New-York tribune., 1922-06-26
Walker Lowers
Course Record
nCOlf Match
Score of II Defeats Oppo-
nenis in Best Ball Affair;
Betters Richmond Mark
By Ray Mccarthy

/ A. Lucicn Walker jr.. semi-hnalist IN
the recent Metropolitan amateur
championship. a former intercollegiate
title holder. practically defeated Os-
wald Kirkby and Jerome Travers
single-handed az the Richmond County
Country Club yesterday afternoon.
Walker had the capable 4. F. Hammer
for a partner in this best ball match.
but the credit for a victory Of snd !
bclonga solely % the young Columbian.
Kamuer did not help the stalwart
/ Richmond County club star on single
hole. Not that hc didn't try TO- But
Walker would have been quite match
for anv rair o. amateurs m TINS see
tion Yesterday. His score Of II not
only reproscntcd the best ball o. ms
side. hut was n new amateur record
for the course. albeit 70 ~ par also.
Travers and Kirkby had best bal o.
"a And peculiarly, Kirkby's 81 was
tho hest ball OF his team going out,
while Trsvcrs's IS was the best ball
coming back Incidentally, Jerrys
score on the second nine was unoer
mar and the best OF the lot on the
incoming round. -,
Walker never played better golf
nrohahlv. than he did over his nome
course yesterday afternoon Ordinari-
iv an exceptionally long hitter, ne was
ce.tinr tremendous distances IN ms
match unusually 80. Il seemed ne
yas homo in two shots az the hitn' a
bole % 46O wards. and got a oiraie :
casilv He drove the sixth green ior
n d;s.a,ce of some $50 yards and q par
~ and barely missed his put o.
fifteen feet FOR two.
Gets a Par at Eighth
A. the eighth. one Or the longest
t,i., - no found on any course nefe-
abo,.. measuring 635 yards hiter
booLi,g his drive 20 the rough Nalker
,-boi.S n brassie so far he was aoie
% resch tae green nicely with an IRON
n, tis ,hird and 20 get a par hannily.
ucro AGAIN hc missed a putt Tor =.
Uo sark oniv one long putt-that az tne
.,.oif.h He rad several puts ior otnel
birdies ard trimmed the elp se'sT~'
times .,,.
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l,,.,.. E.5. q. o..,,.,.......::.st;.i'--i;--i 4,
ysn,mer had score q Y. Travers
h,d score Of IS and Kirkby oi "a
Tire best ball cards Of the match "'i''
waik-r.snd KAr.mer- ,,.-,
2p'. {. &c.,. ,t:t;tsss-.s-n
Travers and Kirkhy-
,'' ....'''.'. tf9a 3-if-7'
One year ago the sharp-shooting
"a. O'Hara had a 50 az Richmond. but
since that time several marked changes
have been made IN the course. some
Of the green's have been changed.
notably the sixth and seventh. and most
% them have been trapped more
severely. Like many Of the other courses
in this district the greens just nt pres
ent are in wonderful condition.
Travers manages TO play one spec
.ecular shot az least in every round
ho nlavs. or so u seems Yesterday az
the fourteenth hole. distance $40 yards,
using an iron. he laid his third shot
stone dead 70 the cup and got
birdie I.
Frank Dyer. New Jersey state ANA
teur, was also in record -breaNing
mood Yesterday. lie lowered the course
record Of his home club. Upper Mont
clair. Of 68, formerly held b. William
Reekio. my two strokes. George Dun
can. tho British golfer. had SO al
Upper Montclair last year. but that was
unofficial. Dyer holed out every put
Yesterday. His record and par oi the
course were rs follows: