The Washington times., 1932-05-21
TOPS HUNTER
IN Coll.
FINALS
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

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r. Mackenzie, the Columbia Coun-
try Club player, to spill ]. Monro
Hunter, jr., unattached player,
S and 4. in the finals Of the
annual Chevy Chase Club invita-
ton golf tournament.
Mackenzie was sticking his Sec
onds so close to the pin that he
was getting down in one or two
puts. Spectacular chip shots
when short of the pin also saved
him ground.
Hunter was by no means dis
'graced, for Mackenzie covered the
course in 10 strokes, one over
par, the pair playing out the
round after the match terminated
on the fourteenth when Macken-
zie knocked in a 25-footer for
half.
Drops Stroke at 18th
At that time Mackenzie was
even par and, for the benefit Of
the gallery, proceeded to finish
the round. He dropped stroke
to par at the fifteenth, but nego-
tiated the three remaining holes
in even par.
Hunter won but one hole, that
the first, where he Clipped dead
to the pin to get down in a single
putt for a par 4. Mackenzie had
planted his iron shot in the trap
and took two puts for a S.
Hunter saved himself by a bril-
liant brassie shot from out of the
rough on the second, but Mac
kenzie laid an iron close to the
pin. He muffed the putt for a
birdie and they halved the hole
in par IS.
FOrfeits Lead at Fourth
Hunter forfeited the lead at the |
short par 3 fourth, where he
three-putted and prevented him |
self from dropping in the rear at |
the next hole by canning IS
footer for a par 4. I
Mackenzie seized command at |
the sixth when he knocked in a
15-footer for a par 4 after Hunter
trapped himself on his drive and
then cleared the green with his
second. Hunter fell further back
at the seventh where Mackenzie |
lowered q 12-footer for q birdie !
3 while the eighth was halved |
in par SIS.
An unintentional stymie,
brought about when Mackenzie's
putt on the short ninth trimmed
the cup. cost Hunter another
hole. placing him down at the
turn.
Brides at Eleventh Hole
The tenth went to Mackenzie
when Hunters putt for a birdie
overran the cup and he failed to
lower his return putt. Mackenzie
blasted q No. 3 iron shot IS feet
shy Of the green while Hunter
failed to reach the green. Hunter
sunk a 25-fo0ter for a par 4, but
Mackenzie went him one better
and got his birdie. This placed
him 5 up. They shared the next
three holes in order.
Hunters showing in the tour
nament was phenomenal. He had
played but two or three rounds
in the past three months, but a
fine 73 in a practice round with
Dermott Nee over the Manor
Club course last Sunday gave
him renewed hopes of smashing
someone's gold cart in the Chevy
Chase tourney.
He did. Ask Dick Lunn, Joe
Lynch and Harry G. Pitt, the
last named doped to tackle Mac
Kenzie in the finals. Hunter
lifted Pitt right out Of the final
picture by measuring him, / up,
in the semifinals yesterday morn
ing.
Chips In For Birdie
He was trailing Pitt by one
hole as they teed off at the six
teenth and all seemed lost after
slicing his drive to the right of
the ditch and behind the trees.
He pitched too strongly over the
tree and the ball fell back Of the
green, but he Clipped in for a
birdie 3 to deadlock the match.
Hunter forged ahead at the
seventeenth, making q sharp re-
covery from the trap to hole out
a single putt for a par 4, while
Pitt, off the green with his Sec !
ond, reached the carpet with his
third and required two puts.
They halved the eighteenth:
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