The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
GIL NICHOLS EASY
OPEN GOLF WINNER
Scores 78 in Playoff Round,
While Nervous Mcdonald
Requires Five More.
VICTOR FINISHES STRONG

Inc past ~ iAS h'Ab'' w.
the rlayor' for the Metropolitan open
golf cha qpionship at Fox Hills yester-
dav. He played the eighteen holes In
"a strokes. and Bob Mcdonald. the other
participant in the playon for the title.
was Ave strokes away with a rs. From
start TO finish OF the round Nichols
played with unruffled confidence and re-
fused to let anything worry him Nc
Donald, who has never won a champions
ship. showed his inexperience plainly by
his nervousness. and never played the
kind OF golf that enabled him to tie
with Nichols for the title at tho end
OF the prescribed championship test Of
seventy-two holes. The Mcdonald who
played yesterday before a gallery and
the Mcdonald who played his four
rounds on Thursday and Friday with
none TO watch him had little In com
mon as far as the quality OF the golf
played was concerned.
Then TO add to McDonald's RESPONSE
bilities he was carrying the hopes OF
every Scotchman on the course. for the
playoff was a renewal of the old battle
Of Scotland against England, and Nc
DOidiu WINS " aiip"fu W u s"'s
fact for a single moment. Mcdonald
even had a Scotch caddie in Macdonald
smith, while his opponent used the same
club carrier who went around in the
earlier play. Nichols didn't seem TO
let the question of national pride af-
feet his golf one way or the other. but
Mcdonald did, and 1t helped a little to
beat him.
For the first few holes OF the round
NsnnualR WAS. abaad apd no long n u ha
was ahead he played with a fair amount
OF condolences. a poor mashie shot on
the short fifth which left his ball in
n bunker cost Mcdonald the two stroke
lead which he had gained earlier. and
from that time on he played without
confidence, On four greens in success
sion he missed puts. three OF which
no should have made without trouble.
and Nichols. although outplayed to
nearly every green. picked up a lead
Of one Stroke. which he held from the
ninth to the twelfth. There NcIlonaid's
approach left him so near that he
couldn't miss the resulting putt. and the
pair were OF even terms once more.
The next hole practically Settled the
struggle. however. for Mcdonald topped
a brassy shot into the deep gully known
as Hell's Kitchen. and Nichols gained
two strokes With hat to cheer him.. the
Englishman began one OF his famous nm
isMes, and on Tour of tine remaining five
noles was down in a NcConald once
his chance w;a zone played mar golf but
IL was too late. and as Nichols was
doing better than par on most OF the
holes lust then the result was assured
long before the home green was reached.
The fight for the title began with "A
gain of one stroke for Mcdonald on the
3gi yard first hole. where Nichols over
ran the green with his third. Mcdonald
putting his chip shot dead and getting a
par = To a . for Nicholls. Both played
'neir SECONDS into the Dank on the LETT OF
me green on the Az yard second mole,
ana al'er ee,'lhg on TOOK Two puts so
noohihs was los, or gained tnere. On the
satu ,nru Mc,'ohaIu drove tne
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90 ~ ~ 'on u 'oms iouI,n
d hovV 'nn n mns d eaen' Melonaia
,bon cam. ,ha ,s7 90 ot,h r.bor H.
Scotchman,s ,wo stroLo Lad rod
mi. tee sbo, Vas sbor, aud dronnad into
a bunker and although he 90, ont we'll
no was moi rlhye enough ~ get his a
He tried too hard for IL. however. over
ran the cup and missed coming back.
getting a 3. Nichols, who was on the
pdge Of the green from the tee, was down
in two NUTS for a 2.
Both had chances nm the b57 vard
px,h 81 -. n,i,.oa IT,,
I'M nv vo' h',SSeu sn"I, puts. 80 Nc
= ,hu' VIII na. p'aSeu II DEUEL. soit
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