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Show Game of Golf in 1925 . Had Plenty of Thrills Seldom has a year of professional golf produced the thrilling situations of the 1925 campaign. The only two champions to repeat were Walter Ha-gen Ha-gen and Leo Diegel. Willie Macfarlane was the sensation of tlie year. Little regarded in the national open, he won the title, also the Shawnee open, another major event. In the national open it was Bobby Jones, master of the amateurs, who tied with Macfarlane. It was necessary neces-sary to play 36 holes before the tie was decided. It was all even again at the end of the first 18.. This is the first time in the history of golf .36 extra ex-tra holes were required to determine the winner. At the end of the first 9 holes of the second 18, Jones enjoyed a four-sroke four-sroke lead. It didn't seem as if any golfer could spot Jones four strokes in nine and beat him. That is Just what Macfarlane (lid. his margin at the fin-sh fin-sh being a lone stroke. Macdonald Smith was the only other professional to win two titles. He captured the western open and the Long Island open with ' the remarkable remark-able scores of 2S1. |