Golf: Aug. 2, 1926

"Before you know it the standard par for 18 holes will be 55, and a dub that can't go round under 72 will be ruled off the course on Sundays and holidays. ..."

Thus, scowling, ruminated a grizzled golf professional on hearing of the scores made on various courses last week. Eastern Open. At Wolf Hollow Golf Links (Delaware Water Gap, Pa.) Walter Hagen won the Eastern Open Championship. The course, a 6,500-yard layout, was an exceptionally difficult one, with long carries, tough sea-grass in the roughs, greens intricately trapped. Two rounds of 72...

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