The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-07
Hagen Does wen

Hagen Does Wen
walter Hagen, bronzed bell cow Of
the invading American forces. shot
q fair round, getting 37-S976 to
finish the day well down below the
first dozen. He experienced his
usual difficulty in keeping on the
line particularly with that rowdy.
wind Blowing across Sandwich s
dunes. He saved himself with his
customary recoveries at the tenth
and eleventh. after being bunkered.
at the former and pushing his second
to the right at the latter. a fine
chip shot, three feet off the PIN.
reclaimed this hole. however.
He went over par at the four
teenth by pulling his approach to a.
trap and coming out short and at the.
sixteenth. his putting went off for
the first time. three puts being
necessary to hole out.
Lis card:
Out. 443544s4 A 337
In 445 4445 4S9-76
Compston Comes Down
Archie Compston, who made
Hagen look like tyro at Moor
Park, failed to cover himself with
glory today, finishing with 81 3d.
III one stroke worse than Hagen's
rather ordinary round Archie
played merely steady, careful golf
after passing the turn. contenting
himself with safe tactics In the
boisterous wind.
The Cards Of Compstcn and Nab
holtz follow:
Compston
out 1893 nassau 6--3s
In 49,. 5445 4444 4-sS--57
Nabholtz
out ..6 54553 7si 442
IN .. 44444 8 4 $3.50
william H. Davies. one Of the late
finishers, turned in az fine per-
Torrance as the day witnessed in
playing st. Georges in 70 to tie for
second place al the end OF the day.
James Braid, grand old man Of
British golf: J. Fl. Taylor. another
eminent veteran. and Roger Weth-
cred, one of the younger school. did
not do so well. Braid and Wethered
got SIS and Taylor an 80. Alex
Herd another old one. had 10,
however. while e. r. Whitcombe
was well forward in the list with
d rs.
MehlhOrn Not wild
Whimsical tricky winds bothered
the field throughout. but Mehlhorn
was always steady. except at the
ninth and eleventh. and sometimes
brilliant. Only a misfit at the
eleventh prevented Mehlhorn from
shooting a dazzling last nine holes.
As it was. he came back in SO
strokes. three under par. and hang
ing up the amazing record OF
brides at the tenth, twelfth. thir
teenth. fourteenth. and fifteenth
holes.
He almost made it five in row
at the sixteenth, where his putt
just missed a 2. and the same
thing happened at the seventeenth
where his putt for a birdie rim
med the cup, However. he was
lucky at the fifteenth. where
hooked drive hit bank and
trickled back on the course.
Sarazen's arching shots were
made prey to chronic inaccuracies
by the shifting winds and his put.
ting kept him in hot water through
out. His 80 of the last nine holes
was typical Of his outgoing per.
Torrance.
Gives Him a Tie
However, his n left him we'll up
toward the pace. 1t gave him a
tie with John j. McHugh, San
Francisco amateur; Arthur Havers.
former British champion, and Abe
Mitchell, one of England's main
reliances.
The cards of the American pair
follow:
Sarazen:
Out 1885,. 5. 4 5 5 4 S 3 4-38
MeIhorn:
Out ...,..4534 5-37
SaraZen:
In ...."46 454ss 5-ss-77
Meihorn:
in .....e..,3 6 3 a A 3 4 4-35-72
For the first time since 1923 an
American golfer Is not favored to
win the classic. Compston and
Mitchell are the reigning choices at
odds Of to 5. with Compston the
better favored of the two, following
his defeat of Walter Hagen.