Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-31
BROWNSVILLE
GOLFER wins
Charlie Pickett Leads
Field In Coast
Tournament
Especial to The HERALD

McALLEN, May 3l.-Charlie Puck.
ct. ~19-year-old Brownsville Country
club golfer. led the field and tucked
away four honors in the Gulf Coast
Golf 36-hole tournament held here at
the Tepehuaie Country club Wednes-
day afternoon. He outplayed a fair
ly large field Of golfers from South
Texas, many of whom we're veterans
Of the sport.
He won a silver loving cup for the
lowest gross score, $50. and was
awarded a medal for the lowest net
score. 1873. ne also received the
prize for the best 9-hole score. 81,
and was presented with n prize for a
score of "a on the 1S-hole set. His
score for the SO holes vas only six
above par. 144.
A McAllen golfer playing on his
home grounds. Hill Cooke. was runner
up with a gross score of 155 and also
received a prize for the greatest
number of holes made in par figures.
The McAllen team won the cup
awarded for such organizations on
an average score for each Of the
eight members of 169.
McAllen players rated we'll in the
scores, four Of whom placed directly
after Pickett and others were scat
tered we'll up among he leaders.
Brownsville, in addition to carry
inc off first honors. had a scattered
representation throughout the list.
j. NJ. George was tied for 5th place
and others listing from 18th TO 18th
place in order were w. Tucker, j. d.
Clint, j. /. George. Drew Patteson
and ". Taylor. TAYLOR and Patteson
shared a score Of $50 each.
The following Is a list Of the en-
trants, their home clubs, and their
gross scores for the day:
Class A
Charlie Pickett, Brownsville. $50;
Hill Cooke. McAllen. 155; +. A. Nc
Daniel. McAllen. 1853; c. d. Turner,
1874; Dick Turner. McAllen. 1876: s.
p. Ford. McAllen. 167; J.. NJ. George.
Brownsville. 167; a. Denman, Mer-
eedes. les: r. L. Garrett, Corpus
Christi, 16s; B. +. johnson, McAllen,
40; George Cummings. Corpus
Christi. 172; W. Tucker, Brownsville,
173; w. c.. King. Kingsville, 173; J..
G. Cardwell, McAllen, 173; ID. j..
Clint.l Brownsville, IT'S; ]. I. George.
Brownsville, 176; {. 3. Liddel, Mer-
cedes. MS; Drew Patteson. Browns
vile, $50: W. Taylor. Brownsville.
100; II. F. Smith, McAllen. 1871: r.
NJ. Cleburg. Corpus Christi, 1871; J..
W. Davis. McAllen. 80; r. W. Briggs.
McAllen. 1888; w. B. Walton. Browns
vile. 1888; Roy Buckly. McAllen, 1874:
George DeSha. Brownsville, 1876.
Class Il
Fl. G. Sherman. Corpus Christi,
ls4; A. B. Sheppard, Kingsviila, TIA;
F. Fl. Laws. Kingsville, 1T: c. c..
Mcdaniel. McAllen. 1856; o. W.
Stone. Mercedes. 1855: r. E. Horn.
McAllen, 1877; Doyle Moreman, Cor
pus Christi. 1877; James Lawless.
1855; F. NJ. Gantner, MEAL
len. 1888; George Kunz. McAllen, 100;
c. Lehman. Kingsville. 1872; {. c.
Weller, Kingsville, 1872; u. r. Loeb
err. Corpus Christi. 1873; r. A. YET
con, Kingsville. 1876; o. E. Cannon,
McAllen, 1876; J. NJ. Crom, McAllen,
L. G. Newton. kingsville, 1876;
Roy Conway. McAllen, 1875; @. p.
Kingsville, 1879; Cam z. Hill,
1919; c. ~. REESE, McAhen,
1879: H. Sneider, Mercedes, 200; Paul
McAllen, 203; /. W. Al
len, McAllen. ZOE; George Breeding,
FOG; G. ID. Martin, Meal
len, 206; W. q. Collins, Kingsvilie,
206: DR.. T. F.. Osborn, McAllen, 211;
Paul Barron. McAllen, 215; c. NJ.
K~irgsville, cit; r. NJ. Ed
Edinburg, 21s; Sam Sellers,
Kingsviile. 21ss Earle ]. Stewart, Nc
Allen, 237.