Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-08-27 | Page 11 | Patty Berg Moves into Final Test

i Patty Berg Moves Into Final Test CHICAGO Aug 27 UP The Ri-The The last obstacle between Patty Berg the Minneapolis redhead and her first women's western golf champIonship championship champion- champion ship hip is a a. sturdy courageous 17 old year girl from Dubuque Iowa bespectacled Edith Estabrooks They meet toDay In the final 36 38 hole lole round for the title Thus a pair of schoolgirls survived survived sur- sur ived a brilliant field of of 24 that started playing for the championship championship champion- champion ship hip last Monday Iron day Miss Berg just 20 0 is going to enroll in the University sity ity of ot Minnesota this fall Miss lUss Estabrooks western junior champion chain chain- pion Ion in 1937 still sUllIs is in high school Miss Berg who has hu won eight of her 11 tournament starts this year Is s strongly favored ored over her more mom youthful opponent who proved to be bebe bethe bethe the be heroine of the tournament yEs yEs- s fighting through 23 holes holeso I to o defeat Mrs Burt Well Cincinnati i one ne up in their semifinal match Miss Estabrooks daughter r of a a afee fee course operator at Dubuque faces facts her first major opportunity although In addition to holding the junior title she has been a contender contender contender con con- tender In several se Important tour tour- She exhibited rare gameness in outstaying Mrs Weil VeU a time three-time winner inner of the tile Ohio State championship and conqueror conqueror conqueror con con- of Marion Miley Lexing Lexing- Lexington ton I Ky Icy defending champion The Minneapolis redhead climaxed d five ive days day of superb golf by defeatIng defeating defeat defeat- Ing ng Shirley Ann Johnson Chicago 3 and 2 with golf golt Miss Berg found the pretty Miss Johnson a a. tougher opponent than she expected She had a margin of only one up at athe atthe atthe the he turn carding a 38 one under par ar with Miss Johnson shooting 39 9 They halved the next four after whIch Shirley Ann conceded the fourteenth where her second splashed plashed into a creek and lost the sixteenth by driving out of bounds