WOMEN AT GOLF

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1058, 23 August 1930, Page 10

WOMEN AT GOLF

MRS. KOSKING CHAMPION POOR PUTTING, GOOD DRIVING After a match that was marked by mediocre putting, and some fine driving, Mrs. Hosking defeated Miss K. Horton in the final of the Auckland Women’s golf championship, played at the Titirangi links yesterday afternoon. Weather conditions were perfect. The course was in beautiful order, though the greens did not play as true as they might have^ Those who went out expecting a titanic struggle extending over most of the afternoon were perhaps disappointed. Up to the turn the game was fairly even: thereafter Mrs. Hoskihg drew ahead definitely. She won every hole from the eighth to the thirteenth, where the match ended. Miss Horton had had two trying contests on Thursday—they were both stiffer battles than Mrs. Hosking’s—and she appeared to lose heart toward the end of the final. Her putting particularly was not up to its usual standard. Mrs. Hosking \ras also putting poorly. The driving was considerably better. Mrs. Hosking got the best drive of the day at the thirteenth, and Miss Horton landed only 20 yards behind. The approaching was patchj’, though both players'achieved some good shots. They kept reasonably clear of the bunkers. Following is a summary of the scores at each hole, Mrs. Hosking’s tally being mentioned first. The number of the hole is given in parentheses: (1) 5. 5. (2) 6,5, (3) 5, 5 (4) 4, 4. (5) 5. 6, (6) 6, 6. (7) 3. 3, (8) 5. 6. (9) 5,6, (10) 4, 5. (11) 3. 4. (12) 7, 8. (13) 5, 6. MISS HORTON ONE UP Mrs. Hosking had the honour at the first and she drove a better ball than Miss Horton. Both were on the green in three. Miss Horton missed a good chance with her putt, and the hole was halved in five. Everything went wrong lor Mrs. Hosking at the second. Sho topped her drive, pulled her next, and put the third in the long grass. Miss Horton was on the green In three, and narrowly missed with her first putt to win 5—6. The third was halved. Both landed short of the shallow bunker at the fourth. Miss Horton effected a pretty second with her brassy, and followed this up with a perfect approach, which left her three yards past the pin. Mrs. Hosking managed to halve in four. At the fifth. Miss Horton was on the green in three. Mrs. Hosking just missed trouble with her approach, which pitched short of a bunker. She cleared this neatly. Miss Horton missed a 10ft putt, and Mrs. Hosking sank hers, to win her first hole and square the match, taking five strokes for the 447 yards. The sixth was halved.

Both reached the green with their tee shots at the seventh, a short one. Miss Horton played a very pretty second, which kicked handily, and ran to within six feet of the pin. Mrs. Hosking’s putt was short, and they halved the hole. Both got useful drives and bad seconds at the eighth. Mrs. Hosking fell short with her third, but Miss Horton topped hers. Mrs. Hosking made a better approach, and sank her next, to take the lead. PRETTY NIBLICK SHOT Miss Horton drove well at the ninth, and was dead in the fairway with her third, just short of the green. Mrs. Hosking landed in front of a bunker with her second, but her niblick carried the obstacle beautifully. A faulty putt from Miss Horton left Mrs. Hosking two up at the turn. Mrs. Hosking pulled badly at the tenth, and Miss Horton’s shot was scarcely better. Mrs. Hosking approached in great style. Miss Horton rolled past the pin with her third—a mashie—and missed a long putt. Mrs. Hosking sank her fourth. The eleventh, the shortest hole on the course, is only 110 yards. Mrs. Hosking was on the green in one, but Miss Horton fell by the wayside—into one of those bunkers that guard the shorthole greens so carefully. She got out well, going eight feet past the pin. Mrs. Hosking sunk her second putt, and won the hole. SLICE AND PULL A bad slice and a bad pull were the respective lots of Mrs. Hosking and Miss Horton at the twelfth. Miss Horton was fortunate in not hitting trouble straightaway, and she topped her second into the rough. She cleared fairly well. Mrs. Hosking: put in a great second. Her approach hit the top of a bunker, and was lucky to roll over. She won the hole when Miss Horton’s putt stopped on the lip. BEAUTIFUL DRIVES Great drives left both players well on the way to good scores at the 450yds thirteenth. Miss Horton then used her iron, and sliced wretchedly. Mrs. Hosking got a fine second, and Miss Horton recovered a little with her third, getting out of a very bad lie. Her fourth seemed—as many of her other shots had—to lack power. Mrs. Hosking’s third was rather hard, but stayed on the green. She sunk her fifth, and was 6 up with only five holes left to play. Mrs. Hosking took 44 (bogey 38) for the outward journey, and 19 for the uncompleted run home (bogev 17). Miss Horton took 46 and 24. ROTORUA TOURNAMENT

DRAW FOR QUALIFYING ROUNDS Special to THE S LA ROTORUA, Friday. The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds of the Rotorua open golf championship tournament, which starts on Tuesday, is as follows: 8 a.in., K. ii. Phelan v. r>r. MacKnight; 8.4, P. A. Kusabs v. V. Masters; S.S, H. P. Nelson v. W. McMillan; 8.12, lan Stewart v. N. Chapman; 8.16, T. Kelly v. H. P. Bryan; 8.20, N. Smith v. H. Ughtband; 8.24, A. V. P. Ford V. pr. Salmond; 5.28, E. G. Tallis H. Parata; 8.32, W\ T. Pakes v. J. R. Sykes; 8.36, B. H. Menzies v. J. S. Barnes-Graham: IT®. Copeland Smith v. L. B. Campbell; 8.44, C. P. Howden v. R. Dacre; 8.48, Dr Howden v. M. D. Carr; 8.52, E. C Hetherington v. J. Corbett; 8.56. TV. Brinsden v. E. L. Bartlett; 9.4, Dr. Abbott v. H E Troutbeck; 9.8, S. E. Carr v. F. Frver--9 12, Rex George v. J. Goss, jun.; 9.16! H. B. Lusk v. J. Hussev; 9.20. J M Hockin v. W. O’Callaghan; 9.24. J. Harrison v. D. Rainger; 9.28, M. Duncan v. P. J. Western; 9.32. J. Harold v. C. E. Kusabs; 9.36, J. B. Macewan v. CarlvonBritton; 9.40, F. W. Hutchinson \\ H. Tidmarsh; 9.44, F. C. Hutchinson v. J. Barnes-Graham; 9.48. T. R. Bloomfield v Dr. Klundell; 9.52, S. Powdrell v. J. B. Lusk; 9.56, J. W. Mawson v. H. C. 'Wells'; 10.0, John Graham v. W. Colbeck; 10.4. mond v. E. B. Brown; 10.12, C. H. RedG. Brett v. Hanson Abel; 10.8, A. C. Hamhead v. B. C. Jacobs; 10.16, A. H. Xicoll v. F. W. Wilkie; 10.20, Agmen Smith v. W. Barker; 10.24, C. F. Pettigrew v. H. E. Hart: 10.28. R. G. Sellar v. S. A. Longuet; 10.32, J. H. Ralfe v. G. X. Hamill; 10.36, X. Banks v. J. McK. Wilson; 10.40, J. X. Anderson v. T. E. Clark.