JONES THE CHAMPION

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 June 1926, Page 4

JONES THE CHAMPION

BRITISH GOLF TITLE. OTHER LEADING SCORES TOURNAMENT ENDS IN IDEAL WEATHER, BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. ‘ LONDON, June 2b. The open golf championship, concluded under ideal conditions, was won by Bobbv Jones with an aggregate of 291. Other ,scores were: Matrons 293, Jura do and Meiliorn 303, Taylor 304, A. Whit-combe 310, Howard 316. Scores in the third, round were: Mitchell 72 —aggregate- 221, Hagen 7a —219, Ray 74 —233, Baird 75 —232, McLeod 76 —222, Vonelm 76—223, Armour 75—225, Iljrd 75—232, Kirkwood 78 —240, Gadd 78 —229, Meiliorn 79 — 229, Duncan 80 —234, Havers 82 —233. THE WINNER CONGRATULATED. MOST AMAZING GOLFER OF ALL TIME. LONDON, June 25. The Daily Telegraph heartily congratulates Jones on winning the world’s premier golfing event in the face of the

fiercest opposition from British and American professionals. Jones is the most amazing golfer of all time, and now dual champion of Britain and America. He is in every way worthy thereof, for he is extremely modest and shuns the limelight like the plague. When 10,000 people acclaimed his victory he ran off and shut himself up in a corner of the smoke room. The i magnitude of the victory stunned him, for he was engaged in a titanic struggle with only one man, Watrous, who happened to be his partner. Both were on the verge of collapse. In the fourth round, Jones was still two strokes behind at the fourteenth hole.

HAWERA LADIES’ CLUB. (By “Driver.”) The' second day of the two-day eclectic for Mrs Wake’s- trophy was played, on Friday and resulted in a tie between Miss Burgess and Mrs Hawthorne. These players must play off to decide l the winner within, the next fortnight. The competition this week will be the medal round- for the July W.G.U. medal,- andl players will please choose their own partners. On Thursday .the club -met ; Eltliiain on the home links in a friendly match, / which resulted in a win for Hawera by eight gamesi to two. The following are the details, Eltham being mentioned first: Miss L. Quin won from) Miss Burgess, Miss Quin won from Mrs Thomson. Mrs Wilson lo,st to Mis' Wake, Miss W. Wilson lost -to Mrs Dickie, Mrs Stuart lost to Mrs Little,, Mrs De Launay lost to Miss Richardson, Mrs Wyldte lost to Mrs: Gibson, Mrs Morton, lost to Mrs French, Miss Whiting lost to Mrs: Bright, Miss' Pease lost to Mrs- Christie.