Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-30 | Page 47 | Tales of a Wayside Tee

Tales Of Ofa a ff side Tee TeeBy Dl By GRANTLAND mer I IDl Golf Golt for or 1927 10 2 7 got away to a blisterIng start shirt when Bobby Bobb Cruickshank thumped out a a 7 67 to iwin win the Los Angeles over one ono ot of the th best of ot courses at atEl El 11 Caballero Cabellero shUn The rhe games game's ames ame's competitive will pick up still sUlI greater spead when Walter altor Hagen Hasen and Gel Gang meet In their 72 72 hole match in Florida shortly This match should hould be bo some some- something something ome thing to not follow follow not only for those who like golf KOlt but for tor those who vho happen to be Interested In psychology to date dat has been ns as poisonous in Florida match mulch play playas nil as one ono ot of the tho famous diamond black rattlers In 1328 1926 ha ho met Cyril Walker thou lion hon United States open champion and anil an piled plied up Uil a margin something like liko 17 11 and 15 Last winter he be h met Bobby Jones and finished 12 up and 11 to play The two exhibitions that Haen He neav gave swamped all opposition But up to date has bena beena been a different dish to feed from It 11 was who beat Hagen In ill their first 1 72 bole holo test teat In the th tall fall tallot tallot ot of 1923 1123 A year y ar later he ho beat Harm Hagen itt In Inthe Inthe the final l round ot of o the th P G 0 A championship although he ho had to slog along for 38 holes boles bole to vilI Hagen beat In one on Eng Eng- English English lish lisle meeting but hut ho he has never beaten benten him in a match ove over hele has always alway felt that he could take tako flagons flagon's measure and any on oiw l who feels that way with Hagen in the tho road at match play cant be b accused of ot t con con- confidence cOnfidence con confidence S now nos seems to be bo on top ot of his best game game ram He won the first Florida tournament of o the season and In hIs hilt hi second start h IsO not only won again but worked work ed out the 72 7 holes in 11 tro s This This happens happen to be 11 strokes under even It IL Is only one over an average of 63 for four rounds rounds Any such Buch uch pc pac as that will keep even Walter calter taen dizzy tor for a day or two It might be suggested that opponents play no such uch golf golt against Hagen Hacen lInt Hut Sar-azen Sar will come corn nearer shoot shoot- shooting Ing Ing his bet best assortment nt against t the tho P 1 G 0 A champion than any anyone anyone anyone one else l o It Is I for tor this reason r that the tho Saraz n match will be bon one of ot the th most roost interesting pay pay- studies ot of o the tha year car Doth Both Walker alker and Jones In their thir Florida defeats by HAgen H Een 1101 played rather ragged golf golt Wh un agaInst a t Ital Hagen Hacen en hoe has ha been at his hi best beat Hacen Har-en hasn't dropped a snatch match matchin matchIn in a no P G 0 A champIonship cl tinco Inee ISIS 1923 Ho lie has bat remained ln l on top for or thres thre's years yearn He has hns beaten Abe Mitchell twice George Georce Dun can Dun Dun- Duncan can D l Francis Ouimet are among tho tw teW who havo have his measure but his hilt hi average i is remarkable r The Th lone tact act th t ho he has ha won Iii 13 l P G 0 GA I A ch matches at nt 36 35 holes against the th beest In th the ho stamps as one of ot th the mot most competitors of Ill ill time HErn Is one on of the mar mar- marvels marvets marvels vels vets from tram yards yard aa away to th the bottom of tho the cup Ho no Is a greSt creat mR player and one on of th the st putt r that rr r r r Uv d d 1 You havo have a a combination here th lt Is hard bard to Ito stop has been gradually working his Ills way back to 19 2 form when he tM open and P l G 0 A champion He is 15 a long hitting bitting hard fighting aggressive opponent at match play who will make Hagen Haren step Tile The two Flor Florida ida IJa courses at Miami and Pas Pas- Pat Pas dona dons dona are both championship tests long enough well trapped So there wilt will be no fluke or ry battlefields to fight over It will willbe willbe willbe be largely a question of ot Sarnen's putting It Gene Gen Is doIng normally well wellin eU In this department of ot the game cam It will bo be b an even fight It Ike be h baa ll lost Isis Ills hi touch around the th gr greens he will w be b up against too great fL a handicap with a golfer who 1 I is deadly d adly when he be ran can sc see th the cupIn cup In any ony event this H cen contest will be bo one ono of o the tho th golf features of ot the season seMon It is In pugilistic terms they brand sa s 5 a natural And there will 1111 b bno no elements of ot a 3 runaway runa or or- o either tide side tile nn an