Evening star., 1922-05-21

he would have given Lyon much
The Canadian, on the other hand.
played golf of the brand that wins
tournaments. Always straight down
the mlddie of the course and excen-
tlonaIiy long from the tee Lyon, who
mas prayed In countless golf events
On on po.h SIDES of the Atlantic. at no
time was down to Whitlatch and his
game all through the final round
showed every evidence of the Mt
, most confidence. Putting wei. as he
aI"ays does. Lyon never gave Whit
iatch chance to gain back the two
/ hole lead he had piled up at the end
or the fifth hole.
Whitiatch on His Came.
The golf in the final round as in
the ultimate round of most tourna-
| rnents. was rather mediocre, as com
pared with the game put up by either
man 70 reach the final Had Whitlatch
played the game he played in the
semi-final round, he would have de-
Ieated Lyon, but the four-foot putt,
| as SO often happens, stood between
the Chevy Chase man and victory.
"hitiatch missed four puts of five
Ieet or less. all of them holeable. His
nrst mistake came on the third green.
where he Clipped up practically dead
10 the hole from the rough and miss
ed three-footer for a half with the
NdAduldH-
Lyon Takes Lead at Start.
Whitlatch, with the honor. topped
| his tee shot off the first tee. while
Lyon hit a screamer down the middle
OF the course. The former District
| champion hit a good iron shot and
was on in three. while Lyon Clipped
UP DEAD for four, winning the hole
| - Lyon played the second hole
| oaoly topping his tee shot and going
deep on his third shot, Whitlatch win
| nlng, 5-6- Whitlatch hooked his tee
shot at the third hole to the high grass,
while Lyon hit very fine ball down
| the middle of the course. Whitlatch
was out. short of the green, in two.
ana was dead to the pin in three
| shots. while Lyon was in two and
dead in three. Whitlatch then missed
| the putt for a half and became
/ down.
Lyon overplayed his tee shot and
missed his second shot at the short
fourth and Whitlatch. who had played
q good mashie shot, won the hole.
50. The score was reversed, how
ever, on the next hole, where Lyon
drove to the edge of the green and
obtained to Whitlatch's 5, the lat
ter taking three puts.
Whitlatch, after two fine shots TO
the sixth hole just short of the sec
ond bunkers. underplayed his pitch
shot and missed five-foot putt for
| a half in 5. Lyon very nearly reached
this green in two shots, putting to-
gether a. pair of the longest wooden
club shots of the tourney.
Seventh Is Poorly Played.
! The seventh hole was badly played
by both men after good drives
! straight down the middle. Lyon, who
was away. topped his pitch shot and
ran into the cross bunker. Whitlatch
| promptly followed suit, but Lyon was
out on the edge of the green while
Whitlatch's shot out of the bunker
was short and his pitch was twelve
| feet to the left. The latter missed
the putt and Lyon ran up dead. win
| ming the hole, Sc, to become up.
The long eighth hole also was
| poorly played by both. Whitlatch.
with a fine tee shot. should have won
! third shot to a trap and just got q
| half. Lyon half topped his tee shot
T.! and reached the bunker to the right.
He was just short in three and barely
| on the green in four Whitlatch.
! whose. third shot was trapped. holed
| a two-foot putt for a half in 6.
Lyon negotiated a partial stymie
at the ninth hole after a fine drive
to win the hole. -. and become
pitch shot to the short tenth was
| only eight feet from the hole. while
Whitlatch was thirty feet away to the
| left. The latter nearly holed his
putt. however, while Lyon missed the
| eight-footer and the hole was halved
| in three. Lyon pushed his tee shot to
| the edge of the rough at the eleventh.
| while Whitlach was in the high grass
| to the left. playing just short of the
| bunkers guarding the green. When
| Byon. who also played short. put his
! third shot in an unplayable lie in
| the ditch he conceded Whitlatch the
hole. leaving the latter down.
Twelfth Hole Is HaIved.
The Chevy Chase man lost a chance
| to annex the twelfth by pushing his
tee shot to the right into the rough.
while Lyon was straight down the
middle and should have won the hole.
1t was eventually halved in 6. after
| both men had found the bunkers
| guarding the front of the green.
! Whitlatch with the honor. half hit
his tee shot at the short thirteenth
+. and caught the top of the bunker In
front of the green. dropping back in
| the ditch. Lyon was trapped TO the
left and PLAYED out beyond the hole.
1 Whitlatch played a fine mashie shot
| to within four feet of the hole after
/, lifting ont Of the ditch and missed
f! the putt for half in four after Lyon
/ laid his approach putt dead.
. The end came on the fourteenth
| hole where Whitiatch only half hit
. his tee shot to the rough at the LEFT.
4: while Lyon hit fine ball down the
Middle and was on the green in 'wo.
i Wh'tlatch plaved short OF the ditch
+! in front nf the green and r,'ssod a
itwentv-fnot putt fo- 4. while r.von
was dead 70 the hole in fh-ee shots.
winning fhn hole "nd ~-a'rh srd 4
The scores of the finalists follow:
Lyon
Ont ....4 a. 53 s s. g. 3-I