New Britain herald., 1930-07-10
JONES WILL FACE
 FIELD OF STARS
Major Golf Offensive Starts To. day Over InterIaChen Course

Minneapolis, July 1o R-Beat Bobby Jonas
 That was the cry al old Interlach- en today as Americas golfing stars and I Britisher. too-faccd q bla2 ing sun and a leritable purgatory on traps and bunkers in their first ma jor offensive Tor the cherished na- ticnal open championship.
 If the Emperor Of Golf has crack- eJ under the mental strain of his invasion of England. he has failed tc reveal it during four days of pric tee or the championship course. The Jones drives haven't been quite up to the Jones standard, but his non and putting game looked just like they have for the past eight seasons. IL was the same Bobby Jones against virtually the same field he conquered at Winged Foot last year
 Threatening him among the f42 entries were the big ten" of pro eolf-Walter Hagen, Horton Smith, Johnny Farrell. Gene Sarazen. Ton- my Armour, Macdonald Smith. Leo Negel. Al Espinosa, Bill Mehlhorn and Denny Shute A host Of dange-- ous amateurs. including Great Brit ains single entry, Cyril Tolley, and the present and former American national am9+eur champlcns-Jlnl- my Johnston and George Von Elm also were granted outside chances.
 From a glance at the champion ship course and past performances f appeared that Jones chief men- aces were Hagen, Farrell, Armour and Horton Smith. They have shown good golf during practice rounds and Hagen. especially, seemed to be back to the sensational game that made him one Of the worlds great est. The "Eaig" has centered his efforts largely on the outward nine m practice and has turned in two dazzling 32's. four under par
 Armour's chance appeared to rest Tn his superior iron play. While IT. ttrlachen requires healthy drives straight all the way, it IS more of course for an iron expert of Ar mours callber.
 Farrell and Diesel, threats in any mans tourna ment. appeared strictly or top of their games. The strain and worry has passed from Farrell's face and he is banging out his shots as he did in ,92S when he defeated Bobby in the 36-hole playoff for the title. Diegcl has been a trifle w!'d ir- practice with his pitches to the ovelated, trapped greens but he is nonetheless the Diegel who won the professional golfers title a year ago.
 Interlachen, stretching over 6,672 wards, doesn't boast the tough repu- tation of many of the former na- tional open scenes. but it does have pitfalls galore. The rough holes are 2 great menace for those who have habit of skipping their drives along the fairway fringe. A ball landing one foot off the fairHay is in 3 more dangerous lie than a ball sliced or hooked 20 feet off, 9 s the rough thins out away from the fair ray.
 The greens are of bent textu' c end the golfers complain each has fl om three to four different slants 1T rclls. There are eight par four holes, however, that can be reached with a drive ard sound mashie niblicli shot: there are four easy par three hcles, four par five holes that prom ise to produce birdies, and two par four holes that require use of woods 1T the fairways. These last two hol s are expected 10 make or break golf hopes. They are the first and four tcenth and there is trouble for any golfer.
 Estimates on the total needed 70 Win the 72-hole medal play chanl- p,onship today varied between 267 to 296 Hagen. one of the shrew1- est observers of the game as playai and as a player, estimated PA would win. Jones thought it would be around 292.
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