Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
HEART AND BRAIN
SAVE DAY FOR HIM
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par. It looked as If he was breaking
up. He had S on the short third hole
after he was bunkered and later missed
Q 2-foot putt. Then he settled down
TO play the next seven holes In under
par.
This sent him out in 80, and this
also gave many others q chance. He
started home 45-5, and again he
came to another short hole-the thir-
tenth. His tee shot hit the green and
slipped into q shallow trap. He failed
to get out at his flrst chip and finally
needed another s. Now his situation
was desperate. He was over par, and
he knew the caliber of his pursuers.
Under these conditions think the
next three holes are the greatest he has
ever played. He felt that he was sink
ing, that he had blown away his big
lead. He must have heard the comments
Of the big crowd that Jones was
through. But. in place Of weakening or
blowing up he called again upon head
had two brides and a par on these next
three holes, the fourteenth, fifteenth
and sixteenth, and he came within q
whisker Of getting three brides in a
row once again.
After this great rally, he felt safe. He
had fought his way into a safe position
once more, and he was terribly tired.
There was a moments lapse as he came
to the 262-yard seventeenth and his tee
shot sailed far to the right into a
parallel water hazard, so yards OF line.
Great Under Stress.
Jones then had to lift out and play
three to the green to get his five. Once
more he had thrown away his big
chance. He had lost six strokes to par
on the par 3 holes and this finishing
eighteenth Is no easy matter. His sec
ond reached the green, As feet from the
cup. Three puts meant defeat or tie
Two puts might easily mean tie, and
under these conditions Bobby stroked
the ball as smoothly and as perfectly
as II there was nothing at stake. It
ran across the green and dropped into
the cup for q birdie and that final
stroke broke up the battle and gave
him his world record--four U. 8. opens.
four U. S. amateurs, three British anna
teurs and one British open--12 national
| titles.
eight years, something the world OF
| golf had never dreamed Of. 1t Is the
most remarkable competitive perform
ance in the history of sport, no matter
what sport you may name.
| In this last open Mac Smith finished
second at 289, three strokes ahead OF
Horton Smith at 1922. Harry Cooper was
| fourth at 293 and John Golden was
| fifth at 2e4. Hagen finished well out
at 300, 16 strokes back of Jones. Johnny
Farrell was 29e. But the two big heroes
of the championship we're Bobby Jones
and Mac Smith, the amateur Of 20 and
the professional OF 40.
Elves Puzzle Bobby.
"I felt that was playing far better
golf than my score showed, BOBBY
Jones said later Those short holes al
most killed me. felt that knew
was hitting the ball well and felt con-
fident all the way after my 6S IN the
morning round. But each time seemed
| to be settled down I would take on
par 8 hole and then ! would have to
70 back to work again. I can't under
stand vet how I took those SIS, but
golf is O strange game and anything
can happen to anyone who plays 1t. /
felt that I could get around In 20 In
the afternoon, and with pars on those
3 short holes would have been around
In SO. I got SIS in place Of 3's and all
I can say is that am thankful the
long two months campaign is over.
It had been more of strain than most
people can DelleVe ana no OIle VIII cNcA
know how I felt when that last long
putt rolled into the cup. 1 had tried
so desperately hard to sink 80 many
others that wouldn't drop that when
that last one fell felt that fate was
with me-"
This last 40-foot putt settled one Of
the greatest championships ever held.
Ten great pros had Jones surrounded
but they couldn't keep him Gagged. He
had too much wiZardy with wood and
iron, too much in the way Of heart and
brain to be held back.
His final days play was one Of the
worlds greatest contributions to COM
petitive sport, which means something
more than mere mechanical skill. It
was the test applied to the masters. 1t
was not smooth sailing. It was up and
down, a terrific battle to the final putt
that sent the ball spinning into the cup
on the seventy-second green.
There has been no champion like
him.
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