New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-21
GOLFER MAKES A
HOLE IN One AT
GARDEN CITY
Mclaughlin Does 1t with
His Little Mashie in In
vitation Tourney.
WEBB BEATS TRAVIS
IN MEDAL ROUND
Three Extra Hole Matches II,
Contest to Get Into the
First Sixteen.

Although far removed from being an
open champion. p. :. Mclaughlin, OF
the Scarsdalc Golf and Country Club.
went Walter Hagen one better by max
ing ne second hole in a single stroke
during tire qualifying round Of the
invitation meeting al tho Garden City
Golf Club yesterday. Mack did Il
with his little ulashie. and il marked
me first time in the history of the club
that a "one-spot' had been recorded
during a tournament.
The fact that there were seventeen
other holes on the course gave 1873
other golfers a chance for little con-
sideration. Roy Webb. tho Englewood
Country Club player. VINO is displaying
moro steCdiueSs than ever this spring,
had the distinction Of interfering with
Walter !. Travis's annual prize cru
SADIE. Webb made the round IN -. a
stroke better than his partner, Philip
Carter. ard Travis
That palr ought TO bring in the
medal score" remarked bystander as
Webb and Carter trudged off together
shortly before noon. Everything went
smoothly for Webb, who had no lapses
on the greens and rarely found trou-
bic, exceptions being az the long thir-
teenth, where an overapproach got him
into a trap ard a tee shot that went
wide going 10 The home hole. From the
pit 70 the left % the eighteenth green
Webb recovered finely. laying a niblick
shot only ten feet beyond the cup, and
he trimmed FOR 3.
His card Of - read az follows:
r. WEBB. Easevood.
Gl'.......-... : . : Esd-r
Carter's wasted opportunities were
short puts frttered away on several
greens. There was one scarcely more
than foot ut 'the second that he
missed ard again at No 3, after reach
ing the green's edge in two shots. need
ed four more strokes before his ball
found the bottom Of the cup
What really pleased the metropolitan
junior champion was his az the 500
yard fourth. In getting home on his
seconl Carriers brassie shot struck the
road and bounded 10 the green, coming
to rest about twenty-five feet from the
pin. The putt that followed was the
best he sank all day.
So keen was the competition on the
part OF the contestants TO make the
nrst sixteen that only those with IS or
better had a chance. There were nine
- men 70 play off for six places. and
three extra holes were necessary be
foIe the tangle could be Strengthened
out. Among those who failed in this
play-off were George Whigham.
younger brother OF II. J. Whigham. for
mer national amateur champion, and
James r. Hyde.
D.k 4 a
Of the United States Golf Association.
would never have had to play off had
il not been for 6 at the last hole.
where his tee shot landed his ball in
the trap beyond the green.
Watson's experience at this hole was
as nothing compared with that which
befell Grant Campbell. a Great Neck
golfer Campbell drove the home green
with two puts, and yet the hole cost
him an 9. At first, though. a person
might be pardoned for rising TO remark,
ut can't be did" Here is the sad tale
After laying his tee shot on the edge
Of the green somewhat short of the flag,
Campbell thought OF the old axiom.
Never up. never in He certainly was
UP. II was sure some putt. for the ball
never stopped until it had gone clear
across into the pitt beyond. Five nib
lick shots in the sand then ensued, the
fifth lunge landing the ball on the green
about eight feet from the cup. He then
holed out. That's one way to play a
hole.
Although the programme called for
four siXteens the committee promptly
met the situation by adding cups for
TWO more divisions, which means that
eighteen match rounds will claim
attention to-day and tomorrow.
The only events on yesterday after
noon we're best ball foursomes. and
Travis and Gardiner ". White. making
a happy combination, returned a 70.
Their handicap of two strokes gave a
SIS net. easily the best Of the day.
This card was as follows:
W J. Travis al q W white
G e, '.......... ! . ! s IS
As most Of the entrants paired for
this four-ball affair, il was practically
dark when the last team holed out on
the home green. As b. r. Allen and +.
G.. b. Riley stood on the first tee. the
hum of an aeroplane was heard Look
ing up, Riley saw the plane speeding
over the course some thousand feet in
the air. whereupon he facetiously cried
- ore. 10 the aviator, felndlklng OH
the side that he didn't want to hit him.
A moment later Riley's drive hit the
bunker.
The draw for the first round in the
chief sixteen has been rather unkind
to the fayorites, as may be seen by the
following order:
Partridge vs.. Pyne. Webb W. Travis,
Van Week VS.. Herreshof, Kerr VS. Car
Tor White ~ Maxwell Gardner v
Leake, Behr VS.. Marston, Carroll VI.
Watson.
The summary follows: