CLASSIC GOLF

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 970, 13 May 1930, Page 14

CLASSIC GOLF

ST. GEORGE’S VASE MATCH LONDON, Monday. The attempt by American golfers to capture all the British honours, including the retention of the Walker Cup and three championships, is not regarded as less likely to succeed, because of the defeat in the St. George’s Vase match at Sandwich of one of them. The youngest British Walker Cup player, Rex Hartley, aged 24, beat Dr. O. F. Willing (Portland, Oregon), aged 40, the oldest American player. The scores were 79 and 85. On the previous day they had tied with 148 each for 36 holes. Dr. Willing tied with Francis Ouimet (America) in the same competition in 1923, with 153 each. He lost the replay over 18 holes by 78 strokes to 77. Mr. Michael Scott, a former amateur and open champion of Australia, with a score of 150, was placed fourth. The form of some of the British players was so disappointing that certain critics urge that they should be replaced. The American golfing invasion really oegins with the women’s championship tomorrow. The Walker Cup will be played at Sandwich on Thursday and Friday. The St. George’s Vase is played for annually by amateurs at Sandwich, on the links of the Royal St. George’s Club. The Walker Cup matches, between British and. American amateurs, were instituted in 1922. America has won the five matches played. The contest now takes place every two years.