Evening star., 1916-10-15
CUNNINGHAM Wins
Defeats Hughes, | Up, in Ban
nockburn Golf Tourney.
PUTTING OF HIGH ORDER

George T. Cunningham Of the Ban
nockburn Golf Club won the first in
vitation tournament given over the
new course at Cabin John yesterday,
defeating W. J. Hughes. jr., of the
Columbia Country Club in a hard
fought final match by 1 up. The golf
throughout the ultimate round was;~as
it usually is on the final day Of a
tourney, rather ragged. Cunningham
played well the first half Of the jour-
ney, negotiating the first nine holes
in IL, with three IS on his card, and
being 1 up on his opponent. Hughes
lost many opportunities to break Into
the lead on the first nine and furnished
thrill when, after being dormie 8
down, he won the next two holes and
made Cunningham hole a fve-foot putt
from going extra holes.
All through the match the putting
was Of a high order considering the
difficulty Of putting on the very fast
green's. each man holing puts when
needed after playing badly all the way
to the hole. What appeared to be
possible turning point in the match
came at the twelfth hole, where Cum
ningham. after being on the edge of
the green, took to get down, missing
wee putt for a half. But stop
came to the prospective Hughes rally
when the latter put his tee shot in the
brook guarding the short thirteenth
hole.
Hughes made a determined stand for
the match beginning with the six
teenth hole, where he was dormie
down. He won the sixteenth and sew
ningham sliced his iron shot to a bad
lie on the hillside and Hughes had
played a beautiful midiron to the
green. Hughes won the hole and was
down going to the last tee. Both were
short Of the green on the second shot
up shot, but Cunningham by holing
a fine putt brought the dove of victory
home to Bannockburn by one hole:
The home club player won the hrst
his opponent had overplayed his sec
ond shot. Hughes holed good putt
to win the second and square the
match. He was far short on his iron
shot to the third, while Cunningham
played a superb brassie to the green,
being only fifteen feet from the cup.
Even with his own ball on the green.
had a hard time winning
the hole, for Hughes, from thirty rect
away, Tipped the cup on his long putt
lumbia man was l down. The Ban
nockburn player had a good shot to
the 14S-yard fourth hole, while Hughes
looked as If he might be right at the
pin, but his ball caught the edge OF
the ditch and he lost the hole, making
up. Cunningham top
ped his drive off the fifth tee while
Huehes heeled his tee shot and hooked
his second. The hole was won by
6-7. -.
fine tee shot which finished just above
and to the right OF the green, While
barely got over the oltcn:
The latter ran up to within ten 1eet OF
the hole while Hughes hit ms pan !. @ na,.e
too hard and it ran on the very fast green
twenty feet beyond the hole The mole
was halved in four, both men sinking
good puts. .,,.
After good tee shots the seconds were
good enough to give them chance to
make the green, but Cunningham was
short and Hughes to the right. Gun.
ningham Clipped up to within eight leet
and laid his opponent dead styn1e, en-.
abling him to halve the hole When hughes
had a five-foot put to win.
First one man and then the other putt !
his iron shot on the eighth green ana
the homo player sank good putt TO
hadvo the nOle IN o.
The ninth hole was badly played; |
HUGHES got g. short drive and topped |
nis second badly. while Cunningham's
ZEE shot was hooked to the grass on |
Lop of the hill. In the attempt to IN
crease his lead Cunningham used a |
midiron out of a poor lie in the high |
grass and topped his ball The hole I,
was halved in 8. leaving Cunningham
up at the turn.
Both got off beautiful drives from
The tenth, Cunningham's ball being
very nearly 800 yards in length. aided
oy q. favorable roll from the side hill.
rhe Bannockburn man laid his second
shot dead and won the hole to put
Both Fit fine balls OF the second tee.
Ind Hughes second shot was thirty
varde short, while his opponent was
lust of the green. Hughes picked up
we'll. but Cunningham played q poor
-un-up shot, and the hole was halved
n s, Tho homo player. after q short
.ee shot, took to get down from tho
,dge Of the twelfth green. missing
.wo-foot putt for a half, which left
1im but | up Hughes again played
What looked like a fine shot to the
short thirteenth hole, but again caught
he edge of the ditch, while Cunning
lam sliced badly, his ball coming to
est within q clubs length Of q pile
II logs. He could not chop out and
he hole was won by the Bannockburn
nan, when Hughes after q good pitch.