The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-14
LONG PUTT SETTLES
NASSAU GOLF FINAL
j. Wood Platt Wins Tourney
H0nOrs From Il. ID. Armour
on Extra Hole.
BOTH WEAK ON GREENS
Scotsman Misses Putt Of Two
Feet to Clinch Match at
the Seventeenth.
BOTH WEAK ON GREENS
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

In n match featured by hard hitting
and poor putting and which was played
out In a spirit Of friendliness that often
bordered on carelessness J. Wood Piatt'
the champion upsetter Of the North HIS
Country Club. Philadelphia, titleho' der
OF his home district. and the player
who defeated FRAMES Ouimet and went
into the semi-hnal of the national anna
teur championship last year at oak
mont, beat T. ID. Armour OF Lothian
burn. Scotland. yesterday on the nine
teenth green in the final of the annual
Invitation tournament of the Nassau
Country Club To turn the trick
'woodie" sank thirty foot putt for a
8, this being the only putt worth the
name made during the afternoon.
Armour really should have annexed
the match play honors as handiiy as he
did the qualifying play laurels. but when
he had the contest all but won he slipped
UP on a putt of less than two feet on
the seventeenth green. Had he holed
this one the Scotchnan would have
taken the match and /. as he had come
down TO that green from the fifteenth
with lead OF /.
Both had placed their iron shots per-
fectly on the sloping and difficult sew
enteenth green and for their thirds they
ran up, Plat within about q yard or
the hole and Armour within about two
feet. Being under the cup and with an
uphill putt Plat had the better posi-
ton for his shot. but much to the sur
prise of the gallery the Philadelphia
failed to sink his ball. the sphere spin
ming around the ledge of the cup and
coming out 1t seemed that Armour
could not possibly fail to accept such
a gift and win the match. However
the British player did exactly what
Plat had done. Instead of going
straight for the centre of the cup the
ball. with the swing of the green 10
help 1t. went skidding off toward the
right. caught the rim of the hole and
also bounded back on to the turf.
Three puts from twelve and fifteen
feet respectively was nothing part!cu-
larly creditabie for either Armour or
Plat. It was about on par with the
way they had been performing all
along. fine driving and approaching
often being nullified by Indifferent put
ting. But If that error by Plat had
been gift offered to Armour on a sill
yer platter the Scotsman's two foot
miss was a life saver indeed. 1t left
the Philadelphlan with a fighting
chance even IL his opponent did stand
dorrnie 1.
For the eighteenth each hit n perfect
drive. Armour had much the longer
shot but Plat made up for this and
more with q fine iron which placed
the ball on the green within about eIgh-
teen feet of the cup. Armour was so
far down the field on his drive that
he appeared to be in two minds how to
play his second. He gave 1t n half
iron. half spared. at that II seemed and
the ball fell far short. although on the
edge OF the green. His long run up left
him still away short and he missed his
next, whereas Platt had an easy 4.
AS the pair had halved the first three
holes OF the round. Il was thought that
they might have to 90 some distance
afield to settle which was entitled TO
the cup. However, Plat saved the gal
1ery its long walk to the second hole
by dropping that thirty footer. Armour.
who had laid his ball closer than had
Pfatt on the second. and that, too. after
rousing drive that was pulled to the
rough. made valiant effort to halve,
but although his ball came close. II was
not nearly close enough, this time.
During the match Armour gave a fine
exhibition of iron club play. but rather
interfered with his own effectiveness by
= tendency to underclub. The only time
that he used wood for his second this
Notwithstanding that Nassau has several
good brassie holes, was on the 451 yard
sixteenth, where the wind was blowing
against the player. With spoon in
stead OF an iron OF cleek for some OF
these second shots II seemed that Ar
nour would have won by several holes
~r At least have made the game easier
for himself. But by constantly under
clubbing and leaving himself short he
. sacrificed the advantage which his own
powerful long same gave him and be-
rides enabled Platt to draw level.
The match was on the fourth before
a hole was won or lost. Piatt made a
perfect tee shot here, laying his ball
about four feet from the cup, while
Amour unGerplayed into the sand trap.
Two holes further on Armour squared
with that was pefection. his long
iron laying the ball hole high. On the
ninth the Philadelphia champion pulled
into the rough and failing to get the club
properly under the ball Knocked II all
the way across the green into bunker.
"Voodie" made a fine recovery but he
missed n short putt and this left Armour
WITH one hole lead at the turn.
Plat Squares Match.
Coming back Plat squared the match
at the tenth when Armour bungled
around the green, but on the eleventh
II was Armour all the way. Plat sliced
into a bunker whereas the Scotsman hit
terrific tee shot and, laying his sec
ond on the back OF the green. clipped
dead. A pulled tee shot TO the thlr-
feenth green necessitated a life and drop
for Armour. Here the visitor erred in
not using a spoon. for his Iron left him
short Of the green and enabled Plat TO
win the hole.
At the short thirteenth both were in
error. Plat on the left side of the trap
IN the rough and Armour down In the
sand. They halved this one in 4. and
then went out to divide the fourteenth.
after each had played short on tho Sec
end and missed a short putt.
Three puts by Plat gave Armour
the hftecnth. while the sixteenth was
another half in 8. This was where Ar
fnour used his brassie for bis second.
His shot. perfect for direction. left him
with a short chip on TO the saucer green.
From n longer distance Plat left him
self short. Armour should have made Il
dornie here, but he missed the putt
ana allowed n half The story OF tho