Evening star., 1926-05-30

|, A stymie at the fifteenth hole and
a missed putt by STEVENSON on the
seventeenth turned the balance in
favor Of NOigt when the tide Of
victory was apparently running strong
for STEVENSON. The stymie contributed
to the final result. but the missed
putt on the seventeenth was the vital
factor. for had Stevinson made the
3-footer that, curled away from the
lip Of the cup he would have been
dormie l up and probably would not
have skied his tee shot at the eight
eenth.
Voigt's victory was thoroughly
earned by his steadiness and con-
sistent plugging away in the face Of
the determined game SteTinson put
up to win, although the new cham
pion gave Stevinson an opening on
the seventeenth, after the Columbia
player had pushed his tee shot into
the ditch and lost stroke getting
out.
At this hole Voigt did the unusual
thing for him--taking three puts ana
giving Stevinson a chance to halve
the hole. Stevinson, however, was
unable to sink the S-footer, which
would have. left him one-hole margin.
Voigt won the eighteenth to annex
the match in hollow fashion. for
Stevinson's skied tee shot found the
ditch at the left side of the ralrWay
and he reaehed the green III five shots
holing a 10-foot putt for a 8. whiie
Noigt rolled in a 7-footer for a par
to clinch the title.
THE final round was marked by
mediocre golf on the part OF both con,
tentants-far below the standard
play they had set in earlier matches
intermingled i'll spots with brilliant
shots and spectacular putting.
Through both the semi-fnal and
final matches Eoigt was Off his usual
fine game. Voigt came through the
seni-final round in spectacular iash,
ion. playing poor golf against Eafi
McAleer Of the Manor Club to go 10
the seventeenth one down ana win
two holes in a row.
Stevinson. on the other hand. was
brilliant in his semi-finsi round
against Gordon +. Wood Of Rich
moYld, rushing through the first nine
holes in 36-exactly par-and beat
ing Wood on the thirteenth green,
{ up and 5 to go. Voigt was out IN
46 against McAleer. and was back in
42 for an SO.
StevMson Starts Well.
Ssevinson started the final round
as if he would make a RUNAWAY
match of it, holing a 1o-foot putt
for a. birdie 3 at the first hole TO win
when Voigt hooked his tee shot out
of bounds, and annexing the second
hole when yoigt hooked his mashie
at the 160-yard hole far down the hill
to the left.
The Banaockburn player came
right back with victories on the third
and fourth, however, to square the
match, when Stevinson found the
ditch at the third and missed his
third shot at the long fourth.
voigt also won the fifth when Stew.
inson topped his tee shot, reached
the green with his second and missed
a 4-footer for half in 4. They
halved the 374-yard sixth in par 4s.
Voiet holing a 5-yard putt for the
half Voigt missed a. Sfooter for
4 to win the seventh and the hole
was halyed in 5s. Stevinson lost the
459-yard eighth to become two down,
when Voigt laid him a stymie, which
he failed to negotiate. They halved
the ninth in 4s, leaving Eoigt two
up at the turn.
The tenth revealed the most bril-
liant bit Of golfe Of the afternoon, both
men sinking puts of more than three
yards to halve the hole in birdie 3s.
Stevinson got back one Of the two
hole deficit with which he reached
the turn, at the short eleventh, where
he secured a par to 4 for Voigt.
They halved the twelfth in par As and
Stevinson squared at the thirteenth,
where he played q brilliant shot from
bunker to the green. and voigt took
three puts, his approach putt stop
ping far short Of the hole
STEVENSON went into what APPEARED
the winning margin at the 234-yard
fourteenth. which he won with a par
3 to for Voigt, when the latter failed
TO get home from the tee.
Stymie Hurt Stevinsoi.
Although neither man got home in
two shots at the long fifteenth, an
other stynlie cost Stevinson a chance
to win the hole, for he had 4.foot
putt for a birdie when Voigt's at
tempt for a lay directly in his line
less than feet away.