Evening star., 1926-11-09
Joe TURNESA is RANKED
+ SECOND BEST THIS YEAR
Nets Like Hutchison, Barnes and MacFarlane Fading
Armour and Mcleod of Washington Both
Are Listed i'm ''First Ten'' for 1926.
BY RAY MCCARTHY.

n YEW YORK, November o.
The younger generation IN
VI professional golf rapidly is
A forging to the front. A
resume of the years performances
OF the salaried brigade shows that a
number of old-timers. such as Jim
Barnes, Jock Hutchison and Willie
MacFarlane, cannot even be figured
among the FIRST TO- in the ranking
for the 1926 campaign.
However, an old, familiar figure
that is. old in experience. but not so
old in years-heads the list OF the
ranking professionals for the past
Sear. Yes, the name is Walter Hagen.
who Is attached to no club. but spends
most of his off time around st. Peters
burg, Fla. After almost dropping out
Of the picture last year. Hagen has
made a brilliant recovery and once
more rules the rooSt in the pro
barnyard.
Second place finds a virtual new
Comer-Joe Turnesa. the dark com
plexioned Fairview lad. who almost
scaled the heights in the national
open, finishing a bare stroke behind
Bobby Jones.
Another Pet Placed Third.
Third place goes to another veteran
Of the links. the flashy Macdonald
Smith. who swapped flock of titles
he held the year before for another
batch, including the Canadian and
Metropolitan open.
Hagen clearly is entitled to his
place at the head of the class. First,
for his third consecutive victory in
the Professional Golfers Association
championship, thereby setting prec-
edent that even the great Bobby
Jones could not establish in the ma.
tional amateur. In addition to the
Professional Golfers Association
crown. the Hage carried off the West
ern open and the Eastern open. In
the British open Hagen finished well
up, being third with 295 to Bobby
Jones 291 and Al Watrous' 293. Then
again; he was sixth in the American
open, only five strokes in back OF the
triumphant Bobby Jones.
Turnesa clearly is entitled to sec
opd position, chiefly on his showing
in the national open. He led the
classy field for more than three-quar-
ters Of the 72-hole route. and. was
nosed out only when Bobby Jones
chipped in with one of his sensational
spurts. Turnesa also won the first
metropolitan Professional Golfers AS
sociation championship in match COM
petition and was third to Mac Smith
and Gene Sarazen in the Canadian
open. Also he finished well up in
the Eastern open as well as in the
Metropolitan open.
A Jewel for Consistency.
The scintillating Mac Smith, placed
third, was a jewel for consistency
throughout the year. The titles he
garnered We're the Canadian open,
the Metropolitan open and the Chi
cago District open championship. He
was fourth in the Western and scored
well in the United States open also.
Johnny Farrell, always with the
leaders, improved his position over
last year by two notches, as he now
Is placed No. 4. The Quaker Ridge
fashion plate cleaned up in Florida.
and then came up and finished in a
tie for third place in the national
open. Following thi, Johnny nosed
out a good field in the Shawnee open,
and later he won the West Chester
open. He was second to Hagen in
the Eastern event and third to Smith
in the Metropolitan.
Leo Diegel's brilliant playing in the