Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-16
GOLF NEWS
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lish players, George Duncan. Duncan
is perhaps the greatest player for one
round of any professional in the world,
but seems incapable Of the prolonged
Etresn of four rounds of fast play. He
has won innumerable minor events in
England and Scotland, but as yet has
been unable in championship to play
four consecutive rounds of the brilliant
golf which, it seems, he alone of all
Britishers is capable. Several times
he has been leading in the British open
championships, but has aad h bad
round or two, which completely put
him out of the running.
AS to Vardon and Ray, they are
known all over the world as two da-
metric opposites in golf form. Vardon
has won the championship six times, as
against five each for Braid and Taylor
and once for Ray. Vardon has perhaps
the prettiest form of any living golfer.
He swings with seeming ease at the
ball, but attains remarkable distance.
His only possible fault lies in oft-re-
peated streaks of bad putting
Ray, on the other hand, violates all
precepts of the game through the
green. Playing with a club with a steel
face, weighing 141a ounces, he literal
ly hurls his six feet and 200 pounds
of muscle at the ball, getting a tre-
mendous carrying ball and one which
is rarely of the center of the course.
His most remark able shot, however is
that with his niblick, which he uses
for every shot from a half midiron
down to a wrist pitch. He has been
known to play q 420-yard hole with a
drive and a nibick shot. On the put
ting green he is very steady, and it
may be said that it will take a good
deal of golf to beat him, although the
course at Brae- Burn Is not exactly
suited to his game.
AMERICAS PROFESSIONAL
ARRAY.
Taylor is the sure, steady type of
British golfer, with no particular apti-
tude for any shot, with the possible
exception of the mashie who is usually
straight down the middle and is a
good putter.. His mashie shot is one
of the best and should stand him in
good stead on the heavily bunk cred
course at Braie- Burn.
Braid's only fault lies in an occa-
sional lapse on the putting greens.
From the tee and through the green
he is the equal of any living golfer,
and when on his normal putting game
will play against the best game of any
player without odds. But he some
times lapses on the greens, and if he
does SO at Brae-Burn, where the
green's are keen and tricky, he will
have to be unusually good through the
greens to win the championship.
Against this army of brilliant pro-
fessional golfers America can muster
Hutchinson, Barnes, Mcdonald, Hagen,
Mcnamara, Brady, Loos, Donaldson,
McFarlane, Walker and Mcleod Any
one of these men, playing at top form,
has a good chance to beat the British
contingent as has been demonstrated
time and again in this country, where
American players have made scores
time and again which seemed impos-
sible.
Francis Ouimet and Chick Evans
will play this year in the open, while
Jerome Travers, winner of the open
championship at Baltusrol in 1915
probably will devote himself to BUSH
ness this year and play very little
golf. Travers' wife died last fall and
since that time he has been playing
little golf, 1t is said.