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APRIL 11, 1925
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Number 17
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MacDonald Smith Wins Open
(By Burt Hoxie)
MAN who can play four rounds of golf in 281 shots
/V will usually win something. It will matter little who
1 1 is in the field, and if the course is over 6500 yards in
ength, and par 72, there will likely be quite a margin to spare
over his nearest competitor. For that is eight strokes under
the perfect figures,
MacDonald Smith, of the Lakeville Club on Long Island,
did this unusual thing and that is why he is the successor to
Walter Hagen as North and South open champion, who finish
ed in second position with a total of 289, as many strokes
behind as the new champion was under par.
Pinehurst hasn't seen anything like this happen before, and
considerable water will pass under the bridge before its equal
is seen, or there appears an eclipse of the effort. There has
been a closeness to this mark. Hagen was responsible for it
last season. But in those days the contest was split. Half of
it being staged on the Number 3 course, which is considerably
easier for the golfing clan, and the balance on Donald Ross s
pet, the Number 2 lay-out. Hagen had succeeded in making
a very fancy total of 283.
Championships seldom are won in such unanimous fashion
as this one was. And seldom does it come to pass that a con
testant takes the lead at the start and holds it through the en- "
tire contest. It isn’t the best position in the world to be in.
The pace setter is considered to have plenty to worry about,
but Smith appeared to be one of those unusual mortals in the
golfing world as a delving into his four rounds will prove
without the shadow of a doubt, and after reviewing his unusual
figures one can easily imagine why the contest was no race.
Why such stars as Hagen, Diegel, Armour, Walker, Farrell,
Hutchison, Barnes and numerous other stars were so many
strokes behind.
The main reason for the Smith triumph, for instance, is the
fact that he had too many fours in his bag. No less than 41
they numbered. In other words, well over half of the holes
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