Evening star., 1918-05-19
GOLF EVENT WON
BY YF|NKENSTAEDT
Columbia Man Defeats
Charles B. Field in Final of
Chevy Chase Tourney.
BOTH MEN PLAY STEADILY

Robert L. Finkenstaedt of the
Columbia Country Club, one OF
the most promising of the
younger players in the District.
won the annual spring invitation
golf tournament of the Chevy
Chase Club yesterday afternoon,
defeating Charles B. Field of
Chevy Chase, 5 and 3, in the
final round. The match was fea-
tured by the brilliant recovery
work of the winner and steady
playing through the green by
both men. Finkenstaedt won by
fine playing after being in diff
Guilty and holing everything on
the greens that was holable.
Field. on the other hand, was
putting badly and for the first
two holes was not hitting his
tee shots any better. Finken-
staedt took the lead on the third
hole, after letting an opportunity
to win the second hole slip from
his grasp, and never relinquish-
ed it, reaching the turn 4 up.
Turning Point Comes Early.
The probable turning point of the
where. with Finkenstaedt in the
ditch from the tee and Field on the
green on the like. the former made a
fine pitch out of the hazard and won
the hole when his opponent ran UP
short and missed q siN-foot putt for
a half. This put Finkenstsedt two
up. and he Won the next hole with a
four. Field taking three puts. From
this point the Columbia man was
never in danger. although Field by
winning the tenth and eleventh holes
reduced the lead to two holes. Fink
enstaedt came right back and secured
brace of 3s on the twelfth and thir-
teenth. to become four up and FIVE to
| Roth men were well down the mid
die on the first hole, and both PITT
their second shots on the green. haly-
ing the hole in 4. Field. with the
honor. hooked his tee shot into a trap
at the second hole. while Finken-
staedt hit n screamer down the mid
die. Field, a former star Of the
Evanston Golf Club of Chicago, got
out well. and Finkenstaedt's second
shot was sliced to the right and short
of the green. The Chevy Chase play
er put his mashie third shot nicely on
the green and Finkenstaedt pitched
up short. Both players were down in
two puts and the hole was halved
At the third hole Kinkenstaedt hit
one of the longest balls seen on this
hole during the tournament, being
within twenty yards of the bunker.
ter topped his second shot and ran
into the bunker and Finkenstaedt
then topped his ball, caught the top
of the bunker and bounded over. Field
lost shot in the hazard and was out
in four, putting his fifth shot on the
green. Finkenstaedt was sheFt-of
the green in three and down in three
more. winning the hole, 81. to be-
come 1 up.
Finkenstaedt put his mashie tee
fourth green and Field played a high
mashie shot forty feet from the hole.
The Columbia man found himself with
good lie in the hazard and played a
perfect pitch shot out to within eight
feet of the hole, sinking the putt for
a par 3. Field then missed his six
foot for a half. to become down.
The latter again hooked his tee shot
on the fifth to the high grass and
overRlayed the green, his ball stop
ping on the baAk back of the green.
Finkenstaedt. after a good drive, was
also over the green, but pitched back
dead. winning the hole when Field
overpitched and missed five-foot
putt.