New-York tribune., 1918-05-13
Mrs. Gavin Defeated BY
Marst0n's Long Drives
Nine Stroke Allowance Of
Little Value to Woman
Golfer in Match

Although beaten by 3 up and to
play by Max Marston over the links of
the Hackensack Golf Club, Mrs. Will
lam A. Gavin, the metropolitan cham
pion, played a plucky uphill match.
She was conceded nine strokes, but
with her opponent playing the course
in par she had hard task.
The Hackensack course is one that
is more suitable for Mrs. Gavin's game
than long course, as it is only 5,770
yards in length, but when par golf is
required on practically every hole the
task is too severe, as every shot has to
be perfectly played, which proved dis
astrous to Mrs. Gavin on the first nine
holes.
Par going out is 81, while Marston
turn, Mrs Gavin having used up 40
strokes. She got four strokes going
out, and three of them came in handy,
as it gave her half on the first,
sixth and ninth holes. The stroke she
got on the fourth hole was useless, as
Marston won it in par and Mrs. Gavin
was three strokes over. On the two
holes Marston failed to make in par
one was halved with Mrs. Gavin in one
stroke over, and the other was won by
Marston in to 5, par being 3.
Best on Second Nine
1t was on the second nine holes that
Mrs. Gavin showed to the greatest ad-
vantage. From the tenth tee Marston
drove fully fifty yards further than Mrs.
Gavin, but the ball went out Of bounds
on the road and he played a second.
Mrs. Gavin played perfect golf on this
hole, 48O yards long. and won 1T in par,
so her stroke allowance was of no use
ITO her. This reduced Marston's lead to
up.
Marston played perfect golf on the
eleventh hole and was down in par,
but the stroke allowance made it a
halved hole. Mrs. Gavin also got a
stroke on the twelfth hole of 1926
yards, but it was Of no use to her, as
Marston made 200-yard drive, landed
his iron shot on the green and sank a
long putt for 3, the par being 4, and
Mrs. Gavin having taken s.
1t was here that luck favored Mrs.
Gavin. as she almost drove the four
teenth green, while Marston topped his
! Gavin won the hole in to s. par be-
| ing g. This brought down Marston's
| lead to dormie 4.
! The fifteenth was halved in 5, one
stroke over par but as Mrs. Gavin got
stroke on this hole, she won the
hole and reduced her opponents lead
| to dormie 3. Tho match ended on the
| sixteenth hole, $50 yards, the longest
| ON the course.
Long Play Wins
| 1t was Marston's long game that
/ won this hole, as he was within a
nashie pitch of the green with a
| drive and brassie. both screamers.
while it required drive and two
brassie shots to bring Mrs. Gavin up
! to within pitching distance of the
! green, and even at that she missed a
| putt for half in par. Her stroke
allowance made the hole a half. leav.
ing Marston the winner by up and 2
to play.
The bye holes were played out and
Mrs. Gavin distinguished herself by
! winning the seventeenth hole in q.
one stroke under par. Marston was
short OF the green and took a.
Marston. however, eyened things un
by winning the eighteenth hole in par.
Their cards were:
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