Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08
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IN GOLF TOURNEY
Shoots So for Course Record
in National Open Quail
flying Round.
b ne Aseociated Pree,.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Judy s---Bfll
Mehlhorn Of Chicago, sst q last pace
for the first round OF the national
open golf championship with a record
score OF Bs for the scicto Country
Club links, He Rad q marvellous 80
to establish record for the FIRST
nina, but was not quite 20 fast on
the homeward trip.
This new mark for the reconstructed
Ecfoto course, cruel in it's exactions,
gave Meh1horn a lead Of three strokes
over the next best score returned at
the time he finished by Joe Turnesa
Of New York, and Al Espinosa of
Chicago.
Mehlhorn bagged six brides and
was over par on only two holes, the
short ninth and the 445-yard thir-
teenth, which lacks only six yards
OF being par 5. He sank a fair
sized putt on the I35.yard seven
tenth for q birdie and smashed
home a long brassie to the, back of
the eighteenth green, $50 yards from
the tee, sinking in on the sloping
green for birdie 4.
His card with par for the 6,736-
yard course:
Par out. ...... 444345453-s6
Mehlhorn out. 344334354--33
Par in....... 445434435-26-T
Mehlhorn ms. 44553442 4-35-6S
Skies and Sevens Common.
Many OF the players exceeded all
kpredictions in the lowness OF their
Azores. but many more ran into the
ees, or close to 1t. The scoreboard
waR sprinkled freely with sseyens.
whfle sizes were as common as the
Deep rough which brought them
abouA 80
:. A laHge and co1orful crowd was out
to see Che stars play, several hundred
following the early matches in the
broiling sun, which swept away an
early hazA before the tournament was
an hour Old. With a record field of
ISL startersA II was a long grind to get
all the aspfrAnts away from the first
tee. The last pair could not clear be-
fore 3 pm. making the finish around
o'clock.
Walter Hagen did not start until
noon, but he picked up goodly gal
lery which he rewarded with four per-
feet holes before he became enmeshed
In the double track fairway of the
fifth. which had row of rough down
the middle and took six.
Gallery Has Long Wait.
The British open champion. Bobby
Jones of Atlanta, was ninety-rlinth
on the starting list aQd the gallery
had long wait to see his wares OF
the links. The amateur skill was well
upheld earlier, however. by Chick
Evans of Chicago, FORMER national
open and amateur title holder, as he
went out in 80, or one under par.
Evans scored every hole I'm four ex-
cept the second, where he had. trouble
and took Ave, and the short fourth,
where he sank for birdie 2.
Except for a couple Of missed quits,
he might handily have equaled Mehl-
horns macIline-like golf. He was
straight down the fairways and was
as deaIy with his iron shots as in the
heyday of his career.
The defending champion, Willie
MacFarfane or New York. got couple
of fives on the first elk hotes, but part
Ily counterbaIanceds these slips by
chaIking up birdie on the short
hut difiicult fourth. making him even
tours for third of the journey.
Proof Of the difficulty of the course
was furnished by Jock Hutchinson.
open, who took no fewer than AZ
strokes for the FIRST nine. He had
plenty Of company in this work.
AL Espinosa, despite a poor s on the
eighteenth tied Turnesa with 35--56-
II. He was OF the fairway only three
ftimes The FIRST two defects cost moth
| ing. but the last one at the long
/ eighteenth made him take 4 to the
green, where he missed a six-foot putt
for his par 5.
scores for First 1s.
Scores for the first Is holes: Toe
Tunnesa, New York, 36--36--TI: Leo
Diegel, New York. 3636-72; J. j.
IO'Connor. Rye, n. u. 37-36-7S;
iGeorge Mclean, New York, 35-S9--
i "a; y l.. Brennan, Pittsburgh, $751;
rs; Tom Skipper, Gainesville, Md,
i3S-40--7s; j. w. Kenney. New York,
i 40 39--7s: George Heron. New York.
394s- 81: Harry Rees, Cleveland,
42-4s- IS: sAlfred Sargent, Colum-
/ bus, 44--41--S5.
4 AL E:spinosa, Chicago. 35--36--Tl:
lack Forester. New York, sS-3S--
Is; Charles Rowe. Pittsburgh. a.
3s--7S: w. r. Dickinson, Phtla :
| Philadelphia, 39--41--sO.
Bill Mehlhorn, Chicago. 33--35 -6s;
Tom Harmon. New York, 3s-e5--
"a: George Smith. st. Paul, 3s--sTr-
rs: Arthur Demane, New York. af---
SEE; Emil Loefiler. PiHsburgh,
Il ss--sT--76: William Hunter, Chi
i cago, 35-4O--77: Clarence Hackney,
Atlantic City, 39--3s--7 IL eHafri-
son r.. Johnston. ST. Paul. 40--ss--
49,, Dave Hanley. Haworths MI. !.
3e--4isQ; Harry HamptOtt Mem
phis. sS43--s1'; John Golden. New
i York. 4i---40--Sl; Bob shame Q.leve-
land. 43--39--S2:t Robert Black. New
fYork 43--40--SS: Gil Nichols Now
Il York 4s--40--S3. Eric Seayal II.
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