Kim Williams picks up WP Match Play Championship

Top-ranked Kim Williams won the Western Province match play championship played at King David Country Club this week when she defeated Kempton Park junior Talia Nel at the 17th to win 2/1.

On her way to the final which was played in a strong south easter, Kim picked up wins from Nicole Carlse 4/3, Tiffany Avern-Taplin 2 up and Connie Chen 5/4.

Talia Nel who turns 17 at the end of March, defeated Jenna Schonfeld 1 up, Pam Hayward 3/2 and the stroke play champion, Bonita Bredenhann 4/3.

Kim started strongly in the final but Talia came back to be level at 15. Kim went one up at 16 with a birdie after Talia had sprayed her drive into the right hand trees, forcing her to play a provisional ball. Kim then made no mistake, finishing the match at 17.

In the finals of the flight, Rushda Mallick had a 3/1 victory over Lara Weinstein while Nicole Slabber took the B Division trophy when she defeated Karen Visser at the 19th.

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