Duncan Beats Hagen

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 665, 17 May 1929, Page 9

Duncan Beats Hagen

THRILLING GOLF MATCH AT MOORTOWN 1,000 GUINEAS TOURNEY (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Duncau (Britain) beat Hagen (United States), the open champion of Britain, one up, in the professional 1,000 guineas’ match at Moortown, Leeds. It was one of the keenest fights. Duncan made his customary bad start. Hagen won the first two holes. Then there came a typical Duncan patch, which included holing eightyard and ten-yard putts. Despite the fact that Hagen made not the semblance of a mistake, Dun-!

can first led at the tenth. They were all square at the sixteenth. Duncan lost a chance of winning at the seventeenth, when he missed a three-yard putt, and they were then all square. The eighteenth provided a fitting climax. Both were on the green in two. Hagen from fifteen yards putted first. He lipped the hole and laid Duncan a dead stymie. Duncan from twelve yards had to play over a bank. The ball hit five feet wide of the hole, came round beautifully, and dropped in amid tremendous cheering. Only two Americans remain in the last eight, Turnesa in the second round beating Horton-Smith, 3 —2, Diegel beating Dudley, 5 —4. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP AMERICAN AND BRITON IN FINAL (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. In the fifth round of the British women’s golf championship, - Miss Joyce Wethered beat Miss Molly Gourlay, 7 —5; Miss Park beat Miss Enid Wilson at the 19th; Miss Glenna Collett beat Mrs. Watson, 3 —2; Mrs. beat Miss Pyinau, 3 —2. In the semi-finals Miss Collett (America) beat Miss Park, 4—3; Miss Wethered beat Mrs. Guedalla, 5 —4. Atrocious conditions prevailed at St. Andrews yesterday morning. A storm suddenly broke, with thunder, lightning, terrific rain and huge hailstones. Everyone was drenched to the skin and the greens were sheets of water, yet the referees in some of the matches insisted on the players not seeking shelter. They did not realise that the continuous play rule applies only to medal play and not to match play.