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MIDWINTER NUMBER, JANUARY, 1925
Entered as secofcd* class matter at the post office at PINEHURST, N. 0., Subscription, $2.00 per year.
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Yates Wins the Mid-winter
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A*—ARTHUR YATES, of
Rochester, New York,
was the winner of the
Twenty-Second Pinehurst
Mid-Winter Golf tournament
which started immediately
after Christmas, and was
concluded on New Year’s
Day.
P. S. P. Randolph, Jr., of
the Point Judith Club, a
member of the Winter Col
ony here, and winner of the
event last season, was the
runner-up. To the 19th hole
he carried his heavy hitting
opponent, the match proving
to be the most interesting
of the season thus far.
In the last show down only
was the winner forced to ex
tend himself,* firing ceasing
early in all other instances.
After qualifying with an
84, ten strokes from the
medalist, Yates defeated in
order, J. D. Armstrong, 7and
6, C. R. Somerville, runner
up last year in the Canadian
amateur championship, 5 and
4, and H. J. Blue in the semi
finals, 6 and 4.
While Yates was carrying
on, Randolph was not having
matters quite so easy, espec
ially after the first round, when a pair of Pinehurs| Sharp shoot
ers crossed niblics with him. J. L. Crandall Was his first op
ponent, and a 6 and 5 score posted. The weakening of Donald
Parson toward the finish gave Randolph his second victory
2 up. J. D. Chapman was his third opponent, the end coming
on the 16th green, and the score 3 and 2. *
So close followers of the sport, though acknowledging that
Yates had the advantage in the matter of shot making and ex
perience predicted the recovery gift of Randolph wotjld offset
it and develop a close battle.
They were entirely correct, for the loser demonstrated that
the putter and niblic are mightier than the wood, furnishing"
a series of sensations in the line of recoveries which hasn’t
been seen at Pinehurst in many a season. And in addition
Randolph’s putter performed overtime much to the discomfi
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Arthur Yates and A. Lucien Walker, Jr., who have been gathering their share
of golfing honors here this Fall. Yates was winner of the Midwinter
this week, arid Walker won the recent Carolina Tournament '
ture of his opponent and jojr
to himself. Time after time
Yates was all set to add a
scalp to his belt through his
opponent’s visitations to the
forest primeval, and a mira
culous shot would come off.
From the sand it was the
same story, and on the sand
things happened as well.
Summing up it was found
that on nine occasions Ran
dolph was off the straight
and narrow yet extricated
himself for a win or half,
and on eight greens caressed
the ball into the four and a
quarter inch receiving pan
in one stroke. Folks here
say it’s a regular thing for
him to perform thusly.
. It was rough on Yates, who
trailed from the first to the
sixteenth hole, finding him
self two down at the turn,
out in 42, to Randolph’s 40.
And this was good golf un
der the conditions, which
were a bit moist for good
golf. To bring matters to
a fifty-fifty basis Yates was
* forced to produce a couple
of birdies, it should be men
tioned in passing also.
A recital of the match
would be a story of Randolph in the woods, and down in two
more; Randolph pitched dead from this trap and that. But
rather than lead one astray into thinking that Randolph was
tacking back and forth, it should be mentioned that he also
played some very fine golf shots. Yates was the steadier by
all means, in trouble at times as well, but not quite the ex
tricator of his playmate. He had punch toward the finish to
even matters, and then forge ahead, standing with, a lead of
one up at the eighteenth, only to have it pass away and sud
denly look all over the defeated ajt the extra hole. Bringing
the match to this point suddenly we find it was the inability of
Yates to get down from short of the home green in two strokes
which carried matters to the extra hole. Here Randolph arose
to the occasion in fine style by running a long approach dead
to the cup to win the hole. On the 19th, as stated, it looked