GOLF.

Grey River Argus, 21 June 1926, Page 2

GOLF.

MITCHELL v. HAGEN. LONDON, June 18. Mitchell and Hagen, in a £5OO challenge match, seventy-two holes, were all square at the ninth. MITCHELL v. HAGEN. LONDON, June 19. In the golf match between Mitchell and Hagen (America), the former prove<( the winner. Mitchell wits three up at the end of the first round, and four jp at the end of thirty-six holes. The American took the lead at the sixth, but Mitchell squared at the next, and took the lead at, the eighth. Hagen won the ninth. Turning, they were square. Four halves followed. Mitchell won the fourteenth, halved the fifteenth, won the 15th, and the seventeenth, and halved the eighteenth.

Mitchell won the first in the afternoon, halved the second, won the third, halved the fourth, picked up his ball in the fifth, at which stage lie was only four up, but he recovered this at the ninth, turning five up. Hagen won the tenth and fourteenth, reducing „.s 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 won the first hole of 453 yards in three, against Hagen. A tenyarder win at the third, and apparently he had Hagen on the run. Then lie missed an eight foot putt. Hagen, believing that the game had taken a turn, exhibited his renowned fighting capacity. Mitchell responded stout-hearted-ly. A desperate duel ensued. Hagen reached the turn in thirty-five. Nevertheless. he was five down. Mitchell hooked his drive at the eighteenth. The ball landed in a cart rut. He sportingly declined to lift, but played it unsuo cessfully. 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 to recover, and Hagen won the hole.

THE 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 bn-the-Sea on June 23rd. They play eighteen holes each on Hie Wednesday and Thursday thereafter. The players who are fifteen strokes anil upwards behind the leader will be eliminated. The remainder will play the last thirtysix holes on Friday.