The Washington times., 1930-07-07
FIVE DISTRICT
GOLFERS IN
j. S. OPEN
BY JUNO KTNERK

Two tournaments THIS week IN
trigue the fancy and interest of
Washington golfers. The one,
of course, of major interest is
the U. s. Open, which begins in
Minneapolis Thursday. Five
Washingtonian products are.
among the $50 entries and their
progress in the blue ribbon clas-
sic of the " rways win be q
matter of great moment to all.
local masilie wielderS, as will,
OF course, Bobby Jones effort
to retain his crown.
Three of the quintet Of >entries
are local professionals and the
other two are native amateur
products. The pros are A. l..
Houghton. Mel Shorey and Arthur
Thorn, while the two simon-pures
are George Voigt and Roland
Mackenzie. Houghton and Voigt
are accorded the best chance
among the five to be among the
leaders, though any of the other
trio also may be amc;1g those
to qualify for the final 36 holes
of play when the field is auto
matically reduced to less than
half after the first two days
of play.
The other tourney is over
the tricky and inviting Sher-
wood Forest course this week
end, in which a number of
local players viii play. A
qualifying round of 10 holes
will be played Friday to be
followed by two. match-play
rounds Saturday and Sunday.
There will be six flights Of
Is players.
Johnny Shorey again went
crazy over the beautiful Purcell.
vile (Va.1 course yesterday and
/ lowered his record of SO by a
stroke. Only week ago Shorey
thought he had made record
! that would stand for some time
by shooting his 68. but he was
even hotter yesterday and banged
his way around the course IN nine
strokes under par.
| Playing with Shorey were
Lionel Walker. club pro: Whit
more Smale and Bingy Bryan.
One eagle, eight pars, one hole n
one over par and the rest IN
pars was Shorey's record. The
course was in perfect shape AMI
the green's are considered the be -
in this part of the country. All
are large and as smooth as q bill
] lard table, and the fairways also
are in fine condition. In fact, Pur,
cellville provides an ideal place
for quiet, speedy and enjoyable
week end of golf. The course is
not congested and is in such fine
shape that it has to be played
over to be truly appreciated.
The Middle Atlantic pro
golfers are staging their regu-
lar bi.weekIy, tourney today
over the Army, Navy and
Marine course. Play Is at 18
holes medal. and all the lead
ing players i'm this section ex-
cept those who have gone TO
Minneapolis are to partici-
pate.
Boiling Gait and L. D. Unde
wood finished in a tie for first
place in the washington Golf AMI
Country Club weekend tourna
ment. 1t was a three-day affair.
| in which golfers took an averag
of two of their best rounds, less
handicap. Gait had an average
of SO for his rounds, and with
his 13 handicap. netted 10. Un-
derwood averaged 80 and had d
10 handicap. E. P. Brooke. with
77-6-71 was next. and Erwin P.
Hair. with 75-3-72. followed. E.
r Rice captured last orize with a
77--4-73 average,
In the second flight M. j. Me.
Dermott ran away with honors by
averaging IS for his rounds. With
his handicap of % this gave him
| a net 81 average. Dolph r. Ell
more with 8S-17.71. Fred j. Marbel
With 91-2O-71. <. w. Howard with
91.20.7l, j. S. Baldwin 91-20-71 and
Charles H Roasch NTH 96-25-71 all
tied for ~9cond prize. j. r. Ehr.
hardt with 93,2O-73 and j. E.
Davidson 91-l8-73 tied for third
prize.
w. I. Green anG E. M. McClel
land are being nailed as the two.
man team champions of Manor as
the result of their victory ov-r
Fred W.-Rade and G. F. Wesley in
the final round of that conpeti.
ton yesterday by 8 and 2. This
match had been postponed a week
to allow Green to recover ~uffici.
entity from recent automobile in.