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...could do. Alf Padgham, defending champion, shot a 78 and a 74. With the weather bonny the next day, Padgham and Reginald Whitcombe turned in 723 for the first 18 holes of championship play, but easy-going Ed Dudley of Philadelphia passed them with a 70, followed by Denny Shute, twice U. S. professional champion, with a 73. In the second round, with only a light easterly breeze, the competition grew keener. For Great Britain, Reginald Whitcombe scored a 70 for a total of 142, his older brother Charles Whitcombe posted 144, and Henry Cotton got 146. Still Ed Dudley...
...greens so waterlogged they had to be swept off with long canes, the footing so treacherous that a man could scarcely swing. One by one the U. S. professionals bogged down miserably. Dudley hooked consistently, fell back with a 78 in the morning round. Hagen was stuck with 80, Shute with 76. Only young Byron Nelson and Charles Lacey, British by birth, controlled their pitching and putting, carding respectively 71 and 70. By mid-day Reginald Whitcombe, at home in the torrent, thought his two-stroke lead safe. No longer threatened by the U. S. pack, he only feared...
Gasped British Captain Charles Whitcombe: "I can't believe it!'' Manero & Guldahl promptly captured their foursome 2 & 1 and Gene Sarazen & Denny Shute halved theirs to put the U. S. ahead 2½ points...
...golfers, and not they, putted dead to the cup. Opening against Padgham, Ralph Guldahl won four holes in the first nine, ended the match at the 29th. Sam Snead dismayed his opponent by blasting the ball 300 yd. at the eleventh, easily won 5 & 4. Denny Shute finished all even with young Sam King. Manero was defeated by Cotton and Nelson lost to little David Rees. By this time defense of the Ryder Cup fell to Gene Sarazen and again Crumley's proved the crucial point. Coming to the 34th hole 1 up on Percy Alliss, Sarazen proceeded...
...playing in his first Open, lived up to all advance notices with a 69 (three under par) for his first round. Made after a shaky start in which he was two over par on the first four holes, he shared the lead with P. G. A. Champion Denny Shute...