Evening star., 1924-06-29

hole by uncannily accurate work arc
sure to be down in two shots If his /
OF the pin. He had but two three-p
man, and was deadly from Just off II
position with Tuckerman lying on II
Tuckerman made many mistakes on
the first nine holes, but began a
streak Of fine golf at the ninth that
almost brought victory and might
have again won for him the title he
annexed seventeen years ago had ii
not been for two missed wooden club
shots on the fourteenth and seventeenth
holes. An odd feature of the match
was that eight holes in a row, from
the third through the eleventh, were
halved, usually through mistakes by
both men, for the golf in the final
was Spotty. Mckimmie had a card
OF so, seven strokes over par for
the course. while Tuckerman was
ar8und in 81.
Square Match nt Sixteenth.
A later squirt starting at the fifteenth
where he was one down, made it ap-
pear as if Tuckerman was again to
break through, for Mckimmie had to
hole a fine putt to halve. while
Tuckerman barely missed a ten footer
10 win the hole The Burning Tree
representative secured birdie three
al the sixteenth to square the match
by virtue of a great niblick shot TO
within four feet of the hole, ana
shot at the seventeenth it appeared as
if Tuckermann were to break through.
1t was not to be, however, for II
was TuCkerman who weakened MISS
ing his second shot to the seven
. teenth and losing the hole to go to
t.the eighteenth one down. and taking
three puts on the final green. where
two puts might have squared the
match.
Albert r. Mackenzie. the defend
ing champion, was beaten by and
in the semi final Mckimmie out
playing the champion all the way;
while Tuckerman reached the ma
| round by a 3-and-2 victor! over Carl
c. Whitaker. Richmond's hope
Makes a Bad start.
Tuckerman started badly, although
he hit a great tee shot at the HrSt
hole while McKimmie hooked MS
tee shot to the rough. inc BurhlhE
Tree expert topped his brasSle seCohu
shot to the first green ipto the uilCh
guarding the green and lost the hole
4 to g. McKimmie reaching the green
with A great 200-yard iron Shot from
the rough. Tuck erman, Wen uoWn
the middle, won the second mole Win
par when McKimme took
three puts. one of the unusual errors
in his game of today. But Tucker-
man took four shots to reach the
third green. 266 yards away, and lost
to a on hole where he might nave
driven the green Will q lOhS boAi'
Neither man reached the green at
the short fourth, McKimmie missing
an S-foot putt for 8, while Tucker
man. bunkered in front of the green
got a good half in T. The NTH was
halyed in 5s. Tuckerman from point
lust short of the green taking three
TO get down when he might easily
have won with good chip shot, Tor
Mckimmie's second was we'll OH the
line.
Both men played the sixth badly
Mckimmie hooking his tee shot INTO
the fifth fairway and Tuckerman hall
topping his which did well TO get over
q ditch in front of the tee. Mchlmmle
second shot. a nnashie, went over the
green. while Tuckerman. with spoon
reached it Mckimmie then over pitch
ed the green coming back and lald a
chin shot dead, while Tuckerman took
three puts and gave him half.
Putt Fails Tuckerman.
Tuckerman would have won the
seventh had an eight-foot putt Tor
three stayed in the cup. his paii
hit the back edge and jumped away
with Mckimmies try for a three
living on the lip. Both men were on
the eighth green in two shots ana
both took three puts, not at all
hard thing to do, for the cup was
inst over az knob and in d difficult
spot.
Tuckerman got a good half at the
ninth to turn one down, for ne nook
ed his tee shot and played bad
second. but a fine chip shot gave him
a half in FIVE, for McKimmie, who
was hitting a phenomenally long ball,
could not get home in two, they
halved the long tenth, Sl3 yard al
fair in five. McKimmie hit his tee
shot down the hill nearly 800 yards
at this hole. but played short of the
ditch guarding the green. Mckim-
1nie again laid a chip shot right up
eleventh to obtain a half, in four
Indeed it looked AS if the chip might
have gone in for a three 1t was so
close. Tuckerman was laid half
stymie, but negotiated it.
The Burning Tree player finally
SQUARED the match at the twelfth
where he laid Mckimmie dead
stymie, which he later could not ne
might have jumped the ball into the
}. The short thirteenth was halved in
four, McKimmie taking three to get
while Tuckerman was trapped just
short. McKimmie's try for three
hung on the lip of the cup.
Goes to Front Again.
The new champion at the four
teenth gained back the hole he lost
fopped his tee shot and took seven
d painst four for McKimmie. Tucker
Van made a great bid to square at
the fifteenth where a fine drive was
followed by a good pitch to withln
ten feet of the pin. He missed the
mutt, however, giving Mckimmie, who
was short of the green in two ana
half in four when the latter again
laid a chip shot dead.
Tuckerman finally squared at the
sixteenth, a dog leg drive ana mo
lick hole laying his second shot iour
9eet from the pin and holing the putt
Rut he followed a good tee shot az
Ne seventeenth by half topping his
second, while ,McKimmie, whose tee
shot was none too good, hit nne
high iron shot just short and to the the
LETT of the green. Tuckerman only
half hit his third shot and hnally got
down in six, while McKimmie played
deadly run-up shot and hoieo the
nutt for a birdie four:
So they came 10 the snort elgnt-
eenth, 165 yards in length win NC,
LSimmie one up, and both men laid
th.;r iron shots on the green twenty
IDS short of the hole, the balls
coming to rest five feet apart Iuck-
sSmanSs approach putt, over mound,
was fifteen feet short OF the hole,
whiIe Mckimmie's was seven rect 10
the left. Tuckerman did not appear
tn make great effort to hole his
nutt. although he probably tried hard,
Ind conceded McKimmie his six-inch
nutt when the latter ran his third
shot up dead to the hole.
Is Consistent Player.
McKimmie consistently outdroye
Tuckerman throughout the final round
and played his iron clubs very effec-
lively. Tuckerman. usually the acme
of steadinesS, was not as steady as
h usual, although he played several
magnificent shots.