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Show olorful' TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. IHIageffi (1921-2- & Walter Hagen, the (UPI) first of the popular golf professionals, died early today at his estate near here. He was a Western The colorful who Haig, probably did more to popularize golf than anybody until Arnold Palmer, had been in a coma for 10 days. Vv tional open crown to the one he captured in 1914. In addition, he laid down the rules for Ryder Cup competition and the however, hard-losin- hard-livin- 19. he Open respectively. At the end, ing great's voice was stilled to the less than a whisper result of a throat operation in the summer of 1965 which removed part of a cancerous growth. Death was attributed to his long battle with cancer. The Haig, still earning money at the end of his life from sales of his golf equipment, made the first dent in a career, which included more than 75 tournament victories, in the National Open of 1914. UPI Ttiephw Walter Hagen . . . golf great dies captained America's against the British team golf- g ii seven times. His largest single paycheck came in 1926. when he earned J7.600 for thrashing Bobby Jones 12 and 11 in an exhibiflie only time tion match these two golfing immortals met. I had a lot of fun and I met a lot of people, kings and queens included. Hagen once said. Golf was good to me as a player and it's been good to me since I quit playing. I hope golf. I 5 NEWS, Monday, year earlier, at the age of pressed Francis Ouimet to the limit before fading in the stretch. Hagen added die 1919 na- A ptured Titles at a time when that tournament was more important than it is today; and won the French, Belgian and Canadian open crowns in 1920, 1924 and 1931, 76. He won the British Open four times the five PGA Championship times, including four in a row c ; 4 five DESERET October did a little 6, 196 to help Following tr.c throat surgery in 1965, Hagen more or less retired to his Inwood estate near this northern lower Michigan resort city. Hagen, whose round of 62 in wasnt equalled in competition for 24 years and who once had a string of just seven putts for nine straight holes, began playing golf under the name of W. C. Hagen but changed to Walter Hagen British galleries called him Water Closet. 1921 because I never wanted to be a s bihis millionaire, ography was subtitled. I just wanted to live like one. He was survived by his son, Walter Hagen Jr., 51, of Union Lake Mich., an advertising representative for the Sports Afield magazine. 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