LADIES’ GOLF

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 18 (Supplement)

LADIES’ GOLF

HAMILTON CLUB DOUGLAS CUP MATCHES As the Douglas Cup matches ar* >- ing played this month! the players are keenly interested in anything to do with match play and many Juniors are being initiated into the mysteries of this type of play. Some of them on Wednesday showed great aptitude and defected more experienced players. Mrs Tanner most surprisingly defeated Mrs Isdale,, one of our steadiest players- Of course stroke* given made a difference hut Mrs Tanner is to he congratulated on her win. -Miss Betty Clar must be playing well to ha\e beaten Airs W. A. Smith, and Miss Peggy Wilson ac-counted for an experienced player in Mrs Sutherland. Mrs King, although she played the steadier game, was defeated by Mrs D. E. Hart, who was more brilliant in patches. Mrs Mander and Mrs S. Bennett had a most difficult match and the latter Just managed to win. Others who won their games were Mrs Dent, Mrs C. Bennett, Mrs Nlsbet, Mrs Joy and Mrs Kemp. Mrs Worley and"y Miss Gillies, on Wednesday, finished a lsquare and in the play-off Miss Gillies was the victor. She played a brilliant game, her medal score being well under her handicap. Mrs Toombs and Mrs F. Taylor were also all square, but Mrs Toombs has defaulted as she has left on a trip to the South Island. j Rules for Match Play Before the matches started on Wednesday there were a great many questions about special rules for match play. It Is surprising how many think that a ball may be lifted when within six inches of the hole. The ball Is lifted when, on the putting green, it is within 6ix inches of the other ball. This also brought up the • kiestion of two balls lying side by side in a bunker on the edge of a green. As bunkers are not included in the definition of a putting green, this is covered by the rule which says that when a hall, not on the putting green, lies within a club’s length of another, the ball nearer the hole may be lilted. Then there is the question of hitting the pin or the opponent's ball on the putting green. In medal play the penalty is two strokes, but in match play there is no penalty. Apart from this last rule the usual ruling is that where there is a two stroke penalty in medal play there Is the loss of tile hole in match play, as for example:— Striking self, caddy, or clubs, medal play two strokes, match play loss of hole. Grounding club In bunker, medal play two strokes, match play loss of hole. Playing wrong ball, medal play two strokes, match play loss of hole. Dropping ball incorrectly, medal play two strokes, match play loss of hole. | Moving or bending fixed or growing i objects, medal play two strokes, ! match play loss of hole. ! The bogey match played on Wed- [ nesday was won by Mrs A. E. Mc--1

i ‘ Ivinnon, who played her first round i of the season. She went out deter- ; mined to reduce her handicap so as ; to be in a better position in the draw ; and had the satisfaction of reducing i one stroks.