Evening star., 1933-06-24
55YEAR-0LD SCOT
WINS BRITISH TITLE.
Conqueror of George Dunlap
! Never Headed in &C.
Hole Final.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HOYLAKE, England, June 24.-The
Honorable Michael Scott, 55-year-old
internationalist and member of prom
inent Scottish family, today captured
the British amateur golf championship
for the first time, defeating Thomas A.
Bourn and 3, ir the 36-hOle final
match
Scott was the conqueror of the last
American challenger, George 7. Dunlap,
l., os New York in the semi-finals. He
has been the winner OF golf champion
ships in Australia and France over
period of 80 years. but the nearest he
had previously come to capturing the
a semi finalist.
Five Up in Is Holes.
Scott was never headed in the final
after taking the first hole from Bourn,
3o-year-old Englishman. The new
champion was up after the first IL
holes and this margin was sufficient to
weather a rally by Bourn in the after
noon.
Scott succeeds John de Forest, 1882
titleholder. who was eliminated In his
first match.
Scott drove the better ball at the first
hole and won it when Bourn's second
was wide of the green and he was
dead to the pin.
They halved the second but Bourn
again was in the rough on the third
and Scott holed a 6-yard putt to take
the hole and go up.
Bourn took the fourth with a par
as Scott lost his putting touch. but
the Hon. Michael Immediately got back
the advantage as Bourn toured the
bunkers on the fifth, and he went 8
up on the sixth, playing great mashle
to the green after being outdriven by
40 yards.
Bourn Wins the Ninth.
Bourn missed a foot -and-a-half putt
on the eighth and was down as Scott
holed out one from 3 yards, but he won
the ninth with fine mashie shot dead
to the pin to cut SCOTS advantage
to three
The tenth and eleventh were halved,
but Scott went 4 up again on the
twelfth as Bourn missed 2-yard putt
for a half while Scott was sinking
one from yards away.
Bourn holed a 4-yarder at the next
hole to save his half and won the fif-
teenth by sinking one from yards
away to cut Scott's margin to up.
Both were in trouble on the fifteenth
and Scott had to sink one from yards
to save half and his lead.
Both were on the green at the six
teenth in g. but Bourn was foot short
with his first putt and Scott rammed
one home from Z yards to go 4 up
again. Smiling broadly, Scott doffed
his cap to the tin cup.
Savantaanth was ha1ypH hl1t
Scott then went up on the eighteenth,
as Bourn was in the rough from the
tee and sent his second in a bunker.
Scott found his opponent somewhat
steadier starting the afternoon round
and his margin was reduced to 4 up
through the twenty-third hole. He
reached the turn still up, with nine
to go.
Bourn took three Of the first four
outgoing holes in the afternoon as he
threatened SCOTS big margin. Both
were erratic but Scott managed to pro-
tect most Of his lead.
Bourns last bid to prolong the match
came on the thirtieth hole, which he
won to reduce Scott's margin for the
last time after the Hon. Michael had
gone 5 up at the twenty-eighth. They
halved the last three holes and the
match ended on the thirty-third green.
Scott's Victory an Upset.
Scott, 55-year -old scion of a famous
family, contributed an astonishing up
set by eliminating the last American
threat, Dunlap, in the semi final round,
and 3. Bourn, at the same time,
sprang another surprise by putting out
Cyril James Hastings Tolley. twice
holder of the crown, up at the twen-
tieth.
A wealthy gentleman playing simply
Tor the fun of it, Scott himself did not
think he had a chance against Dunlap,
who twice won the United States in
tercollegiate championship while stu
dent at Princeton. And when Dunlap
gained two-hole lead in the first six
holes, it appeared the slim New Yorker
was certain to reach the finals. But
Scott squared the match before the
turn was reached and then won four
of the five holes between the eleventh
and fifteenth to end the battle in
summary fashion
Tolley came from behind three times
TO square his match with Bourn. but
the latter finally ended matters at the
second extra hole with a par T. Tolley
won the title in 1920 and 1929 and was
favored to reach the finals with Dunlap.