"I had all the "breaks" that were soing—whether or riot I deserved them I leave to spectators to judge—but I hone my putting critics will recognise that I won this year's Open on and urannd the green. I had 32 and 31 putts in my two qualifying rounds, and in the championship proper 28, 30, 29 and 25 putts respectively. The reason for so few putts. was the fact that I missed the greens with second shots more often that I like to "Nevertheless, I played an adequate rumper of good shots, and many my chips. were from just a foot or the putting driving on the whole factory and if I can att success to any particular uld say~it was from the figures I ined at the sixth and tenth, I other scrambling Jast round, but not, as I have seen ed, in fine weather, Reggie Whitcombe had, no doubt the worst of the rain, while all the players had a very big share of it, end the greens were waterlogged throughout the afternoon, making necessary to lift the ball frequentl; Walter Hagen, non-playing.cap' of the U. S. Ryder Cup Team, offered cusses for the failure of the American Players. "It's no good talking about the weather," he said, "Golf is an all-weather gaine, and if you cannot play in the rain you do not deserve to be champion. Henry has done well. In fact, so had Great Britain as a whole,"
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