The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
NELSON WHITNEY AGAIN WINS
SOUTHERN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP


sonville.
Fifth flight: C. NJ Tyson, Knoxville
Sixth flight: Albert Mallory, Nash
Vile.
Consolation events. first flight: q.
H. Munger, Dallas.
Second flight: NJ. Condor, Memphis
Third Flight o. kirkland, Mont
gomery.
Fourth flight: Petrie. Montgomery
Fifth flight: Ed Crawford Birming-
ham.
Sixth flight: w. A. Gum, Macon
Reuben Busch. New Orleans, lowest
qualifying score.
Details of Champ Match
First hole: Whitney got a long
straight drive down the course and
his second shot placed him Just off
| the edge of the green. He approached
badly, and holed out in five. Aldredge
topped his drive. but it went $50 yards
down the course. He recovered on his
second shot and got within 10 feet
| of the green. He also approached
badly, but rolled up near the cup on
| his put. and halved the hole in a five
| Game even.
Second hole: Both Whitney and Aid
| redge secured good drives. and their
second shots placed them just off the
green. Whitney approached closer to
four, Aldredge taking five. whitney
1 up.
Third hole: Whitney and Aldredge
both drove In the sand pit. Their outs
were equal, and on their third shots
Aldredge reached the green while
Whitney's ball found some high grass
just off the green Aldredge found the
cup in two puts and Whitney missed
his five. Aldredge 5. Whitney G. Game
even.
Fourth hole: Both players drove well,
though Aldredge sliced his ball into
the high grass. He recovered nicely
on his second shot, and placed his ball
In six feet of the cup. Whitney's ap-
proach was not so good. Aldredge
missed his putt for three, and the
hole was halved in four. Game even.
Fifth hole: Long straight drives
We're secured by both players and both
Whitney and Aldredge reached the
green on their second shots. Aldredge
holed his ball in a 25-foot putt for
three and Whitney made four. Aid
redge l up.
Sixth hole: Aldredge drove out of
bounds and Whitney's ball fell to the
left of the green on slight slope.
Aldredge placed his second ball near
the green and holed out in two puts.
whitney reached the green on his sec
ond shot and holed out in ulree. Game
even.
Aldredge Makes Freak Shot
Seventh hole: Both Whitney and
Aldredge secured good drives and their
second shots fell short of the green.
Aldredge drove over the green in his
third shot and landed behind tree.
Whitney approached near the green in
three, and laid his ball within five
feet of the cup on his fourth play.
Aldredge placed his fourth shot be-
yond the hole and missed his putt for
five. Whitney missed his putt for a
five, and Aldredge knocked Whitney's
ball in the hole on his putt for six,
thereby giving Whitney the hole.
Whitney 1 up.
Eighth Hole: Both players drove WELL
and their second shots placed them Just
off the green. Whitney approached badly
| and missed his putt for T. Aldredge
| placed his ball within few inches of the
| cup on his third shot and holed his A.
| Game even
! Ninth Hole: Whitney and Aldredge both
| reached the green on their drives, though
| Whitney took three puts to hole his
| ball, Aldredge taking two puts. Aldredge
| l up.
Tenth hole: Long straight drives were
secured by both players, and their second
| shots placed them on the green, each
within 10 feet of the cup. Whitney holed
his putt for a and Aldredge got A.
| Game even.
Eleventh Hole: Aldredge drove out Of
bounds, and he pulled his second drive
| more than 100 yards out of the course.
| His third shot placed him within % feet
| of the cup, and he played his fourth
close to the cup. Whitney drove straight
down the course, but his second shot
| placed him near a post marking the
boundary of the links. He missed two
shots getting out of trouble, and placed
his ball on the green on his fifth shot.
| He then took two puts to hole out, and
Aldredge won In a 6. Aldredge / up.
Twelfth Hole: Whitney and Aldredge
both got long drives and reached the
green on their third shots. Aldredge
missed a shot putt for 5 and Whitney
holed his fifth. Game even.
Thirteenth Hole: Each again secured
! good drives, though Aldredge did not ap-
proach as we'll as Whitney, his second
| shot placing him just off the green, while
Whitneys ball landed within six feet of
the cup. Whitney missed a putt for 5
and the hole was half in 4. Game even.
| Fourteenth Hole: Whitney drove nearly
800 yards straight down the course and
Aldredge's ball fell short of the former
| champions drive by about 25 feet Their
approach to the green was good and each
had an equal chance for A. Aldredge
missed his four and Whitney did no bet
| ter, each making 5. Game even.
| Fifteenth Hole: Both drove the green
| though Aldredge's ball bounded off to the
right, stopping on the far edge of the
green. Whitney holed his putt for and
Aldredge missed. Whitney up.
| Sixteenth Hole: Long straight drives
| down the course were secured by bot
| players, though the second shots of both
were poor Aldredge on his third shot
missed the green and Whitneys ball was
also short by few feet. Whitney ap-
preached better, however, and won the
| hole in a 5, Aldredge taking 6. Whitney
| 3 up.
the green and halved the hole in g. Whit
| ney up.
| Eighteenth Hole: Both secured long
drives, though Aldredge topped his second
J shot and landed in the ditch. Whitney
played his ball clean and fell within a
few feet of the green, winning the hole
in five, Aldredge taking 6. Whitney 8 up.
| Second Round
First Hole: Both Whitney and Aldredge
had good drives. On their second shots
Aldredge played his ball on the green,
while Whitney went to the left of the
| cup. Aldredge's putt stymied Whitney,
who used a mashie to jump over. The
| hole was halved in five.
| Second Hole: Again Whitney and AID
redge made good drives, though Whit
ney hooked his ball into the trap on
| the right and bounded out. Whitney s
approach shot was a beauty, while Aid
redges approach fell six feet short of the
green. Whitney won the hole AS. max
| ing him up on the match.
| Third hole Whitney drove a long
ball straight up the course. while AL