The disparity between the skill of men and women golfers 1s possibly being whittled down. hose who think so will point to the match between the Scottish ladies and men which was played at St. Andrews the other day. as a rule the concession of a half is not sufficient to give the woman golfer victory. Nor was on this occasion, but the ladies will derive justifiable pride from the singles of which they won seven and the men three. Only in the foursomes did the male golfers manage to redress the balance, and there perhaps, they had the advantage of knowing each other's play better than did the ladies. On the other hand, the women's team was more representative than the man's side. Mrs. Nicholson, the Scottish Champion, Mrs. J. B. Watson, Miss Lena, Scroggie, and Miss Audrey Kyle, the young St. Andrews player who was runner-up in the national event last season, beat the first four members of the men's team. Mrs. Nicholson was remarkable steady against Mr. Willis Mackenzie, who would have had to get round in about 70 to win. Mrs. Watson, against Mr. W. B. Torrance, was up to a point extremely good. If the course was at full stretch or almost so, ker 30 to the turn in an adverse wind speaks for itself. Only a few of the back-markers of the Royal and Ancient Club. were better than that for the outward nine in the autumn meeting. On the Old Course the half stroke is taken at the even holes, and to the woman golfer on form the holes so numbered round the loop provided easy opportunities. But the average of skill displayed by the women—much of the iron play was notice-
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