Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10

ting slump, surrendered the lead in to
Hagen at the end of 81 holes of the
72-hole competition.
Diegel, who led after So holes, re-
CURED 81 strokes on the first 10 today,
while Hagen was around in IS.
George Won Elm, amateur from the
United States, required n strokes for
his final round and finished with
total of 318.
Bill Mehlhorn used 80 strokes for the
hnal Ii holes and compiled total of
314. John Golden played a round of
rs for a total of 308.
Joe Turnesa took 80 strokes on his
last round and had 72-hole total of
313.
Ed Dudley scored 70 and compiled a
total Of 80.
Joe Jurado, pro from Argentina,
slipped to 81 on his final round for a
grand total of 313.
Jim Barnes, playing the last round
In spectacular "A, made his total 303,
and went into tie with Al WatrouS for
seventh place.
Hagen played the first nine holes of
the final round in 35 strokes, although
he took at the ninth hole. He was
being hailed as champion when he
started on the last nine.
Hagen scored four brides and an
eagle on the first nine holes of the last
round. A braSsie from the rough at
the first hole enabled him to ram home
a 6-foot putt for 4. Another fine
approach at the third left him an easy
putt, and. although he pulled his drive
at the fifth, he made another startling
recovery. At the sixth he played a
drive and iron to the green and was left
40 feet from the cup. He narrowly
missed holding the putt.
int oh wi ~
the third hole, where his ball was re-
ported to have been moved by the wind
while he was addressing it.
Hagen got his at the eighth by
driving over the short cut to the dog
leg hole and placing maShie pitch
dead.
At the ninth pulled brassie left him
pulled lefthand club from his bag and
hit the ball out into the fairway. He
was still short of the green and had
to take two puts for the 6.
Hagen made just enough mistakes
coming home to show that, after all, he
can make mistakes at golf. He took
three puts at the elevtnh and sliced
second shot at the twelfth. At the short
thirteenth, he was bunkered from the
tee, pitched to within II feet of the
cup and missed the putt.
AS the title holder played his last holes
practically all the crowds were following
him, but flying squad Of f1agnen kept
order In the moving mass.
Bad Wind CrippIes Style.
After being well on the seventeenth
with a drive and braSsie, he lost his
when his putt from 10 feet remained
out. Hagens braSsie at the home hole
was in a bunker, but he thrilled the
crowd with typical Hagen recovery,
a high flying niblick shot dropping less
than 10 feet from the pin. He studied
the putt carefully but was short about
inches for the 4 and took 5.
1T was tough out there in that wind
this afternoon" said Hagen as he
squeezed his way through the crowd
between the green and clubhouse. The
wind was just as bad this afternoon as
1t was this morning, and played each
shot and each hole in exactly the same
way morning and afternoon
A stiff southwest wind whipped across
the Muirfield course as the final play
began.
Special trains brought crowds from
Glasgow and Edinburg just in time to
see Hagen begin his third round at $50
O'Clock.
Diegel lost his lead on the greens
He took three puts at five different
holes on his round In the initial 10.
Putting wrecked me. I could hardly
stand up on the greens" said Diegel
With the exception of his putting and
one pulled drive into the rough at the
eighteenth, Leo played good golf on the
homeward journey of the first 10.
Hagen Gets Flying Start.
Hagen, bundled in heavy sweaters
started out as though he was going tc
duplicate his 81 of yesterday, but toward
the end OF the first nine, he begged
down a bit With the wind dead against
him at the first, he got a birdie 4
by holing long putt. At teh third hole
his putt stopped dead on the lip of the
cup and the wind blew it in. He played
the short fourth perfectly for 3