Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
BOBBY WINS TWO
BIG LINKS TITLES
Relinquishes Open Crown to
Armour, but Retains British
and Regains Amateur.

Ey the Associated Press.
n YEw YORK, December 81
N Bobby Jones. young veteran
VI OF championship golf. finished
1 Y the 1927 season with two
titles in three major competi
tions. as he did in 1926.
They were not the same crowns,
for he surrendered his lease on the
open championship of the United
States TO again take possession of the
amateur cup. while he stood pat on
the British open.
Tommy Armour. Washington pro.
fcssionai succeeded the Atlanta
wizard as open champion of the
United States, and won his second
title of the year by taking the
Canadian open. The Silent Scots vic.
tory in the United States open came,
rs 10 20, in q play-off with Harry
Cooper Of Los Angeles, after tie at
sol in the regular 72hole medal play.
The national womens champion
shin went west OF the Mississippi
River for the first time when Mrs.
Miriam Burns Horn carried II to
Kansas City. Miss Maureen circuit
of New Jersey was the other finalist
losing to Mrs. Horn, ) up and TO
play.
Hagen Gets Fourth Straight.
Walter Hagen threatened to become
perpetual champion of the PROBES.
sional Golfers Association by winning
the title for the fourth year in. sue.
cession. Joe Turnesa was stopped,
i up, in the final.
The public links championship was
won BY Carl F. Kaufman of Pitts
hurrh. William F. Serrick of New
York falling at the thirty-seventh
hole.
Watts Gum. playing under the
colors of Georgia Tech, took the inter.
collegiate title to Atlanta. turning
back Roland Mackenzie OF Brown
and Washington, 10 and. ..
The British amateur championship
fell TO DIR. William Tweddell, and Don
Carrick captured the Canadian anna
teur event.
Nile. Simone Thion de La Chaume
won the British and French womens
titles.
American professional golfers scored
an impressive victory over their pro-
fessional rivals from Great Britain by
winning the Samuel Ryder cup
matches. 81 to 2iz. The American
team was composed of Walter Hagen,
captain; Johnny Farrell, Leo Diegel.
Al Watrous, John Golden, Joe Tur.
mesa. Bill Melhorn. Gene Sarazen and
Al Espinosa-
Champions Meet Reverses.
1t was an unfruitfui year for
champions in the main, with the ex-
ception of Jones and Hagen. and
while Bobby held his British title
and Walter kept his r. G. A. pennant.
neither made any noticeable impress.
sion in the national open.
George Won Elm, amateur cham
"a -
round OF the amateur by Harry Legg
OF Minneapolis. In the womens events
Mrs G. Henry Stetson. champion,
failed 10 qualify and had no chance
70 defend her title.
Bobby Jones left broken and tied
records behind him az he left the golf
courses for the class rooms of Emory
University. In winning the British
open he clipped nix strokes from the
record which he had tied the year
before. His score OF zs5 was COM
piled with ss. two us and 73. In the
Sz-hole play al st. Andrews he shot II
brides and an eagle.
In the national amateur he was
medalist for the second time in two
years, his 242 sending him into a tie
for the low qualifying score record.
He added a sensational g. to an in
different Is TO lead the pack. He won
the title for the third time I'm three
years by defeating Chick Evans Of
Chicago. s and :.
Southern Open His First.
Bobby started his season by win
ming the Southern open on his home
grounds between law classes with a
score Of Isl. this startling count in
ciudtng an Is-hole round Of 6s.
Johnny Farrell, New York profess
sional, did not win a ma jor fourna.
nent. but ne captured eight open
events. and II this In not a record
( his friends think IL should be.
Jess W. Sweetser did not defend
his British amateur title, but the
New York golfers health improved
10 much during the year that he will
be q figure In 1928 competition. at
least IN the United states.