West, on the contrary, was a sure player on the green, and now with his ball but four yards from the hole he had just the opportunity he desired to better his score.

The green was level and clean, and West selected a small iron putter, and addressed the ball with all the attention to form that the oldest St.Andrews veteran might desire.

Playing on the principle that it is better to go too far than not far enough, since the hole is larger than the ball, West gave a long stroke, and the gutta-percha disappeared from view.

Whipple holed out on his next try, adopting a wooden putter this time, and the score stood fifteen strokes each.
The honor was West's, and he led off for End Hole with a beautiful brassie drive that cleared the first two bunkers with room to spare.
Whipple, for the first time in the round, drove poorly, toeing his ball badly, and dropping it almost off of the course and just short of the second bunker.

West's second drive was a loft over Halfway Bunker that fell fairly on the green and rolled within ten feet of the hole.