Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
COOPER SCORES a,
JONES, @, AT GOLF
Defending Title Holder Finds
Varieties of Trouble in Open
Championship.
BY the Associated Press.


OAKMONT, Pa, June 14.--Finding
varieties of trouble after fiashy get.
away, Bobby Jones. the defending title
holder, wound up with 76. four ever
par, for the first Is holes of the 72-
hole American open golf champion.
ship hunt today. ~
Harry Cooper of Sacramento, Calf,
finishing few minutes behind Jones,
scored "a, two strokes below the cham.
pion. and gained temporary lead
over the field. Cooper, like Jones.
needed 39 to get home after going
out in 35, two under par.
An eagle on the par first hole
sent the Atlanta anaateursaWayrfly flyitGy
but he begin finding difficulties on the
fourth hole, where he took three shots
in sand trap. From then on he had
periodic lapses, particularly with his
approaches, and only some sensation-
al putting saved him from compiling
a higher score. The champion had
four single-putt green's on the out
ward nine and two coming home,
ranging 10 to 80 feet.
After making the turn even with
par Jones went steadily until the fif-
teenth, where he. took q 6. two over
par, losing another stroke to par on
the sixteenth and fourth on the
home green, where he required three
puts.
Jones Starts in Rain.
Under leaden skies and over a
course made soggy by a steady rain,
Jones began the defense Of his title.
Setting the pace for the field on the
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grind, Jones was the first star to get
away.
The champion was off brilliantly
with an eagle on the first hole. He
shot a 225-yard brassie to the green
and holed 35-foot putt. His playing
partner, George Underwood, took a
par ).
The rain kept the gallery down to
mere handful. There were moro
marshals than spectators.
Jones missed a birdie 3 by inches
on the 363-yard second, holing for a
par 4. He also was down in par on
the 42S-yard third. his first putt stop.
ping an inch wide of the cup.
The Atlanta ace was banging his
second shots, wood or iron, to the
greens with deadly accuracy.
On the 536-yard fourth, Bobby's Sec
ond shot, brassie, found the edge
Of a trap just off the green. The bail
was in heavy sand and Jones struck
disaster for the first time, taking three
niblick shots before eXcavating out of
one trap, then another and onto the
green. He recovered by sinking 15-
foot putt for 6, one over par. This
left him one under perfect figures for
the four holes.
Putting Is Uncanny.
Uncanny putting again saved Jones
on the fifth. where he sank 10-footer.
after being over the green on his
second.
Underwood was S, 5, 4, S, for the
first five holes, strokes back of
Bobby.
On the sixth, after hooking his iron
behind trap, Jones lofted lis second
within 10 feet of the cup and sank
the putt for a par 3.
After q fine pitch to the seventh
green, Jones overran the cup by six
feet on his first putt and missed com.
ing back, taking 5. one over par.
He drove the 253-yard eighth green
and holed out for his to stay even
with par.
The ninth hole was made in par 5.
His card:
Out-3, 4, 4. 6, 4, 3, 5, 3, 5-37.
1t was raining harder as jones
started the homeward nine. He took
5, l over par, for the tenth, after
putting his drive in trap, and made
his par on the eleventh with the aid
OF seven-foot putt
Even With Par Again.
The champion got his pa. 5 on the
621-yard twelfth. although pitching
short. On the short thirteenth re
holed a 12-footer for a birdie that
made him even with par agai
Bobby had 275-yard drive on the
| fourteenth and pitched to within 1(
feet from the cup, but overran and
took 4.
Runs Into Difficulties.
Jones found all kinds of trouble on
| the fifteenth, hooking his drive TO a
/ trap. requiring two more shots to
! reach the green and taking three
puts for a s, two over par. He lost
another shot to par on the 234.yard
sixteenth, when his chip was Is feet
short. He took 4.
Bobby's pitch to the seventeenth
| again was off the line. but he got
down in the regulation 4.
Jones was on the edge of the eight
eenth green with his iron second shot.
He went Z feet belond the cur
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