Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
SaraZen Retains
Crown i'm Golf
Win Over Hagen

felham. Manor, N. Y, Sept. % (By
a. P)-An amazing recovery shot
from a cray-fish marsh beside the
"oth hole at the Pelham Country Club
course brought victory today for
gene Sarazen. the young Italian Am
erlcan instructor of Briadcliffe Manor
ana defeat for Walter Hagen, the
veteran, in the Professional Golfers
match.
Upon sarazen's head, therefore,
sun rests the crown he won last
year at Okmont, Penn.
victory for Sarazen in this the
nrst extra hole final match in the his
tory OF the professionals champion
snip tournaments, came after a
courageous uphill fight by Hagen,
VINO had squared the match at the
Soth hole after being three down at
the 2Sth.
They started on extra holes after
Hagen had made an excellent recov-
cry from trap on the seth for a
half.
Both sank puts of more than five
feet on the 37th for birdie tours.
Came then the tricky 3Sth, a 3D.
yard hole with a sharp curve to the
green around a clump of trees. Ha-
gen essayed a daring shot over the
trees to the green. His ball stopped
on the edge of a sand trap, beside
the green.
Undismayed by this shot, Sarazen
played for the hole. His ball fell
short in marshy ground sprinkled
with the mud mounds of crayfish. He
was away.
Sa1aot;,, H. :
the ball within two feet of the cup.
This excellent shot drew the plaudits
of the great gallery, and when there
| was quiet Hagen stepped to his ball
Perhaps SaraZen's shot unnerved
him, for when he struck he looked
up and his ball failed to carry out of
the sand. His third got toward the
cup and seemed as if it might go in
| then rolled to one side. SaraZen did
not hesitate with his putt. 1t trick
! led in.
They had finished the morning
! round all even after being up and
down one hole and even at several
stages. Sarazen won the very first
hole with a birdie. Hagen squared
| the match on the second.
Hagen became l up at the sixth
and Sarazen squared it again at the
1llll. I1dSeil again beCdlUc up III
| the 18th when Sarazen drove into the
| woods. Hagen drove two iron shots
into tree on the 14th and they were
square again.
| Hagen won the 18th when Sarazen
| had poor luck with his tee shot. \
birdie three on the 18th by Sarazen
| left them all square. Sarazcn became
| one up at the 21st with a birdie 4
| Hagen barely missing holing his
| pitch shot. SaraZen became two ur
at the 23d with another Birdie, the
, result of 25-foot putt.
| Sarazen's lead was increased tc
| three holes on the 25th by laying
| Hagen a stymie. Hagen sank ar
| eight-footer on the 26th for a birdie
| three and was two down. Sarazen's
! tee shot from the rocky mount on the
saith landed in rough grass and Ha-
| gen Won from the hole with a pal
| three to become one down.
The play on the 35th was breath
| taking. Sarazen's second shot was
! sliced into the rough. Hagen's sec
ond was hooked out of bounds. Ha-
| gems third was on the green. but
! Sarazen's found a sand pocket.
Hagen was on the green, but Sar-
azen's found a sand pocket.
| Hagen was down with two puts
! for a and Sarazen, getting on witt
| his fourth, took two for n 6, and the
match was squared.
1t was at this same hole that jim
| Barnes. in his admirable fight agains
Sarazen on Thursday, squared The
match with an eagle three after
| having been four down at the 9th