Charles 'Chick' Evans Signed Handwritten 5 Pages on 1930 US Open 'Seventy-Two Holes at Interlachen' - Significant Content
Incredibly rich in content is this penciled and signed of the 1930 US Open at Interlachen Country Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota by review by Chick Evans after playing the historic Bobby Jones victory 1930 US Open 72 holes. He teases the following 'inside the locker room perspective' right off the bat with the sentence "So much has been written about the event (1930 US Open at Interlachen) that perhaps something different like this will hold a reader's interest." He starts with the thorough description of 'strained' players in the locker room, 'evidence of sleepless nights' and the players 'there for business.' He mentions champion Bobby Jones for the first time in the next paragraph describing the 'marching army of elders' that was 'Jones' gallery.' Later in his day Evans mentions "Soon I am under the ropes and speaking to the officials of our great USGA. No one ever thanks them...""How silly it seems to be playing when you have no chance" a discouraged Chick Evans writes before he turns his mood around. "There is no course better for the galleries than the hilly ones, especially one so beautiful as Interlachen." After Evans finished the 9th he makes a (quiet) gallery observation regarding Bobby Jones: "Only very occasionally one here that roar that comes from a gallery as it came from one heart. To a man they expect Bobby (Jones) to win, and he is doing it." Chick meets Bobby Jones' dad and "He is glad that Bob has taken a 5 on 9 for a 33, rather than a 4 for a 32. He says it will wake him up and he will play better on the next." Its stated that Bob's mother is barely handling the scorching heat and that 'she must be an inspiration to Bob. She is worth 12 million championships." A jarring quote from Bobby Jones father is next "Mr Jones says he wants Bob to give up tournament golf. I (Chick Evans) say it is up to Bob to go on, he owes a debt to the game. After a quick talk with Walter Hagen in which Hagen tells Evans that he has lose his putt, Evans approaches Champion Bobby Jones, but not to congratulate him like the rest. "I hope you find your dear mother better. I owed everything I won to mine.
"Charles "Chick" Evans was regarded as one of the best amateur golfers of his generation and a better iron-player than any of the professionals during his time. His many accomplishments include being the first amateur to win the Western Open in 1910 and the first amateur to win the U.S. Open as well as the U.S. Amateur in the same year. Possibly aiding in his accomplishments, Evans had some personal philosophies that he would abide by. One being "I made a rule never to swing a golf club except to hit a golf ball, for I had learned that one could swing beautifully when the ball wasn’t there, and poorly when it was".
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