. Northward-ho! Covering Maine's inland resorts, Moosehead Lake, the Rangeleys, Belgrade lakes and Poland Spring. great golfer, in spite of the factthat he missed five putts on thefirst twelve holes of the final match,whicli. by the way, neither dis- NORTHWARD-HO ! PaGE 20 proves nor confirms the [ We would like to account forthose five shots in some mannerand perhaps the best guess wouldbe that Ouimet was elated ; elatedto the extent that his nerves wereunsteady, or at least to the extentthat his mind would not concentratethe quiet work of putting. Hiscauses for elation were two. H
. Northward-ho! Covering Maine's inland resorts, Moosehead Lake, the Rangeleys, Belgrade lakes and Poland Spring. great golfer, in spite of the factthat he missed five putts on thefirst twelve holes of the final match,whicli. by the way, neither dis- NORTHWARD-HO ! PaGE 20 proves nor confirms the [ We would like to account forthose five shots in some mannerand perhaps the best guess wouldbe that Ouimet was elated ; elatedto the extent that his nerves wereunsteady, or at least to the extentthat his mind would not concentratethe quiet work of putting. Hiscauses for elation were two. Hewas in the final round for thechampionship against a man whohad won the event four times and during the thirty-one holes whichdetermined the result. Twice hewas in sand, and only twice, and inboth instances from the same tee,the eleventh. In the morning hepitched short of the pits, and inthe afternoon his ball lacked mereinches from being safely on thegreen. There was not anothershot from tee or fairway duringthe round that Ouimet did not playin championship form. When oneconsiders that he played the home-. to win meant more than to becomechampion. And then he was hit-ting every shot, excepting the fivementioned, with absolute precisionand, doubtless, appreciated the factas much as did the hundreds of hisfriends in the gallery. |f When allis said, Ouimets putting for theday averaged well. Three timesduring the morning and twice dur-ing the afternoon, he thrilled thetense gallery when he holed outfrom real distances. He was notoff the course at either side once 21 Page—Northward-ho ! ward journey of the morning roundin thirty-five strokes and the firstnine in the afternoon in thirty-four—sixty-nine for a consecutiveround of the course—the questionis not How did he win ? butrather Who could have wonagainst him? j| Travers, unfortu-nately, did not play well, but hestartled the throng occasionallywith flashes of brilliancy; almostperfect on the putting green, butapparently u
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