| Show JONES SHOOTS THROUGH TREE S 1 Obtains His Par Five Eive and Captures Hole lole Bobby Jones made his greatest shot In the 1928 1023 Amateur Golf Gott championship champion champion- ship t to win sin a hole In par when he lie was never on the fairway front from tee to green Playing Phillips the Harvard Har Ilar vard yard student In his lIls semi final round the champion champion- came came to th the fifth firth hole I Ione one U up The rho fifth hole holc at nt Brae Dt-ae Jl e Burn BurnIs I Is s the longest on he h course yards with a n slight elbow Bobbys Bobby's s tee shot was long but not I straight the champion pushing the ball to bad rough It was out of the question to use uso a wooden club so the tile I took an nn Iron and anti hit lilt t a screaming shot from the grass more than tItan OO yards but n again aln off the fairway fairway fair tar way the lie ball landing In tough grass to the left of ot the fairway and to and to tomake make the situation more difficult difficult difficult-be- be behind e. e hind a large tree The champion was still a full hun litin- hundred dred yards from the green reen his ball in III grass almost biding It from view and the tree squarely in n front of ot It In Inthe Inthe Inthe the meantime an excited person hind had yelled as os FInlay was about to shoot and Phil liili had wasted a shot In the rou rough h leaving caving Bobby In position to win the hole bote and go two up up up-It if he could get close enough to the green to score a 11 par five OYe Bobby studied the lay ay of the land more carefully than was his wont and ond even tested the strength of ot the grass through h which bi his lIlg Iron must cut to v Bobby Jones send the lie ball out Finally he lie tore Into it with all his power smashing down vu un the ball hall as though be lie hoped to carry 30 yards ards Instead of ot one lie knew w what he lie was doing lIe He could not play piny over oyer the tree so ho lie proposed to play through It This plan worked The ball bail shot through the branches of the tree sending a shower of leaves over the nearby fairway and continued to the green rolling past the pin and stoppIng stopping stop stop- ping 35 85 feet teet away The rest res I was sim pie The champion laid ald his approach putt dead for tor the par 5 which was Just enough h to win as FInlay took 6 G. G |
