The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20
CONLEY WINS IN
WESTMINSTER
GOLF TOURNEY
Captures Title by Defeating
Gwathmey in Final
Round, 3 and 2.
ALSO DEFEATS swEETsER
Poor Putting Proves Big Han
dicap to Loser-Rain Makes
Play Difficult.
ALSO DEFEATS swEETsER
By INNS BROWN.


tie gallery looked on interestedly G. l..
Conley of Siwanoy hooked in the golf
title of Westminster County in the final
round OF the championship tournament
at Apawamis yesterday afternoon. Con-
ley won UP and to play over
Gaines Gwathmey OF the home club.
Conley proved the better aquatic perfor-
mer OF the two. He doubtless would have
won anyway, but as It was he adapted
himself to the playing conditions as the
two slogged their way through the rain
and slush. A light mist at the start de-
veloped into quite a downpour while
the players were negotiating tho sixth
hole, and from there out playing con-
ditions were very bad
inability to WELD his putter success
fully cost Gwathmey dearly. Almos
without exception he was short on hi'
approach puts. Furthermore his short
chip shots from just of the green as Z
rule fell far short Once he took four shot:
in getting down from a distance twenty
yards off the green. 1t happened al
the long ninth, where he had reached
the edge OF the green 500 yards distan
from the tee in 3.
An Uphill Match.
The match was an uphill fight 70
the home club player throughout A
one time he found himself 3 down. 4
rally and cut his opponents lead to !
However. at this stage he began 4
encounter trouble in his tee shots. Poo
drives handicapped him on the mex
two holes and both of them went to hi
opponent. Conley was making few mis-
takes and his play left no room for hi
opponent TO chuck away stroke her
and there and retain an even break.
Conley went into a lead prompt.
after the start. He landed well on tn
green with his second shot at the frs
hole and then ran down a twenty-fiv
foot putt for against Gwathmey'
par 4.
The second hole was halved In g.
when neither reached the green with hi
second. following two nice drives
Gwathmey was short of the green, Will
Conley pulled to the left behind a noun
more than flag hign Conley barrel
missed sinking another long put
Gwathmey sank difficult putt for a
! to halve the third after a bad tee sho
He was all but stymied.
Both gathered bird as on the fourth
| Conley dropped a twelve foot putt, an
Gwathmey followed with one of ten fee
or more for his 3. The fifth went {
Conley with a par .. when his approac
putt laid Gwathmey a dead stymie. TIL
latter. short on his drive. had chippe
to within three feet OF the cup, bu
couldn't get by Conley's ball on his mex
attempt.
Gwathmey Takes seventh.
After the sixth had been split in 4
Gwathmey found his FIRST winning hol
| AT tho seventh. through the aid of
penalty stroke assessed against Conlel
! The latter hooked his second to the edg
of strap. In addressing the ball.
| moved a bit as Conley was effeCting
| firm stance He Clipped on and ra
down his second putt. but the penalt
ran his count for the hole TO agains
Gwsthmey's 5.
with both short OF the green on II,
eighth. Gwathmey clipped to With
three feet OF the cup. but missed h
| first putt. and both took tours. Thre
full shots on the long ninth left bot
! just shy OF the green. Gwathmey wa
| twenty-five feet short on his mashe tai
! and then followed with weak putin
effort leaving himself twelve feet ava,
| Conley Clipped his fourth slightly bt
| yond the cup. ran back and holed a
to win. lie was 2 UP starting the secon
| nine.
The tenth again saw putting veal
ness on Gwathmey's part. His secon
landed on, short OF the pin. and his al
proach putt left him too big a Job. an
he lost the hole 4 and 8. Conley waste
one on the eleventh. when he drove oil
of bounds. Gwathmey reached II
green on his second. and won with a
Each has on the twelfth. Gwatl
mey came through with a to win tr
thirteen and cut Conley's lead 10 or
hole. He laid m2shie shot three fe'
from the pin and hNled out on his Ar!
trial. But he followed with a wretche
drive to the fourteenth that failed ,
get to the tsirway. He barely mar
aged to clear the brook on his th!r
Conley on in. three baggcd a and wo,
Another topped tee shot wasted or
effort for Gwathmey on the fifteent'
His second was still short OF the gree
and the best he could do was a s. Cor
ley's 4 won the hole and made hi
dormie three. The sixteenth was d
vided in As, ending the match.
| Their cards,