Evening star., 1932-01-13
MLEOD'S PAIR 65S
IN THREE DAYS LOW
DiegeI Shoots 29 on Second
Nine to Collect 1901 and
Other Bets.
BY W. r.. McCALLUM.

\ VI CIle TdIlOnhl open CIldlIl-
pionship In 1921, much Of
the golf drama about the National
Capital has been staged. This
year Columbia Is slated again to
be the scene OF a major cham
pionship and possibly another
major event, for the champion
ship tourney Of the Middle Allan
tic Golf Association is slated to |
be played there, and probably the
sectional qualification round for
the amateur title event will be
played also at Columbia.
Over this classic course. rated as one
OF the best in the East, most of the
great golfers of the world have played,
either as competitors in the open cham
pionship, a. exhibition players or as
guests of Fred Mcleod, the little Scot
Most of the great figures in the world
of golf have had O whack at the rec
ord of the course, but TO wee Freddie
Mcleod must 90 the palm for shatter-
ing the par of 10 by the largest mar
gin. Although the official record for
the Columbia course stands today at
50 strokes for professionals, Mcleod
has an unofhciai record of e5 made
from the championship tees. This score
Is five better than the par Of the lay
out and has been made twice by the
same player.
TOLUMBIA'S official amateur record
~ Is II, made first by Bobby Jones
in the 1921 national open, and tied in
1929 in the qualification round of the
annual invitation tourney by w. Carl
ton Evans and Roger Peacock. Many
scores of II and better have been made
by amateur golfers at Columbia, but
II remains the onicial amateur record.
Such players as Miller B. STEVENSON,
Everett Eynon, Harry Pitt, George
Voigt, Roland Mackenzie and Tommy
Bones have done scores Of II or better
at Columbia, but II remains as the
Official mark In medal competition,
which Is the only way ofncial course
records are made. Roland Mackenzie
from the back tees, but this mark was
made In friendly match.
The same applies TO McLeod's brace
OF SIS, for the ofdcial professional
records for the layout is 80, made back |
In 1921 by Jim Barnes, when he won |
the open, and tied in the same tourney |
by All Hackbarth. McLeod's 65s came |
within three days Of each other when |
the little North Berwick Scot had a
"hot" streak back in 1927. In those
three days he scored 34-31 and 33-32 |
for his. brace of SIS. Mcleod has twice |
played the last nine holes in 30 strokes. |
THE finest bit of individual achieve
l. ment ever recorded ut Columbia |
was the SO made by Leo Diegel !
three years ago in match with Guy |
M. Standifer, Donald Woodward and |
Darcy BanAgan. In this match Diegel, |
~ usual, had bets on 68, SO, 10 and II,
which Is considerable golf over
course as hard Is Columbia. He
played the first nine holes in 80 strokes !
which put 6S bet practically outside |
all mathematical chance Of being won
and jeopardized all his wagers. Stand
ing on the tenth tee standifer laid so
80 strokes and 100 to l against him |
scoring the nine in 40 strokes. Diesel |
took dollars worth of both bets and |
then proceeded TO turn that last nine |
inside out. Clicking like q machine, |
holing only one lengthy putt and |
watching two others stop within O. hairs |
breadth Of the cup, Diegel played that |
last nine In 20 to score 90 and win |
all his bets, including the so 10 l and |
the 100 to l wagers made against 80 |
and 40 for the last nine. That score
undoubtedly Is the finest performance
ever turned In by any golfer over the
golfers have played than any course
around the Capital.
THE Columbia course today is prac-
J. tically the same on which the
open championship was staged
more than 10 years ago. The third
green has been changed and the fourth
hole has been slightly heightened; new
greens at the sixth, ninth and tenth
holes have been changed. but so far as
shot making is concerned the course Is
ing golfers Of the world strove to win |
the national open In 1921. In that year
Bobby Jones was just another amateur
An heroic figure, to be sure, and the
uncrowned king Of the Simon pure
brigade-but still crown prince with
out major crown.
Bobby opened that championship by
hooking q wild tee shot into the woods
at the left of the first fairway, then
proceeded to grind out steady round.
He qualified comfortably Tin that year
the u s. @. A. required only one round
of qualincation) and then set out In
the championship proper. He moved
along without any considerable mlshap
until the third round, where he was
several strokes back Of Barnes, who
opened with 1859 to lead the field at
the end OF the first 50 holes. In that
third round-termed by most profess
sionals the crucial round Of the open
ampionship-Bobby seemed well on
his way to the top, and certainly to a
new course record, for he started with
some such preposterous score as ), ..
3, 5 over holes whose par Is I, :, 4, ).
Then the young man from Georgia pro
ceeded to blow up with loud explosion,
hooking two balls over the fence at the
fifth hole for CHASTITY 8. That cham
pionship also saw the advent OF a new
professional star, who was destined to
win the open the following year and
carve for himself one of the finest repu-
tations for winning any American pro
ever has enjoyed. Gene Sarazen, the
smiling little Italian-American from
New York, finished fairly well up In
that championship, after playing part
of the distance with Bobby Jones.
Later in the season Gene beat Jock
Hutchison, then the British open
champion, and went on the following
year to win the open and the p. @. A.
He really made his big-time debut at
Columbia.
0F all the fine amateur golfers who
~ have been produced ut Columbia
Roland Mackenzie takes first |
rank. Only the other day Roland nm
ished first among the amateurs In the
Los Angeles open. He won the ouali-
rcation ro,rnd in the Hn,atsuy rh.r,