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FEBRUARY 23, 1 9 24
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St. Valentine’s Xournament for Women
MRS. RONALD H. BARLOW, of Merion
Cricket Club, Philadelphia, one of the most
remarkable golfers for her years in all the
long history of the game, made a bold attempt to repeat
her 1923 success in the 19th
annual St. Valentine tourna
ment which was conducted on
the No. 1 course from February
11th to 14th. After tieing at
84 with Mrs. John D. Chap
man, of Greenwich, Conn., in
the medal round, Mrs. Barlow
went through the match play
stages until she was beaten on
the 19th hole of the final by
Miss Dorothy Richards, of the
Mayfield Country Club, Cleve
land.
That final match will linger
long in the memory of those
who were fortunate enough to
be in on it as galleryites. Mrs.
Barlow got an early lead of two
holes but poor putting proved
costly and at the seventh Miss
Richards had evened matters.
Then followed the longest con
tinuous run of divided holes in
all Pinehurst golfing history.
At hole after hole one or the
other appeared. to have % com
manding advantage, &only to
have the other slip in a good
recovery or a ticklish putt and
gain a half.
At the short 11th hole Miss
Richards drove to within six
feet of the hole but she missed
fire and Mrs. Barlow, whose
drive was short and whose sec
ond left her a 12-footer, got it
down for the half. A remark
able run-up shot out of a bad lie
in loose sand saved the Phila
delphia veteran at the 12th. At
the 13th she ran down a 20
footer for a 3 and then Miss
Richards rammed in her 15
footer..
No stymies appeared in the
entire match except at the 15th and it was fitting here that, after Miss
Richards thus barred the way, Mrs. Barlow sliced her ball enough so^
that she in turn stymied the Cleveland young lady.
Much of the way after the fifth hole it was Mrs. Barlow who
Miss Dorothy Richards, who defeated Mrs. Barlow in an extra Hole final
match in the St> Valentine's tournament this week
was struggling to save the
match. On the last three holes
the issue was put squarely up
to the younger lady and she
there showed her fighting qual
ities. At the 16th she followed
a beautiful drive by topping her
iron into the road, from a bad
lie in which she played a beauti- »
ful shot to the green. Mrs. >
Barlow hit her first two shots
none too cleanly and her third
too much so, and she was well ,
over the green near the pine
grove, but she appeared to be
winning the hole and perhaps
the match, for it was a crucial1
stage, when she ran her ball in
for a 4 from at least 50 feet
away. But Miss Richards
gamely holed from 20 feet.
The early advantage was with
Miss Richards at the long 17th, f
where her second was well up
the slope, but Mrs. Barlow used
her head by placing her third $
safely to the left of the cross V
trap and then, out of a grassy A
hollow 50 yards from the green, ' ■
ran her ball a foot from the cup j.
Again Miss Richards had to *.
drop a hard. putt for the half
in 5.
Neither got to the green ?
against the wind at the 18th and
they were left, Miss Richards
with a 15-footer and Mrs. Bar- fe,
low with a 10-footer. Both
missed and then Miss Richards
had to sneak her ball past the *
other ball, which was on the v
very lip. That yard putt was
one of the toughest to negotiate .
of the entire match.
In the end it was too long a ^
drive on the extra hole that beat
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