Evening star., 1932-06-26
ROUND TOTAL
OF 66SETS RECORD
Recent British Title Victor
Repeats in American With
Amazing Finish.
BY w. II. MeCALLUM,

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~ FLUSHING, N. Y, June Is.
Gene Sarazen, stocky lit
tie New York professional
golfer, is the new holder of the
national open championship.
Blazing his way over the final SO
holes of the title chase at Fresh
Meadow with a two-round total
four under par, Sarazen today
added the American open title to
the British open championship
which he won only a fortnight
ago.
Hardly acclimated after his winning
effort in the British classic, Sarazen
put ON the greatest exhibition Of golf
ever seen in this or any other cham
pionship. playing the final 81 holes Of
the tournament with a blazing burst
of speed that carried him over the final
round in &c. His total for the " holes
was 286, which ties the American
record of the championship set by
Chick Evans in 1916. He set new
world record in national champion
ships with his winning 283 in the
British Open.
Sarazeu broke all sorts of records
today in the burst Of speed that carried
him to the top. He shattered the course
record by two strokes in his final
round, played IS consecutive holes OF
one Of the toughest golf courses we
ever have seen in "a strokes, and be-
came the first man ever to score 66
in the American Open. In the process
he caused $4,000 people to marvel at his
wizardy.
Establishes a Precedent.
Gene is the first professional in the
history Of the game to win both the
American and British Open champion
ships in the same year. And his vic
tories came in the same month and al
most within a fortnight OF each other.
Only a week ago Gene received the ac-
claim of New York, his native city, on
his victory in the British Open.
Sarazen first won the American Open
championship in 1922, just ten years
ago. Although he has won every other
title in this country in the interim,
not until today did he again win the
American Open. And he came from far
back in the rear to do it.
T. Phillip Perkins, 1928 British anna
teur champion. lately turned business
man golfer, and Bobby Cruickshank.
who tied for the championship in 1923,
finished in tie for second at 289. Leo
DiegeI, former Washington pro, was
fourth, with 2s4, dropping a great
chance to win.
Witty Cox of Brooklyn was fifth. with
295, and Jose Jurado of the Argentine
was sixth. with 2o6, taking 6 on the
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plenty of American dollars.
Olin Dutra, the Pacific Coast flash,
finished in tie with Billy Burke, last
years title holder, and Harry Cooper
for seventh place, at 297, and Walter
Hagen, the old master of other years,
was tenth. with 298.
Al Houghton of Kenwood put together
two fine rounds over the last day with
"A and rs for q 72-hole total Of 309,
but he was much too far back.
Sarazen's Amazing Finish.
Sarazen broke so many records and
showed such mastery of the game today
that future historians viii go dizzy re-
cording his feat In this championship
Never before has anything like it been
shown to popeyed golf gallery as the
show the little Italian american put on
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position, 8 shots back of Perkins at
the end of the forty-fifth hole, to play
the next 81 holes in under par to win
the title by three shots.
Only a SaraZen or a Jones could 90
1t, and Bobby himself could not have
stood up against the fusilade of pars
and brides that Sarazen shot today
over this tough golf course, which for
TWO Gays defied the best men in the
world. But the wind went down today,
and with leSsening of the gale which
had swept the course for the first two
days the lid came off. And when It
came. it came far OIL
Perkins and Jurado were tied for the
lead at las after the second round YES
terday, with Sarazen at $50. five shots
back. Perkins played the third round
In IA to lead Jurado and Diegel by
single shot with a 54-hole total of
21s to 220 for the other pair. Gene
started out late, at least go minutes
back Of Perkins. Out in a mediocre
36, Sarazen gave no indication of the
burst of speed that was to come. But
he played the last nine holes in 80,
8 under par and tied with Diegel and
Jurado for second place, a shot back
of Perkins.
Rivals Spur Sarazen On.
Carefully and meticulously Perkins
stroked the ball over the course In 10
this afternoon, missing a wee putt on
the sixteenth and finishing with 289.
At the time 1t looked to be the win
ming score, but little later Bobby
Cruickshank, who himself was burn
ing up the course with 80 on the
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