The New York herald., 1922-04-02
INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP
GIANTS START VICTORY AlEDAPh
NORTH-SOUTH GOLF
HONORS FOR O'HARA
Pat Takes Open Title at Pine
hurst With 220 for 81
Holes.

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Special Dispatch to THE NEw YORK HznaLp.
PINEHURsT, y. c., April 1.-Pat
O'Hara OF the Richmond County Coun-
try Club OF Staten Island won the
North and South open golf champion
the fifty-four holes Of play in 22o
strokes. II was a popular win, for
yesterday afternoon O'Hara compiled
a brilliant 50 on the No course, only
TO lose the benefit of this score when
a severe rainstorm made it necessary
10 cancel that round and finish the
tournament at fifty-four holes instead
of the usual seventy-two.
OHara was tied with Jock Hutchi
son, the British open champion. at the
end OF the morning round to-day, each
having taken 14S strokes for the first
thirty-six holes. Clerence Hackney
was one shot behind Jock started
first of the leaders on the final round
but took an 81 and dropped out of the
running. O'Hara. after taking a 6 TO
the first hole, finished the first nine in
35 and came back in 81, for a grand
total OF 220.
Pats scores were 73. 70. 72-22o.
The h1al round, which settled the
championship, was as follows:
2s' in............. '..... a4s s5 81 ~.
O'Hara's two rounds to-day were
made in a wind which bothered the play
ers 50 that the scores were the highest
recorded in North and South cham
pionship. II was necessary to hit hard
and to place in order to obtain results.
O'Hara had demonstrated his ability 70
play the wind on Friday afternoon. with
his grand round Of SO and he continued
to do so to-day. He also putted we'll all
day and It Is always necessary 10 have
a fine touch for the sand green in or
der to win the North and South.
Pulls Away mt Eighth.
O'Hara began to pull away from the
field at the eighth and ninth holes OF the
final round. Standing on the eighth tee
he needed two threes TO be out in So
He got two at the eighth and three
at the ninth. Although under the strain
Of knowing that he was out In front
O'Hara played the final nine in 81. he
sank a long putt at the twelfth Tor MS
four but otherwise had no breaks. His
mashie 10 the seventeenth was perfect
leaving him a reasonable putt Tor two
g,f, -
| His long drive down the middle to the
| eighteenth was followed bya crisp iron
which curled into a cross wind and laic
UP. hole high, just off the edge of the
\ sand. so that he obtained his par -FOUR
easily.
Y Hutchlson got away 70 very bad
start The wind was blowing right into
the faces Of the players at the first two
difficult par four holes. Hutchison was
+ In two traps on his way TO the first and
took q six. AT the second he hooked his
drive into the rough and put his second
I beside tho railroad track on the left OF
! tho falrway. This resulted IN another
six.
| Three puts accounted for fves at the
| third and fourth holes. He then got an
eagle three at the fifth and played well
\ the rest OF the way out 70 do 10. lie
\ took Al in, missing pars at tho tenth,
eleventh, fifteenth. sixteenth. seven
4 teenth and eighteenth.
| Jocks card:
out........... "a 80 :,
In........... 3 5-ii-Sl
! Other players made a better struggle
l than Hutchlson. but they could not give
OHara two shot lead going into the
/ final round and catch him. after he had
done 10 In the wind.
4
I Clarence Hackney second.
\ Clarence Hackney Of Atlantic City
\ finished second with a total Of ~ for
the 81 holes. beating Pat Doyle OF 81.
/ Louis and Joe Klrkwood. the AUS
/ tralian, who tied for third at 226.
/ Hackney. who was i50 after the first
two rounds. played the last is In ~.
! finishing before the largest crowd ever
assembled hero In the par figures OF
1. 3. 4, with nothing worse than foot
| puts for the figure at each hole.
! Hackney was 70. u. 7i-224.
The scores.