The American was heartily applauded for his coolness in the final phases of the nerve-wracking match, Opening strongly, Yates took an carly lead and was three up at the conclusion of the first round of nine holes, Thompson, however, recovered after a series of brilliant shots on the
holes. back stretch of the "home" nine Tle forged ahead, being one up on the seventeenth. " Yates, however, teed off confidently and contraltod his shots with ease to even up on the eighteenth.
Yates put on a great finish, After a powerful drive straight down the fairway, be pitched within nine feet the pin on the nineteenth, "Thompson also drove off well but he barely reached the edge of the green with his next shot. His attempt to sink the ball, however, iene, "no an "of Yates studied the situation, took op
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