Evening star., 1927-09-01

| n VOW that Bob Jones has proved
| ~ once again that he is the
VI reigning head of the amateur
| 4 pack and has had at last what
O. Is. Keller calls a "hot
| round" it fits in with the golf pic
ture TO. scan what the other folks
! think of Washington's sem-finalist-
| Roland r. Mackenzie. Roland was
| beaten in the semi-tinal by Chick
| Evans, but when man loses on the
| thirty-SeVenth hole of a golf match to
a 25foot putt by his opponent, 1t
| cannot be said the winning margin is
wide.
Roland never did get down to his
stride at Minikahda. even though he
proceeded through the round before
the final. He never scored below "a
and sometimes was quite a shade
higher But even at that he always
had in reserve that last bit of fight
and punch that carried him through
where men of lesser golfing stature
failed. Against Evans he had rs
and a 76, but in Francis Ouimet's
Judgment the victorious match
against Harry Legg was the one that
made Roland. For two years now
the champions of other years have
been watching the Columbia young
ster, waiting for the continued evil
dence of greatness they knew was
there.
Harry Legg had conquered the
champion-George Won Elm--in the
selni,linal and was Roland's opponent
in the third round. With the impetus
of victory over Won Elm behind hir
Legg was sure to go fast against III, !
next opponent. And Roland. even
though he never was far ahead of the |
Minnesotan, nosed him out at the fin
ish. In Ouimet's opinion that match |
made Roland, even though he did |
lose to Evans by putt that was |
grooved and on the whole was a |
rather lucky affair.
Dick Cullum, a st. Paul golf critic. |
who has seen them come and go |
over the bunkered land, had the fol-
lowing to say of Roland and his game:
Among the young men to bear In
mind when the golfing amateurs fore
gather again is Mr. Roland mackenzie
of Washington.
"Roland isn't exactly an awe-inSpir-
ing name. but this Roland could just
as we'll be called Gus or Steve or by
any other rough-and-tumble name on
the fighting qualities he has shown at
He gives us another example Of
what experience has to do with Win
ming hard golf matches. He has en-
tered in four national amateur tOurna-
ments, has qualified in all of them and
won the medal in one of them and this
is the first year he has ever won a
tournament match.
He was beaten in the first round at
Merton and at Oakmont and at Bal
tuSrol by Won Elm, Dick Jones and NJ.
B. Stevenson.
This year he has had the hardest
going of any entry and he has played
he most courageous and skillful sort
ot golf In winning three matches and
even in losing the fourth. 1t took a
birdie on the first extra hole to beat
1im and the law of chance was against
him there, for he had already won two
on that same overtime green.
"Wednesday morning he went to
the nineteenth hole to beat George
Thomas and in the afternoon. he
beat Dave Martin in another play
off Thursday he came from l down
and 3 to go to beat Harry Legge l
up on the thirty sixth green, and Fri
day he carried Chick Evans, one of
our most resourceful and imperturba
BILE match players, to the thirty-sev-
enth green where Chicks 23-foot putt
won for him.
Mackenzie now knows the thrill ,
If being in the thick of the fight, and :
MS terrific hitting. marvelously dura
DE physique and obvious self-control !