The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
NJ GURRN Is
NOW AHEAD
Wins From COpp in First Half
Of Golf Match.
LATTER PLAYS IN BAD FORM
GAME WILL BE FINISHED THIS
MORNING.

Frank McGurrin beat Arthur COpp lu
the first half of the finals la the open
ing handicap match on the g0lf links
of the Country club. yesterday afternoon.
the score being four UP. Copp, who held
the local championship in 1901 and 1902.
was in poor form and lost the game
through his bad drives.
McGurrln won the first hole prettiiy
IN three strokes, the b0sey being five
which Copp eQuaieC- The second hole
was haiVed. 1Qgaling she DOGGY record
Of SIX McGUrTin drove OFF well from the
tceiu8 the mole Dy one stroke. Ih5 Hoo
doc hole was halved Iu good form. Copp
led OF from the NTH tee with Ions
clean drive. despite the strong cross
is on slope ia one less
stroke than 6IcGurriD. Ia APP
preaching the si1tA green .Copp
il. while AIcGurrin's BAN went the other
side. He had a fair lie and so won the
hole McGurrln started out for Brink
green with drive exceeding his OPP
ponent's by thirty yards. The putting
by both men was poor, McGurriu at
last holing in with one stroke TO the
good. COpD made poor drive from the
seventh tee, his bali landing In the deep
gulcn just below B1lh players tneu
seemed TO gel ratified for ii took Nc
Gurrin, the winner, six strokes 20 hole
in-three over the DOGGY. He had teed
at his Door drive, wanted to forfeit the
hole, NCGurrin could not seem 10 play
at all, and very nearly lost the hole
McGurrin lost his BAH in the hedge
near the last green, and gave COpp the
hole. The first half was three up ln
favor Of McGurriu.
On the second round Copp started out
better, teeing off with fairly good
drive. 8IcGurrin's second stroke was an
excellent one. and he haived the first
hole Both balls rolled over the hole
in putting. else they would have gone
under the DOGGY one stroke. CODD topped
his ball. driving from the second tee,
while McCfUrrln made clean drive
COpp then got into the weeds near the
fence 10 the right Of the course on his
third stroke. and after he got OUT ne
landed En- hdzard-the ditch below Wa
satch green. 1t took him eight strokes
to make the hole, NcGurrin doing IL In
five Copp made trifle the better drive
off the third tee, and a nice puts on the
green, hOling in two strokes better than
his adversary. Copp made fire drive
off the fourth teeing ground his ball
falling almost on FairVIeW green. Nc
Gurrin managed to halve the hole how
ever Both played evenly to Hillside
green, MCGurriu doing one better than
Copp. McGurriu topped his ball drly-
ing off the sixth tee, but followed 10
with a good stroke. COpp teed off we'll
but his ball went high on the second
stroke. falling short of the bar
rier. He beat McGuTTiu into the hole
the latter playing poorly on the green.
Twice Copp's ball went out of bounds
in teeing from the seventh hole, He
l lost the hole by three strokes. Both
got over the gulch from Brink green,
COpp going quite a distance to the right.
however, which lost him the eighth hole
by one stroke. The hedge near the home
green was passed in safety but Nc
Gurrin landed in the tall grass to the
right of the hole and was beaten at
the finish by one stroke. The SUM
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