The open golf championship was won last week for the
second year in succession by an American. J. Hutchinson, who woe last year, was born and bred in Scotland, but Walter Hagen, the new champion, is an American by birth. His score for the four rounds at Sandwich was 300, and his play was both brilliant and steady. George Duncan, who tied with the American Barnet for second place with a score of 301, surpassed himself in a final round of 69, the record for the course, but could not make amends for the third round, in which he had taken 81. There is no need to be distressed about the result. We must not' suppose that British golf is deteriorating because Hagen putted more consistently and had a little more luck than his nearest competitors. We ought rather to be delighted that Great Britain has taught the world another game.
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