BOBBY JONES WINS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1004, 21 June 1930, Page 11

BOBBY JONES WINS

BRITISH OPEN GOLF TITLE DECIDED SUMMARY OF BEST CARDS United P.A. —Bj Telegraph Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON. Friday. Bobby Jones won the British open golf championship. The leading scores were Jones 291, Diegel and Macdonald Smith 293. Horton Smith and Robson 296. Oompston ami Barnes 297. Cotton 299.

Contrary to expectations, if was Robson who made the most heroic effort against the fierce American attack in the earlier play, lie played so well that lie only required fours for the last. two holes to equal Jones's score, but he missed a 6ft putt. . Cotton did not live up to expectations, owing to an attack of hooking, and the hopes of a British victory toward the last centred on Oompston. A “Times” cable says with Compston leading after a record round at the end of the third stage from Jones, the big crowd at the championship became most excited at the prospect of an English victory. Jones, who preceded Conipston, damped British hopes with three for his second hole, measuring 369 yards, where his drive hit a spectator on the head and rebounded into a bunker. But Jones reached the green with bis second and holed out with his second and holed out with a sixyard putt. He took three putts on two greens, and then took seven strokes at the eighth hole, where he struck trouble at the edge of the green. HOPES RISE AND FALL This is believed to be his first seven in big competitions for some years. Thus British hopes rose. Jones took 3S to go out, and went home with 37. Wonderful recoveries alternated with poor shots. Compson may have had a great chance of restoring the title to Britain, but the strain of the morning round seemed to have made him tired and gave him a limp. He missed putts and sliced, and pulled his drives. Sometimes his approaches were short and sometimes too strong. It was a sorry breakdown. He went out in 43. Only a miracle could save him, but this did not happen, as he came home in 39.