Evening star., 1923-06-15
HAGEN MISSES WIN
BY SINGLE STROKE
Havers' 295 Gives Him Vic.
tory in British Open; Other
Americans Near Top.

TROON. June 15.-Walter Hagen
failed today in his attempt TO win
the British open golf title for the
second time.
Hagens failure To win means the
return of the championship trophy to
British hands, after two years in
American possession, as the other
outstanding American representa-
tives. Joe kirkwood and Macdonald
Smith. finished in 29S and 297. re-
spectively. while Johnny Farrell had
an aggregate of 306 and George Aul-
bach Of Boston was far in the rear
with .329.
Hagen shot a "a In the morning,
giving him an aggregate of 221.
Hagen made the fourth round in
IS, giving him total Of 2e6 one more
than A. q. Havers, British who late
this afternoon was leading the field
Hagen started off in the morning
with fours and a > and went out in
one under par. His play coming in
was marked by the same steadiness.
except at the tenth, where he topped
his drive and landed in an immense
hillside bunker. His second lodged
he had a hanging lie so that it took
him four TO the green and the hole
cost him strokes. His card:
G9'..... fS'. : ! : : ! : 4ssL. 4ss
A gallery of nearly 10000 persons
| witnessed Hagen's finish. Only c. A.
! whitcombe. British, now has a chance
to beat Havers.
The leaders in the morning were:
A. G. Havers. England. 219; Joe Kirk
wood, Australian champion, and
American ad resident 2s'; cals WalteF r
Smith. America, 222.
Smiths Total 297.
Macdonald Smith of san Francisco.
completed - holes with a total of
291. He did 75 in the afternoon round.
after a record breaking 60 i'll the
morning.
Smith, with 80 in the morning
! hroSe by one stroke today the record
: for the old Troon course.
Smith started his record break i'll 6
! round III the morning with birdie
3 his second a pitch shot. landing
| within a yard of the cup. Another
birdie followed q similar deadly ap-
proach on the second. A twoyard
| putt for another 8 on the third failed
! TO go in. and the ball stayed out on
the fourth green after striking the
pin for a possible birdie.
A tweive-yard putt ran true to the
, cup for a birdie . on the short fifth.
Despite bad lie on his drive and a
short approach. the Californian was
| down in par on the 5Se-yard sixth;
! putt. He almost made the 120-yard
| eighth in l. but the ball skipped over
the hole and he then required two
puts.
shoots Par GoIf.
The ninth was completed in a per-
, feet 4. and the tenth in birdie 4,
! He REQUIRED three puts on the
! eleventh and the twelfth was an
ordinary A. 4 pitch dead TO the pin
helped in making birdie on the
! thirteenth. He was par on the
] fourteenth and then came across with
! another birdie on the par fifteenth.
His second shot on the long six
| teenth went into a bunker. but he
was on the green in four and sank
1 a five-yard putt for par .. Drivin g
hole. he took 4, for ! over par. A
putt that came within two inches of
| the hole nearly gave him another
birdie on the home green.
His card was under par. He
! made FIVE brides, and had a par 8
on the difficult eighth postage
| stamp hole. where most of the stars
/ have taken q (. On five green's he
| sank his first putt. His start was one
| of the most brilliant ever seen in play
| for the British open, as he did the
! first fve holes in two over three. His
| card:
; Par-Out - - : > 4 3 4-S6
| Smith-OutS 8 3 5 3 4-3S
| Par-In .5 "a ) + 5 4-S7-15
| Smith-In..4 4 3 5 4 4 4-36-6s
Smith was over par in six holes
4 of the afternoon round, but four
brides helped to hold his score down.
He went out in 35, shooting beauti-
full golf and had most of his trouble