Evening star., 1916-05-28
TUCKERMAN TAKES
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Defeats Norbert Dempsey in
Final of Big Invita-
ti0n Event.
GOOD PLAY is FEATURE
OF THE PRELIMINARIES
Both Finalists Have Hard Fight to
Attain Their Respective
Honors.

Walter r. Tuckerman of the Chevy
Chase Club won the finals of the annual
spring invitation golf tournament given
by that organization. which were play
ed yesterday afternoon, defeating Nor
bert Dempsey of the Columbia Country
Club by and 5.
In the morning the semi-finals were
played and Tuckerman beat Julian 7.
Bishop of Chevy Chase in a good match.
and 3. The other semi-final produced
the sensational feature of the days
play. L. L. Harlan was pitted against
Norbert Dempsey. the youngster from
Columbia who has been playing so well
this year. The young man won the first
still up. but the veteran won the
next two through a good putt and
stymie. They tied the last two holes.
Dempsey sinking a good putt to halve
the match, and the latter won on the
extra hole.
The inalists started at 2:30 o'clock
and Tuckerman, who was the runner
up last year. topped his ball off the first
tee. while Dempsey got a screamer
across the first fair green to the easy
rough. Tuckerman hit a beautiful
brassie from the long grass, and his op-
nIo a ct,a tHaf
ran across the green. Dempsey just got
on the green on his third and Tucker
man pitched the like to thirty feet.
The latter hit the hole on his approach
putt, but missed coming back and the
Columbia man won the hole. Dempsey
hooked his drive off the second tee to q
bad lie in the bunker to the left, and
Tuckerman hit a beauty, straight down
the center. Dempsey just got out and
played a mashie over the green, Tuck
erman's second being barely the
ereen. The home club player easily won
the hole. as Dempsey had a bad lie in
the rough and just was able to chop
out
Tuckerman l Up.
Tuckerman sliced his drive to the
rough off the third tee, and Dempsey
got a good one down the alley Both
topped their seconds. the Columbia
mans ball stopping just short of a
bunker. Dempsey pitched high and ran
over the green to the sand bunker, and
Tuckerman played a cut mashie shot
thirty feet beyond the hole. AS his op-
ponent failed to get out of the bunker
in two shots the home player won, put
ting him / up.
On the short fourth hole Tuckerman's
pitch was on the green thirty feet to
the right of the cup. and Dempsey's
ball hit the bank of the ditch and
dropped back in. Dempsey played
poor pitch and ran up against the steps
behind the green, and as Tuckerman
was dead on his second the younger
man conceded the hole, putting his op-
ponent up. Tuckerman hit long slice
to the rough at the fifth. and Dempsey
hit a good one short of the bunker. The
former made good run-up to within
twenty feet of the cup, while Dempsey
half-topped his pitch and ran over the
green and failed to get dead on his
third. Tuckerman winning.
Both hit good balls off the sixth tee,
Dempsey played a good brassie, but the
Chevy Chase man hit a screaming
brassie shot that stopped just short of
the green. Dempsey pitched over, and
his opponent ran up to five feet. Demp-
sey ran up and holed his putt and
Tuckerman missed his short one, halv-
ing the hole in 5.
Off the seventh tee Tuckerman hit a
long ball to the best spot on the hole
to the right of the fairway, while
Dempsey went straight down the CEN
ter. Dempsey played a high mashie.
niblick pitch to the left of the flag. and
Tuckerman ran little over. and the
hole was halved in 4.
Tuckerman's Brilliant Shot.
Tuckerman's ball off the eighth tee
carried the bunker fully $50 yards, while
Dempsey hooked to the rough. his ball
jumping the bunker. Dempsey got out
well, but Tuckerman hit a beautiful
shot, carrying the second bunker. Demp-
sew got a good iron third. but here Tuck
erman played the most brilliant shot Of
the day He was fully $50 yards from
the pin, and played high cut mashie-
iron over the bunker to within ten feet
of the pin. Dempsey's fifth shot hit the
cup, but stayed out and all Tuckerman
had to do to win was to get down in
two, which he did. putting him four up.
On the ninth hole Tuckerman drove
to the left of the green. and Dempsey
sliced. Tuckerman won the hole by a
turn.
On the short tenth Tuckerman pitched
short. and Dempsey's ball was beside his.
Tuckerman ran up short and took three
puts. and the Columbia man won mis-
initial hole since the first. On the
eleventh tee Dempsey hit a short ball,
and his opponent hooked to the rough.
Both played short of the bunker guard
ng the green, Tuckerman getting
good out of the long grass. Tucker
mans third was over the green, but
Dempsey put his pitch in the bunker to
the right. Tuckerman won the hole as
the Columbia boy missed two shots in
the hazard. Tuckerman hit good ball
on the twelfth. and his opponent hooked
10 the bunker and had to play out side
ways. Tuckerman pitched high mashie
to the green, and Dempsey's third was
On, and his fourth hit the cup. Tucker
man won the hole to 5. putting him
iormie up.
On the final hole, the one shot
thirteenth. Tuckerman hit a superb
cleek shot to within ten feet of the
pin and Dempsey sliced to the right
The latter nearly holed his second and