Evening star., 1932-04-13
SETS GOAL At SIX =.
PLAYERS OR MORE
This Would Make 1t Essential
49,, to Have at Least 60
in Tests Here.
GOAL of at least half a

"A Sibly rs or more, to insure
,-, the Middle Atlantic sector
of half dozen or more places in
the national open championship,
it is held, should be set for the
sectional qualification rounds for
the national open, scheduled to
be played in this section at the
Congressional Country Club on
June 6. This is the idea of Rob-
ert T. Barnett, vice president of
the Middle Atlantic Professional
Golfers Association, one of the
first presidents of that organiza-
ton of professionals and a pro
who is always on the lookout or
something to improve the stand
ing of his brother professional
golfers.
Wont it be a reflection on ourselves
If we do not have enough entries in the
tournament at Congressional to insure
this section of at least a half dozen
places in the open championships"
Barnett asked why should we go of
TO places like Pittsburgh and Philadel-
phia to qualify when by a little work
on our own part we can get enough
entries here to make it attractive for
most of the boys to qualify right in
their own back yaro?"
The set-up of the sectional oualifica-
ton rounds is this: Approximately ITO
players from all over the country will
qualify in 20 different sections, scattered
from Atlanta to San Francisco, on
June 6. With $50 to start in the ma
tional open itself, at Flushing, Long
Island, late in June, about 40 players
are exempt from qualification. These
are the first 80 and ties in last years
championship a few foreign players
and those American golfers who COM
pete in the British open and will not
be at home at the time Of the sectional
qualification rounds
The United States Golf Association
apportionS to each section of the 20
named for the sectional rounds so many
places, which apportionment is based
entirely on the number of entrants for
any particular section. If there are so
entrants in the Middle Atlantic section
for the tourney al Congressional, it is
quite likely that the local tourney will
get half dozen or more places.
$.TN the past our section has been
i awarded only three places" Bar
nett says. Some of our profess
sionals have gone to Pittsburgh, to
Philadelphia or to other places instead
of playing in our own. section, on the.
theory (and it is right for the indi-
viduaD that it is easier to qualify in
section where there are number of
places than in section where there
are so few. I feel that if we put a little
push behind this tournament at Con-
gressional we could get. so or more en-
tries, which would make our sectional
qualification rounds just as attractive
to the individual pro as those any
where else Furthermore, the event is
being played right in our own back
yard, so to speak, and we should, as
matter of duty to ourselves and to our
brother pros, get big turnout for the
sectional rounds.
"The Pittsburgh district always draws
quite number of amateurs who do not
expect to qualify but who put in their
entries in order to make places for the
pros. Why could not some of our
amateur friends, who come within the
handicap range specified by the U. S.
@. A, help the professionals out by
sending in their entries and playing in
the qualification rounds? The problem
is one for the pros, but the amateurs
can do their professional friends good
turn by entering this event"
Entries for the open close with the
q. S. G. A. on May II. and must be
accompanied by a IS entry fee. Entries
of amateurs are limited to simon pures,
whose handicap rating is three strokes
or less
The sectional rounds for the open
Championship were played locally at
Richmond last year and through the
efforts of the District Golf Association
the Congressional County Club was
awarded the sectional rounds this year.
The June tourney will be played at
36 holes medal play and will be run
off by the District Golf Association.
Lets get together" says Barnett, and
knock 'em dead with an entry of so
or more. Only in that way will we be
helping ourselves, and in the aggregate
We will save all the travel money we
would otherwise spend going somewhere
else -