The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-14

Tho announcement OF the retirement
OF Fred Mcleod. Columbia Country
Club professional. from tournament
composition will rob xolnnR circles all
over the country OF Q distinctive and
DISTINGUISHED hGure. Last season Nc
Leod entered In no less than eiRht open
or professional tournaments covering
batter than 1000 miles. and set mark
which may only be eaualed by Jim
Barnes. the Whitemarch pro. this sea-
son.
Mcleod says he II done with COM
petinG In tournaments. and that the
time has come when he will leave the
held for younger aspirants. lnnumer-
able titles have been won by the Co
lumbia man. and his record Is one
annals OF Eolflns history In this coun-
For twelve years Mcleod has been in
tho frst hight Of professional golfers.
and has been q familiar figure on East
He has won at least one big tourna ment
In each year OF competition, and has
many times been In tho frst three or
four.
McLeod's first competition was at
Cincinnati in 1906. when he won NTH
place in the Western open champion-
ship. This was followed up with a
win Of tho open tourney at Riverside.
H.. and was later followed by the
c Gnns q ,n q. whsstOn III In the
open national championship Mcleod
drew down nineteenth position. This
was the first competition and gave Nc
Leod . taste for globe trottink.
In iSos Mcleod was third In the west-
ern open championship. twentieth In the
national open at Onventsia. and runner
up In the Western professional cham
pionship. losing at the thirty-seventh
hole.
Successes in his first two years Of
tournament play led on to another win
in the Western professional champion
ship in 1907. making two out OF three
wins. Mcleod was runner-up in the
the national open held in Phiiadelphia.
Competing In but two tournaments In
1908, Mcleod won second In the West
ern open and was national open cham
pion after winning the tie with Willie
Smith.
In 1909. McLeod won the North and
South open championship at P1nehurst.
won tho Atlanta, Ca. tourney. and waa
fourth In the Western open at skokie.
OPEN Ai In ~ tss nstiona open shamplon
ship at Philadelphia. In 1910. Mcleod
was fourth, one stroke behind the triple
tie for nrst. which was 9S. The West
ern open championship went to Mcleod
Florida open championship. and the Ma.
plewood. N. H., open tournament.
Mcleod was fourth In the open cham
pio1ssh;D e Shissxg on Sr. strS otscs sehiqs
tournament. In 1919 Mcleod won the
Shawnee tournament, and was hfth ir
the open championship at Buffalo. The
only win In 1913 as recorded at Augusta
Ga. In the winter event.
The Texas open tournament was VOL
by Mcleod when he started his globe
trotting golnng In 1914. At Shawnee h,
finished poorly, the only blot on al
otherwise exceptional record. Mcleod
came back. however. with a win OF thu
It was in 1915 that Mcleod set a regu
lar record for tournament competition
He was tied for seventh in the opei
tournament at Balustrol. was ninth II
the Massachusetts open. tenth In tn,
%str9PSiitan 0Rsn a. FOX hs t am
sixth In the Philadelphia open. wen
down to Texas and again won at Hous
! ton and then jumped to Glen Oak, Ill
| and won NTH money there. The eight
tournament In 1916 found Mcleod a
New London, where he won Nth plac
| in the open tournament.
This past winter Mcleod was third a
Augusta and second at the open tourns
ment at Charleston, N. c. Finishin
twentieth In the open championship q
Minneapolis. Mcleod decided to qui
tournament play.
| Here Is tho complete record of Nc
Leod'n tournament play In the pas
twelve years and is thought to be with
out an equal among professional golfers
| MI W.
Cincinnati. Ohio: won open tournament .
Riverside. ILL.,; won Western profession,
championship. Wheaton. H.: ninsteenth |
1sos-Tfed for third Western open champion
opsn shsmpionships opvsntsss. H., rSnnsl