The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-06
II YEAR OLD
BOY SC0R Els.
3 AND 2 WIN
a
Driving of Champion Out
standing Feature Of Finals
in Tournament Play
ENDS IN SIX TEEN TIL
Title Winner 6 up on White
in Morning Round; Does
Brilliant Playing

Fargo. Aug. 6.-William Fowler,
Fargo country club golfer, won the
North Dakota golf championship hsrc
yesterday by defeating William A.
white, Jr., also of Fargo, & and 2 in
the last half of the finals.
Fowier was six up on White when
the first IL holes were ended ycster-
Gay noon. The full number yof holes
were not played during the afternoon,
the match ending on the 10th greer.
In the afternoon round Fowler
hooked 235 yard drive into the
rough on the first hole. Whites 22O
yard clout sliced over a trap. He
used a spoon for his second shot, the
ball going to the back of the green.
Fowler's iron was 40 yards short
and he sent his third i2 feet from
the pin. Fowler putted hol. high,
but two feet off the line. Fowler
overran his next putt and both miss
ed short puts, White taking the hole
and cutting down Fowlcr's lead to 4
up.
White drove 200 yards down the
middle of the fairway and pitched
dead to the pin on the second ho:e.
Fowler hooked his tee shot into Abe
rough. hole high. and ran his second
to within three feet of the cup Each
took par 8 and they halved the
hole.
The drives on the third hole foknd
White short of the bunker and Fow-
Ter 10 yards ahead. Whites brassie
shot found the trap in front of the
green, FOwler's iron twisting to the
left. Fowler ran -out 20 feet past
the pin, White shooting dead and
Tour feet beyond. FOwler's first putt
was short and they halved the hole
in IS.
Whites 265 yard drive on sthe
fourth hole was outdistanced Is
yards by Fowler, both shots being
down the middle Of the fairway.
White used spoon in reaching the
edge Of the green. Fowler hooked
his iron shot into a pit at the left.
Whites ball was nine feet short and
Fowler pitched out of the pit orto
the edge of the green. Fowlec
down in two puts and White mil. +
a five-foot shot, the hole beng
halved.
White Takes Another
Whites pitch on the short fifth
hole was eight feet from the pin.
Fowler hooked into a pit and his Sec
iond was on the edge. His third shot
over par. White holed out in two
his opponents lead down to up.
White drove 220 yards on the sixth
and Fowler's ball lay 20 yards farth-
er up the course after the II year
old players first shot. White was
short on his second, dead on his third
and down on his fourth. ,Fowled was
on the edge in two, past the pin in
three and took two puts, White VIM
ming the hole and leaving Fowler bat
two up.
!. Fowler got $50 yard drive on the
seventh, was four feet from the1tin
on his second shot and down for
birdie three. White drove 225 yards,
was short on his second and was
down in two more. Fowler winning
the hole and increasing his lead -
up again.
| Fowler drove 300 yards on the
eighth, the ball stopping beyond the
bunkers. His second shot, an iron.
took him to within 60 yards of the
green. He was on with his third,
above the pin. Whites drive travelled
$50 yards down the middle. His Sec
ond shot Melted him 225 more yards
in distance. He was on in three, al
SO, and both holed out in two puts,
taking birdie IS each.
Both pulled their shots to the left
on the ninth hole. Fowler pitched
dead. to the pin and holed out an
easy putt for q 3 and White, LANDING
his second shot five fest from IN
pin. ran down the putt for . haI2R
Fowler's Out Good
On the 10th. Fowler tapped his
hall into the ditch. Whites drive
went over the hill behind the trees
to the right. Fowler's out was beau
tiful: he having poked his sphere
from i bad lie to the base Of the hill.
He pitched over TO tho I left of the
green. Whites second was straight
but strong and it went over into the
ditch. Ne pitched out and was
three feet from the cup. Fowler's
fourth was two feet from the pin
and he holed out for a. 5. White
misseyi- his three foot putt and halved
the hole.
White hit 4 low ball, slicing into
the rough on the 18th. Fowler's 265
yard. .clout travelling straight for Ehe
rough at the right. White used .
spOon to get out and wns short and
to tho left Of the green. Fowler's
iron shot stopped eight feet from the
pin. White was up to the green On
his third and required twoeputts for
5. Fowler took two puts, also.
getting birdie and going to up.
Fowler pitched to within II feet
Of the pin On the short l2th. White
was 16 feet above the cut On his
pitch. Whites first putt was three
feet over and Fowler's was but inches
short. White missed q th{ee foot
putt and went down when Fowler
ran his short shot down.
White picked up On. the 18th and
18th holes, winning both after they
had. halved the 18th, and being 3
down With thfSs hol6s remaining TO
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