NEW SARAZEN WON

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21908, 8 October 1936, Page 15

NEW SARAZEN WON

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ACCURACY

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. xvg. 72 holes Of strenuous hail, rain, wind, and . revealed his mastery "Stops in a way that astounded the golf correspon"Sydney Morning Herald” dept”:* gf the Australian open golf His actual figures - de * did not give justice o f his P lay ‘ During he was only once off » photographer unwitnjafe ft* American’s concentraresult that Sarazen pulled driving was an object-les- - 95?5 die ball finishing m places ivthe next shots to the greens simple. The Metropolicunningly trapped, and a cleverly-controlled green. Sarazen was i** jogs fear those shots, and to ' 8 ?j Koiindbhn and watch him either the ball to the flags was Station in golf. No Australian such sustained skill at his and it was marvellous how SoTbole after hole, gave the imS? that golf was the easiest game Kworld--

approaching” from Bankers most golfers bunkers are to be Jjfaj yet Satazen at times delibat them. An explosive a bunker is as effective for to as an approach putt. He was Zone in his bunker work, and his zL-mal visits to the traps and toilers w«e always welcomed—not tojuse the crowd wanted to see him msh, but simply because it had an opMtanfty of seeing his uncanny skill Stbe sandy depths. On a course of 6504 yards, heavily toped., and playing many yards jonga, he had six scores of 35 for each nine lyfr*, and two scores of 36. That is remarkable scoring, but his score mold have been nearer 270 if he had auk jnme of the many five-foot and six-foot putts. Sarazen’s putting from ranges beyond those distances was magjjjceat, but he missed many shorter putts* When a faulty shot marred Sarazen’s display, he was able to extricate himself, He attributed the fact that he did not have a six on his card to his to concentrate. He had me tine lime of the others had as tosyia half a dozen. Sarazen played to the card throughout, and this was fterdwm for his consistent scoring.

Btfcrsley’s Third Round W& tb* field well bunched at the ai of the second round, there was pray? prospect of an exciting finish. £uh(£ the leaders attracted galleries, hit Sarazen had the greatest, and he rewawed it in the morning with a 70, Itee»ots better than par. This took kirn to first place at the end of the Ibid round, and be had two strokes kad from Hattersley and Williams.

J&ttfgky got off in grand style, 4,3, Jli l I At that stage he had inWBeOls Friday's lead, but he put cd i six at the seventh. On the easier hmetard journey he dropped strokes to par at the thirteenth and sixteenth, lie latter was a disastrous hole. Failhg to concentrate on his tee shot, he edit through a bunker, but it finished «the fairway. Then he duffed his jot ibot, but the ball again ran tamjk I bunker. But Hattersley did ®t capitalise his luck, and a six went on his card He finished with 74. Williams had been moving along yu. and 10 had E.Naismith, but Richwas out of the race. He was Win not good enough in such a «*Mad though he retrieved the ®wtiw with a fine 34 back, his hopes *to# Championship had disappeared.

Ibe Final Round ; itlge was thus set for the final Wiliams was first away, but tone of his accuracy, and on wee boles dropped four shots to par. lapses were costly. Though he 2* back in 34. he could not finish * * or an aggregate of 283. £ Haismith played much more conRealising the necessity fer he tried to hole all putts, and he had a number of S* patt greens—and his hopes also appeared. Jwwea, a few pairs behind Naismith, along well, delighting the “7 his all-round decisiveness, SPy we matter of selecting a club ?|Pf the shots. When he was kt? ti championship seemed to kZ. dropped a few strokes, and .began to wonder if there of the American losgrip. But in the United States : is known as “the great fini PM* he settled down to make 1 A glorious brasrie Il° n g sixteenth, followed by Putt, gave him an “eagle” k, hole is 474 yards long. At fl-Cycnteenth green his putt for an.three went in and out though he was short cn jbh, he got down in two another round of 71. iSrS?. ,warrily applauded, for Wlfa? 0^0 Hattersley could not two shots behind Sarazen of the fourth round. r shot to the American turn. The Sydney tßriSLy?? feeling the strain. HatUP 38, his round of 75 jSLSr* y°Wt of the meeting. If (ffriZ been favoured bv an W heXI. have done better, Way. ana If t of leaders to -iii COUld hear the comments ° n posit^ons °* the