Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-30
GOLF King Tells
STORY Of MATCH
FOR l. 5. Title
0uimet Writes Of the Thrilling
Three coFnefed Battle in
Which England Lost
BY FRANCIS ( ouIMET.

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iyardon for the golf championship u
| the United States. II was the last
thing had ever thought 81 doing But
after playing in the Qualifying round
lon Tuesday in the division that Var
don was in and finding myself very
IcIose to him ct the end Of the quail
flying round. | felt that might pos.
sibly get in the first ten.
Then on THURSDAY morning sc0r-
led ~ to- Vardon's IS but at that
point / was six strokes behind Alex
Ross Of Braeburn and Smith OF Wyck-
lagyl both Of whom scored two fine
Ills. vardon and Held. the English
| men, scoring 70 each. totaled lat and
He'd the field. Herbert Strong and Ed
ward Ray were two strokes more,
1.-THE latter supplemehting 79 In the
morning with fine Eround Of 10 On
FRIDAY Reid and Strong slumped bad
lly, scoring SO and s.. This practically
lput them out of the running. Ray,
lin the meantime, went around in 70,
| yardon in rs. while made "A, thus
making three cornered tie at 225.
Total Of 3o4 Strokes.
7,,.t hoforo nv last round Il found
.hst es ~ 80 $500. :. goaI had Anal
. 49,. :; Do $500 +. tha f,,th hole
49, III, vss 81 40. ,,sS,n no. isarrsd
that vartion- had this
/ did the first nine holes In AZ and
the last round, which was not terribly
good, had to 90 The last nine holes
I'm Sc to tie the noted visitors from
across th4 Atlantic.
NV start On the tenth hole was
none too nenir.soue a thie hole cost
me- ! Ave re nerf two holes were
:, ~, 80 :, orisn - a ,,roa h,,f q; sfbe
49,. hS1s,i |. ftt,.s ~, under
-. ' M. hsas,,sf .,s.s Sasf
pa., ..'s.'1 =. - q -.
Inc Iourteentn ana n:<eehtn nes.so
me I'VE ana Tour, eitnougn q ens
last:nameq holR \ tQ5ceqs 20 l ~.
q mashie pitch zone deaA az g reauik
OF bad second Now came the mole
which I was really looking forward
to, the l20-yard sixteentn.
| felt ] could get two here Mean
time must get two fours to tie the
Britishers. ! pitched 70 the green.
but not very close to the hole. still
hid a chance for my two. but, alas,
my approach putt was short Of the
hole by eight feet ! succeeded, how,
ever, in holing the putt:
opportunity Comes Along.
must now get ! three and 4 four
On other 81 the ramainino holas hoth
of which are mar fo,Irs On fhe sew.
enteenth hole. after s drive and 4
nifch tn the GREEN nv han rested
some spps, tifteen feet from the cun Now
was nv onportunitv STUDYING the
line farefnilv,I sef myself FOR what
YVES nroha hiv INV last .standl ana mt
ed MAKING SIRE Ia give the hail 4 |
chance to drou ii. She went and I ]
wae hannv All I needed was = four
M the last hole to tie and the goal |
was striving 70 s reach. namely 4 |
IotaIs az s04
Fridav NIGHT 4 went home to retire
sarlv and I awoke feeling Al for the
Bnai strife went directly to the
country Club and one Of the first
,arsons i met was' NV little eaddv.
c55ie .auria 54e nbor,cd me. several |
,ict,,res hnth If himseif and me. and |
hen elancine At his Wide.awake ewes
ca,,eht 4 ejjmnse Of 4 red. white and |
line rjhbon MINED upon his coat.
rhen II dawned upon INV mind that |
m nj 20 to work and give the hest /
hat was n me
a few rracfico shots and soroe uso.
nj advice from An ex-chamnion and I
mother strong CONTENDER for "a.
ionaI honors in the mast. and / was
.eady
sav aehins - Elf.h
We three meaning yardon. Raw
md mvself GOT awav smoothly In the
Irst three holes Warden and hotI
aimed . shot On Raw an the third
Ve sim Lad paw Nv ona stroke az tba
fri = - :.
varion nullad awav from, nc ON tbol
irtb by bolinp three he was
aaainq me bv one stroEa and Paw
y two Paw pained ! stroke On tha
eventb and wa hofh Gained ona IN