The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-01
VARD0N AND RAY
WIN LAST MATCH
British Golfers Defeat FOther-
ingham and Golden 3 and
1 at Tuxedo.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

Ted Ray and Harry Vardon. the
British professional golf stars, concluded
their schedule of best ball exhibition
matches with victory over George
Fotheringham of Richmond County and
John Golden of Tuxedo yesterday on the
up and to play after standing up on
the morning round. fine incoming
half of 33 by Vardon in the afternoon
practically settled the match, for al
though the American pros were playing
well individually and teaming somewhat
better than they had done In the earlier
part of the day they were unable to
cope with this kind of golf, particularly
as Ray was able to come in once to
make the best ball of the Britons 80.
Ray had the low card of the morning.
when he went around within two strokes
of the professional record of 67, and in
the afternoon Vardon showed total Of
II. In the morning Harry had taken
49, while for his second round Ray
showed a 70. Golden and Fotheringham
each scored a "a on the first eighteen
holes and ~ on the second.
1t was team work that won and lost
combined excellently Fotheringham and
Golden played too much alike to have a
serviceable best ball card.
Special prizes offered for low score
went to Ray for his SO in the morning
and to Vardon for his II In the after
noon. Fotheringham might easily have
won the second Of these with any luck
in putting. but he kept on trimming the
cup all day, finishing up with display
which resulted in three puts on the fif-
teenth green of the second round and
four more on the seventeenth. At the
latter hole the Richmond County instruc-
tor was putting for 8. He finished by
taking 6.
Ray as usual treated the gallery to
some spectacular golf. while his putting
was a great Improvement on the dis
play which he had given the day before
on the greens Of the Nassau Country
Club. Ted's feature holes were the fifth
and sixth of the morning round. At
the first Of these two he pushed his
tee shot thirty or forty yards off the
line into the rough, but tore the ball
out with his mashie and was there with
the others in par 4. On the next hole
he hooked to the face Of a mound and
with wooden club sent his next al
most through the clouds. With about
$50 yards still to be covered the cham
pion then proceeded to hole out on
his mashe shot for 8.
In an interesting match that was
won and lost on the last putt A. l..
Walker, Jr., of Richmond county, for
merly intercollegiate champion, and
Frank w. Dyer of Upper Montclair
yesterday defeated A. i. Hammer and
r. NJ. Wild. both Of Baltusrol by / UP,
over the Richmond County links Play
ing the fifteenth hole the sides were all
even. but on this one Walker took the
lead with a birdie g. On the seven
teenth Wild almost holed out with his
tee shot, the ball stopping just on the
lip of the cup. II would have required
an ace to win as 1t turned out, for
both Walker and Dyer were equal to
the call. the latter boiling on his chip
shot.
Wild with a rs was the low scorer.
while Walker came second with n rs.
Dyer showed n rs and Hammer an so.
The best ball figures:
Walker and Dyer
Hammer and Wild
aOut......... 5 8 4-3s
Walker and Dyer
n