GOLF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20045, 7 September 1920, Page 3

GOLF.

—.—p THE FRENCH CHAMPION, SHIPS. (Special to the '-'Star.”) ' r , LONDON, July 13. Iho Trench and Belgian champion.ships .arc largely British events owing to the fact that tiicrc are few home players competent to take part in them. Unfortunately this year both were poorly top resented, bub Duncan and Mitchell wont, to La, Boulie, near Paris, and Hagen, the. American champion, joined the list of a score or more players. It was, perhaps, .unfortunate that Duncan made the attempt to add this additional honour to his credit, lor alter Deal the reaction had set in and ho confessed that ho Celt as it he didj not want to see a golf course lor a# month. -Mitchell, too, was stale and in the circumstances neither did himscll justice, though Mitchell'in the last round made n superb effort to recover from a very unfavourable position. Ho wanted a. four to the last hole to win, but he took six and just missed Ike prize, after doing the fourth, and last round in 71. La. Buulio is a, park course with little trouble for Urn first-class player. More Hagen wa# much more at home, than he had been at Deal. Indeed the American champion played quite well and in the cud lie tied for first place with Laiittc, a very promising young Preach playhr. The lie. was played off over thirty-six holes, and Hagen was successful, ’t'ho Frenchman lost his form towards the end. Tho I'Teneh amateur championship, which followed tho professional event at La Boulie, was also hugely a .British compel)lion. In this the. finalists wove tlie champion, Cyril Tolley, and T. D. Annum', the amateur player. The latter last season reached the final of six tournaments and yet failed to win one. -Now he was. more successful, healing Tolley by t nod M over thirtysix holes. The first round finished all square, hut during thy afternoon Tolley In ram o very wild and uncertain with his wooden clubs and lost the match on tins account.