CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 43, 13 October 1931, Page 3

CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF

MISS KAY AND MISS GAISFORD EACH HAVE EASY VICTORY MISS D. CHRYSTALL DEFEATED The third round of the Ladies' New Zealand Amateur Golf Championship was played yesterday morning in perf ect golfing weather. Few of the contestants were up to their best form. Neither Miss O. Kay nor Miss B. Gaisford, in their respective games gave a spectacular display, while some of the other ladies played unaccountably erratic golf. The course was a little heavy after the flooding it received on Sunday afternoon, but was drying fast. Water still lay in the deeper bunkers and in some of the hollows on the fairways, but the greens were fairly dry and did not handicap play to any extent. Miss Kay in her match with Mrs. R. Deighton, of Titirangi, had an easy victory. She took the lead at the second hole and steadily increased it throughout the game to defeat her opponent on the twelfth green by seven up and six. A surprise win was that of Miss E. M. Upton, of Auckland, a 9 handicap player, who defeated Miss D. Chrystall, 1928 New Zealand champion and a 4 handicap player, by 4 and 3. Miss Kay v. Mrs Deighton In the game between Miss Kay and Mrs. Deighton, both found the bunker at the first with their seconds but recovered well to halve in five. A duffed approaeh by Mrs. Deighton cost her the second hole. Miss Kay was on the green with her drive and an approaeh to sink in four to her opponent's five. The slope at the third proved a trap for Mrs. Deighton but she made an excellent recovery with a niblick shot to about four yards past the pin. Miss Kay's drive was just short of the green and her approaeh landed within two feet of the hole. This left Mrs. Deighton a long putt for a helf, but she failed badly, taking three putts, while her opponent was down with one under bogey. Miss Kay was now two up. A drive and an iron by each player found them on the green at the f ourth and the hole was halved in f ours. Miss Kay became erratic at the fifth, pulling her second shot into the rough. Her third was sliced and found the rough on the other side of the fairway. Both took four to reach the green, Mrs. Deighton being straight but short, and the hole was halved in six.

At the sixth, Miss Kay found the bunker to the right of .the green, while Mrs. Deighton pulled badly to behind the bunkers on the left. Mrs. Deighton made an excellent recovery to lie three feet from the pin but by missing her putt lost the hole to Miss Kay who was down in three. Miss Kay three up. A Perfect Stymie The seventh was poor, Mrs. Deighton was on the green in four straight shots while Miss Kay spoiled an excellent drive by pulling behind the pine tree on the left. Her second hit the tree and dropped short, leaving her too far away to reach the green with her third. She was on the green in four and took the hole by working a perfect stymie on to her opponent with her first putt. Miss Kay four up. Both were just short of the green with their seconds at the eighth and the hole was halved in fives. At the ninth Miss Kay landed short of the green, but safe-, while Mrs. Deighton lay in an awkward position on the edge of the hazard to the right of the green. Her approaeh was short and she holed out in four to her opponent's three. Miss Kay five up. The tenth green Was reached in four strokes by each contestant but poor putting again cost Mrs. Deighton the hole. Miss Kay, six up. Excellent drives were a feature at the eleventh but Mrs. Deighton was short with her second, costing her an extra stroke. Miss Kay was on the green in two and went down in one put to win the hole. Miss Kay dormie seven.

The Final Hole Miss Kay found the green at the twelfth, while Mrs. Deighton pulled badly to the rough behind the bunkers. She made an excellent recovery, to lie within a foot of the hole, but Miss Kay, by sinking in three, halved the hole and took the match by seven up and six. In the game between Miss B, Gaisford and Miss Pharazyn, the former proved too strong for her opponent, whom she defeated without effort, by six up and five. Mrs. Guy Williams in her game against Mrs. Gower was always a little in the lead, in both steadiness and score, and finally defeated her opponent by three up and two. The remainder of the matches were uneventful and all were deeisively won. Following are the results : — Miss Upton beat Miss Chrystall, 4 and 3; Miss Loughnan beat Mrs Ferguson, 2 up; Mrs. Cooke beat Mrs. N. Curtis, 5 and 3 ; Miss O. Kay beat Mrs. Deighton, 7 and 6; Mrs. G. Williams, beat Mrs. Gower, 3 and 2 ; Mrs. Hosking beat Mrs. Slee, 2 and 1; Miss B. Gaisford beat Miss Pharazyn, 6 and 5; Mrs. D. Stout beat Miss M. Ward, 4 and 3.