Evening star., 1935-05-25
LITTLE SHOOTS Is
TO LEAD bR|T0N
Plays Best Golf of Tourna.
ment to Become 3 Up
on DR.. TWeddeII.
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teenth, where he bunkered his ap-
proach against a bank. he played his
second shots with deadly accuracy.
Little was up at the end of the
first ID holes. The play-by play ac-
count Of the last 18 follows:
Nineteenth hole: DR.. Tweddell lost
no time In reducing the defending
champions lead. He teed off to the
far edge Of the green into rougn,
Clipped feet from the cup and holed
1t for winning par 3. Little, 2 up.
Twentieth hole: The Pacific Coast
players lead was cut to / up as he
drove into q clump of small trees
against fence bordering the railroad
tracks and took two strokes to get out.
He was S feet past the cup in S and
conceded the hole to Tweddell, who
stuck his approach putt stone dead
for 5.
Twenty-first hole: Little topped
drive that carried $50 yards into a
bunker, while Tweddells tee shot was
far down the middle. Little came out
and stuck his ball alongside his rivals
drive, and then he f1ubbed another
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dell was home in three 60 feet from
the cup and Little's fourth was on the
carpet 20 feet from the hole and
close to the line of Tweddells first
putt which knocked the champions
ball closer to the hole. They both
missed puts for 5s-Little remaining
! up.
Twenty-second hole: The champion
regained his poise and belted drive
so yards past his challenger's. Twed-
dell dubbed his second into worse
rough and Little skinned a low iron
IL feet past the cup. Tweddell, how
ever. made a sensational recovery to
within 6 feet of the flag and holed
out while Little required two puts
for a half in par As. Little up.
Twenty third hole: Neither found
the small green with his drive, Twed-
dells so yards short in deep bunker
and Little's in a hollow to the right
Of the green. Tweddell exploded to
the edge Of the green and Little made
a fine pitch II feet from the cup. The
Briton's first putt stopped yard short
and then he missed from that dis
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down again as Little safely got down
in 2. Little up.
Twenty fourth hole: Little smacked
his drive 80 yards beyond the Briton's
Tweddell's second veered into bunk
er while Little found a spot on the
green 35 feet from the hole. Tweddell
recovered so feet from the hole and
sent chills up and down Little's and
the spectators spines as his first putt
Tipped the cup. Little made a bold
stab for birdie 3 but his par
clinched the hole. Little up.
Twenty-fifth hole: The gallery of
10000 had become so unwieldy by this
time it took the marshals 10 minutes
to clear the fairway. The wind car
ried Lttle's drive far to the right in
a trap close to the railroad tracks. |
Tweddell poked his down the middle.
The Californian got of a fine eX-
plosion. but topped his third shot and
finally got home in 4, 40 feet from the
cup. Tweddell shot his third Is feet
from the hole and both got down in
two puts, and Littles lead was cut to
two holes.
Twenty-sixth hole: Little's drive
rolled only a few feet from the rail-
road fence and 30 yards past the |
Medico's drive. Tweddell smothered |
his second into a cavernous bunker |
and Little spanked his to the carpet. |
80 feet short of the hole. Tweddell |
received a great hand for his blind |
explosion, which landed 10 feet from
the cup. They both got down in two !
puts, Little for a winning 4 again |
TO go 3 up.
Twenty-seventh hole: The crowd |
sent up a great cheer as Tweddell's |
tee shot sat down three feet from the |
cup and he holed out for birdie 2
to turn into the home stretch down.
(Afternoon round).
Little-Out ........ 466 444 643-41
Tweddell-Out 356 455 552-40
Twenty eighth hole: Tweddell had
the better of the drives, his being |
straight and Little's off line in trap.
Their seconds were short and they
Clipped close to the cup for par As
and q half.
Twenty-ninth hole: Little outdrove
the doctor by 40 yards. but Tweddell
played a magnificent 200-yard spoon
shot to within feet of the hole
and sank the putt to become only l
down as Little hooked his second
across the fairway into woods.
Thirtieth hole: The crowd started
going wild as Tweddell gradually
wiped out Little's lead. He accom-
plished the trick by planting his tee
shot Is feet from the cup and getting
down in two puts for a winning par
3 and the match was squared as
Little teed into the rough.
Thirty-fi hole: Tweddell's drive
divided the fairway for $50 yards
while Little sliced his well into the
next fairway. 1t required five minutes
to push the crowd back to give him
a shot at the ball. He played beauty
second over a hill 20 feet past the
hole and rolled up his putt dead for
a f. Tweddell approached IS feet
beyond the can and also laid his
putt stiff for half in As.
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