Show Tee I lD nr Br Y GR D RICE nICE Walter alter Hogens recent perform perform- performance ance in the tho last P G G A champion champion- championship championship championship ship is one ono of ot tho the most most remarkable able achievements of ot a a a game famo that has been harrying humanity for tor over years It js Is not so remarkable tor for this tournament alone as it Is in extend extend- extendIng extend lug Ing a 11 period of consistency almont beyond belief bellet There Ther are ar many attributes that are arc rare In golf golt but consistency is the rarest of ot the lot Many are ar brilliant but few tew are consistent Consider Harens Haren's year three rec- rec record rec record ord Ho Ito has won this professional championship three years in a 0 arow arow row smashing all nil records This means moans that against most ot of tho finest professional golfers in the tho world ho h has s won 15 consecutive tive tivo matches without a 0 defeat His Ills list has baa Included such stars as Leo Diegel Johnny Farrell Bill Jim Barnes arnes Harr Harry Cooper Joe and others who can hold a high standard ot of form torm Any ny of ot thes these he meets is quite capable of ot turning In a 70 or 01 a 71 and ond a tw tew ot of them go above a 0 73 71 It is the th hardest field fieldin In the tho world to handle a match play In many ot of these matches Hagen has been In alt alt- sit situations u but he has manned managed to fight hi way out out out- outTo To win 1 13 con con- eon con matches against such competition is one at of tho the great golfing records of ot all time InI In I addition to hl his year three con con- conquest con conquest quest in the I P G 0 A champion champion- championships championships championships ships Hagen on tho side has haa won hole hole holo matches against Bobby Dobby Jones and Abe Ab Mitchell His ono one 36 defeat was applied by George Georgo o Duncan but In this event Hagen had bad been oft oct the tho boat only a day or 01 two and was distinctly below form torm And tills this match was no special set affair nor was it part of ot any ony championship program Ono One ot of the greatest secrets or 01 reasons for tor or Hagens Hagen's phenomenal match play Is his hlo capacity to con con- con and remain relaxed at ot the same sarno time He Ito naturally is a I great golfer Colter Cut But there thero are aro many great golfers goiters There Ther are ar tw tow however hoever who can play hard determined golf golt and still remain relax d With most golfers keen concentration concentration concentration tion means a tightening up a mat to mat mat- matto matto to of ot more moro effort With Ith Hagen keen concentration never leads to this fault No matter how much may be b at stake lie he h keeps this amazing relaxation working and there is no show ot of or extra effort The Tho smoothness ot of othis his swing u unruffled It If Hagen Haen has anyone any one strength In golf golt above another it Is his ability to pitch cloo to the th pin from 70 to iao yard yards away and then tako take advantage of ot pitches by holing tho the putt From o In this range he will eon con con put tho the ball five six lx or 10 feet away and then drop the putt on hole after aCter hole Iole He lIe Is ono ot of the finest putters In the tho history of golf galt on the tho Ionic o g putt tutt or the th me- me medium me medium alum range ranie Now and then he may miss the short ones but rare rarely I ii ly thosa of ot a a trifle longer length Thc Thel j ore are many good rood golfers goiters who can get their pitches fairly close But they cant can't follow tallow this by hol- hol holIng Ine hol-Ine Ing tho the ball often enough to have haveIt haveit It count Accurate pitching must bo b followed by fine putting b before tore the thrust reaches r home homo and does killing damage There Thero I is nothing much to be b gained 8 by eIght or 01 10 feet teet from the tho pin and then missing most of ot tho putts HaGen Hacen has lias a sound game tarn in every way with a 0 tendency toward weak weak- weakness weakness ness wak-ness ness in his pia play ut ness in his ls is brassie play pia But Dut he has a great long Iron shot that us- us usually us usually can tale take tal care of ot this situa situation ia- ia lion tion on any hole hoi up to or 01 yards ards But Dut his his brilliant pitching and his eternally tine fine fin puttinG hove have been the two factors that have broken the heart of ot most opponents opponents opponents coupled with the fact tact that a 0 wild shot doesn't bother him a bit There Thero Is no trouble that can keep him suppressed |