Evening star., 1931-12-07

FROM every side, among the pro-
- fessionals, comes commendation
of the move made by the Ken
wood Golf and Country Club in
inaugurating the National Capital open
tournament, the initial event of which
was staged at Kenwood early last month.
The Professional Golfer of America,
official organ of the national P. c. A.,
has the following to say of the tourna-
ment: Willie MacFarlane was the Mac
Farlane of old as he breezed around
the Kenwood course, near Washington,
D. c., in the open tournament held
there 8 short time since. In this,
54-hole affair, the former national
open champ played par practically all
the way, his total Of 2l4 winning by
wide margin. Tommy Armour, after
loading up with a rather heavy 78 Tor
his first round, promptly chopped 10
shots from that on his second circuit
and he tied with Sol Di Buono for sec
ond and third monty with 22o.
THAT 68 on Tcnmy's part marked
course record. lie was burning
things up about t. at time, and when
he went to the tn in the afternoon
in 33 he began to look like winner
On the inward holes, however, Armour
found trouble aplenty, collecting ana
z before the home green hove IN
sight.
"Whiffy Cox, Tom Kerrigan and
Paul Runyan came next with III,
stroke ahead Of Sarazen. Frank Cum
ningham of Washington had 224, Just
a shot ahead OF Eddie Williams OF
Cleveland and Ed Dudley of Whining
ton. Tom Creavy and Herman Barron
both contributed 226. In a way it was
quite an occasion, the play being
followed by good sized gallery.
Gen. John J. Pershing presented the
awards"
THE p @. A. organ also has some
l. complimentary things to say about
J. Monro Hunter, president Of the
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. and profess
sional at Indian Spring. I'VE hear
plenty from time to time regarding
the potency of the putt in scoring in
golf as against the mighty tee shot"
says the Professional Golfer. so, just
as a reminder that on occasions length
has its advantages, it may be as well
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stakes held month ago over the Con-
gressional course, near Washington. 1t
was there that Monro Hunter, the pow
erful Indian Spring pro, proved to be
the star performer in the Middle At
lantic P. G. A. event. 1t was because
Hunter had SO much power behind his
drives that the approaches were mere
wrist shots.
In that particular locality it has be-
come fairly commonplace to see Hunter
lace drive out for 800 yards or more"
''VoU, can have your new ball,
faster and 1t goes just as far
for me as the new-weight ball" That
is what Freddie Mcleod, the little golf
sphere. Freddie has not been playing
much golf of late weeks, but the other
day he trotted a heat with Billy Malloy
and "Set" Collins, using the new ball.
Freddie says that not only is the pres
ent standard ball of 1.55x1 .68 an easier
ball to control, but that from his clubs
1t goes just as far as the new-weight
ball of / SKI SO. Give me the balloon
ball every time Freddie says. And
while he was on the subject Freddie
dropped a few well chosen words about
the relative value of driving and put
ting. THE fellow who can pole 'em
out consistently for 200 yards and be
somewhere near the middle of the golf
course will win lot of matches even
though he isn't the best putter," says
the sage of Columbia. Freddie himself
has always been known as the master
around the putting green, which may
be the reason he attributes so much
value to the well placed tee shot. But
not so many folks have heard much
about Freddie McLeod's ability tc
knock out tee shot straight and far
enough TO put him in scoring position
In the days, two decades ago, when Nc
Leod ranked among the first half
dozen professionals in this country
Freddie could just about place a golf
ball where he wanted it. Never ex-
tremely long off the tee, he used rare
Judgment In putting the tee shot where
1t made the second shot easier. But
IN these days" says Freddie, "the ball
is so long that powerful hitter can
get home. And the rough isn't what
1t used to be. In the old days a trip
to the rough meant practically a lost
shot. Not SO nowadays
The long hitters can knock the ball
far out in the rough and still get home,
but the big premium still remains on
the tee shot. The man who can't hit
a Tee shot leaves himself too much to
90 on the putting green. He may be
the finest putter in the world, but If
he isn't in position to putt all his fine
putting does him no good"
Davie Thompson, the washington
Golf and Country Club pro. claims
that the stroke which knocks the ball
into the cup is the winning stroke in
golf. So you can take your choice be-
tween these two schools of thought.
There isn't any doubt that all golf
strokes are important, but on the side
OF McLeod's argument comes Bob Bar
nett of Chevy Chase, who claims that
man who cannot drive far and straight
will never figure in a big-time tourna-
ment. Darcy Banagan, assistant at
Columbia, adds more spice to the ques-
tion by his claim that the second shot
is the most important shot in the game
OF golf. So the debate RACES, with the
net result that all shots are important.
o. L. vEERHoFF, chairman of the
Intraclub Events Committee at the
Washington Golf and Country Club for
the past three years, has been made
general chairman of the entire Golf
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the events staged by the Virginia club
next year. The appointment, just
announced in the club magazine,
the Tee, is effective Immediately. Veer-
hof succeeds Fred D. Paxton as Golf
Committee chairman. Paxton died last
Summer after seven years of highly sat-
isfactory service as Golf Committee
chairman. The Tee comments on Veer-
hofs selection as follows: "'Vee' is
really the father of intraclub events,
and as such his elevation to the chair
manship of the Golf Committee will be
received with approval on every hand.
The Tee speaks for the membership in
felicitating Veerhoff and congratulating
the club on his selection"
THE United States Golf Association
l. today announced its annual meet
inc tn he hold Gaturdav JopiIorv O