The Washington herald., 1920-10-22
A. R. Mackenzie Leads
Field of l54 Starters
Play Off Semi Finals and
Finals In All Groups To-
morrow.

Six clubs are represented in the
first sixteen of the annual fall golf
tournament of the Columbia Coun-
try Club. which opened yesterday
over the Columbia course with the
qualifying round.
a. r. Mackenzie, of Columbia,
with a II for the eighteen holes.
led the field Of 154 starters yester-
day afternoon. Dwight Partridge.
Of the Chevy Chase Club, was close
on the leaders heels with a rs.
S. NJ. Newton, Of the Country Club
Of Virginia, winner of last years
event. qualified for the first sixteen
with an SO. Six Columbia Club en-
tries, three Chevy Chase player >,
two Richmond players, two Wash
ington Club players, two BannOck-
burn players and Tom Sasscer, of
the Maryland Country Club, quail
fed for the first sixteen.
Chasmar's Steady Play.
Until late in the afternoon it
looked as if George Chasmar, chair
man Of the green committee at CO.
lumbia, had captured the medal, his
score Of 79 being the only one un-
der so until after o'clock, and
being remarkably steady going, as
there was not a 3 on his card until
he finished the seventeenth. Then
Albert Mackenzie came in with his
card Of II, and the gallery waited
for Dwight Partridge, Of Chevy
Chase, and Tom Sasscer. of the
Maryland Country Club. Partridge
had 7S, missing a ffteen-foOter on
the last green, while Sasscer, who
had found the keen green's a little
troublesome. took 81.
As is always the case in medal
play there were surprises in plenty,
such good golfers as S. NJ. Newton
and Gordon Wood. of the Country
Club OF Virginia. and Tom SassCer,
Of the Maryland Country Club, fail
ing to break so. while many other
names well known throughout the
Middle Atlantic District will be
found from the second to the fifth
sixteen.
Two scores Of 50 tied for last
place in the first sixteen.
II was necessary for Tom Moore,
who entered from BannOck burn. and
Hugh Mackenzie, of Columbia, to
play off for the place. Moore won,
Mckenzie concedinS him a short
putt for a four after failing to hole
his fifth.
Greens Keen.
The green's were very keen and
the golfer who failed to get both
line and strength correctly on his
first putt had plenty of trouble to
get the next one down.
Officials Of the Columbia Country
Club were elated over the large en-
try and the close competition shown.
Although several players scores
were not up to expectation. the best
match play in the history of the
tournament is looked for today and
tomorrow.
First round matches in. the five
groups begin this morning. Second
round matches are slated for this
afternoon Semi-fnals and finals
will be played off tomorrow morn
ing and afternoon in all groups.
Winners and rUnners-up will be
awarded prizes. as will also the
winners OF the consultations
lUmbia Country Club, captured low
net prize with a gross score of 50,
a handicap Of IS. giving him a net
count of 20.
The pairings for the matches to-
day in the five groups, the scores
of the qualifying round and sched-
ule for play today follows:
First sixteen.
9:45-A. r. Mackenzie columbia
c. c., II, and James Baird (Colum-
bia c. c.. 81. 9:5O-C. A. Fuller,
Chevy Chase), IS. and Gordon
Wood, tRichmond), 50. 9:55-w. K.
BradheId columbia c. c. IS, and
W. r. Tuckerman Chevy Chase
Club, So. 1O:OO-James Toy Cwash-
ington Golf Club. IS, and G. H.
Chasmar columbia c. c., 70.
1O:05-Thomas Sasscer CMaryland
e. c. 81, and George T. Cunning
ham (Bannockburn), SS. 1910
N. B. Stevenson columbia c. c.,
SO, and Tom Moore CBannock burn, ,
So. l0:15-S. NJ. Newton CRich-
mOnd), SO, and A S. Mattingly (Co-