The Washington herald., 1921-06-26

81. HNCNI " D. OSOhAohNJ lAhS
es.-Jock Hutchison, haiiing from
the Western metropolis, Chicago,
Ill, but a native son of this place,
won the British open golf cham
pionship today and for the first
time in its long history the most
coveted golhng cup in the world
goes to America. Playing off the
tie with Roger Wethered, the
young Oxford undergraduate,
Hutchison left no doubt that he is
the finest golfer playing today by
his margin of victory over thirty
six holes, being nine strokes ahead
at the finish He might easily
have added a few more but after
he had a lead of twelve strokes al
the thirty-second hole he slowed
down and took no chances while
the amateur went after everything.
. A tremendous gallery made up
almost wholly of wethered SYM
pathizers followed the players de-
spite the abnormal heat for this
country. Not since Arnaud Massey
took the cup to France has it left
those shores and Hutchison Is the
only other visitor to make a sue
cessful challenge.
Highest Golhns Honors-
In England the open champion
ship Is considered an even higher
honor to hold than the amateur III
tie and British golf naturally suf-
fered a heavy blow especially as the
American pros finished first and sec
ond and only a young amateur
stood between them. and complete
victory in the championship rounds.
For eight consecutive rounds
HutchiSon had an average of a
fraction over IA record never
before equalled in, championship
play. Incidentally he established
a record for st. Andrews of 20.
Hutchison broke wethereds heart
this afternoon by going out in SO
and gaining six strokes thereby
making his total advantage nine
strokes.
His outward score contained four
IS, one of which was made on a par
hole. Jock sank puts from every
corner of the green's He played his
mashie approaches with all the skill
of magician. Poor Wethered
couldn't stand the pace and his put
ting wrists became palsied. On
several different greens the anna
teur required three puts each and
that is a large part of the story
of his defeat, for he outdrove
Hutchison on many holes. The
American was troubled with a nasty
hook which got him into all man
ner of difficulty and from which.
fortunately. he emerged because Of
the wizardy of his mashie shots.
$500 5000 Follow Golfers.
In the morning under a blazing
sun and with only a gentle breeze
TO- relieve the oppressive heat. an
army of 5000 golf enthusiasts
tramped over the sand dunes and
was rewarded with some high class
golf by both wethered and Hutchi-
SON. 1t is seldom that in a playoff.
after a long strain of six hard
rounds, that the competitors main
tanned the high standard which
brought them into tie. :
But Hutchison had a "a, only
these STROKES better than Wethered's
card, which did not contain a single
. Cthe amateur having thirteen As
eleven of them in a row and five 5s).
Had il been match play the Amer!-
can would have been up for
Hutchison had IS on four consecu-
tive holes.
Before the match Hutchison spent
some time on the beach practicing
on this drive The reason for this
was understood soon after the
start. Jock half topped two drives
and in one case il cost him 6
where he should have had a 4.
wethered was consistently further
and more accurate from the tee
while his approach shots were
above criticism.
Amateur Putts Badly.
But when they reached the green
the amateur seemed to have no con-
adence and he missed a dozen puts
of less than eight feet. HUTCHINSON
has perfect command of his chip
sfrots and putted courageousiy. The
American got a three on the third
and took the lead when the English
men tok a fve. The next, Hutchi-
sons worst hole. he slicing his drive
and dubbing his second he found
the bunker with his taird AMI re-
quired six in all against Weshered's
perfect four.
They halved the next thre holes.
Then Hutchison picked up o strcke
on each Of the next four. With a
lead of four strokes for Hutchison
II Iokec bad for the Brton.. but he
came back gamely and erased on
each Of the thirteenth, fourteenth
and sixteenth holes. reducing the
Americans advantage to only one
stroke as they were going to the
famous seventeenth. .--. .,
Here wethered pulled his drive
Into the rough and played a weak
second short OF the green. His
third rested within s feet of the
pin, but the amateur required two
.outts to hole out. Hutchison,
meanwhile. was on in two and down
in two more. which gave him an ad-
vantage Of two strokes at this point.
AT the last hole Withered over
played him approach to the green
-~d r~rusr~S three strokes from, ao