Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
the hole more than satisfied HE fam
ily and all his friends

the hole more than satisfied HE fam
lily and all his friends.
Vardon had the honor, and was off
the line into the trap TO the left.
placed for a hooked shot. His bali
was lying badly. too. BY the sad
shake Alex Findlay gave his head as
ne stood by the bunker gazing at the
little white sphere nestled down in
the bottom Of a depression in the
sand, It was seen that Vardon was in
bad
Ray was farther of the line than
Vardon. but his tremendous strength
mad allowed him TO carry over this
diiiiculty, and he was deep in long
grass instead.
Vardon had to play safe and then II
was Ouimet's turn to play his second.
He had driven straight down the
course, a good clean WALTON Ho
played a perfect iron shot ten feet
, beyond the pin amidst a storm of an
plause. for Vardon was short of the
| green in two and only a phenomenal
shot would land him within distance
for a half in four, provided Ouimet
required two puts.
Nardon was woefully weak on his
pitch and Ray lay beside him in two
/ Ray failed to hole his third being
short. and then Vardon made great
attempt that Just failed to sink his
| SO-footer He had CLEANED consider
| able knowledge OF the green by his
| friends play. Vardon holed in five, as
/ did Ray.
Ouimet caused everyone a tremor
when he stepped up to his third
stroke, for the put was down hill, tho
green tricky and It was hard to take
| less than FIVE.
| bled into the cup. This young master
player took no chances and played for
| the near side OF the cup. This green
was like his front yard and he had
| putted and fooled on II since he was
in his first pair OF trousers But the
! gallery did not know he was used to
the vagaries OF this particular putting
| surface and they worried
A storm OF applause greeted this
| three and the gallery, forgetting en-
tirely that there was anyone else left
In the tourney. whooped and cheered
| and started like a lot Of mad hounds
after a fox, to obtain choice positions
along the ropes which were stretched
from the tee to the eighteenth green.
| Ray was still to put, as his bali had
| been picked up and marked by Mr..
Reid to prevent Ouimet's hitting II,
! should he run past the hole. No at
tention was paid to the big English
man. as he leaned over his put for a
four, while wild yells were still to be
| heard from the crowd at the club
house who had learned that Ouimet
had three-strokes lead with but one
hole to play
HOLE 10.
Ouimet hit two beautiful shots ON
the way to the 405-yard eighteenth,
I hut d.
| ing a 12-foot put for a three, after the
second stroke OF both had come to
rest Vardon was tribe short of the
| bank In two over the green in three,
past the hole on a good attempt to
hole In four, within an inch of his
next, and holed in six.
Pay went down in three, and FIN
| ished the course only one stroke be.
hind Vardon. Had he been able to
| put under ordinary conditions at the
seventeenth, It is possible these two
! players would have tied for second
and third money.
| Ouimet had a long put down hill for
his three, but did not need 1t. Any
| thing up to an eight was good enough
| to win the title. He did not attempt
| any grandstand play but Just finished
| as he had started-studious nerve
| less, yet nervy, to get down in two
puts. This would be good golf on any
! course.
! Herbert Jacques had given a two
! minute speech to the thousands
around the home hole about keeping
| quiet while the players completed the
| round. but only the trees were quiet
! when the second shots came up and
the puts went down. This spelt vic
! tory for Francis Ouimet and defeat
| for the visitors from across the sea.