The New York herald., 1922-07-14
MET TITLE HOLDER
SCORES 72-71-1&
Terrific Driving of Chicago
Professional Features Play
at Skokie.
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O'HARA STARS IN SPOTS
Boyd and He Hole rs at Ran
dom; Kerrigan Leads
Local Amateurs.
OHARA STARS IN SPOTS
ny KERR N. PETRIE.

BY KERR ". PETRIE.
SKoKIE COUNTRY CLUB, GLENCOE, Ill.
July 18.-What Jock Hutchison and
Walter Hagen were to the first and
second qualifying days in the national
open golf championship big Bob Mac
Donald of Bob o. Link. Chicago, holder
of the metropolitan open title. was to
the third division to-day on the links
OF rhe Skolxie Country Club. After the
Hagens, the Hutchisons, the AIitchells
and the Duncans, the last day of
qualifying dawned without any pic
turesQue figure protruding himself
above his fellows. However, big Bob
fell inte the leading position naturally.
He and his partner, Pat O'Hara, car
r1ed tho biggest crowd OF the day. a
real championship gallery. be it said.
and a very flashy exhibition the pair
provided.
and II. Thar 70 ought to have been a
10 arf the u SO. But Bob let down
at the dnish of both rounds and so
closed as stated lie had two 5s to
terminate his mornings work when
he should have made it pair of
fours, and when, In the afternoon, he
scored hts 4 on the seventeenth lie
then proceeded to take six for the
Tome hole. The gallery was on. its
toes as the metropolitan title holder
heaved his broad shoulders into the
tee sho. for the home hole. Mac
Donald's hands came in a little too
fast and the result was slice out into
the rough. Playing a spoon so as to
make UP the lost distance Bob failed
to work his ball clear of the long grass
His approach was short Of the green
and he was unable TO chip close
enough 70 get down in one putt
Macdonald and O'Hara Fast Team.
O'Hara made for a swift team. OHara
also came through with II on the af-
ternoon round after making the eigh-
teen holes in 76 on his first attempt
For the Richmond Country Club pro.
fessional the law OF averages was work.
ing nicely. While he made extra puts
on half dozen greens in the morning
he came through beautifully later in the
day, missing little and holding out the
majority OF his dangerous puts
O'Hara had one run that ticl6ed the
gallery. This was toward the finish oi
the first nine in the attaraoon. when the
Staten Island IrishmCa welded mashie
and putter with deadly precision and
rnA kAft. ,t,,tt. IT,
Pat, did not seem to mind the fact thai
the biggest gathering of the week was
lining the edge of the fairways and
banked both be- ind and ahead of hin
around tees and green's His nerve.
never were steadier. Both he and Boil
went quietly about their work. Their,
was no posing with them whatever, de
spite their position of prominence. MOI
was there any outward sign of embar
rassment or stage fright.
Bob Feels Right mt Home.
O'Hara probably has had less expert
ence in the role of gallery idol thar
Macdonald. Bob was playing before
his own crowd for his home course ir
only three miles from Skokie. However
C'Hara has won the Irish opcn cham
pionship and the North and sou,h a.
well. and the experience gained II e1es,
helped to prevent him from becoming
panicky, IL there " sucl strain In hi!
makeup.
O'Hara took f0 the eighth. but the
brace OF twos made up TO-. al. mistakes
outward and so Pat drove off for The
last nine holes at even fours.
The Staten Lsland man started his last
nine holes wtth a 8. bS' Immediately rar
into string of hoses that worked hii
xr.1r .11v
the eleventh to the sixteenth he scored
4. 3. 3. 4. 4, 3. A s for the seventeenth
and fine for the home hole brought
him back In no for round OF II, and
the cash customers voted that they had
been well entertained and that o Hara
and Macdonald had been just as inter
estlng In way as Hutchison, Hagen
Duncan and Mitchell.
Leader Plays SIN Doth Game.
But for his slips on the last hole Mac
Donald played q smooth and impressive
game OF gole His driving was n fea-
ture. Despite the holding nature Of the
turf after tho heavy rains Big Bob hit
some tee shots that were Of the hurri-
cane order. He had one walop at the
sixteenth that was longer than any
thing else seen during the day, and had
the ground been as hard as II was in
the beginning of the week no would
either have been on or over the green
The hole measures 365 yards. MacDon-
aids ball came tearing down the Side
OF the fairway close to the barn. crossed
the roadway and lay only a few feet
short Of the traps guarding the green.
IT was easily fifty yards ahead OF the
average sor the day Possibly II
caught q spot harder than the rest OF
the ground thereabouts. but II was a
feature drive whatever the cause.
on the fourteenth also. a hole of 81
yards Mcdonald was sixteen PAGES
from tho green on his drive. There wa.
no questioning the merit OF this walloI
for the turf on this part OF the links wal
dead and unyielding On the 470 yart
home hole In the morning Bob got dowr
far enough to cause him TO pause and
cogltate whether or not to use a mid
iron. Finally he compromised on n sho
with spared driving iron. The metro
yolitan champion had other homeri,
wallops. but these examples will serv,
20 illustrate that he is on his wood
burning no distance and liable to bt
heard from before the week Is out Mac.
Dorald's cards:
MORNING ROUND
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AFTERNOON ROUND.
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"Met' District We'll Represented.