Evening star., 1932-07-12
M'KENz|E W|NG|NG
SPHERE AS Of OLD
Ties Simon-Pure Record at
CoIumbia-Stevinson, Pitt
Likely to Qualify.
BY ii. II. McCALLUM.

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lay-off from the golf course to
ruin a great golf game. Ro-
land Mackenzie is finding that
out. The stalwart Columbia young
ster, who has played in three
Walker Cup team matches as
representative of the United
States, is finding little time to
play golf these days. Roland is
working. He plays golf only about
twice week, generally on week
ends. But he finds that even
though he doesn't practice and
play nearly every day, as he
used to do when he was school
boy at Western, the old game
hasn't quite deserted him alto
gether.
In fact. Roland. Notwithstanding his
lack of practice, is playing as well as
he ever has, even in the days when he
was ranked only step or two below
Bob Jones.
ITO show how good the Columbia
l. youngSter is. he piloted golf ball
around his home course the other
day in 66 strokes, which tied the ANA
teur record for the course which he
set several years ago And Roland does
not play the front tees, either. He can
lay EN- out far and straight from any
set of tees "Of course. don't know
what 7 would do in competition" Roland
says. Knocking the ball around in
friendly matches is quite different from
playing in competition, where tension
can creep into any shot at any time.
But 1 find that I don't need as much
practice as 1 used to need. The shots
seem to get away all right without
worrying about them"
Roland is almost certain qualifier
for the national amateur championship
In the sectional trials to be played at
the Chevy Chase Club on August l6.
No one knows the Chevy Chase course
or plays it better than the tall Colum-
bia star ANY one who watched him
score an impeccable 10 in the final
round of the Chevy Chase tournament
in mid-May will agree with this And
Roland and Miller Stevinson have proved
their forehandedness by sending In
their entries for the amateur champion
ship more than a month ago. They
were nOC 10 De dulOIlS llle ldot-lllIllulc
entries. They sent EN- in two months
in advance.
THAT sectional qualification round
i probably will find at least three
local men qualifying for the Simon
pure classic to be played at Baltimore
in September. At a guess we should
say that Mackenzie, Stevinson and
Harry Pitt are almost sure shots to
qualify If they can't knock the ball
around Chevy Chase in 152 or better
they are not good enough to qualify at
Baltimore. and certainly pair Of 76s
should qualify at Chevy Chase
Billy Howell will be among those who
willsplay at Chevy Chase. for notwith-
standing the brilliant showing made by
the Richmond youngster at Chicago
last Fall he will be required to qualify
Just the same as any one else. WASH
ington golfers will have real treat for
them watching Howell and Mackenzie
perform.
Think I'll get in little practice be-
fore the sectional rounds" says Roland.
But if he continues to play as well as
he has been playing, he won't need 1t.
DRoFEss1oNAL golfers rs .ot+td Of the n,ithin ma,
few days on the course where the
qualifying round for the National P. G.
A. tournament will be held in the
Washington Baltimore area. Three
men will qualify from this section for
the National professional match play
tourney which will be played in August
at st. Paul. MINI. The pros met last
night. following a sweepstakes tourney
at Congressional, but did not set the