The Washington herald., 1920-08-14

among Ray, DeigeI and Hutchison
with Hagen and Barnes too far be-
hind to make a fight. Jack Burke,
Of St. Paul, unknown to the crowd,
had turned in two fine 52's which
left him tied with Vardon at 296.
Ray slipped on the eleventh and
twelfth and when he needed a
at the fifteenth and seventeenth
holes by failing to catch the green
with his irons, both Deigel and
Hutchison had a chance.
The last nine holes for this pair
were heartbreakers. Both had four
foot puts to hole three at the
tenth and both missed by a hair.
Deigel started home with two fours.
At the long twelfth he had an
eight-foot putt to best par but
barely missed. but even as it was
he had caught and passed Ray,
leading him by a stroke. A COM
paCtly played mashie shot left him
Il putt for a two at the short
thirteenth but even when he missed
he stood upon the fourteenth tee
stroke to the good of the field. This
hole brought him disaster. His
drive. half topped, caught the
plateau, rolled upon the fairway
and left him a full brassie to a
green he should have reached with
an easy mashie.
His brassie shot was hooked to
a trap and his niblick recovery left
him short OF the green. Failing to
! set deed on his chip shot. he took
a six. and from one stroke in the
lead fell back of Ray. par four
at either the fifteenth or sixteenth
would have saved the day. But
he was short on his second COM
! ing to the fifteenth and his iron
shot, after a fine drive. caught
trouble in a trap on the next hole
The four strokes that he lost to
! par on these three holes wrecked
his chance to win after one of tho
gamest battles any young golfer
ever made to reach the top
Hagen had no excuse. In a fine
position, tied with Ray and Vardon
at the morning start. he began
badly and never hit his stride. 1t
was no longer a matter of catch
ing one man but of beating out
five veteran campaigners. Out In
Il, the open champion from last
year saw that he was through. He
lacked the old dash and confidence
which once helped to carry him
through, and when his puts failed
to drop in he saw that sceptre was
slipping.
Jock Hutchison fought hard to
. the finish, but the fourth hole took
{ the championship from him and
gave 1t to Ray. In the morning
round Jock was in the grassy side
Of a trap within 80 feet Of the pin
in two. He pitched out to within
II feet of the cup. His bid for
four overran feet, and he needed
a six.
On this same hole in the after
noon Ray was short on his ap-
proach, but, using his putter Just
the same, he ran down a 40-footer
for three, but golf is full of such
unexpected turns. and it was Ray
who took fewer strokes for the 72-
hole test, and this stands as the
answer. Throughout the day he
puffed serenely upon his pipe,
whether in trouble or straight down
the fairway, and in his behalf 1t
might be said he missed 3-foot
putt at the eighth and a putt of IS
inches at the ninth, which kept him
from going out in 80. So, after all.
these things even up destiny. Ray.
when he needed distance, was 80
yards longer than any one else. and
certainly no one in the field sunk
any larger number of missable
puts from 10 to 40 feet. And after
watching him putt you could see
that II was no matter of luck. The
smoothness. case and deftness of
touch were all there, with every
putt truly struck upon the right
line.
Barnes, like Hagen, could not get
going. At least six of Long Jim's
puts in the afternoon trimmed or
hung upon the lip of the cup, de-
fected by a fate that kept up its
cruelty most of the march.
Chick Evans led the amateurs at
2s8 with Bobby Jones a stroke be-
hind at 299. Both played sound golf,
but neither found any luck upon the
greens. Jones, after starting badly
in the morning round, played the
last fourteen holes in four under
furs, but this was his fnal charge
Jack Burke's total of IA was the
best double round OF the day, but
hts nrst thirty-siX holes left him
bit too much to do.
Ray, by his victory, obtained re-
venge for his defeat seven years
ago, and added to the British mar
gin at golf which is now almost
complete. The tournament was run
of in fawless style without a hitch,
and will go on record as one of the
greatest championships ever held.