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Vol. XXVII
Number 3
DECEMBER 22, 1 92 3
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Annual Carolina Tournament for Women
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Ci I EF 'HONORS and the major
trophy in the annual Carolina tourna
ment at Pinehurst seems to be a
difficult prize for Miss Louise Fordyce to
garner, for she has been runner-up in this
event the past three years, and was medal
twice, but she has never been able to come
through victoriously in the finals. This year
was no exception, ana tne jinx tnat is
popularly supposed to dog the foot-steps of
medalists overtook her in the final round -"
this week and she went down to defeat at ?fi V?r
the hands of Mrs. Philip Stevenson, of Pip- jj! f' Xi'jkJ
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Mrs. Stevenson is a sterling golfer, but
it is no disparagement of her ability to say
that her victory over a player of Miss
Fordyce's calibre and reputation, a player
who led Mrs. Stevenson by eight strokes in
the qualifying round and who had won the
medal by a margin of five strokes over the
field, was a good deal of a surprise.
Mrs. Stevenson played a steady and con
sistent game from the start to the finish of
the final match and made every stroke count.
Miss Fordyce played a corking game for the
first nine holes of the contest and had her
opponent 3 down at the turn with a medal
score of 42 as against 50 for Mrs. Stevenson and seemed to have
the match at her mercy, but starting from that point the Ohio
State champion began to slip.
Mrs. Stevenson got back two of the holes in a hurry by taking
the tenth and eleventh and held the ground gained when Miss
Fordyce missed a short putt on the twelfth for a winning five.
She won the thirteenth and evened the match by holding a long
putt for a bogey 4, and from that point on Miss Fordyce never was
able to regain the lead. Despite her brilliant birdie 3 on the long
fourteenth the hole was halved, leaving the match all even. Mrs.
Stevenson then took the fifteenth and sixteenth with well played
4's and won the match on the seventeenth by halving the hole.
The cards of the finalists were : .
Mrs. Stevenson out 655, 636, 766. In 566, 434, 465.
Miss Fordyce out 555, 354, 474. In 676, 536, 565.
Mrs. John D. Chapman, a former winner of this tournament,
won the first division consolation prize with an 8 and 7 victory over
Mrs. F. J. Doyle. Mrs. Chapman was 7 up at the turn and had
the better of her opponent at all stages of the match.
The second division trophy resulted in a hard fought 2 and 1
victory for Mrs. W. Percy Arnold over Mrs. Albert McDonald.
In fact, none of Mrs. Arnold's triumphs in the match rounds was
handed to her on a silver platter. She scored a 2 and 1. victory
over Mrs. C. S. Waterhouse in the first round but was carried to
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Mrs. Philip Stevenson, of Hempstead, L. I.,
Conqueror of Miss Louise Fordyce in
the Finals of the Carolina
Tournament
the 21st hole in the semi-final by Mrs. J. D.
Hathaway. In her match with Mrs. Mc
Donald she was 2 down at the turn. She
fought hard, however, and soon recovered
her good game and gained a temporary lead
of 1 up by winning the tenth, eleventh and
twelfth. She lost the thirteenth but evened
the match again on the fifteenth and took
the lead again by winning the sixteenth in 4.
She halved the seventeenth and won the
eighteenth and the match with a well
played 5.
Mrs. E. L. Scofield was winner of the
consolation in this division, defeating Mrs.
George A. Magoon.
Miss M. O'Malley came through victori-
ously in the special handicap division after a
20-hole session with Mrs. W. C. Houston
which she won by 1 up. The other con
testants in this division were Mrs. A. S.
Higgins and Mrs. John D. Armstrong. Mrs.
Higgins lost to Mrs. Houston and Miss
O'Malley put Mrs. Armstrong out of the
running in the first round of match play.
The summary:
Qualifying Round First Division
Miss Louise Fordyce, Youngstown 92
Miss Louise Krauter, Youngstown 97
Mrs. Philip Stevenson, Piping Rock 98
Mrs. John D. Chapman, Greenwich, Conn 99
Mrs. Donald Parson, Youngstown , 99
Mrs. F. J. Doyle, Philadelphia '. . .; 104
Miss Ann Merrill, Brookline '. 104
Mrs. W. L. Pierce, Charlotte, N. C 105
Second Division
Mrs. Herman Ellis, Pinehurst 109
Mrs. George A. Magoon, Pinehurst 109
Mrs. Albert McDonald, Garden City 112
Mrs. E. L. Scofield, Pinehurst 113
Mrs. W. P. Arnold, N. Abington, Mass ...113
Mrs. G. M. Howard, Halifax .....114
Mrs. J. D. Hathaway, Montreal 114
Mrs. C. S. Waterhouse, Pinehurst 115
Special Handicap Division
Mrs. J. D. Armstrong, Pinehurst .117
Mrs. W. C. Houston, New York 126
Miss M. O'Malley, Cincinnati 127
Mrs. A. S. Higgins, Yonkers, N. Y 133
The Match Rounds First Division
First Round Miss Merrill defeated Mrs. Parson, by default;
Mrs. Stevenson defeated Mrs. Doyle, 8 and 7; Miss Krauter de
feated Mrs.: Pierce, 2 up ; Miss Fordyce defeated Mrs. Chapman,
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