The Washington times., 1926-06-15
PUT I.
collie rs
WORRY
BY Ross 7. ConkIin

OY NDSG LIZ AUAAAAAN
Consider the case Of the average
Z golfer versus the lowiy one.foot
putt. And you have in hand the
cause for more honest-tc-goo dness
wrath than any other shot in goA.
I'D has never been determined by
the Census Bureau, which deter
mines everything else. but It -
believed that more genuine uneasi-
nea9 oVercpnaes the average golfer
when he Is confronted with q short
putt than when he approaches q
pne-snat water hole with = costly
and hfand-neW ball.
Maybe within q span Of years,
bome viii legislate on the subject
and any putt Of less than IL
inches will be conceded. More
Futile th3ngs have been the subject
pf great Hplons.
The most lamentable short putt
Of the season thus far was the
one pulled by Leo Diegel on the
eighteen green at Congressional,
when he had q great chance to-
haIve the hole and help his partner.
Freddy Mcleod. square q match
with Bobby Jones and Tommy
Armour
Possibly az second rank, Il the
putt that George VOigt missed for
q On the eighfeenth ct Chevy
Chase when he turned II q card
Of 81. That putt, trimming the
cup IN 3 most brazen manner,
would have given him . 81.
Perry Hoover pulled q putt cut
Of hfs bag when he was playing
DR.. W, r.. McLister, pe Cpngressio nal,
] "a the Indian Spring tournament.
Perry pulled one putt and missed,
He pulled a shorter one and missed,
and b third putt. one Of those sup
posedIy I'M type, lost the hole and
the match. Ihe Indian Spring
gO1 chairman vented his wrath In
b most appropriate manner.
Every tournament here this year
has resulted IN further demonstfa.
ton Of the futiIity Of taking FOR
granted q short putt. Champion
ships have been won and lost
ffreusI8 carsless1ess with q short
stab putt.
Even such an Intrepid veteran q
the links as Eddie Towns showed
that such miserable puts could be
missed with irnpunity. Eddie stood
b gond chance Of placing high up
sn the professional sweepstakes at
his cli1b until he blew himself to q
rare six on the short ninth hole.
on 81 two because OF q sliced drive
he putted strongly and slightly
over ran the cup. With the
hack 81 his club he tapped the ball
Tor 6sfnch putt and missed, finally
taking q s.
page HufEy, the bog wiRard Of
Che Rinehurat north and south
I GIlarnpiOnslgfpa, went around the !,
Congressional links IN ~, when he
might have had go with more
luck In the greens.
Ne missed four narrowly on
klae first hole. Took a on the
nth, and trimmed the cup Tor three
successive holes on the incoming
trip. After that he missed two
anore puts Just To show that he
could 90 1t and still make = low
80 score.
Incidentally, IN the same match.
u. Murphy, playing with his
new mIlIion-dolIar driver. was hit.
ting them q mile and to wind up q
successful 50 round, Peter jackson
nailed an eagle two on the eight
: zenith. Jackson will handle the
Conversational Invitation toufna.
nnent In the absence OF Sandy Ar
naour. who did not arrive last week,
this week. and may not get here
next week.
re cap the climax, ask any
one who played in the Columbia
tournament what short puts on the
40uFteenth and eighteenth would do
- thu chan who did fnA SooiacfuO
Three puts from 10 feet away was
the Fule, though some had one and
: two puts greens on both holes.