The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-12
EXCELLENT GOLF
ON SOFT GROUND
Ross and Wood Surprised
Gallery at Columbia.
SHERMAN WAS CONSISTENT
Sadaquada Amateur Responsible for
Good Showing of His Pair-AIex
Smith Disappointment.

Playing strong. consistent golf. Alex.
Ross, the Brae Burn professional, and
W. X. Wood. Of Brae Burn. Mass, turn
ed in card OF 137 for thirty-six holes in
the four ball foursomes medal play at
Columbia Golf CLUB yesterday. thereby
winning first money. $50. half Of which
Wood viii receive IN plate.
T. NJ. Sherman. Sadaquada, Utica, and
Donald Pail, Philadelphia Cricket Club.
professional. tied for second money,
with l. A Hamilton. Englewocd, and
Bernard Nichols. Hollywood. profess
sional. with cards of Ia. These two
teams will divide between them the
Jumped second and third prizes amount
ing TO SO. Alex. Smith. the metropolitan
champion, and Dr. Lee Harlan finished
fourth with a total OF $50.
Remarkably Good.
The score OF the Ross Wood team was
all the moro remarkable because OF the
soft condition Of the course. 1t is five
strokes better than par golf. for So was
over q stiff course, which is decidedly a
course for professionals and not ANA
teurs- Added to this is the fact that yes
terday was Woods first day in the
tournament and that he had never be-
fore played around the Columbia course.
He recently won the amateur champion
ship OF the South at Pinehurst.
Ross and Wood played well together.
taking every advantage that team play
gave them for pulling eff a low score on
each hole. 1t was seldom that either one
of them fell down and when II did hap
pen the other always made good. The
great majority OF holes ordinarily they
would have halved. Their game was
much the same. both being strong on
their long game and accurate on their
approaches. Wood had a shade the bet
ter OF it on the iron strokes, while Ross
was more steady on short approaches
and on the green
Better Than Par.
On the start OF the morning play Ross
and Wood took the first three holes in
nine strokes, which IS three better than
par golf. On the tenth and thirteenth
they got tNos. With the other holes all
consistently good they reached the turn
In IS. Woods work IN the morning was
particularly good. he being responsible
tor the low score on the first three holes
and for the two on the tenth.
Notwithstanding the rather forbid
ding weather in the morning and early
afternoon, large gallery was on hand.
In the morning it was evenly divided
between the foursomes in which were
playing Alex Smith, Lee Harlan, Ross
and Wood, Mackie and Herreshoff, but
after the scores for the first round
had been turned in the majority of en-
thusiasts fiocked TO watch the play of
Ross and Wood There were many pre-
dictions that these players would not
be able 10 duplicate their morning
score, but they came so close to 1t that
those who pinned their faith TO this
pair felt well repaid
Tournament Closes.
Although Ross and Wood got a three
on the first hole in the afternoon they
score for the next two. Nevertheless.
by picking up a half stroke on the
fourth, a stroke on the seventh. and
another half stroke on the eighth they
were able TO better par golf. and went
out in "a. which was as well as they did
in the morning. Coming in they made
30. which gave them 90 for the after
noon and a big lead on all the other
teams.
The play yesterday afternoon closed
the open tournament at Columbia Golf
Club The committee in charge is TO
be congratulated upon its good work
in bringing here many of the foremost
players in the country. 1T had been
planned to play Scotch foursomes on
the second day Of the tournament.
which is two-ball match, the players
alternating strokes, but because the