The Washington times., 1928-04-27
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81 the cup. but Compston laid
him q perfect stymie. Compston
took the hole, four to five.
Not So Good
They haIved the second in fours.
on the short third. Compston holed
q courtyard putt for a two, Hagen
taking three.
They halved the fourth hole but
Z CompstoA won the next two, max.
ing MIN four up. The British star
was running away with the match.
sir Walter" developed slice
which handicapped him on almost
every hole. At the fourth Hagen
narrowly escaped trap but halved
the hole In five.
The Americans ball landed in
bunker at the fifth but his ex-
plosion shot was successful, the
ball rolling onto the green. He
putted badly, however. and took
five to Compston's three
At the sixth, Hagen drove out Of
bounds but made q good recovery,
despite ~ bad lie. He again went
to pieces on the green, taking three
puts for six. Compston had q four.
The Britisher was getting little
competition at this stage.
Appears Nervous.
E1agen's usual aplomb was shat.
tered by his unusually poor show,
ing. II was evident that his lack
Of practice while crossing the At
lantic was counting heavily against
him.
on the greens. the American actu.
ally appeared to be nervous. The
astounded gallery, while h was
scarcely believe its collective eyes.
They haived the seventh In
threes and the eighth in fours.
Hagen was now beginning TO feel
his clubs and was putting beanti-
fully.
At the ninth Compston sank !
45-fOot putt for . three. Hagen's
putt graxed off the rim of the cup
and lie took . four. The British
player was five up ct the turn.
A fine birdie two gave Compston
the short tenth. Hagen taking
par three. The tricky eleventh was
haIved In tours.
Both cleared the bunxers well
on the twelfth and landed on the
undulating green. Despite the fact
that his ball rolled back 20 yards
Hagen got : three and halved the
hole.
AT the thirteenth Hagen won his
first hole when COmpstOn faltered.
The Britisherls approach shot
dropped at the edge Of the green
and he took q six to the Americans
five. COmpst0n was again five mp.
AT the fourteenth Compston took
q birdie with fine drive and
putt. Hagen retaliating at the fif.
teenth with another birdie 3. At
the sixteenth Hagen's long iron
was well on the green. but his putt
Tipped the cup and he had to be
satisfied with q half.
Opponent WeaIens
At the seventeenth Compston
made beautiful approach shot. but
the American. from q bad lie,
stymied him for a half. At the
eighteenth Hagen won to become
down when Compston INDUCED In
some miserable putting.
8 Down For Second
When play was resumed in the
afternoon. the green's were slowed
by q light rain.
AT the end Of the first nine holes
in the afternoon round, Hagen was
three down for the nine. and seven
down on the ~ holes played.
The cards:
Hagen ........s.. 4B3S4 $40
compston .....4.. 24644 4-36
After having the first hole in
fours, Hagen's iron shot overran
the green on the second and he
went into the rough, Compston tax.
ing the hole at 81. On the third,
CompstOn did another birdie 2. and
Hagen took 3.
the line. and Compston took the
in 4. Hagen won the fifth in As,
Compston being badly bunkered and
trapped.
Hagen Takes Two
Hagen's approach shot was badly
bunkered in the sixth, and he lost
the hole. 5-4. The seventh was
halvedA with tours, Hagen's second
putt lowering on the edge Of the
hole before 1t. finally dropped.
Compston missed his putt by a
1ooC on the eighth, ana on the ninth
Hagen missed his by 18 inches,
Hagen taking the eighth and Comp
ston the ninth.
Hagen drove too strongly on the
short 10th. and was bunkered. He
made brilliant recovery and putted
for a three, Compston driving within
q yard of the pin. and holing in two.
On the 18th Hagen again failed
with his puts, and Compston won
the hole, 4-3. The large gallery APP
plauded Hagen's great attempt to
hole out with his second shot on
the 18th, but a three was the best
he could do, and the hole was
halved.
Hagen went into a shallow bunker
to the right OF the green on the