The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
GOLF
PLAYED WHEN
TURF WAS WET


Daring Year Were Made by
Sarazsn, HutchIson and
Duncan.
GO MANY sensational rounds Of
golf have been played this
~ year that Il Is dimcult to
flgufe which is the ''lowest ever"
To bsstn with, there was Gene
Sarsssn's last round Of es to win
the national open ct Skekie; Jock
Hutehison's rounds Of 81 and
6B In the quahfyinS rounds for
the same event; George Duncsn's
last round Of 90 to win the Daily
Mail tournament at St Andrews,
his 90 In that gallant last round
at Sandwich TO break up the
zone, two, three. Of the Ameri-
can leaders; Colin Aylmer's mar
velous IS 1T Ranelagh, and
Audrey Boomers third round Of
66 IN the French open champion
ship st La Boulle.
It ID worthy ef remark that the
dry weather Of the year. favorable
as It vas to long driving. produced
no exceptionally long scores. where.
az the wonder rounds" above re-
ferred To were In nearly every case
made on courses that were heavy
| with rain under conditions favor
able to accurate approaching.
Robert H. X. Browning. editor
of Goifng. . British puoiication.
has compiled an interesting history
Of Sensational rounds made through.
out the world during the past
ion that Of all the most remark.
able Is Boomers which is the
lowest single circuit ever recorded
in an open tournament of the first
ciass. 1t was Q wonderful achieve
ment. for La Boulle Is a long
course. s,sls yards. This 10
longer than any of the British
courses excepting Deal. with eight
holes Of $50 yards or over. Par II
10; Boomers card. seven strokes
under that. read as follows:
Out. 800. 4l23 4 3 s 8 3-31
In. 34444 "a 4 4-34-65
DUNCAN'S RARE TOTAL.
The five on this card occurred at
the seventh hole, $50 yards long,
and not to be reached In two shots
By any player. CuFiousiy. z. La
fitte, Of Biarritz, came In with .
scarcely less sensational fourth
round Of 81. which gave him sec
oRd place. but eleven strokes be-
hind Boomer, and won him the
French native professional cham
pionship, for which the same scores
counted. This does not detract
from the marvellous nature Of
Boomers figures. for there is no
other single round below u. and
the aggregates were no lower than
they have often been before at La
Bulle.
II 70 not quite correct to say that
Boomers score Ia the lowest ever
achieved in championship for
eighteen holes. Nobody is likely to
beat the record made by George
Duncan in August, 1918, In the
event that bore the picturesque
title Of 'the open championship of
the Lucerne Lakes" The cham.
pfonship was played over thirty-six
holes at Aenfels and the same mum.
Der at Lucerne. Duncan's score
was 50. IS. II and "a. for a total of
2ss, the best score ever returned
for seventy-tvo holes. c. II. Mayo
was second. with 81. So. 70 and II,
for . total Of fe7. Duncan's total
Of lis for the two rounds at Aen.
fels and his Sc for the second round
are respectively world records for
SS and Is holes. Duncan's card OF
| BS fellows:
Out ....- <443 e-,s
In ...... SS4S S333s t2S-56
A MARK BY VARDON.
Previous to this the best tourna
mont returns were the scores mads
In 1911 and 1917 during the open
championship Of Germany at Baden
Baden. In the former year Harry
vardon won with q total Of 27s for