Evening star., 1932-11-21

nUT his record of 1882 is even more
- impressive than his winning total
shows. Consistency usually wins
golf tournaments and pays dividens to
the man who can groove 'em and lay
'em IN the hole from all angles and all
distances. Over seven different courses
and under all sorts of weather condi-
tionS, including those bleak and wintry
two days at Kenwood, Houghton has
amassed an average for l8 tournament
rounds Of 72.6 per round. An average
like that over different courses is GER
tain to win any man a comfortable
share Of the prize money in any event
he enters. Houghton will leave Wash
ington tomorrow night with Mel Shorey
Of East Potomac Park for Miami. where
this pair, along with Roland MacKen-
zie, will represent Washington in the
Miami -Biltmore tournament. If Hough-
ton can plow his way over that fine
Biltmore course with an average Of u
he win come back home with slice
Of the $4,000 prize money.
Those good folks out at Kenwood rec
ognized his worth in substantial way
O few days ago, for on his return from
Ptnehurst they told him he had just
received a substantial boost in salary.
II doesn't do club any harm to employ
o pro who can win tournament every
once In q while.
DACK in his amateur days Houghton
- probably averaged about 80 for a
round Of golf He won few tour
nalnents in those days, among them the
Congressional and Washington events,
but he didn't pile up any extensive win
ming streak as an amateur. Only two
wears or more after he turned profess
Sional back In 1928 and shortly after
he went to Kenwood from the old
White Flint Country Club (his first
professional BERTH, did AL finally begin
70 cash In on the game which has
placed him In the top fight of the Ma
Hou,s pros this year. He is not going
on the California and Southwestern
tour with the travelling pros this year,
but he will play In all the events within
easy striking distance OF Washington.
Houghton himself says his improve
nent In golf since his amateur days mas
come because Of the experience he has
had in the relatively few tournments
Ia which he has played. And the num-
Der Is small, compared with the numper
Of tournaments played in by many OF
the big shots Of the game. ! nave
had to buckle down and improve" ne
J. -
the money. I have learned how to
save strokes and how to make shots;
things which didn't dream as an anna
teur' Experience certainly is a great
teacher. No one knows 1t better than
] do"
Houshton today is a big shot in the
garue he has chosen as a nVelnood,
a. far In national events he has done
nothing, but If he can finish first IN
such q tournament as that at Pine
hurst. where all the stars Of the game
gathered, what is to prevent him from
some day bringing national cham-
yionsllip to Washington? He has gone
past the local competition and is ready
Tor the big time.
A FEW Of the professional golfers
n who journeyed over to the Airing
ton turf garden to putt on those
fine strains of different grasses last
week at the invitation of the United
States Golf Association Green Section
showed their choice to be velvet bent
Which Is fine, indeed, but how many
entire green's OF velvet bent are tnere
IN this neighborhood? Here and there
On putting greens around Washington
are scattered patches Of velvet bent, but
nowhere do we know an entire green o.
that coveted strain. Velvet bent un-
doubtedly makes the finest possible putt
ing green grass, but IN its present state
Of development it cannot be grown IN
large areas around Washington. AT
least It hasn't been done, although
many putting green's in New England
are composed almost entirely OF velvet
bent.
THEY paid of their election bet over
l. at washington a few days ago
those unfortunateS who bet or
Hoover to win the presidential tourna-
ment. George r. Howard and Edward
s. Pardoe, who bet on Hoover, showed
I'D on the first tee, dressed in women,
clothes, to play match against DR.. 3
T. Noland and DR.. James T. McClena-
han, both good Democrats. And No
land and McClenahan won the match
defeating the hopeful Republicans By
something like 8 and g. Quite a gooc
sized gallery gathered around the flrs'
tee to see those two chubby pseuoe
women CIoward and Pardoe) drive on
Incomplete returns from the boz
ONCE at Kenwood discloses that th'
club did fairly well in the recent Ma
tional Capital open championship tour
ney. While there are several bills ye
to be received, the returns now lnoicat.
that the deficit, If any, Will oe small
and there may be small pront.
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