GOLFING GIANTS IN TOURNEY OF TITANS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6912, 18 May 1929, Page 7

GOLFING GIANTS IN TOURNEY OF TITANS

Duncan Downs Hagen MISSES COLLETT AND WETIIERED IN FINAL MANY BRILLIANT ROUNDS. United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. Received Friday, 7.15 p.m. LONDON, May 17. Superlative golf marked the Moortown tournament, which was continued in mid-summer weather. The tit-bit was tho Duncan-ilagon encounter, the former winning dramatically on the last green with an amazing curly putt past Hagen’s bail, which to most golfers would have been an impossible stymie. Hagen amusingly declared: “It was a drive, not a putt, that beat me.” Tho newspapers emphasise that Ilagcn has nover beaten Duncan in match play. Duncan took 35 out and o 5 home, and Hagen, 34 and 36. The exclusion oi Hagen means that a British player is bound to reach the final, as the remaining Americans are all in the other half of the draw. Compston only beat Boomer on the 21st hole, though he was two up at the fourteenth. Boomer eventually lost by missing a two-yard putt. Jurado was most unlucky, being stymied five times. Duncan had a flying start against Ookenden, winning the first four holes and retaining tho lead throughout. Mitchell did not play badly during the afternoon, but Compston, who was relentless, went out in 32, turning three up. Mitchell hung on tenaciously but could not wipe out this lead. Diegel and Dunkley returned the day’s best figures, going out in 30 and 33 respectively. The ladies’ championship at St. Andrew’s provided a shock, Petite Doris Park, daughter of a former distinguished Scottish golfer, unexpectedly defeating tho Junoesque Enid Wilson. The American player, Miss Collett, put up a ding-dong fight against Miss Park to tho eleventh hole, then Miss Collett’s magnificent driving gave her tho vie* tory. Critics declare no woman ever played such flawless golf as did Miss Wetbercd in beating Mrs. Gourlay. She showed a machine-like accuracy and efficiency comparable to “Bobby” Jones. She took only 50 for 12 > holes. Misses Wethered and Collett play the final to-morrow. How the Gaines Went LONDON, Maq 16. Duncan beat Hagen, 1 up, at Moortown in the 1000 guineas cup. The match was ono of the keenest fights possible. Duncan made his customary bad start, and Hagen won the first two holes. Then came a typical Duncan patch, including the holing of S-yard and 10-yard putts. Despite this, Hagen did not make tho semblance of a mistake. Duncan first led at the tenth. The match was all-square at tho sixteenth. Duncan lost a chance of winning the seventeenth, but missed a 3-yard putt—-all-square. The eighteenth provided a fitting climax. Both weT6 on the green in Hagen, from 15 yards, putted first, lipped tho hole, and laid Duncan a dead stymie. Duncan, from 12 yards, had to play over a bank. He hit the ball 5 feet wide of tho hole, came round beautifully, and dropped in. There was tremendous cheering.