Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-20
COJN7RYCZUB OF VIRGINIA
GOLFERS >fzA We EYES UPON
THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL
Whitney, Amateur, and O'Hara,
Professional, Have Bat
tie on Links.
CARDS IDENTlCALLY SAME
Each Turns In Score of 70 and
Lead 43 Quail
ihers.
IDENTICALLY SAME
ley Associated rrcss.1

WASiiINGTON. July I?.-Nclson NJ.
w hitrcy. an amateur of the Audubon
coli Club. OF New Orleans and rat
- itara. professional of the Richmond
county Country Club. of staten
Island. y. Y. led = field of forty three
uualiiiers in the opening Of the quail
lying round today OF the national
open golf tournament being played at
the Columbia Country Club. Both
Whitney ana o'IIar;l turned in scores
OF :" Tor the eighteen holes. ana their
cards. totaled at the ninth and cieh-
tccnth holes. showed Identical scores
ut 36-3.-I2
The spread in the qualifying scores
ranged from these two 73s to seven
teen players who tied for last pIoc,
with scores OF IS Following Whit
ney and u'Hara came four PLAYERS
WIN i. including Walter Hagen. IN.
l'l? champion, and Jack Burke. run
hcr-up IN last years open champion
SNIP. Among those who qualified with
scores oi ." were Abe Mitchell the
English star. and X. l.. FinkcnStacd,
IN amateur of the Columbia Country
Club.
Iimtchison Turns tn n 30.
Nine players qualified with scores
or 80, including Jock Hutchinson. the
american who recently won the Brit
lSh open hampiunShip. Eight had
scores OF -.
The final seventeen with IS scores
included Joseph kirkwood. the Aus
italian expert, whose - for the first
nine holes proved saving perform
:thcr when he came home in ~
While playing conditions We're none
too favorable, owing IL a high and
rusty wind and slow putting; greens.
The scores as a Who'll. came within
the expectations and predictions MADE,
by SoliinE experts prior Ia the he
ginning of play. The performances
OF the amateur entrants were also AN
outstanding. feature. The qualifying
OF three of this class among the
forty three survivors of a field in
GLIDING many of the most expert pro-
f"sSionals of the world, was cousid-
cred u remarkable feat.
Whitn"! and o'Iiarn Are Consistent.
The play of both Whitney and
o'iiara was remarkably steady and
consistent throughout the eighteen
tn" 5oi-yard, twelfth hole. and a
birdie three on the seventh 500 yard
hole. His card, like O'iIara'S was
only three strokes above par. O'IIara
which is normally a 32o-yard par
four.
The complete cards Of Whitney and
oliara follow
out 4s4 80 .''>5 s3S-s6
In .5i5 IA 344-3,-Total 73
WHITNEY
In ... ,,,$'3 81 IS a4a-a7-ro,a, n
The fun list OF forty-thrcc quail
ticrs in the first half of the cham
pionship qualifying round, with their
scores. are as follows:
.hnt . ii4ra-, Richmond County Country
;,iieiisn n. Whnmcy. Audubon 80. ara.
w. II rroylnser. bloomfield Mills. Mich.
WaiisT Hagen: New YorE % a,-s
AHe Mi!sheil. EnEiapA. =. $7-i5
lEred Mcleod. Washington. %. ss-75;.
Eddi" LooH. KavisIoc. ~. sd
J@nn bredemus. San Fcii,e. Texas IS
&C, = ne'schler. MARYLAND, Arlington.
.,Jcek iu'chson. Glenv!ew, Chicago. 10.
r. y. crukshank. Essex. c. C.. 80. 81
IA wa,rous Rcd Run. Mich. 30. 81
lanes Donnach.e, iiilascrs,own Mr.. 81.
r.. g. c"nn.usa, ives, Point. y. Y. 3.
g j. Ea Jadui. Maplewood. y. J.. 20.
=. Captain Charles Clark. Engineers. %.
Lou T.lliter> nraeburn. SO. ss-7,.
Alex CHmUbeu I.osantlviI!c Is, ~
% Robert T Barnett rrcdy finn Pa 3.
>. ID. Roc. Pittsburgh. 70 4i-77
sEmn"t French. YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. %.