The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
GENE SARAZEN
RELATES HOW
HE WON TITLE
Describes Play in National
Open Tournament at Skokie
Leading Up to Victory.
D. GENE SARAZEN.


/" AvING qualified for the cham
pionship, ] then began to. con-
- centrate on the task ahead
This was my third national open
tournament, and although great
players like Jim Barnes, Chick Evans
and others have played In tOurna-
meats for years before they won. /,
with the impatience of youth, felt
that It was about time that I began
% win IL ] was ever to do 90.
knew that was hitting the ball
about as well as possibly could.
had developed my stroke until ]
felt that Il was absolutely and per
fectly grooved. Ny victory In the
Southern open at New Orleans had
given me q world Of confidence.
And 80 / stepped out on the first
tee at Skolxie feeling very hopeful
and very confident. EVERYTHING be.
yond was very bright. can see
now that youth does not anticipate
trouble in the climb to the top, but
I am growins wiser and possibly .
little sadder each day.
On my first two rounds played
with Pat OsHara, was hitting the
nall beautifully from the tee. Ny
BON shots were coming OF nicely
= ma nI,ffinr greena IN fact. I
was SITTING on ton of the world on
the first day.
NV first round was a r. Nv
second was 8 72. That, to my way
ef thinking, was practically perfect
e0lf, considering that had not
got down any long puts. Ny total
Of 145 for the first day left me In
third place. Three shots back of
old John Black, who was leading
the field, and one shot back Of will
liam Melhorn, one OF the finest
young golfers in the country.
CRACKS WE'RE TRAILING.
Bobby Jones. walter Hagen, Jock
kautchison, Jim Barnes, George Dun
can. Abe Mitchell. Chick Evans,
Johnny Farrell and all the rest Of
she field were trailing me. ! could
narniy reaiize what 2 koioen UppVE-
tunily nan-lt was al HAe
dream.
1ou can Wei imagine InaI Qid
plenty or thinking ana vlsuah1ang
after these first two rounds. 4
thousand thoughts ran through ny
head. Only two men 70 beat TO
achieve my ambaron-thes winning
OF the nauonal open cnAlnplonsniP.
40 Leo Daesei, with whom cnum-
med during the tournament, saiu:
Leo, i am hitting the ball beauti-
Iully. II ever can keep going the
way d1d today, III WIN this tourna.
ment sure.
Don't you ngure any OF the rest
OF us are gong 20 Oe Up Lne1e
tDoy replied Dieeel. I smiled. ana
eaid, les. But frankly because
OF my success OF the nrst gay, 1
felt that was going 70 WIN ~
Was hard for me to admit, even 70
myself. that anybody was going 20
beat me.
han rR0vf<F r M TEETnn
=
- the uIst place' go an
fine position for the third round,
which in the most important round
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IN sh0Ee' "s s''e
BEGAN TO WORRY.
R,t ,h., csn. to- .bIrA rn,rd
WnIcn nearly proved my uuoahs
Starting ate the very tiFst hole
began hooking my tee shots. !
.-,.S ava-,,.h,.~ L.w - ~oIs "a
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GET away nom this terrible ma4aoy'
i reached the turn IN forty strokes