Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-25
MRS. M'CAMMiN WINS
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Defeats Mrs. Frailey in Final Match
for Chevy Chase Club
Title.

the golf championship Of the Chevy
Chase Club. defeating Mrs. G L Frailey
in the final by two holes. Mrs. MCCAIN
| mon was dormie / up and both players
| were fifteen feet from the hole on the
eighteenth green in four shots, when. IN
addressing her putt. Mrs. Fraliey accl-
dentally moved the ball. which cost her
stroke, and, although she ran down the
putt for 6. Mrs McCammon sank her
putt for 5 to win by two holes Inc
match was closely contested Throughout.
Mrs. McCammon won through her greater
steadiness, although outdriven from prac-
tically every tee. her superior snort game
and better putting bringing her victory.
Mrs. Frailey won the first hole with a
5 to her opponents 9, Mrs. McCammon
being in trouble all the way to the green.
The second and third holes were haived IN
6 apiece. Both balls were in the often IN
front of the short fourth hole. and the
hole was halved in 5. leaving Mrs. Eraiiey
l up. The latter topped her tee shot TO
the fifth hole, while Mrs. McCammon hit
a fair ball down the middle and played
short Of the bunker in 2 Mrs M ETaii Icy
mon. ten feet from the hole in 8. ran down
the putt for 4. sQuaring the match !.
Both women were well up in front OF
the bunkers guarding the sixth green in
three shots, Mrs. McCammon's fourth be-
ing just on the edge OF the green and MRS
Frailey's ball on the like running on the
right-hand corner. The latter had good
|
but the putt had good deal of side-hill
curl to it. and the ball, putted for half
in s. ran around the cup, putting Mrs. Nc
Cannon / up.
Mrs. FraiIey found plenty of trouble
on the seventh. Starting with topped
tee shot to a very heavy lie, from which
she got out in three, she was on the
green in five and Mrs. McCammon. al
bunker at the left hand side of the
green, pitched out well and won the
hole. Long hitting made q great diff
ference on the long eighth hole. Mrs.
Frailey hit fine tee shot and was well
down the course between the second and
third rows of bunkers in three shoS.
her opponent being the same distance in
four. Mrs. McCammon lost the hole by
pitching her fifth into the bunker
guarding the green, Mrs. Frailey being
Both players were on the ninth green,
thirty feet from the hole in two and
both took three puts to ha1ve. leaving
Mrs. McCammon / up at the turn.
Mrs. Frailey's pitch to the short tenth
caught the edge Of one of the bunkers
in front of the green and stayed in the
sand, Mrs. McCammon's ball just miss
ing a trap. Her second shot was eight
feet short Of the cup and Mrs. Frail@
was well out in two and four feet from
shot. Mrs. McCammon missed her
eight-footer and the hole was halved in
A. Mrs. Frailey had a fine chance to
square the match on the eleventh hole,
Cannon was in three. but her mashie
third. half-topped and sliced. ran
through trap to the right Of the
green and the hole was halved in s,
both players missing ten-footers.
The twelfth hole was chapter Of trou-
BILE for Mrs. McCammon. Her tee shot
was hooked to the edge Of the rough.
which Is quite tall and thick at this par
ticular point. She was out Of the grass in
and her well hit fourth shot rolled into
the bunker in front Of the green. Mrs.
Frailey also being in the hazard. but in
two shots. The latter was out in 4 and
won the hole with Z. Mrs. McCammon
took three puts after getting well out of
the bunker. Both played short of the
bunkers at the thirteenth and were on
the edge in two. The holing of four
foot putt would have won the hole for
either woman, but both puts for As were
missed, half in 5 resulting.
With the match all square as q result of
Mrs Frailey's win on the twelfth hole, the
turning point came on the fourteenth,
where the latter underplayed her pitch
to the slippery green and lost the hole.
when Mrs. McCamnon played fine pitch
to twenty feet from the pin. Both women
played short Of the ditch at the fifteenth
and were short Of the green In 3. Another
half in 6 resulted when Mrs. Frailey RIM
med the cup on her fifteen-foot putt for a
o.
looked very much as If Mrs. Frafley would
lose by 2 and 1, when her second shot
on the seventeenth. after drive to the
top Of the hill. was topped to the rough
grass. Her third shot was in the bunker,
while Mrs. McCammon was short in 2
and on the green in 8. Mrs. Frailey was
well out Of the hazard and got a half in 6,
Mrs. McCammon taking three puts.
Then came the eighteenth. Both
players were on the green I'm four
shots. equidistant from the hole. It
is very probable that il Mrs Frailey
had not moved her ball a half
would have resulted, as Mrs McCam-
mon ran down her putt after Mrs.
Frailey had sunk hers. and Mrs. Frai-
ley in this event could not have won the
hole. which would have been necessary
to carry the match to extra holes.
Nine. w. A. F. Ekengren won the
eighth final from Mrs. 8. b. Mckinney,
and 1.
Mrs. Fleming Newbold won the fea-
ture event OF the afternoon, the ap-
preaching and putting contest, with
three 3s. Miss Louise Lacey and Mrs
L. o. Cameron had a chance. to tie had
either woman holed a putt.
Mrs. L. o. Cameron captured the drfv-
ing contest, her three balls being we'll
up the course. although one OF them
was topped. Mrs. Floyd P. WaREaman
was second. all her balls being straight
down the middle. although two Of them
were topped.