Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-21
QUALIFYING ROUND
FOR GOLF TITLE ENDS

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would hav" given him rirdics on
holes he made IN par Ills approach
'hotS I" the green were miraculous.
he bah invariably DROPPING close to
The pin ana ON one occasion rolling
into the hole after a difficult pitch
shot from green crap. Had his puts
been dropping. there is no knowing
what score he might have made.
However. that's just one OF those lit
tic things about this game
Spectacular RrcoNcry Saves Evans.
Chick" Evans, the rciSniug ANA
tour champion, playing his first round
over the course. found hiinsoir in Il
precarious position when he reached
the turn I'm forty strokes y spec
taculnr recovery on No, :. after he
had driven into the ruuEht. put his
second in the bunker. played short
of the green on his third ana played
over tn" green into the trap on his
fourth. probably dih much To restore
MS confidence and get him going
again lie holed on; FOR - par five
from his trap position Thereafter
n" rallied eamciy. playing the last
nine iu a sup"rt thiriy-fnur. with
sin Tours. = I'VE and - birdie two ana
three. respectively. on Nos IL ana i.
which gave him thirty -four for the
second nine and "a scvcnty-four for his
qualifying round. II was the best
amateur score Of the day
Tommy Armour. ,h- brilliant
scotch amateur. had bad luck ON his
inst nine. requiring: forty thrc"
strokes y ilashy rally coming in.
Melted him 30. but the total OF q?
was on" stroke to" many 10 include
him IN tn" charmed circle. Armour
is hnc golfer ana 1t is a pity he did
not win The place he deserved in the
30 Bob '' Mcpo"ald and Charlie rremncr
were TWO other hue players who
tailed to sccur" a place. They both
came in with sos. Two strokes out OF
tile qualification limit.
There are ciGh amateurs entered
now in the final test. \. l.. GuilIord.
John &. Anderson. Nelson Whitney.
J. w. Swc"tzcr i &. Rose. chick
Evans. Il. l.. Fink"nstead ana myself.
made FOR the final play, would say
/ that tn" most Interesting would be
that starting at 1850 THURSDAY :
morning between Jim Barnes ANA
Pete % liara. with their respective
scores today. th"sc two pros" shoul.l
command Il great gallery. Second
only To this pair. viii he interest IN
the pairing which places Walter la
gen with Nelson Whitncy, the great
southern amateur. starting at y
- tlDtk. htt Mll'htll, one OF inc Two
great En.lishm"n in tn" play. viii
lac matched with Emmett French. and
I l'rcnch's golf here will ccrtaiuly'
make this combination u great draw :
ing card,
other combinations which will give
ia" gallery plenty Of thrills Thurs
day. are the following:
10" Sylvester and less" Guilford,
starting at 500 \. NJ: Mike Brady
and Pat o'Hara, driving at a:20. Mike
WAS only one over EarncS :or low
score today, while Fat tied Whitney
/ fur low score Tuesday.
"Chick" Evans paired with AlcN
| Cunningham. starting At o:5o y NJ.
| Fred Mcleod ana George Eowdcn
starting at 1885,.
| OF course. there will he trcmcn-
! dous interest in the matches in which
/ he Enplishmen participate. RarncS
! Mitchell. Duncan and Hutchinson, in
fact. are the great four upon whom
| heio are being made now hy those
I uiChiuS tn. winner.
,Copyrght 1921. by United Ncwsp