BRITISH GOLF.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18722, 19 June 1926, Page 15

BRITISH GOLF.

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. QUALIFYING BOUNDS. IE? i.-.'.lLE—T£es3 ASSOCIATJOX—C'OPi'JGH-r.} I,\CSIEALIAX ASD K.Z. CABLE ASSOCJATIOK.) LOXDO.N", June 17. llie second round, of the qualifying competition for the British Open Golf Championship was continued to-day. The principal results are as follows:

"la the. southern section scores of 154 ■ and under qualified. These included: - Perez (Argentina) 149 and W.'E. Mclj horn 150. ■ ■■ ■ . :;In the. central section scores of 155 and under qualified. .These included: Jurado' - (Argontina.) 146,.. Barber 147, and J. ;W. Gaudin 147.-The Americans Watrous, Armour,'and Macleod wero all 149.' Boomer and French were 153. Carnegie Clarke, 157, did not qualify. SUPER-PERFECT PLAY. )■"•.■ .v ~~ .". •■ ■ (AUSTKALIAJf ,'AHI) : !J.Z. . CABLB ASSOCIATION.) •_ (Received June 18th, 11.5 p.m.) { ■' "..'■ IX)NDON, June.l 7.. r The °Star'' describes • Bobbie Jones's play as' the' finest exhiI bition of'.golf' in the whole history of ■ the Championship' and a magnificent example of unison of head, heart,'and » hands. , ■ The "Evening. News" declares he is ■ super-perfect. It could not recall an- ) other-"competition- where an amateur, . in thirty-six holes, retunwl- only one five. : ■' ~ AUSTRALIANS' ILL" LUCK* (AUST&ALUir isjo x.z. caslb AasocUTror.) •". (Received Jimei 18th, 11.5 p.m.) , ; ;';',/'■''' ';.;.'..:.. London, June i 7, I ;; 'Excepting-. Howard, the Australian Oarncgie 'Clarke, arid Sinclair • wore uiider a '4&'adrantage\'tnrotigh playing ■ jri heavy rain,,'.but they made the best :. of. the difficulties. • ; . - • . ••* fA feature" l ' of '''&& qualifying' stage Was '.'. /..the.,. phenomenal '. bril&mce-,.. pf :• sobjby- ..Jones, whom- Harry Vardeni ..J. .H-. Tayloiy and H. H. Hilton describe [ .' asthe greatest golfer .of all time.- •' P <)N PLAY, • v JONES'S EXTRAORDINARY, ..;■ , " ; '"' .(By.Donald Grant.) '**\ \ -The outstanding feature of all : these qualifying rounds is Bobby Jones's'extraordinary. performance! ,Ho follows ,up a-phnenomenal : 66 with a 68, making an\aggregate.of-134. And it seems to come easy-to'liim. ; '■ " '.' G'add, with .a. Brilliant couple, of rounds,(7o and 71: total 141), is, go'von strokes behind Jones, '. Kobson having achieved a.09 in his first round, rests on his bars, and hands in a 78 next day; easily good enough to qualify; and Coinpston. returns a fine aggregate of 142. But .this 'performance by the yoiing American amateur ,' makes tho ; .bb's't efforts of these ..professional' golfers' .'look quito juvenile; , , It may be that.the older' men are husbanding , their powers for the decisive next''week,* and that Jones squanders brilliant golf \vith.tho prodigality of youth/in these mere qualifying rounds.' ; On the "other ha!nd, it may just" be that Jones' finds'it'as convenient, .being in the nipod, to throw Off these' two rounds,, as''"other..good playeTs find it;to-follow ten 'strokes per round .behind hun." It will be interesting to see what he-does next week. In the'meantime it is worth while recording the, fact, that in the past six ■years his aggregate for.the twenty-four, rounds" in tho open championship of ■U.S.A.' is nineteen strokes better than that of Hagen. .For. tho.last four •years, in the;, same event, Jones has-on 'each occasion-been cither first or second.- ■.•••' .-; I notice that Mitchell qualified easily 'and quietly,. as - did three amateurs in the southern section. besides Jones, .namely, Toiley, Hartley* and -von Elm. ■'»■' I said-yesterday-that;Melhorn.would-probably qualify ■in > this' section if., he didr another 76, which -would .have •'made' his-aggregate 152. As it turns "out, 'ls4'- and. under qualifies. •'•.'These- are xmly a few: of the -results. ; Man'y interesting names aro not given ■SO-far in the cables: E. G.' Duncan,.Saracen, Cruickshank, T. E..Howard, Harry Sinclair, and others. One hundred players qualify by these two rounds, and proceed next "week to Lythan and St.' Anne's to play the championship proper.MITCHELL AND HAGEN. INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE; MATCH. (itJSTaiUAK iXD M.Z. CABLI AS3OCUTICJT.) ] (Received June ISth; 15 a.m.V LONDON, June 18. ' < ' Abe Mitchell aud Walter Hagen, in j a £SOO challenge match . of' 72 . holes, were all square on the ninth.

Southern Section. First Sec o nil ' round. round. Agg. Bobby Jones OS 60 134 Gadd 70 71.. ■ 141 Archie Oompstoii 73 ' W 142 0.. A, Whitcombo 73. . • 70 143 J. H. Taylor 73 : .: 7i 144 Mitchell , 7:: ' • 72 ' 145 Kirlnvood 74 •' 71 143 Kobson ' 7X ■" •- 147 Box'-Hartley' . 7." .72 147 Cyril Tolley 7." 14 S Charles Johns . .• 73 . 7."> . 148 , Yon Elm 74 ■ 74 14S A.. G. Havers ., . 7.j 74 149 R. A. Whit combe ' 75 " 7-i 150 •. Popplcyrell-. . . 74-" . 78 1J2 : Centra Section. First Second • round. round. A gg-W..-.Hageii .j •7172 143 T. Williamson - v 71 73 144 J.' Barnes i 71 . .75 146 A. Boomer «, 71 , 7<> 147 "Watts Gunn 76 72 14S Roland Mackenzie 7G ' 79 155