The Washington times., 1931-05-02
Youthful Golfer Plays Keen to Master Veteran McC alum
VICTOR ENDS
MATCH WITH
8 BRIDES
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

ny OEOnUE n. SANE SON
Jimmy Drain, the 20-year-old
golfer who won the invitation
tourney of the Washington Golf
and Country Club, can always
look back with joy to the last
four holes of the final match
with the veteran Walter r. Nc
Callum, a fellow club member.
The finalists were all square
after the twelfth and then the
youngster gave as brilliant an ex
hibition of golfing as seen on
local courses in years. He won
four holes in row, getting a par
on the thirteenth and scoring
three successive brides to close
out McCallum, 4 and 2. Drains
fancy putting saved him on sew
eral holes while he also won sew
eral holes by this method while
his only 3-putt green was at the
eighth where he netted half.
He came close to being five un-
der par for these final four holes
as his drive on the par 4 four
teenth almost landed in the cup
for an ace, the ball stopping a
foot or so from the cup. Mccall
lum conceded the birdie when ne
failed to get down in two.
On the long par s fifteenth,
Drain nearly marked up an
eagle. He was off the green
In two and his chip halted an
inch from the cup. He dropped
the curtain on McCallum's Slen-
der chances by canning a IS
footer for a birdie on the
sixteenth.
McCallum was never in front
and trailed until the eleventh,
where he squared the match.
Here his tee shot came to rest
about IL feet from the pin. while
Drain overdrove to the small ditch
back of the green. He miss his
second shot completely. while his
third ran far past the cup and his
approach putt was wide. Then
Drain conceded the hole.
McCaIIum'S Chip Weak
,McCallum undoubtedly lost a
golden chance at the twelfth,
where his chip was weak. Nc
Callum, in fact. was unsteady
with his short irons frequently.
He next stymied Drain, but the
calm youngster nearly negotiated
the stynie with his niblick, the
ball barely missing the cup. Nc
Callum's putt was wobhly and the
hole was halved in SIS.
Both hooked their drives on
13, Drains ball landing on the
fifteenth green and McCallum's
going a short distance farther,
giant trees yelling clear shot
to the elevated green.
After lifting back off the green
without penalty, Drain safely
poked one through the boughs
and it struck the cliff on the
right side of the green. bounding
back on the putting cloth. Nc
Callum was not so fortunate and
found himself in the canyon be-
meath the towering green after
his second. He played a mastery
high pitch that stopped Is feet
beyond the flag. However, Drain
had a stroke to spare and took
two puts, winning the hole, as
McCallum also required two puts.
Wood Shots Go Wild
Possibly the chief fault with
McCallun1's game was inability to
control most of his wooden clubs
and boldness with his second
shots when everything was in his
favor. He lost the first hole by
hooking three balls out-of bounds
and was in tight situations on
several of the subsequent holes.
This was true on the eighth,
where. he hooked a tee shot close
to the woods. Undismayed. he
aimed for the hill, hoping for a
roll down to the carpet. The
strategy worked and the brassie
shot paused a few feet from the
green. However, he only netted a
halved hole in five on this par
four hole, as Drain knocked in a
25-tooter. McCallum returned
the compliment by sinking a 25-
tooter on the tenth for a half
after clouting his second ,out-of-
bounds behind the green.