LADIES GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 5 September 1912, Page 5

LADIES GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

THE SEMI-FINALS. NELSON, Last N iglit. The ladies' golf tournament was continued to-day in splendid weather. The semi-finals of the championship proUuced great struggles between Miss Burnes and Miss Collins, and Mrs Slack and Miss Pearce. Mrs Slack played a hard game throughout and though once she was three down, wai. j all square at tho fifteenth hole. She foozled two shots at the sixteenth, and lost it and the next hole took her four, and Miss Collins three. Thus the latter won the match by 2 up and one to play. Miss Pearce and Miss Burnes fought a hard contest, hole by hole. There was rarely more than one hole between them. Miss Burnes though not so experienced in championship play as Miss Pearce, ran her to all square at the sixteenth" hole. .Then Miss Pearce got a splendid mashie on the seventeenth green,-while Miss Burnes pulled her ball, and required three shots to get close to the pin. Miss Pearce holed out .with I a beautiful two. X The inter-island game was won easily by the North Island, by 18 points. Mrs Guy Williams secured the Mel]sop Cup for the best three medal rounds, being 8 points ahead of the next player. The final will be played to-morrow morning. The following are the results: — Championship Semi-finals. —Miss, Collins Mrs Slack, 2up and s l to play; Miss Pearce beat Miss Burnes, 2 up and 1 to play. Coronation Medal Match. —Mrs Lewis 104, 22, 82; Mrs Donald 99, 16, 83; Miss Collins 92, 7, 85; Miss' G. "Gorrie 94. 6,* 88; Miss E. Ledger 99, 11. 88; Miss Gould 94, 4, 90; Mrs Guv Williams 93, 2. 71; Miss Kemble 105, 14, 91; Miss Bewley 109, 18, 91; Miss Pearce 92, 1, 91; Miss Wood 99, 7, 92; Miss R. Gorrie 103, 11. 92; Miss. N. Brandon 105, 12. 93; Miss Rattray 100, 7. 93; Miss Robieson 102, 8, 94 ; Miss Tweed 102, 8, 94; Miss Cotter 103, 9. 94'; Miss Bruce 112, 17. 95; Miss Fisher 103 8, 95; Mrs McLean 111, 16, 95; Mrs McCarthy 106, 9, 97; Miss Gray 110, 13, 97; Mi ss Burnes 10S, 11, 97: Miss C. Wilson 103, 4, 99 ; Miss L. Brandon 105, 1, 104; Mrs MncLaine 118, 14, 104; Mrr. Slack 107. 2, 105.

Inter-Tsland Match (North Tsland)., —Miss Pearce 92, Miss Collins 92, Mrs Williams 93, Miss G. Gorrie 91, Miss Tweed 102, Miss N. Brandon 105. T'ital 578. South Island. —Miss Gould 94, Miss Ledger 99, Miss Wood 99, Miss Rattray 100, Miss Snodgrass" 101, Miss Wilson 103, total 596.

Mellsop. Cup. (for threo best medal rounds in tournament). —Mrs Williams 94. 89, 93. 270: Mis? Gorrie 95. 95, 94 286; Miss Gould 94. 98, 94j 286; Mrs Slack 94, 94, 107, 29i5.