Evening star., 1924-01-28

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Sarazen entered the final rounds
with Il three-hole lead earned in the
first thirty-siX 1oies. and his lead,
though threatened at times. was
never obliterated. on the eighth hole
If the morning eighteen yesterday.
UaVerS was only one down. but by
rhe end Of the round Sarazen again
had his three-hoIe lead.
Havcrs played better golf than he
exhibited in san Francisco, but putt
ing broke his game. He missed a
four-foot putt on the fifth hole OF the
afternoon play by tapping it snort,
and in the sixth hole failed again IN
The same way
Sarazen played consistent golf. His
tee shots were straight and we'll
down the fairWay. his irons Well
Judged and beautifully played. MS
approaches crisp and accurate ana
his putting sure.
,hirty-six holes. SaraZen'S 129 yester.
,Iay gave him d total of $50. HaVers
ard OF 1873 yesterday gave him
total of 2SG.
HayerS Drives Far.
The course is 6,262 yards long. and
. n the first hole, 352 yards. Sarazen
drove $50 yards, with Havers lortE
ards longer SaraZen's second was
within nine feet, while HaVers was
.hort, and Gene was / up.
Sarazsn oyershot the short second,
!f2 yards, and lost. ! to !. At thS
rhird hole, S16 yards, SaraZeh hooNeu
out of bounds and he took hEe 10
F!aycrs four and was . up. At the
fourth hole. J55 yards, Havers drove
225 yards, topped his second TOT
.ong roll and then halved in five.
Havers, despite a 300-yard drive on
the 388-yard fifth, overapproached
and failed to halve the hole on a 1our-
FOOT putt, putting Sarazen } up again.
HaverS drove 230 yards into a trap
at the edge of the sixth green, re-
covered to within six feet of the cup
and halved when SaraZen oVershot
his second twenty-five feet.
On the seventh hole, 500 yards,
Hayers' second shot was bettered by
Sarazen. but the American took three
puts and was only up.
Havers 20G-yard brdSsie all but
reached the eighth green, while sara
Zens tee shot was in the rough and
his second short, and HaNerS was
only L up.
Loses Chance to Tie.
Appare ntly inspired to square the
match. Havprs Whaled out a beauti-
fuI 310-yard drive. thirty-tive yards
ahead Of SaraZenS tee shot. But
SArazen's second laid Havers Il par
rial stymie and he won the hole
to 4, and was UP again; -.
On the tenth hole, 324 yards
Iavers sliced into tho rough, but
aid SaraZen q partial stymie with
nis second. The American holed the
ugly putt for a birdie 3. while Havers
took ) and was 3 down.
After halving the 440-yard eleventf
IN par !. HaYers laid d stymie OF
The 1S7yard twelfth and won. with
par. The 397-yard thirteenth was
balved in par 4.
At the fourteenth hole. 515 yards
the English champion uncorked 8
lfaNEr NJ ,1,-,,- r
wooden to the edge of the green
Sarazen's drive was 290 yards and
his second was topped, but he got a
long roll. halving in par .. They
also halyed the fifteenth hole 361
Yards, III par 4 and the l31-yard six
teenth in par 8, but on the 3I0-yard
seventeenth SaraZen placed his sec
und within six feet and got a birdie 9
md was uu. They halved the 1866
" Ndrd eighteenth in birdie and ad-
Juurned for luncheon, with the Amer
lean still up. SaraZen had secured
me stroke fewer than Havers who
was two over par, with "a. but gained
another in match play. In the after
noon round, after halving two holes
SaraZen lost the twenty first, when
he missed four-foot putt.
Short Putt Is Costly.
Havers drove over 27O yards on the
twenty-second, but was short in 2
ana 40 feet over in 3. Sarazen was
~ feet over on his third, but sank
the long putt and was up. The
tnglishman missed a 4-foot putt on
the twenty-third for a win and halved
in s.
Havers bettered the Americans tee
Shot on the short twenty-fourth but
TOOK putt and was 4 up. They
shared the twenty-fifth in regulation
par with equal drives, approaches and
puts.
Havers duplicated Genes tee long
hot on the twenty-sixth and then
put his iron on the green inside of