Evening star., 1925-06-06

a pair of great puts. forging abe
championship competition ever rccc
Just as much glory goes to Jones
as TO Macfarlane, for Bobby was
struggling to hold a lead, while Mac.
farlane. with nothing to lose, went for
everything and got away with it
Refuses to be Beaten.
Macfarlane, head of a family and
professional at Che Oakridge Club on
the Hudson above New York City,
holds the open championship today
through virtue of sheer stick-to-it-
iveness
1t was Macfarlane's first victory in
the open classic. If he enters again
with the some determination he show.
ed yesterday it won't be his last, for
through the long day in a play off
never before equalled any where Mac.
farlane battled the greatest shot
maker in the world and conquered
him in the end
His putting finally told on the first
nine holes of the final eighteen he was
impossible with the putter, missing
three less than feet After the
turn he made his bid, holing two OF
more than 25 feet and two of those
tricky 4-footers. Bob Jones missed
4-footer at the Thirteenth and ar
S-footer at the last hole. That tells
the story. One made the puts and
the other didn't.
Jones, champion in 1923, when he
beat Bob Cruickshank in a playoff al
1nwood, was as great in defeat as in
victory. That short putt on the thfr
teenth beat him, but no heartier
greeting was ever accorded a cham
pion than that given to Macfarlane
by Jones after the latter's try for a
half slid past the hole.
Jones started playing in the open
championship in 1920, finishing
eighth. The next year he was fifth
the next year second, first in 1928
second in 1924 and second again in
1925. Such a record of consistency
has never been made in this country
Finish Is Dramatic.
What a dramatic finish there was
Yesterday to the most sensational
sweltering heat which has prevailed
all through this title chase all even
with Jones sending his second shot
into a trap and missing by a hairs
breadth an 8-foot putt to tie again
Bobby really lost at the thirteenth
Jones, playing par golf, picked W
four shots on Macfarlane to the turn
The tall Scot got one back at thu
tenth when he holed a 15-footer fol-
two. This didn't disturb Bobby fol
they halved the eleventh and twelfth
Then came the thirteenth, with
Bobby slipping his tee shot Just bach
of the green. Macfarlane holed a %
footer for another two and Jones
missed a 4-footer for a three. Jones
had gone to that hole with a three
shot lead. Now he had but one
stroke.
They halved the fourteenth in 4s
and Jones missed a shot out Of trap
at the long fifteenth, where he made
valiant bid to carry the traps placed
to catch the third shots of less valiant
golfers. Bobby barely got out of the
trap in 8, ran past the hole and
missed his fifth. Macfarlane was
down In S, squaring the contest. They
halved the sixteenth, Willie laying a
fine chip shot dead. and the seven
teenth in As, with Macfarlane again
chipping up to 4 feet and holing the
putt
Where it is Decided.
The eighteenth hole is an affair OF
335 yards, narrow, hilly and with a
green we'll guarded with traps. Bobby
pushed his tee shot to the right in
heavy rough, with Macfarlane short
on the hill. The Scot played first
and put his ball on the back edge OF
the green. Bobby pinched his high
shot and It dropped in the trap in
front Of the green. The coming cham
his by a half inch. Jones was well
out, but the ball skidded and ran
feet past Bobby. carefully sighting
the line. putted, and the ball grazed
the cup and stayed out. So the cham
pionship went to Macfarlane
The first half OF the unparalleled
play-off was an epic OF miracle shots
and mediocre golf, with both players
sharing in the weird and the marvel
Gus. The amateur, however, had the
greatest shot Of the day and the fines
ever seen in a similar situation wher
he holed a mashie pitch over rugged
terrain so yards from the pin, to wiz
back a stroke after he had appeared
certain to lose one. This shot squared
the match and they went to the fina
hole square again, with Macfarlan,
missing a 5.feot putt for the cham
/, pionship.
Has Lots of Trouble.
Jones probably was never in hi
young life IN as many bunkers in on
play-off. He was in five traps and eacl
trap cost him a shot. His long irol
shots, usually deadly straight on tn
| line to the pin, were hooking off to tn
! left, and only through a similar weak
ness by Macfarlane did Jones get tie
| Jones was struggling all the way
| fighting for every shot. and at tn
sixteenth, where he played miserabl
chip shop the back edge of the greer
he appeared certain to lose forthwith
But at the seventeenth 1t was Macfal
lanes turn to blow one.
HaIve First Hole.
| They halved the first hole in As
Macfarlane getting a half out of
trap. Willie was trapped on the sec
ond, overshot the green, and wa
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