Putnam patriot., 1919-09-05
LARGE GALLERY
FOLLOWS GOLFERS
Heavy Rain Makes Course Slow
At Country Club
Local Players Follow Close Beh:u1
Tom MeNsmara With Good
Scores
(By Richard Holmes

must nave CARED II Gil thursday SO
that the golfers could enjoy the pleas
ure of seeing the professional match
that took place in the afternoon. The
course was not as fast as it might
have been if there hadn't been so
much rain lately The ground was
soggy and therefore the ball didn't
get as much roll as usual
Tom Mcnamara, the golf expert,
arrived in Putnam in the morning and
was taken down to the Country Club
in the afternoon, so that the match
began between 100 and o'clock. It
was arranged that Mr.. Mcnamara was
to play the best ball' against E. G..
Morse and c. E. Dean of Putnam and
G. c. Carpenter of the Thompson
Club. The honors We're given to Nc
Namara He drove with such ease
+ that it made those in the gallery utter
words of praise and wonder. There
was a little slice on his first drive,
which shot his bali into the rough at
about the two hundred yard mark.
The next off was Carpenter. He made
a pretty drive, the ball falling little
short of the two hundred yards. Dean
followed next and then Morse; they
each got good drives. Mcnamara
was in rather Of a bad hole but he
played out of it so well that he landed
on the green in two shots. On the
green he had bad luck as he missed a
putt that would have put him in in
four, whereas, he made the hole IN
FIVE. which is par. The other men
followed with six apiece.
On the second hole Mcnamara got
a 3, and the others 4, and 4. The
professionals drive was perfect. as
he landed within two feet Of the
green.
Mr.. Mcnamara used his wooden
clubs the greater part Of the time. Ii
wasn't until the eighth tee that he
used driving iron. It was at this
tee that the 'iinx" seemed to take it
upon itself to start some fun. Nc
Namara had the honors and drove his
first bah onto the railroad track. His
second one was better iaasmueh as it
didn't quite 60 off the fairHay Car
nenter, who followed. did the same
thing. as did Dean. Morse was the
only one who succeeded in getting off
the tee without using at least two
balls
McNamara's drive off the ninth tee
was one that made the gallery stare
with ama2ement 1t was all of two
hundred and ten yards and went as
if fred from a gun.
When the second round eommenc-
ed there were over three score per
sons in the gallery Others came
down from the club house to see the
men play the nearby holes.
The wind had increased as the play
wore on, and this extra handicap
along with the wet grounds made it
doubly hard to play
Mcnamara, who had kept the hon
ors entirely to himself in the first
round, led off His drive this time
was much better than at the first,
though, through miss putt he failed
to make the hole in less than five. On
the next hole the link" again
showed itself and tom" lost the
honors for the first time in the game.
Though he speedily recovered him
self, it was not until the fourth hole
that he was able to claim the honors
again.
1t was the eighth hole that seemed
to have it in for the professional the
worst. Here he had poor drive and
therefore this made him make the
hole in four Carpenter, who on this
hole before had had such bad luck,
redeemed himself, and secured a.
three after making a splendid drive
On the last hole each man drew al
four. The gallery expressed itself as
being much pleased and astenished at
the trueness Of the professionals
shots. His approaches would on
striking the green stop almost dead,
while all his drives seemed to go as if
one had carried and dropped them in
line with the green.
At the eighteenth hole George E.
Shaw announced that the club wished
all present to come up and have some
supper. The supper consisted of sal
ads, sandwiches, crackers and cheese,
Casava melon, cookies and coffee. E.
T. Robbins was in charge of the sup
per and to him and those who assist
ed him. belongs the praise that was
heard on all sides.