The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-22
H. c. RICHARD WINS
n. Y. A. c. GOLF TITLE
Defeats L. A. Hamilton 5 and
4 at Garden City Country
Club.
by KERR n. PETRIE.

Realizing an ambition that dates
back quite a few years now Harold c.
Richard of the Engineers Country Club
stepped into the shoes OF Pierre a. Proal
of Deal when he defeated L. a. Hamil-
ton Of the National Links in the final
of the annual golf championship tourna-
ment of the New York Athletic Club
yesterday on the course Of the Garden
City Country Club. The margin which
saw the title won and lost was up
and to play.
While unable to annex the blue rib
bon, Hamilton. who now is eligible for
the senior ranks, deserves to have a
special medal struck in his honor for
the sterling game which he played IN
the semi-final when by a margin Of up
and 2 to play he overthrow the cham
pion Proal. Had the National Links
veteran continued to play the same kind
Of golf in the afternoon he would have
extended Richard to the utmost, for he
was around in something like rs or IS
and neck and neck with par most Of
the way.
The fnalists started poorly, but after
the first two holes had been passed
Richard settled down to play sound
game of golf punctuated here and there
by an extra putt, but showing no very
radical errors otherwise. That first
hole should have gone to Hamilton. for
Richard was bunkered on a sliced drive.
Three puts by Hamilton made 1t half
in g. At the second Richard got off to
another slice. This time his ball fin-
ished behind tree, and hitting the OBJ
struction. It was detected into a bunker
Strong with his first putt Hamilton
nevertheless dropped a good one for his
4, winning the hole by stroke
The representative OF the Engineers
did not have long to wait for a square
match for he was down in 5 for win
at the third and this despite an extra
putt, his opponent having pulled his
second and then also taken three puts.
Richard Settles the Match.
Richard began a succession of wins
on the fifth that soon had the result
beyond doubt, for from this hole to the
ninth he won everything in sight and so
turned for home leading by up. On
the first Of these Richard holed thirty
foot putt for a 2. He got the next in a
gift at 5, but on the seventh he laid
his approach within a yard of the cup
and won easily with two shots to spare.
At the eighth Richard made good sec
ond from the rough, while Hamilton
was strong and over the green. The
ninth hole is 533 yards. Here in con-
sequence of Hamilton slicing a brassie
shot out of bounds Richard was on in
three, with two strokes to spare. He
hung the ball on the lip OF the cup with
his fourth, but a gave him the hole.
magnificent recovery shot from
bunker followed by n successful putt
of some five feet enabled Hamilton TO
cut a thin slice off his opponents lead.
but had It not been for Richard taking
an extra putt Hamilton would have
lost the twelfth, where he took three
to reach the green following a pull to
the rough and a fubbed second. On the
thirteenth Hamilton played all around
the green and lost In to and the
match came to a termination with
half in at the next after the two had
worked themselves clear of the rough.
The card of the final: