Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-31
JONES EASILY WINS
AMATEUR TITLE, 76
Takes Coveted British Cham
pionship Over Roger
Wethered.
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and the Englishman took the hole with
a par to for Jones, leaving the
American up.
Jones hooked his drive at the twerti-
eth across the seventeenth fairway as
Wethered had done in the morning
Jones sent his second over the pin to
the sloping bank of the green, but
putted within two inches of the cup.
Wethered, on in 2, took 3 puts while
Bobby was down in 4 to regain his four
hole lead.
Then twenty-first was halyed in As
and the twenty-second in SIS.
Both Get Brides.
The twenty was halved in
birdie As
wethered won the twenty-fourth hole
with birdie 8 to par for Jones.
Wethered ran up from 100 yards to
within so feet of the cup and dropped
the long putt squarely In the cup to the
sound of loud cheers. Jones. ran past
the hole trying for the half.
Jones regained his lead of at the
twenty-fifth hole where he was down
In and Wethered required S. Bobby
outdrove Roger nearly 100 yards and
although the Englishman made a fine
iron shot, the American was inside. so
feet from the pin. Jones putted To
within three inches of cup for his 4
while Wethered had to take three puts.
Jones won the twenty-siXth with
par 3 to for Wethered and the Amer
lean went up.
The twenty-seventh was halved in
par Is.
Bobby Ends Match.
Jones won the twenty-eighth with
birdie while Wethered was taking a
par and went up.
The short twenty ninth was halved
In par IS and Jones was 6 up with
only left to play.
The match ended at the thirtieth
hole where Bobby scored par while
Wethered took 5. Jones was reaping
the reward Of his par golf for he had
not been over par on a hole since the
twenty-second and had scored two
brides In this stretch, although one
was only good for half.
The cards:
.(Afternoon)
zones OUT. 4-37
Wethered out. 4 5 4 5 4 3 5 4 4-38
(Afternoon.)
Zones IN. :..''..'......'..". 8 8
First Is Holes.
Jones gained commanding lead of
four UP on Wethered on the first l8
holes.
Jones gained his lead by an unin-
terrupted string of As and IS to the
seventeenth, where he took his first and
only five Of the first 18 holes.
Wethered played spectacular golf at
times, but wild driving and loose put
ing cost him dearly. Through the first
nine holes the Briton fought Bobby on
even terms and they turned all square.
On the homeward nine Wethered ran
into a little hard luck. He dropped
four holes in row from the thirteenth
through the sixteenth and three of
them were lost by puts that just barely
missed going down. While the Briton
was getting into all sorts of trouble not
only on the greens, but from the tees
as well, Jones was playing what ap-
proximated errorlesS golf. His medal
score for the first half Of the match
was II, two under par, while Wethered
needed rs. Both went out in IS, but
Wethered used up Al strokes coming
home, with Is, IS and 6 on his card
Gallery Of 1900 Present.
The round was played under over
cast skies with sprinkle of rain now
and then, but there was hardly any
wind.
A gallery of 1000 trailed the morning
match in perfect order.
The outgoing cards:
Jones, out. 49,. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 +35
Wethered, out. 4 4 4 4 8 4 8 +35
The incoming card:
Jones, in... 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 +36-7l
Wethered, in 5 3 4 S 4 +4l-76