Evening star., 1934-05-26
LITTLE CAPTURES
BRITISH GOLF TITLE
American Defeats Wallace
With Record 14-and-13
Victory.
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against such a great golfer" the 30
year-old Scot replied.
Little required only SO puts for the
% holes. The burly Pacific Coast star
was 10 under Is for that distance.
While Little was under par for the
concluding five holes, Wallace himself
was l under par.
Drives 288- Hole.
One Of the factors that worked
heavily in Little's favor was his long
range driving. AS in his semi-final
match yesterday against Leslie Gar
nett. Little consistently belted the ball
off the tees well over 24O yards. He
drove to the edge of the green on the
288-yard sixteenth hole.
A tremendous, cheering crowd waited
outside the club house while Little
changed his clothes for the presenta-
ton of the trophy, which he will keep
for one year.
THE way I was playing didn't
<0nt to quit" Little said in the locker
room Il never enjoyed round so
much in my life. I am the first player
to come over here and win a major
British title on the first trip"
Hole-by Hole Description.
The hole-by-hole description of the
match follows:
Hole No. /, 339 yards, par 4.
Little, 4; Wallace, 5.
Little's drive found rough to the
left of the fairway, but his second was
well on and he got down safely in 2
puts for a par T. Wallace's drive
was straight down the middle and
his second was on the edge OF the
green, but the Scot 3-putted and took
as Little up.
Hole No. 2, l26 yards, par 3.
Little. 8; Wallace. 8.
Little's tee shot rolled 20 feet past
the cup, while Wallaces was 80 feet
short. Both putted dead and then
sank their puts for half in IS. Lit
tie up.
Little Scores Eagle Three.
Hole No. 8, sos yards, par 5.
Little, 3; Wallace. 4.
Two powerful wood shots put Little
Is feet past the cup and the Califor-
man canned his first putt for a great
eagle g. Wallace. 80 yards short of
the green with his second, got birdie
by sinking l2-foot putt. but all the
Scot got out of it was another lost
hole. Little 2 up.
Hole No. 4, 378 yards, par 4.
Little, 4; Wallace, 7.
Wallace was bunkered off his drive
and he put his second into creek. He
dropped a ball and was barely on the
edge of the green in 4. Littles second
was 25 feet past the cup. Wallace's
fifth shot sailed clear across the green
and after he had Clipped back to the
cup he conceded the hole Little up
Takes Two More Holes.
Hole No. 5, 201 yards, par 3.
Little, 8; Wallace, 4.
Littles tee shot to the blind green
was 10 feet short of the cup. Wallace
was bunkered and the Scot put his
second across the green into the rough.
He Clipped back close, laying Little a
stymie and the Californian played
safe and won the hole. Little 4 up.
Hole No. 6, 1863 yards, par 4.
Little, 3; Wallace, 4.
The Californian continued to make
a runaway match of it as he won the
sixth with a birdie g. He outdrove
Wallace by 40 yards and put his Sec
ond 20 feet from the cup, while Wal
lace was 80 feet away. Little sank
his first putt for birdie, while Wal
lace took an orthodox T. Little up.
Hole No 7. 433 yards par 4.
Little. 5; Wallace, S.
Little's second shot was on the edge
of the green, while the Scot was 40
yards short. Wallace put his third
10 feet from the cup. Little was 6
feet short. Both missed and halved
the hole in SIS. Little up.
Another Halved Hole.
Hole No. 8, 436 yards, par 4.
Little, 4; Wallace, f.
Both were on in 2, 20 feet from the
cup. Wallaces first putt trimmed the
can; Little's was dead and they halved
the hole in As. Little 5 up.
Hole No. 9, 463 yards, par 4.
Little. 4, Wallace, 5.
LlttleS S mighty drive sliced into deep
rough Wallace's second was 40 feet
past the pin. The American young
ster made a great recovery to the
edge of the green and he Clipped dead
as the huge gallery applauded en-
thuslastically. Wallace was only 3
feet away with his approach putt. but
missed the next and took s. Little
was down in 4. Little up
The cards morning round:
Llttle-Out "..... 433 433 544-33
Wallace-Out ...... 534 744 545-4l
Hole No 10, 474 yards par 4.
Little, A. Wallace, 5.
Wallace's second was 30 yards short
OF the green, while Littles was hole
nigh in rough to the right of the
green. Wallace put his third Is feet
away fro mthe cup, while Littles was
4 feet away. The Scots first putt was