The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10


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Bob Mcdonald played steadier golf in
tying for the title than did Nichols.
Mcdonald did not make any 7s during
the four rounds. he had only two 6s on
his card, but the IS 81 were not
so many in number as on his rivals
score. II was good steady hitting OF the
ball all the way by "A big man with
plenty of power and the knowledge Of
just how To use 1t to produce the de-
sired results. II was not spectacular
golf a. any stage. a fact that was evil
denced by the fact that although he was
one OF the leaders from the start Of the
tourney not more than a handful of
spectators followed him until he reached
the last two holes yesterday afternoon.
and it was learned by those who had
been watching Hagen and Nichols that
the burly Scotchman from Buffalo had
two As to tie for the title. Even then
only II score OF spectators LlloWtu hlW
out to the seventeenth, the majority pre-
ferring to wait around the home green
and see only the last hole,
As it turned out the lazy ones saw all
the excitement after all. for Mcdonald
all but threw away his chance for the
championship on the last hole Of the
seventy-two. After a good drive In the
teeth Of "A high wind he found his ball q
little to the left of the centre Of the
fairway. leaving IA trap between him
and the pin, Evidently he wanted to
make sure of clearing the trap, for he
pitched his ball so high in the air that
the wind carried il INTO the long grass
on the steep slope between the two pits
which guard the right side Of the green
II was more luck than anything else that
let his ball cling to the slope instead OF
; rolling into one OF the pits. but 1t die
stick. Even with that much luck
Mcdonald was left with the hardest kind
OF "A shot, for II was almost impossible
to get a Arm stance. After trying his
best to dig his feet into the sloplng turf
he finally gave up the effort, and bal
ancing himself on his toes hit the bal
iust AS his feet seemed about to Sill
from under him. II was "A great shot, foI
the ball ran past the hole and stopped
not more than "A foot and a half away
lie then holed the putt.
Although he almost tnTeW away tns
title on the home hole, Mcdonald really
won his half ownership In 1t further
out on the course. II took him 81
TO reach the turn on his last round. AM
better golf than that coming In wa
necessary II he was to win. SO hi
played better golf, played 1t on the 90!
ward thirteenth. where he got "A \ II
the teeth of the wind Two shots tool
him pretty close to the green. his ap
proach put him within eight feet OF thu
hin and he ran down the putt for hi
4 ON the fourteenth the vino wa
with him, so he proceeded 10 drive al
most to the edge Of the green, 800 yard
away, and "A 3 was easy. A stroke wal
lost on the next hole, where his te'
shot took him into trouble. On boil
the sixteenth and seventeenth he missed
puts which hit the cup but refused Il
20 down. Each would have clipped
stroke on par and would have won tn
title for him II they had sunk, so h
surely was knocking at the door on tn
last few holes. Then came the hom'
hole with It's narrow escape from dis
sster, but which ended so well n CAV