New Britain herald., 1928-06-25
Farrell IS NOW
king Of GOLFERS
Takes His Place as Third Figure
in Great TriulnYirate

tell newly crowned open golf cham |
OF -, steps forth today to survey
ms kingdom. reap the $4,000 re-
ward that goes with it and take his
place as the third figure in the
greatest triumvirate of shotmakers
America has ever had.
The slim young Irishman with
the contagious smile and the fancy
sweaters beat the master marksman
of this trio yesterday. Bobby Jones.
king of the amateurs. In a spectacu-
lar %G-hole rlay-off for the cham
plonship. 14S TO IA. He outstroked
the other, debonaire Walter Hagen
the day before in the final half of
the '2-hole competition that left him
and Jones deadlocked at a94 strokes
each with Hagen in tic for fourth
at 200.
Thus, out of the battle over the
rugged No. I links of the famous
Olympia fields layout, Farrell. from
what seemed a hopeless chase after
"'' '''9' '' "o'es' catlc paeh W gam
tic as Bobby slipped and skidded
on lis final round. With the big
v'i"''c o'io'e h'l' III inc p'AN-on'
Farrell met the final test OF cham
pionship calibre.
jones' on the last TWO holes' shot
'"' s''cs''SSNe p'ro''s' p"' co"lhopot
"''sh uo"h d''eli hord'e OF
gam d S'"s'e s'rohe'
Two of the greatest mashie shots
that nave ever been seen, under
pressure, IN championship competi-
ton, followed by two deadly puts.
enabled Farrell to beat back the
cha'lonSc OF the Georgian, Farrell
'a'd the first OF these irons dead TO
the l'fh pin. with two foot putt
Tor birdie three which he made
good after Jones had sunk dns-
perate 90 footer. Johnny fired the
second OF these decisive shots from
the routh. some IS yards from the
long final hole. leaving himself an
eight foot putt that he made to win
the title as Jones ball rested nearby.
Tor another certain birdie.
The fashion in which Farrell came
through to succeed Tommy Armour.
the black scot. as the open champion
leaves no doubt of his right to join
Jones, still the amateur king Of
them all. and Hagen. the British
open itl'holdcr as the big three OF
American golf. For Farrell there
is national championship honor for
the first time after years of triumph
in lesser fields. OF Jones even in
defeat. there remains no doubt he
keeps his place in the van Of the
rar-shootcrs while Hagen. the pro-
fessional king and now British
champion for the third time. COM
plotes a trio that has basGed just
about every distinction in sight
It is interesting to note how
closely those three arc punched IN
Their records for the last four Ameri-
can open championships In which
Jones shows a stroke average OF
'4.1AS per round, Farrell '44"S and
Hagen 74.4b5.
farre'l ilnlsh IN 1l-'2 10 gam
MS lie WIN Jones saturday ana ms
performance OF 1913 TO win the
p'aEoh gave h'm sS6 tor those
last TOUR ROUNDS 10 compare with
the best Jones has done, 2S5. in
winning the British open champion
ship in '"2'.
farrtll shot great golf, so great
mat II would nave been a shame for
hlm 10 nave been beaten by any
lucky chance that came my way.
sad Jones' IN tribute to his con-
qneror. Johnny won all the way"
Jones offered no alibi. He was al
ways ready with great recovery or
Il rally at times when it seemed his
crratic stroling. particularly off the
tee. was about to sound his doom.
On two holes Of the play-off
rounds, the third and ninth, where
he took exactly % strokes, where
the aggregate mar was 1G. Bohb,e
shot his onnortunities to tho voods
and rourb
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