Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26

u ney this year. annexed inc
Congressional Country Club
tournament yesterday for \. II
Houghton of the Manor club. Hough-
ton sank 9-foot putt on the last
green at Congressional late yesterday
afternoon to defeat John c. ShoreN
of Argyle ] up. bringing 10 an emo
ore of the finest final matches ever
contested about Washington, ana one
IN which the caliber of golf not only
wa. high but in which the PLAYERS
were close together al every stage o.
the game. Houghton, notwlthsland'
ing a on the short third hole. was
around i'm rs. ShoreY. with fouf ~
In his card. was around IN a.
Orlv an accurate 9-foot putt on the
.,phteertb green ny Houshton pre-
vented the match from gong eN'iA
holes. for Shorey, dormle uoW'
mt his all into A crashing tee shot
, that reached the green, 2oo wards Itot"
the tee and uphill, 10 put hlmseh IN d
good position to win the hole anu
sonara the match. But Houghtoh'
- nod driven 40 Yards short OF the
green and to the left, pitched up :"
Within feet aud sank the putt iol
- Shorev's hid for was teet
short Of the cup. r,i
His win of the ConEreSsIohat "H"i'
Yesterday marked the second 'oui ~
victory for Houghton tins year 40,
tho Maporite annexed the Washington
Golf and Country club tourney e'i ~
in Nav. after having been runnrr az
10 Miller b. STEVENSON III the 1o"'
and Country Club event
Won With His Putter
Although his game through the
r.i,,,,,,. vas steadinpsS itself. HouSh-
4o,.s victory can he laid To his puttef'
for the Manor Club player was eAcep-
+ionallv brilliant on the greens. ne
cave Shorev foretaste OF what was
IA come by sinking a 1a-footef AT li't
worry first hole for an eagle aho
boiling a 1O-footer for par al tht
second That is the way II went an
the way around the course WIN
Houghton having only three puts vi
one green-the yenteenth-whPfe NJ
blew a 4.footer for nan thdl No''"
have ended the match.
Shorev also was brilliant afouh"
+be putting surface. although re-
canitulation of the match SHOWS ms
had he not missed A 3-footer at Inc
tselfth for a half they might nave
-Are extrs holes Shorey's recoNetles
f,hnn trouble were exceptionally good' |
Two outstanding examples helhs hIs
deadly chip at the seventh 10 gam Z"
half and his accurate bunker snot 81
tba sixteenth 10 gain another life.
uoIebton won his way 10 the final
round by defeating w. Carlton Evans /
of Columbia. and ,. while Shorey
won by and l from MAJ. f-ari
Maiden of the Army War College
Houehton's performance on the nrst
hole nut him in the lead immediately,
TOR while Shorey missed his second
shot. Hougiton put four perfect SHOTS
together TO get an eagle on TINS par-o
affair. Although he hooked far lhto
the rough at the second Houshlef'
obtained par az when he fan doWn
p 10-footer. The Manorlfe iost Int
third hole. taking three shots 10 get
out ~ bunker. They halved the /
fourth in - and the fifth in .os. |
both mar. splitting the sixth and
seventh also IN par figures. 1T Was
81 the latter hole where ShoreN played
dead to the pin out of high grass
ecfoss the green.
Match Square at Turn.
All square going to the eighth.
Toughton hooked over into the hrst
fairway, from which he played great
wooden club shot TO within II feet
If the pin. Shorey's tee shot was
behind a treo and he finally reached
Ibe green III tNICS SIloLSt 11pAGAito'i
winning with a 4. Both men were
trapped AZ the 171-yard ninth. but
Shorey ran down a 35-foot putt for
par to square the match at the
turn
They spill the long tenth in SIS and
both PLAYED the coward eleventh per
fectly to haVe in par 3s. Still all
square and playing par golf. the first
break Of the game for either con
testant came at the long twelfth
Here Shorey missed n 3-footer for
Fl half in ;. giving Houghton a one
hole lead. They halved the short
thirteenth in As although Shorey
had the door wide open to win the
hole when HouGhton pushed his tee
shot 10 the rough grass.
The fourteenth was halved in par
Is. and Houghton became un with
; TO go when Shorey pushed his toe
10 the rough. placed his second over
the green. and after futile third
shot picked up, conceding the hole
When ShOrey hooked his tee shot
into trap at the left Of the sixteenth
green, with Houghton only u feet
from the pin on the like the match
appeared 10 he over. Eut the Argyle
younGster and sChoolbOy champion Of
the District staged another Of the
great shots under difficulty for which
he is becoming noted and clipped out
Of the trap so we'll he nearly holed
the ball for birdie 2 Houghton rar
his putt up close, and they halved in
par 3. Both men were on the seven
teenth green in regulation figures, but
Houghton, dormie ? up, missed his
only putt Of the round. 4 4-footer that
slid away from the cup, and left him
only / up.
ShOrey Hits a Screamer.
Shorey, knowing that nothing but
perfect golf would win the hole and
carry the match over, settled himself
At the eighteenth and hit screamer
that reached the green, 80 yards
away and uphill. Houghton hit a
long hook that bounced around on the
hillside and stopped 80 yards short Of
the green. Houghton pitched up Q
feet short or the hole, and Shorev ran
his putt up 3 feet short Ioughton.
carefully sighting the line. hit the
ball firmly, and il ran true to drop I'm
and bring him victory. lie conceded
Shoreys putt for q half
Not until the fifteenth hole We're
the players ever more than a hole
apart, although Sh0rey never was up
The calibor Of golf in the final was a
good as any ever PLAYED in a similar
A contest around Washington. and was
particularly fine around the putting
green's, where both men showed un-
usual skill.
The cards Of the fnalists, with par
for the course, follow:
f fs4.5 e; st3t$tl3 3 3 }=3:
4; S. AMIN t= 33553
Prizes we're presented at the con
clusion of the tourney by Thomas d.
Armour the club professional and
national open golf champion Armour
was introduced hy Chairman j. II.