Evening star., 1932-11-12
COURSE IMPROVED
SINCE LAST EVENT
Armour Figures New Pellet
Also win Cut Scores.
Houghton Primed.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

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started over the Ken
wood Golf and Country Club
coarse today? The tournament
is a 54-hole affair, with 18 holes
being played today, and the low
so men and ties for last place to
play the final SO holes tomorrow.
Tommy Armour, who tied for second
place at 220 last year, says the scoring
WI be better this year, for the Ken
wood course has had another year to
improve, and the 1882 ball is better
golf ball for scoring. Tommy, who
knows his golf, says a card of 212 will
win. This score is 2 above par for 81
holes. Par for the Kenwood layout is
20, and three scores Of even par would
be 2l0.
But last year Willie Macfarlane, the
hespectacled Scot from the Oak Ridge
Club of Westchester, won the tourna-
Yaent with a 54-hole total of 214. And
he won it by the wide margin Of six
shots, with Tom Armour and Sol Di
Buono in second place, tied at 22o.
That Kenwood course looks easy, but
Old Man Trouble turks in every corner
and nook Of the layout It seems wide
open for good golfer, but he can take a
lot of whackS along the bunkered path
way. Last year Frankie Cunningham,
2i-year-old assistant pro at Burning
Tree, led all the stars in the opening
round with a card of 10. Can local
pro do the same thing this year?
IF there is one choice among the local
4 boys to land somewhere among the
first half dozen this year, it must be
Al Houghton, the local boy who made
good in big way at Kenwood, where
he holds down the professional berth
Al has been knocking out COS and 7Qs
almost every time he has unlimbered
his clubs. If he can maintain the same
scoring pace in the tournament proper
he can win. But playing golf for little
side bet in a four-bal match Is quite
different from medal play golf, where
you play against par and a pencil.
Here is the par for the Kenwocd lay
out:
out "A 4 4 4 3 4 3 4-34
In 3455 544 8 4-S6-70
The course, as it is being played
today and will be played tomorrow,
measures 6,626 yards, and every yard
is 36 inches in length. Kenwood looks
like short course. but it Is by no
means a set-up. Tommy Armour holds
the official record with a 68 shot in the
second round of the tourney last year
The unofficial record is 50, made by
Houghton last Summer.
A CHARGE of $3.50 will be made
IA to see the final event tomorrow.
Amateurs will receive prizes IN
plate, and the professionals will re-
ceive cash prizes. The prizes will be
distributed fate tomorrow by Mai. Gen.
paul B. Malone, corTlrnandant, Sd Corps
Area. Money prizes will be distributed
First. S7oo; second, $500; third, $500;
fourth, $3.50; fifth, SITS; sixth, SIPS;
seventh, 500; eighth, $50; tenth, $40;
eleventh, $50, and twelfth, $50.
Thus the Kenwood open shapes up
as a real money tournament, which is
the main reason it has drawn such
stellar field. The pros are on their
way to Pinehurst and the Miami-Bilt-
more tournament. The Midsouth open
will be played at PinehurSt next Tues
day and Wednesday, while the Miami
tourney will be played starting NoVem-
Der 25.
vYTAITER HAGEN, the "old duke" !"
wv who is one of the main attrac-
tions at Kenwood today, pulled
typical Hagen stunt Walter is famous
the world over for late appearances at
golf tournaments. Sometimes ne dls-
dains even to have practice round
over the7coalrse on which tournament
is to be played and shows up at the
firstA tee without hitting shot On the
imttlegroupd where he hopes to PICK up
q slice of dough.
National Capital Open. He played on
Thursday in an exhibition match, and,
doubtless attracted by the sea air OF the
coast, he remained over in Norfolk yes
terday. appearing in Washington only
a few hours before he was to start. He
played today in q threesome with Billy
Burke, 1881 open champion, ana Horton
smith, his erstwhile exhibition partner
and one of the favorites to cop tne
number of the players, including
Armour. Smith, Dudley Farrell, Kerrl-
oan MacFarlane and Cox, were the
1IIasts of the George Washington Uni
yersitv athletic department last nlgnt
as the Colontals beat William and Mary
in a night foot ball game. Along about
the middle of the second quarter, as
the rain started slanting over the rooI
of -Grifith Stadium, the boys began
worrying about weather conditions To-
dav. But the day dawned bright, with
a distinct touch Of Winter in the ar.
Conditions were virtually perfect Tor
golf and for scoring as the field, COM
prisiy4g l67 entries, got under way;
Final practice rounds yesterday 1ouno
Dengmore Shute, Eddie Williams ana
Paul Runyan all shooting 69s over tne
course. Tommy Armour played the last
nine in "a for To-; Phil Perkins; tne
British entrant, scored II, ana Eo
Dudley and Al Houghton had TSs.