Evening star., 1954-05-29
American Shooting
Erratic Golf, But !.
0vercomes Deficit
Later story on Page A-1.)
BY the Assoeiussd Press

@4AAAVAAAS Will Ws V0sps Woo uP
on Doug Bachli, an Australian
pub owner. after 27 holes Of their
36-hole final for the British
amateur champion. M
The big American, a former
member Of the West Virginia
Legislature. won the last two
holes Of the first half of the
afternoon round to go ahead.
Campbell. the Stool favorite
for the title. opened the days
play with q pair o fbirdies and
was never headed until the Sec
ond hole Of the afternoon round.
Here he lost his ball and took a
penalty stroke for a 6 that gave
Bachli, the nonsmoking and non.
drinking saloonkeeper, q chance
to go out in front for the first
time. t.s
Have Five Straight.
Five straight holes were played
in halves before Campbell won
both the 26th and 9th.
1t was a jovial match, with
the rivals calling each other by
their first names and kidding
each other as they tramped over
the 6.806 yards of the Muirfield
course. hard by the Firth Of
Forth.
Play began today with a cold
wind sweeping the par 36-36-72
layout. Only 100 spectators were
in the gallery at the start, but
the throng had multiplied to
$500 when the afternoon round
got under way.
Campbell was having trouble
with his putter in the closing
stages of the morning round. On
the 18th he missed a five-footer
that permitted Bachli to square
the match and on the 18th he
missed a three-foot tap that
would have put him 2 up.
Fifth Try for Title.
This is the first time that
Campbell, a member of the
American Walker Cup team, has
gone beyond the quarterfinals in
five tries for the British title
which Bobby Jones, Willie Tur-
mesa, Frank Stranahan and Law
son Little have carried across
the Atlantic before him.,
The long driving Campbell
reached the big round by elm
mating Irish Joe Carr. de-
Tending champion. 3 and 2 in the
semif1nal round yester. Bachli
knocked out England's w. A.
Slark, Sand 2, in the semifinals.
Today'S match marks the first
Observation-Disclosures finals in
the 59-year history of the British
Amateur. This is Bachli's first
appearance in the tourney.
Bachli outdrove Campbell by
five yards on the first hole. but
the American played a long iron
to within 4 feet of the pin and
holed out for q birdie 3. ~
At the 353-yard second, Camp
bell hit q 260-yard drive, 80
yards ahead Of the Australian.
Bachli approached 80 feet from
the. pin, but Campbell got well
inside him. with his bali winding
up eight feet away. Again Camp
bell sank the putt for q 8.
They halved the third and the
Australian got back q hole by
winning the 192-yard fourth with
a par 8.
Aussie Evens Match.
Bachli squared the match with
a birdie 4 on the 510-yard fifth.
Both hit good drives and used
woods for their second shots. The
Aussie hit his third shot three
feet from the pin while Camp
bells went 80 feet to the right.
Campbell went ahead again
by taking the 157-yard seventh.
His tee shot was five feet from
the pin and the West Virginian
almost holed out in two. He
went 2 up by winning the ass
yard eighth. Both approach
shots were short, but Campbell's
was on the green. Now appear
ing relaxed, Campbell missed
his run-up putt by four inches
and got a par 4. Bachli's run
up went nine feet past and his
return putt hung on the lip.
Hits 36O-Yard Drive.
After both birdied the ninth,
Bachli sank an 8-foot putt for a
birdie 4 to win the 480-yard 10th
and cut Campbell's margin to
/ up. They halved the 11th and
18th holes with Is.
On the 18th, a 380-yard par 4,
Campbell hit a tee shot for a tre-
mendous $50 yards. It was q
high shot which was caught in
the wind, which by that time was
blowing much stronger. The
drive, which was 80 yards ahead
of Bachli's, was believed one Of
the longest recorded in amateur
golf.
Campbell Clipped On the green,
but missed a 6-foot putt to take
a 4. Bachli hit a medium-length
iron to the green and got down
in 2 for another 4. 7
The match was squared on the
18th where Campbell's tee shot
found the rough and the West
Virginian also missed a 5-foot
putt to get down In 4. Bachli's
drive landed 10 feet from the pin
and he used two puts for 3.
Campbell went ! up again on
the 14th and retained that mar
gin through the 18th. The Aus
tralian hooked his tee shot on
the l4th to open the door for
the American. The 18th was
halved. as was the 18th when
Campbell missed q 3-foot putt.
Again on the 17th, the Aus
tralian evened the match when
Campbell drove into a bunker
and failed to get out in two more
cracks. He picked up without
q NhanOa ~ avv1roegi0n noah1i