The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20

hagen's inward journey was one OF .he
most brilliant bits OF golf ever played
In this country and reached its climax
at the 440 yard thirteenth. where he
holed a full mldiron shot for a 2. a
shot that will live long in the memory
OF every golfer who was lucky enough
10 see IL. Hagen's individual score with
two holes not pLtted out was 6S.
Not all the glory OF the day went to
Hagen. however he had to share II with
that great amateur Jerome II. Travers.
The four times national amateur cham
pion played In competition to-day Tor
the first time this season. a fact that
was evidenced by his lack OF color when
compared with the others. but he playti
like a champion all day. In the .ndivId-
ual competition In the morning he and
hagen led the field. each with a ~.
Neither ever had set foot on the course
before. Aud in the afternoon II was
Jerry's feat OF playing the first nine
holes In - that n on every tongue
until lIagen's startling work on the In
ward nine gave the gallery something
else to gasp about.
Thus did greenwich settle two great
questions in the minds Of METROPOLITAN
golfers. They know now that HAGEN
who never had played In a competition
on a Metropolitan course before. is every
inch a champion and his victories at
Midlothian and San Francisco were In
no sense fukes. and they also know that
Jerry Travers is the same great golfer
Who has won so many titles IN the past
Instead OF limiting the morning com
petition To the -four professionals, hagen
Alex md Macdonald Smith and Tom
Mcnamara. the four amateurs. TrhNers.
oswald Kirkby. Fred lierreshoN ana
Henry !. Topping. were invited 10 JOIN
-. - 90. ia h.FAra lnEAn Nnu lfa-
y.rs tied at "a for first place. Jerry
who plaved with Henry Topping, was
s.oadv az n clock all the way. soinS
on, i'm 81 " coming home ~ the same
figures. At the short ninth ne ran
down , hard putt for a ?. and "A m
later he banged the ball into the cup
for another . ~ the tenth.
Hagen. who arrived late at'er an al,
Wight trim from Rochester and found
Macdonald smith waiting to pear NM
coupary around the links. began with
a and .. He played par golf on the
uex, two. hut a topped drive on the 4Su
yard af,h got him into difficulties ana
no took a s. He was out in 80 ana
cal me home in IS. his worst hole beine
tho sol wards fourteenth, where ne
made a poor drive. put his third INTO the
he'd OF "A brook. played a great nipi'ch
shot out Ia the green ana 'he' 'ooh
,bree NUTS for a I. The rest OF the way
Il was good steady golf. For ms -
Trayers received "A silver cup gwen by
r.. &. Converse. and Hagen poche'en
SIS as his reward. The second prize o,
$50 was divided between Mcnamara ana
Macdonald Smith. zach of whoih 'haue
NE round in II. The others finished IN
Inc following order: Topping. ~;
Eirkhy so: HerreshofY. SO. and Mex
smith, So.
The eight players were split into two
proups of four for the afternoon best
ball competition and the main gaIiery
followed the first quartet. In when Alex
Smith was paired with Travers ana
Hagen pltvcd with Herreshof. That the
spectatorS chose wisely Is hown by the
scores, for Hagen and Herreshou We're
first with their 90 and smith aho
Travers second with 81. the other
pairs. Mcnamara and kitkby ana Mac
donald Smith and Topping, tied for third
at 70.
What the gallery saw was great eolt
nv Trayers going out. and super golf by
HAGEN coming i'm. Alex Smith and Her
resbo0 eli, in now and tfSn, but II was
Ierry and Hagen who played the goit,
The first three holes were halved All
around In par figures. ana on Inc long
fourth Jerry startled every one ny WIN
ming the cup on his lengthy try FOR a y
So u-ss down In s and halved the hole
with Hagen. zach OF the others taxing
a & Herreshoff was the nero on the
efth. where he holed a long putt Tor a D.
and IL was lucky that he hid IL. Tot
Hagen could not have lone better than
z n he had been compelled 20 play the
hole out.
ord altar haIying the next with HERES
hory HaCan slipping ~, Travers se'
about the task OF getting level again
lie accomplished II on the seventh green
nv holinc his putt for a 4 after every
ono else had taken 3. and after halvine
the eighth he ran down a twehty-nVt
foo, downhill putt for a : IN 'he h'ntn
!, won tho hole and put Travers ano
smith "A stroke ahead. with a pest oa'
Of "a. Jcrry's own score.
Then came Uageu's turn, Ne hega'
Vim F., : on the tenth, but so did TraverS
and UerreshoT. but on the eleventh, BOY
Yards. the open champion holed "A NJ
teen foot putt for another 3, ana u
vas all even once more. TraNers aho
Wagon zach went down In , on the ur'
MIN twelfth. and then followed the grea'
thirteenth. -,
nod hoen reached was f~oreshadowed by
Jerry's poo- drive, which did not rea'l
tho hilton. He played his second ano
when he found his ball again he was II
tho rough about ever with the lont
smashing drive that Hagen had hit IRON
tho tee A minute before. The champions
hal was in the middle OF the fairway
With the green about $50 yards away
Raging his midiron Hagen picked thu
halI mn cleanly and sent II soaring higf
IN the air toward the distant green. y
evidently was a good shot and close &c
mo min. but no one dreamed OF anythinf
moro than that. When the green wa'
reached Hagen's ball was nowhere u
no seen and there was a n
puzzled silence and rowing eyes. To q
"a Carhart Of Greenwich belongs thu
credit OF deciding that the ball was "
the cup. Perhaps he holed out
called out Carhart. and running across
the green to the pin stopped over, pu
his hand in the cup and strengthened NJ
will the ball in his grasp. lie TOSSED
n 70 Hagen, who smiled and hlushef
like a schoolboy as the gallery cheeret
and a~pplarded the remarkable feat.
The great 2 practically settled the out
come OF the match. for as Travers wal
ont OF il and Alex Smith took a 8, /
nut Hagen and IIerreshoff three strokes
ahead with only Ave more holes to play
After The long fourteenth had beer
halved by Alex Smith and Hagen. TRAY
ers ran down another putt Tor a Z oi
the fifteenth. The next two were halved
but on the home hole HAGEN was on II
two shots n holed out In 3.
In the cards which follow Hagen u
responsib.e for all OF the incoming hole
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