The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-30
TWO WONDERFUL GOLF PUTS.
Story of Great Nerve Displayed by
Francis 0uimet.

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In the August American Magazin
Jerome d. Travers, amateur golf cham
pion OF the United States, writes an ex
Itraordinarily entertaining article en-
titled wonder Shots that Won Col
/ Championships" His article is full o
true stories of amazing plays that h
has seen in various championship tourna
ments that he has participated in. Fol
lowing in his account of the two putt
that gave Ouimet the open champion
ship last year.
When Ouimet had finished the six
teenth hole he still had three and 9
four left for a tie with the two Britons
And three on the eighteenth hole was
next to impossible except by fuke, sc
he had to get three on the seventeenth
Now the seventeenth green at Brookline
is a most treaeherous affair. or was that
day, with decided slope and as fast as
streak, Probably the strongest part
of my game is putting, and that green
had got we'll upon my nerves and had
me guessing.
"On his second shot that day Ouimet
planted his ball on the green about
twenty feet from the cup and above the
hole. 1t was almost impossible to get
close to the cup on your secund shot
here, as the hole was close 20 a bunker.
So Ouimet had to play above and to the
right Of the hole, leaving the hardest of
all putting combinations, a downhill,
sidehill putt. 1t was about as difficult a
putt as man was ever called upon to
ms Ea h.. q h. a
fast, tricky green he was almost sure to
go five or six feet below and have an
other hard putt for a four. And four
would have been useless.
"Ouimet knew this, and he must have
figured just what it meant. But even
though | knew he had wonderful tenn
permanent for golf, was surprised to
note the sure, easy, and confident way he
went to that putt. He went for the cup
as If ne had been trying a practice putt.
Over the wet, slippery green the ball
started on perfect line, curved in at
exactly the right spot and struck the
back of the cup with as welcome chuck
cluck as ! have ever heard.
But that wasn't all. He had gotten
his three on par four hole, but there
was still another hole to play and a
hard one, calling for fine golf to register
the needed four. Ouimet had a good
drive and played fine second shot over
a road guarding the green to the edge of
the bank, where the ball struck in the
rsin-soaked turf and stopped dead.
here was dip in the green between his
ball and the cup with the hole up the
slope. On this shot I would have used
4 putter to follow the roll of the ground
and get up fairly close. But Ouimet
elected to use mashie. and when he
pitched the ball landed six or seven feet
short--not an exceptionally long dis
tsnce away but the most trying distance
Imaginable when one needs that putt
ladly. He had already wriggled out Of
me Close cali and was up against an
'ther-one shot left 10 the Britain's two
rolling kings and keep his country on
he golfing map.
u wasn't 50 much the fact that he 4
made the putt as il was the way he 4
vent about il. There was no Sign Of
nervousness about IT, He walked up 70 I
ne ball with an easy. steady stride. I
n rely took a look at the hole. wasted /
- time in getting set. and with three /
houssnd Of his followers almost break 4
NJ apart under the strain ne put,ed I
Oddly for the center with a clean. free /
sp that could have come only from /
muscles under perfect mental control.
And when that putt dropped ! re-
lired then that I had nevsr. felt 4 rex n
Oar thrill before-that the Others were
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