Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-15
Bette,s All Open Marks.

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The amazing score Of 2S5 for 72
holes over the great st. Andrews
course was six strokes under the rec
ord for the 72-hCle play started IN
1899. Jones in winning last year with
291atied James Braid's mark made In
1908. .. ~ -s>.
Although Jones was the eighteenth
of the Sd players to finish, he was con
coded the championship. golfers and
spectators alike declaring mo further
count demanded"
Archie Compston scored 72 for n to-
tai of 303 and G. r. Buckles IS gave
him 3O1. Cyril Tolley took so and 307
with j. Scarth scoring 307 with rs. j
Sullivan also had 307. Boomers 29l
was stroke under par for 70 holes
Jim Barnes took II on his last
round and finished with score Of
SOL.
A, J. Lacey scored rs for a score
of sos and a II for P. Rodgers gave
him 900. J. A. Smith took rs and
300 and 76 for S. j. Miles gave him
30S. A. E. Hallum finished, in 78
scoring 307, while Robert Harris with
rs totaled 307:
Sixth American Victory.
Jones victory marked the sixth
American success in British open golf
championships in the last seven years
When Bobby won last year, he was
the first amateur to take the title
since Harold Hinton won in 1897. Ar
thur Havers, whose score in this
championship was IL strokes behind
that of the champion, was the only
British player to win since 1921. TWO
of the American winners, however,
were British before they were citizens
of the United States. =;
Jock Hutchinson won in 1921, Walter
Hagen in 1922, Arthur Havers in 1928,
when he barely, bettered Hagen's eff
fort; Hagen again in 1924, Jim Barnes
in 1875 and Bobby Jones last year
and again this year.
Starts Last Round With Par.
With a score of 213 for the first
three rounds of the British open golf
championship, leading Fred Robson
by four strokes, Bobby Jones started
on the fourth and final round under
perfect playing conditions. Robson
crawled into second place. by COM
piling a SO this morning to make his
total score 217. S. ~
AL the IESI HOlO VI HIS IOdS VI AONAAN
Jones had an S-foot putt for a birdie.
1t refused to drop and he took par 4.
Bobby needed 5, one over par, on
the second, where his drive carried
into a bunker and he had to play
out without any attempt to get
distance. His mashie approach was
80 feet from the pin and he was
down in 2.
He also gave away stroke 10 par
at the third, where he took another B.
At the third, the champions sec
ond, an iron, was pulled Jyst enough
to trickle into bunker. He was out
~ feet from the cup, but had TO
have two puts.
He got his par at the fourth,
where he was down in two puts from
60 feet. .. .-,
He followed with a good par at
the 530yard fifth.
One Over at the Fifth.
The 5 at the fifth marked the
first time in this championship that
Bobby failed to better par. His second
was 100 feet beyond the pin and his
third was II feet short. After missing
the bid for a birdie he had 1-footer
left for par.
A birdie 3 at the sixth regained
one of his two lost strokes to par. His
approach split the pin and he ran
down a nine-foot putt. He bagged a
par at the seventh.
Bobby went one over par on the
short eighth, where he took on the
par hole. He was left with to
make at the ninth for the same score
ne had at that stage in the morning
found-38.
The champion finished his first nine
of the final round 1 over par, getting
a birdie at the last station on the
outward Journey, 1t was his second
birdie of the first nine and he was
over par on three holes.
His card: aa.
Out. 4 S s 4 8 4 3 4 3-37
Gets Four Threes I'm Row.
The champion started home with
another birdie at the tenth. He drove
the 312,yard green. so feet stroR the