The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-21
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BARNES WINS PRO
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
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trap. Neither turned the elbow, sue
cessfully on the ninth and 1t was halved
in 9, leaving Mcleod 1 up.
At the tenth Mcleod was short, while
Barnes hooked to deep trap. He failed
to get out in two attempts, then drove
the ball far up into a nearby field,
losing hole, ball and considerable tenn
per- He was then two down.
At the eleventh Long Jim caught Nc
Leod wabbling n bit and he tore right
in to take advantage of his opportunity.
McLeod's second found a trap and he
lost to 4. They were both on the
twelfth in two. but Barnes won TO 5
when Mcleod missed a putt hardly more
than a foot for a half. That evened the
match. Neither got the thirteenth green
in two. but Barnes made it up by sinking
a single putt after chipping his third on.
He won to 5.
Both held the green on the tricky little
fourteenth. Mcleod missed his try for
from some fifteen feet away. Barnes
had better luck with his twelve foot eff
fort, and won to 3. Each pulled his
drive to the rough on the fifteenth.
Barnes held the green on his second. but
Mcleod was of to the side. Barnes won
4 to 5.
Mcleod drove out of bounds going TO
the sixteenth, but saved half when he
got his second on, and Barnes pulled
his second up a slope to the left of the
green, and took three to get the green.
Mcleod lost the next to 4, when he
missed four-foot putt for a half He
lost the home hole by the same figures.
when his second shot rolled off the
green into a trap.
Mcleod starts Well in Aftern DON.
Mcleod proved a winner on the first
hole Of the afternoon. He was on in
two and down in four. Barnes overran
his second and took five. Mcleod
smeared up the second badly and lost
to 4. His drive sliced to the rough
and both his second and third fell
short of the green. The third was
halved in 1, both getting on in two and
taking two puts. Mcleod lost the
fourth. when his second overran the
green into trap, and his third went
across into the rough. Barnes scored 4.
Mcleod missed a half on the fifth.
when he failed to get down a short putt
for his T. He was on in two, whereas
Barnes's second caught a trap. But the
latter made fine recovery. and sank
single putt. Mcleod barely missed
his putt for a three on the sixth and it
was halved in 4. Barnes pulled his
drive far over to the rough, but made a
brilliant recovery dropping some twelve
feet from the cup.
Barnes's drive hooked to the rough on
the seventh, and he dubbed his second.
taking three to get on. Mcleod was
nicely on in two and won TO 5. At the
eighth came McLeod's sensational shot
from the rough for a winning three. He
also got the ninth, when Barnes half
topped an iron into a trap on his second.
and took four to get on the green.
Mcleod looked like a winner on the
next. Barnes hooked to a trap. while
Mcleod was just short of the green.
But Barnes made a fine out twelve
feet away and sank his 3. Mcleod had
pitched well up, but missed short putt.
Barnes Takes the Eleventh.
Barnes also got the eleventh in spite
OF slice drive that left him In the
rough. He played a low iron shot at
most TO the far edge of the green for
his second. Mcleod was just on the
near edge. His long approach putt left
him a seven-footer for his 4 and he
missed. Barnes winning to 8. Mcleod
got the next to 8, when Barnes fol-