Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 27 | Jones Greatest of All Time on Links Tommy Armour Annexes American Open

I JONES GREATEST OF ALL j TIME ON LINKS S Oo I Walter Hagen Is Leading Pro Golfer 4 I J t. t ANNEXES AMERICAN OPEN j Bobb Bobby Jones with sensational I victories victorI s and scores 11 the British I open and and the American national amateur golf golt championships champIonship was not rot only the fhe he outstanding r golfE gOlfer of 1927 but he con convinced Inc l l even ven the old old weather beaten s Sots Scots that he lie is perhaps the greatest golfer of all time Jones shot a series of astounding rounds rounds' in at Minneapolis St. St Andrews AndrEws' and in the southern open He was within within- striking distance of an astounding 28 going out at it Min Min- but carelessness gave hima him a 31 which was enough to hl bicak the rhe heart of his hardiest opponent The young south southerner erne was ac acclaimed acclaimed acclaimed ac- ac claimed almost a as A nation hero heroIn in In- Scotland and and- was madg honorary honorary honorary honor honor- ary member of the Royal an artl nl I Ancient An An- club the paternal nal body of at golf Jones who always alwa's seems to to do dothe dothe the right thing every very way with a gracious gesture b bv by leaving heaving the cup with the Royal aland and ArtIe Ardent club instead o of Jt It back to the United States GIVEN H HOME ME Not ot only did Jones Jones' win win worldwide worldwide world world- wide respect for his golf goU but he lie dug dUb himself so de deeply ply in the affection affection tion of American sportsmen that his its fellow townsmen pf Qt f At Atlanta anta gave save him a t home The gift of such elaborate proportions proportions pro pro- portions caused some brows tl tp befitted be lilted fitted in England where it was hinted that his amateur S stuns status might be Involved but he is so im immensely irn- irn men ey popular in England and md Scotland that it probably would have been forgotten Any other golfer would have been dragged be before be- be f tore fore re the the jury Tommy Armour British war hero won the American open championship championship championship champion champion- ship after a sensational playoff with wh Harry Cooper which in in which Armour won wort by astounding putting I Walter Valter Hagen t th tK- tK t old reliable I distinguished himself lr again ns as- th tM 5 gic of all aU the tho professionals 1 ly Li the 3 P. P G. G 4 championship for tor the fifth tim time timo and the fourth in In- succession S S Mrs Miriam l Burns Horn Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas City caused a surprise by oy winnIng winning win win- ning the American women's championship cham clim from a a field that included I Mile Thion de de' de le Ie Chaume ne the tho French star and the winner of the tue B Dri ish women's championship a and nIl Collett Colett the former Am Ameri American r- r r- r can champion ham pion ARMOUR STARS Watts Guan Gunn one of Atlanta's famous hamous fa- fa fi- fi corps corps' Of f golfers shot fine golf in winning winning- tote the intercollegiate e ch and the Ul Hal Halg cutin for D additional hon r rs ra by winning the tho western open championship lie Bob nob Stein of Seattle won the tho western amateur championship lip and Mrs Mra Harry arry Bresler Los Angeles Angeles Ange e les won the women's western Tommy Armour won the Cairn Cana dian open in addition to the American Amer Anier- lean ican Ada Carrick CarIck won the Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- ana ana- dian dlan women's and Donald Carrick Carriel won the Canadian amateur When J Jones nes went to England f for forthe forthe r the British open It was accepted as asa asa a foregone that he would win winand and the phenomenal scores he I Imade made In winning was the only surprise surprise sur sur- prise price if jf it was a surprise There was a surprise surprise- in the tho British British Brit Brit- ish amateur championship however however however how how- ever when Dr Twedell almost an unknown won the title NO WALKER WALKER PLAY There were no Walker cup matches an agreement having been i reached leached two years ago to play play- the amat amateur f lea team n cup only on al alternate alternate alternate al- al ternate years and the matches willbe win will be be played In the United States this thia coming summer Late In In- Inthe the year Charles O. O Memphis for far years a t prominent leader teader of the Western asso association lation died cIted after he ho had been nominated for tor th the presidency of the United States Golf Golt association