson has twice won the English Ladies’ Championship. In the semi-final Miss Morgan beat Miss Gourlay, who for the twelfth time was frustrated in her attempt to win the championship. ■WINNER’S FINE PERFORMANCE. LONDON, June 13. There was a real thrill in the final game in the Women’s Golf Championship. . In the second round Miss Wilson, who is 6ft high, was always calm and collected. She led by only one hole in the morning round. In the afternoon, however, she played an inspired game, and no woman living, except Miss Joyce Wethered, could have battled against her. She played 12 holes in one under fours, and Miss Morgan never won one. Miss Wilson showed uncanny masterv in her approaches, finishing at holeable distance from every drive, and she only once took three putts. Miss Morgan nevertheless fought bravely. She possesses such a perfect style that critics agree that she must eventually become champion. Miss Wilson admits that, like Bobby Jones, she always does best when thinking only of par for every hole and ignoring her opponent’s performances entirely.

• LADIES’ OPEN TOURNAMENT. MASTERTON, June 11. — Miss B. Gaisford (Marton) won the final of the Masterton Golf Club’s open tournament, defeating Mrs J. Steel (Carterton), 3 and 2.

OTAGO CLUB. A Canadian foursome competition was played on the Balmacewen links on Saturday afternoon under very pleasant weather conditions. There was a large field of 46 pairs, and J. Spencer and R. F. Barr with a score of 3 up were the winners. The best scores were:—J. Spence and R. F. Barr (18) 3 up, J. C. Shand and J. L. Wight (7) 2 up, R. Strang and L. H. Marshall (7) 2 up, K. Ross anl K. Ross, jun. (6) 1 up, C. C. Cox and E. G. Boddy (9) 1 up, I, Carr and A. Barnett (12) 1 up, E. Hocking and D. M. Irvine (5) all square, J. G. Dick and A. J. Sise (6) all square, G. Galloway and D. Rainsay (9) all square, J. A. Jenkins and H. L. Paterson (13) all equare.