New-York tribune., 1918-12-16
Stormy Weather Fails TO
Hold Up CLASSY Foursonae

Despite the stormy weather a most
interesting four-ball golf match was
played at the Marine and Field Club
yesterday afternoon, in which two pro
iossionals who had never seen the
course beforc-Pat Doyle, of the Deal
Golf and Country Club, and Elmer
Loring, of the Town and Country Club
of Lockport, N. Y.-did the course in
81 and SO, respectively, and defeated
Teddy Galligan, the clubs professional
and Carey O'Brien, one of the clubs
most expert amateurs, by 5 up and 4
to play, with best ball of 81 to 73.
The course is 4,845 yards in length, and
the par is 60. 1t was Doyle who was
doing all the playing, with his string
of eight thrces. Had he been playing
the best ball of the three he would
have broken all even with them. In
fact, the best bail of the four was
32-30-62.
Peter O'Hara, of the Haworth Coun-
try Club, who won the tournament of
the Professional Golfers Association
over the North Shore Country Club
links, November Ia, for the benefit of
the War Work Fund, was to have
played with Galligan on this occasion,
but he failed to put in an appearance,
POSSIBLY on account of the stormy
weather. 1t did not rain much after
noon, and O'Brien filled in the four
some and played good golf, going out
III 81, two strokes over par, and re-
turning N SO, again two strokes over
par, doing the course in 70. During
the four-bali match every hole on the
course was either won or halved in
par or better
The play started by both Doyle and
Lorlng getting the first hole of 800
yards in the par Of A, their opponenets
requiring one more. All hands halved
the second hole in par, while Loring
won the third hole of 400 wards in
the par of 4. All hands halved
the fourth and fifth holes in par, while
the sixth hole of 385 yards was won
by O'Brien in the par of d. He also
won the seventh hole in 3, one stroke
under par, which made the match all
square. Then Doyle got busy and won
the next two holes in 3 each, one stroke
under par, which gave him the lead by
up at the turn, an important matter
to Doyle and Loring, as they were play
ing Nassau. Doyle and Loring each
got a 3 on the tenth and eleventh
holes, both par 4 holes. but as O'Brien
also landed on The eleventh for
half, it left the "pros" 8 up.
Doyle, however, seemed to have blood
in his eye, as he landed another on
the par twelfth hole, and took the
thirteenth of 300 yards in the par of
4. which increased his lead to 5 up.
AS the fourteenth hole was halved in
9 by, O'Brien and Loring, the match
ended by Doyle and Loring winning by
5 up and to play. The four bye
holes, however, were played out, Doyle
winning the fifteenth of 400 yards in
par, Loring halving the sixteenth in
one under par, with O'Brien and CALI
gan, and Doyle and Loring winning the
last two holes in par. The best ball
score was as follows:
iS...'.: AZ ..'' 3=st-s4 s-ss
0'Brten and Galligan-
i"'.:..:....: i2q'...:.. { 5 { ) ! t-ss-7s t-ss
Their individual scores, which were
excellent, are as follows:
Pat Doyle Deal
%'........... Hn.-:...... 3 Z 3 So sss-s,
Elmer Loring Iockport--
i"':..:....:.. Grs rs.... 3 s s &c., sc
Carey o'Bricn Marine and Field
f@'.......... 2r' ..'..... ; 5 tss t-ss-7s
Teddy Galligan. Marine and Field
fm,...... fnn'''''....., : ! & a -se >,