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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18585, 10 October 1928, Page 10

The approaching visit to Australia of Walter Hagen, the golf champion, and his acceptance of an offer from the Woodlands Golf Club, Mordialloc, to play his first match there for a fee of £IOO, lends interest to the views of the golf correspondent of the “ Daily Mail ” on this subject--There have been wildly divergent estimates as to the income of Walter Hagen, the only player from abroad who has won a British title three times. These computations have risen as* high as £20,000 a year. Knowing Hagen well, I should say that it is a very good season for him when he makes £6000; and he needs it, because he is. by nature a showman and a plutocrat. He lives in the best style at the best hotels; he likes to reserve a limousine for his exclusive use during the period of his stay at any golfing centre, and, when fancy dictates, he takes with him a henchman who is a combination of caddie, valet and secretary. _____