Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-24
P|NEHURST EXPECTS
HARDING FOR GOLF.
Famous Winter Resort All "Aet
Up" Over Rumors Of Visit
From the President
WALKERS SECOND ROUND
Pinehurst, n. c., Jan. "a.

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TNHE winter colonists at this winter
L capital of golf are all !'het up" over
the prospect of the arrival most any day
Of President Warren G. Harding.
President Harding was expected to
make short visit around New Years
for week END Of golf, but the weather
was SO fine In Washington at that time
that the trip was called off.
When President Harding was mem
Der Of the Senate he visited Pinehurst
and was entertained at the home OF
Henry Hornblower. The latter and Sec
rstary of War Weeks are partners.
Secretary Weeks and President Harding
are great golf partners. Workmen have
been ordered to put the Hornblower
cottage in order for guests very soon.
On all these facts the rumOr Of an i'm
pending visit by the Chief Executive Is
based.
In % Strokes
Probably no golf course in the United
states has been played by such a large
number of golfers, from all the leading
professionals to raw recruits, as the
championship No. 2 course here. Pine
hurst means In golf what the Polo
Grounds means In baseball, or the Har.
ball.
OF all the thousands of rounds which
have been played on the Championship
course, It remained for Cyril Walker.
professional from the Englewood Coun :
try Club, to play the first nine holes In
twenty mine strokes, three less than any
other golfer had ever done before. This
mark OF % Is likely to stand for a long
time, Tor 1t would require a golfinK
miracle to lower 1t.
Walker started with a birdie 4 at the
hrst hole, then made a par at the sec
ond, followed this with birdie 3s at the
third and fourth, an eagle 3 at the fifth,
birdie at the sixth, a par 8 at the
long seventh, birdie 2 at the eighth
ana par 3 at the ninth. He played
the last nine In 81, and his total of GO
tor the eighteen established an eighteen.
hole record for the course.
Up to Parson
There has been much comment by
Eastern golfers on the ability of PLAYERS
who do well In tournaments at Pine.
hurst Many maintain that Pinehurst
does not provide such a real test Of
golf as do the grass courses In the East
and that golfers who repeatedly win
matches here would not figure In the
East.
1t has always been difficult to get n
real line on this situation, but II
should be settled this year. for Donald
Parson, member of the winter cottage
colony here and rated next to Parker
w. WhittemOre as the best amateur in
Pinehurst, will play this summer in the
national amateur championship at the
Country Club. Brookline, and in other
Eastern events.
ParsOn will have to carry the burden
of Pinehurst golf into the champion
ship.
Arthur Yates. of Rochester, N. Y, former
Yates Is powerfui hitter ior and me has season son
engaged In driving contests with the prnyaaI
sionals here II Is generally a case OF Yates
strength against the perfect timing OF such
professionals as Cyril Walker, Tom BOYD
Just right.
Mrs. John d.. Chapman. OF Greenwich. b.,
made the lowest score by woman player i'm
to date this season She did the number ons
course In Ol' playing tho last nine Ia ~
Strokes.
w. w. Windio, OF Mliibury. Mass a MAN.
ber Of the Plnehurst Tin Whistles, writes
that the worcester Country Club would be
of %R tRs 8 Gnsd ssis stses tss opfn c
b chairman OF the Grsens Commit" ,"dss as
of work when tse MHn Massashus.,ispel S ,ispl's6,s s b.
championship was played at Worcester last
summer. I' ~