GREAT GOLF FEAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 671, 24 May 1929, Page 14

GREAT GOLF FEAT

BOOMER MAKES HISTORY AT ST. CLOUD AMAZING SCORE OF 61 (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) PARIS, Thursday. In his third round at St. Cloud, Boomer, the course professional, took 61, the lowest score for the course. He was playing in the contest for the French golf championship. The St. Cloud course, admittedly, is easier than some of the classic British championship links, but it is 6,500 yards long and scientifically bunkered. It demands straight driving to avoid woods. Boomer pre\*iously had done 62, but 61 in any championship anywhere is unknown in the history of golf. His card included three “eagles” (two under par) and three “birdies” (one under par). His amazing score was chiefly due to his superb approaching and putting. He had only 29 putts altoscore was: 3,4, 3. 3,3, 3,2, 4, 3 —28. This was wonderful, as it includes five holes of OA’cr 420 yards. Still Boomer, taking 10 more strokes in the afternoon, could not overtake Horton Smith, the American, who won the title. When Horton Smith, whose 21st birthday it was, came in the winner Hagen presented him with a large birthday cake with 21 lighted candles upon it. Most of the players have been affected by the sudden midsummer heat. Duncan had to give up and tear up his card. Hagen caused a sensation by announcing that he had cancelled the matches he had arranged to play against Compston at Moor Park, London, and against Blackwell at Birmingham. He said he was not afraid of Compston, but at present he is stale and Avants to rest awhile from the game before the American championships. He will meet Compston later. He would rather play Duncan, who had beaten him twice recently. The organisers of the matches were surprised at first learning of Hagen’s decision to cancel the matches through the Press, as they had sold hundreds of tickets for the matches.