Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-02
Scarsdale Entry, Play
ing Consis t en- tly,
Breaks Pro Record for
Course With Ga Score

TIROUGH the kindness Of John @. An
/ dcrson. tho Siwanoy star. we have come
upon a golf card which In our opinion.
represents the most amazing ihdiElduaI
achievement nf q fairly busy year.
Those who never hav" played golf can
appreciate n good part of It. But I" those
who have mingled To- any extent at all IN
the ancient puHtimc the verified story ABOUT
TO be unfolded viii be well beyond belief.
Remember Even 3:?"
You may recall the golf story which owen
Johnson once wrote, known ns Even
Thrcus" wherein everything broke exactly
right for the hero. and 10 his startled
astonlshment one three followed after an
other
But Mr. Johnson's story was a ninc-holc
achievement And II was fiction This
story stil ~ remarkable because It h an
oighteen-hoc story and 1t actually occurred.
The Star Performer
The star performer, who now enters the
scene. Is Mr. u II Fowler Of Scarsdalc.
Mr. Fowler began the season as twelve
handicap man His average was around
80 or SO once In a while h" dropped 10
81 or 81 But all In all. through ihe carry
summer he played about the golf that
twelve handicap man might play possibly
little better, but not enough to have ms
handicap cut until the miracle took place
A short while ago Mr.. Fowler went 10
ScarsdaIe Tor a rwo-bnll match. lie started
with a four on the first hole OF $50 yards
and was sufficiently pleased, ON the next
hole, a65 yards, he got another four When
ne got his third four at the 3S7 third he
was more than satisfied. lie played the
next two la par with a three and four re-
spectivcIy Here the dream that each golfer
carries through life, but nearly always IN
vain, began TO develop. Par for the next
O.. Ia 4
IGl yards, is 9, Mr. Fowler
pInyed them in 3 3 4 and SO reached the
turn in thlrty-two strokes, four under par
And Then
Startling events Of this sort have hap
pencd before-for nine holes, but always
after such a start the average golfer who
isn't star begins to founder and lade
away.
The smash-up may arrive between the
tenth and fifteenth holes, but It always ar
rives.
But on the 4i6-yard tenth. par o, Mr.
Fowler got his 4. At the next, 4ss yards,
par e. he got his lone of the round, Then
followed "A par q and then on the bOj-yard
thirteenth came a 4, beating par again
Two 3s followed In succession, and then a g.
This left MIR. Fowler with two holes to
play, Of 32s and 2O5 yards, lie now had
come TO the edge OF a dream that all hold,
but that none nut llc NhlhNlla anu ~ aus
ever lure into the poppyland, where such
fantastic dreams come true.
lie had n I and left To smash all records
and To finish the total round with 90
strokes
The professional record Of the course rs
G7. set hy Mcdonald Smith, who won the
METROPOLITAN open there two years ago.
A and a 3 would give n l2-handicap
man the record by two strokes, IL Is at
this point that, according 10 fiction, some
thing should happen to the leading man.
You know, in fiction or In real life, what
would happen To 999,999 l2-handicap men
out Of a million at this particular moment
We would like very much to say that
Mr. Fowler got his 4 and his g. But We
are even more pleased 10 say that he did
even better finishing as for another 32,
giving him a 60 for the round. breaking
the professional record by strokes and the
best amateur record by strokes
The Record Score
To appreciate Mr. Fowler's round, with
| the proper scoring, a closer examination OF
the card might be in order
Here are the scores and the distances OF
Distance. $50, ss5. 9s7. lsl. SIS, 500,
3t9. ssB, 46i-8l45 Par Sc.
out. 4, 4, 4. 3, 4, 3, 8, 3. 4-32.
Distance 446, ass, POS. sos 235, l67, 326,
| 32S. 2O5-2s06, Par SO.
Ina. 8. 3. 4, 3. 3, 4, 3, S-32.
Par; SO. 36-72.
Fowlers score 80 S2-si
GRANTLAND RICE.