Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
THOUGH the open season on
American dollars has been
somewhat curtailed so far as
4 the travelling professional golf

L1HOUGh LIle open season Oh
" American dollars has been
Il somewhat curtailed so far as
1 4 the travelling professional golf
erS are concerned, the gold
trail still stretches from coast to coast
and there will be hardly any diminu-
ton In the fat purses to be picked up
by the trouping pros between the At
lantic and Pacific and along the SUM-
kissed shores Of Florida. The Auga
Caliente open has been cut from $25,-
900 to $4,000 and the La GORGE open,
been Cancelled, and still the glad news
spreads throughout the professional
ranks that there are plenty of fat
purses awaiting the gents who know
their pitches and puts.
The recent National Capital open,
with its prize money Of $3.50, got the
boys of to a good start, which they
are continuing today down at Pine
hurst, where $4,000 Is TO be spread
around among the winners OF the Mid
south tournament which ends today
second annual San Francisco open
tourney, with prize money totaling
$500, and from there the golden
train of dollars spreads up and down
the Pacific Coast, through the South
west and Florida, finally winding up
with the $4,000 North and South open
at Pinehurst late in March. 1t may
safely he said that upward of $780,
900 will be spread around among the
professionals this Winter in the way
of purses in the various open sxtrava-
ganzas in which they will play.
A partial list of the tournaments al
ready arranged by the tournament
bureau of the P. G.. A. follows:
December 7-I3-San Francisco match play
December 1s-2o--Pasadens open, $500.
December 2s-2s-Glsndale. Calf, open,
January 2-santa Monica open, $500.
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at Pinehurst (by invitation1, $4,000. -'
Other events pending are the San
Antonio open and the Harrington and
Pensacola open Journeys. It will be
seen that the boys who can get the
ball in the hole in minimum num-
Der of strokes will not lack travelling
money this Winter.
Paul P. Blackburn Is the winner of
the SiameSe cup tournament at the
Chevy Chase Club, the last big event
of the year at the club. Blackburn
defeated r. p. Whitley by 3 and i
in the final.
THE new and fine little course OF the
i National Womens Country Club
suits Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, the
District title holder, right down to the
ground. A fortnight ago she won the
opening tourney of the club and starred
in the exhibition match which accom-
panied the opening event. Yesterday
She stepped out. and dominated the en-
tire field in the miniature tournament
held at the club under the auspices OF
the District Women'S Golf Association,
winning the qualifying round with q
four-hole card of II and then winning
three match play rounds to annex the
first flight. If they hold any more
tournaments at the new Women's club.
they would better give her q plus rating, |
for she has demonstrated her ability TO
play the layout better than any one else.
Here are the results Of yesterdays
tourney. in which nearly half a hundred
women played:
1n tisis SPRING runner@up. MRS. "WSsNek
Corby,. Columbia; Consolation - Won BY
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