GOLF

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 June 1926, Page 7

GOLF

MITCHELL V; HAGEN.

(Australian and N.Z, Cable Association),

LONDON, June 19.

In the golf match between Mitchell and Hagen (America), Mitchell was three up at the end of the first round, arid four up at the end of thirty-six holes! The American took the lead at the sixth, but Mitchell squared ,at the next, and took me lead at the eighth: Hhgbii Won the ninth: Turning) they tverey square. Pout halves followed; Mitchell won the fourteenth! halved the fifteenth, Won the 16 th and the seventeenth, and halved the eighteenth. Mitchell won- the first in the afternoon, halved- tlie second, won the third, halved tee fourth, picked up his ball in. the fifth, at which stage he was only four 1 up, but he .recovered this at the ninth, turning live up. Hagen won the tenth' and fourteenth, reducing his deficiency to three, but after halves to the eighteenth, where Hagen was waterlogged in a bunker. Mitchell finished the day four up. The “Daily Mail’’ states.: Mitchell went out in the afternoon like a tiger thirsting for prey. He sank a twenty-yard putt and' woh the first hole of 453 yards in three, against Hagen. A ten-yarder win at 1 the third, and apparently he had Hagen on the .run. Then he missed an eight-foot putt. Hagen, believing that the. game had taken a turn, exhibited his ' renowned fighting capacity. Mitchell responded.; stout-heart-edly. A desperate duel ensued. Hagen reached the turn in thirtyfive. Nevertheless -he was. five down. Mitchell h°oked his drive at the eighteenth. The ball landed in a cart rut. He sportingly declined to lift, but played it unsuccessfully. Hagen had a golden opportunity of winning the hole, : ’but bunkered his second shot. The ball fell into six inches of casual water. It took two io recover, and Hagen won the hole. AMERICAN WINS.

' ’ LONDON, June 20. The attendance was two thousand. The weather Whs glorious. Hagen's recovery was due to a magnificent putting. He‘squared at the sixth in the morning, turned square, and a masterly approach at the tenth gave the American the lead. He was two up at the fifteenth,' Mitchell reducing the deficit to one at the seventeenth. In the afternoon, Hagen won the fourth. Mitchell won the sixth, Hagen turning one up. Hagen hojed a ten-yarder at the thirteenth for two up, but Mitchell squared, winning the' fourteenth and fifteenth. Hagen, with a fine four at the Sixteenth, regained the lead, and Mitchell, cutting his second shot at the seventeenth, into the roadway, was unable to halve, Hagen winning two up and one.. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. LONDON, June 18. The open Golf Championship, for which 117, .including Popplewell, Howard, and Kirkwood, and also ten amateurs have qualified, begins at Stannes on-the-Sea on June 23. They play eighteen holes each .on the' Wednesday, and Thursday, the players who are fifteen strokes and upwards behind the leader will be eliminated. The remainder will play the. last thirty-six holes on Friday. MEN’S GAMES. The week-end medal matches resulted Graham 106,. 36, 70; Moss 103, 32, 71; Smith jun.‘96, 24, 72; Fogarty. <lO6, 32, 74; McKechnie 92, 16, 76; Baker 110, 32, 78. ' A team from the Reefton Golf Club visited . Grdymouth during the weekend, and played a match against the local club. The games were keenly contested, the match resulting in. a win for Greymouth.