Hilton & the Rock at Apawamis

Submitted by bobtrebus on Sat, 2007-02-03 00:35.

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Mr. Silas H. Strawn, President of the U.S.G.A. presenting Harold Hilton with the medal in the 1911 U.S. Amateur Championship. The British great Hilton beat Fred Herroshoff in the final on the 37th hole after his approach shot evidently struck a rock outcropping in the woods and bounced back onto the green.

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The scene of the final between Mr. H. Hilton and Mr. Fred Herreshoff. A good drive is beyond the bunker in the centre, and the rock Mr. Hilton is supposed to have hit is to the right of the green.

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