The sun., 1917-06-10
WESTCHESTER GOLF
TITLE TO ANDERSON
Siwanoy Expert Defeats Phil
lips in Final Match by
= Up and 1 to Play.
GWYER BEATEN AT 21ST

After two unsuccessful attempts John
q. Anderson Of Slwanoy finally has as
serted leadership OF golfers in his ais
triot by winning the westchester county
golf championship at Scarsdale yester-
day. For two years Anderson has been
forced to see players OF lower rating
take the title cup. but this time the 81
wanoy expert came through. He not
only won the championship but he
added the qualifying medal TO his well
stocked collection OF golf trophies.
As the tournament narrowed down It
became little more than battle be-
tween Siwanoy's representatives. In
the semi-inal round Anderson met
clubmate. l.. p. Gwyer, who carried the
new title holder to the twenty -frst hole
before Anderson could win. During this
time Herbert L. Phillips. oDe Of 81
wanoy, was disposing OF the only entry
from a club besides Swanoy when he
defeated T. r. limerick Of Hudson River
by up and 1 to play. This brought two
Giwanoy members together In the final.
Anderson forced Phillips to accept the
runner up trophy by margin OF up
and / to play. For time II seemed
that the final match was to be too one
sided TO hold interest. but Phillips made
numerous brilliant recoveries and bat
tied desperately until the seventeenth.
Gwyer really furnished the sensation
OF the tournament. although he dubbed
badly on the hole which showed Ander-
son into the finaL On his outward jour-
ney with Gwyer. Anderson held lead
one one hole until the eleventh. where
Gwyer squared the match with q clever
I on the long par hole.
They haived the next three holes In
par figures and Anderson cracked at the
nfteenth. where Gwyer was UP for the
nrst time. Anderson quickly eQualissd
affairs by sinking q fifteen foot putt At
the fifteenth for a 4. which squared mat
ters again,
Both wers down In par at the seven
teenth and each had a par at the home
green At the first extra hole Ander-
son played perfectly for par 4 and
0Wyer had to make a wonderful re-
covery to keep from losing right there.
Poor drives forced each to take at
the twentieth.
Twenty.Arst Gwyer's Undoing.
Gwyer topped his drive of the tee OF
the twenty first Then he iubbed
brassie shot and needed three to get on
the green Q Following this II took him
three puts to get down. which gave An
derson the hole and the match. Ander-
son went out in Al to 40 for Gwyer and
came back In ss to 81 for 0wyer.
The title match found Phillips waver-
ing Aetween good golf and poor. Neither
Anderson nor his opponent had any great
driving confidence. Each found the
rough spots OF the journey. and at Scars
dale it is not hard to get into the rough.
Both took an extra putt at the hrst
hole and halved 1t In S. Phillips trimmed
q four foot putt for a half at the second
and Anderson was up. Phillips was
short of the tee and short on his ap-
proach to the third and again needed
to hole out. Anderson was down In par
I, which made him UP.
On the short fourth. pitch on a hiil'
Anderson was on the edge OF the green
from the tee, but Phillips landed In
sand pit It took Phillips two shots to
get out and Anderson became up.
At the NTH. carry over pond and
to the crest Of high hill. Anderson was
short, while Phillips landed we'll up on
the farway. Anderson played a well
directed iron shot from the bad lie and
was In hne position, but hit too much
earth on his approach p:ch and lost the
hole on a margin OF strokes TO T.
Phillips played perfect golf at this hole.
Phillips had the better OF the driving
by more than thirty yards at the sixth.
Anderson was on the green In 2. how
ever. but Phillips laid a stymie and An
derson lost another hole. which left
Phillips only I down.
The match was squared at the sew
snth. when Phillips followed a drive Of
at least 800 yards with an approach to
within two feet Of the pin and putt for
as Anderson also had long drive at
this hole, but overapproached and
needed two puts.
Phillips Loses Chance.
Both pulled of, the tee at the tenth
and landed in a gully to the side. An
derson also was In trouble on his sec
ond. Phillips made nne recovery. only
TO throw this advantage away by digkins
in too deep on his iron shot. and Ander-
son won the hole. to
Phillips continued to pull his drives
and at the eleventh he was In clump OF
trees. He played out well and was
down in par 8. but this was not good
enough. since Anderson followed q
straight drive of the tee with a brassie
shot over a gully. a perfect approach to
the pin and a putt for Z. one under
par.
They halved the twelfth in 4. a stroke
above par, anc the thirteenth wal
hslved in 6. after Phillips had thrown
away two chances TO win the hole. Both
drove the green at tho fourteenth. but
Anderson trimmed the cup for 3 and
Phillips won back hole. Anderson
made a brilliant approach to halve the
fifteenth in par 8.
On the hilly sixteenth Phillips placed
his second shot on the green. while An.
derson was in the long grass to one side
PhulApo was down In I and won the
hole. maklpy him only up.
Match Ends in Seventeenth.
Anderson's tremendous drive of ths
hill at the seventeenth and to the green
SEQ yards. decided the issue. as Phillips
was a hundred yards short and in Al
impossible position to overcome such 9
great start as was made by Anderson
The card OF the final follows:
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limerick continued his well directed
driving in his semi-fnal match will
Phillips but had no success with hi
short game. Phillips also drove well IL
the morning and disposed OF Ernericl
with clever golf limerick did not pla,
the game he did on the first two days o
the tournament.
Not a Scarsdale representative coult
collect any laurels In any division. y
b Becker OF Dunwoodie defeated c. II
Hart OF Dunwoodie by and 8 in tn,
final Of the second sixteen and f. b
Mclean Of Wykagyl disposed OF ]. r
Shoaff. Searsdales last hope, at th
nineteenth hole In the third sixteen. Tn
summaries:
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