Art of putting

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Thecrowdsweretremendous;andPrest-
wickisnotagoodcourseforbigattendances,
asthespectatorsgetcongested.Vardonwas
playingtwocouplesaheadofme;andI
thereforeknew,withnineholestogo,thatI
stillheldthelead.AtthetenthholeIgot
intothebunker,butafterthatIneverslipped
astroke.Iplayedwithabsolutesteadiness.
Areferencetothescoresofthefinishing
nineholeswillshowhowtheraceforthe
championshipprogressed,holebyhole.
IdrewlevelwithVardon'sscoreattheA
eleventh,andtooktheleadfromhimatthe
twelfth,butashehadawonderfulthreeat
thefourteenth,wewereatthispointagain
alleven.Atthe17thhole,itwillbenoted,
Vardon'saggregatescoreandminewerethe
same.ShortlybeforeIcametothe17th
green,IheardthecheeronVardonfinishing,
and,standingonthei8thteeingground,II
askedifanyonecouldtellmewhatVardon
haddonethelastholein?Iwastoldby
severalitwasfour,theparofthehole.I
hitabeautystraightdownthemiddle,and
withmyapproach,Ilaidtheballfourfeetoff
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Description	By Willie Park.
Shelfmark	H3.76.723
Attribution and copyright:	Public Domain - This work is free of known copyright restrictions. For details visit our copyright page. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Pamphlets
Dates / events:	1920 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Golf Sports
Person / organisation:	Park, Willie, 1864-1925 [Author] J. and J. Gray (Firm) [Publisher]
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