Evening star., 1932-07-09
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

n OMETHING never before accom-
plished on q golf course around
washington has been done by
yoifng Iowa golfer who has re-
Gently joined the big group OF niblick
swingers in the Capital Craig Mckee,
a youngster who is taking post-grad-
uate course at George Washington, who
plays a bang-up game of golf and has
gone far in championships in the sector
of land where he learned the game, has
just finished playing the par fifteenth
hole at the Indian Spring Golf Club in
three consecutive eagle IS. And he
didn't hole any brassie shots or even
mashie shots to get any of his IS, either.
This fifteenth hole at Indian Spring
is a lengthy affair. stretching about 485
yards from middle of tee to middle OF
green, a hole where 95 per cent OF the
golfers who play it are content 10 reach
the green in three shots, and glad to
do it. Only a small proportion Of play
ers hit the ball far enough to have
chance to get home in two distance
eating shots which must average 240
yards each to reach the green.
WET Mckee has played the hole in
! two under rar three times in
row, snagging an eagle each
time he has started for the last three
times. 1t is something of modern
record in golf, and certainly around the
Capital, for any golfer who Is long
l. L, Al11 N shots
cannot always hope to ram home the
putt for the eagle. Furthermore, the
tee shot Is not by any means set-up.
1t takes quite a lengthy carry to get
anywhere on this hole, and the second
shot must have plenty of carry to get
over a bunker that cuts in from the
left.
Yes. the young Mckee person has
done something never before accom-
plished on a golf course around Wash
ington. We have heard Of a flock OF
consecutive brides. but brides are
easier to get than eagles, and they are
not so easy either. Three eagles in
row on a par hole is real golf, and
no f0olin'.
Back in the days when Monro Hunt
er held down the professional berth at
Indian Spring he used to get few
eagles on this hole, but Hunter was
not an ordinary hitter. Usually he
played the second shot with a No. 3
iron. and we have seen him go home
with a mashie after a big drive. OF
course, Mckee is not as long a hitter
as Hunter, which makes his stunt all
the more remarkable.
I'D MERKLE came up to the ninth
II hole at Indian Spring the other
day with for a 36, one above
par, and his best mark for the first
nine. He knocked his tee shot over to
the left of the green, where George
DifTenbaugh, the club pro, was stand
ing on the golf shop porch watching
the play.
IF I get down In three from here,
I'll have a 36,' yelled Merkle to
George. Then he proceeded to dump
the next shot into a bunker, finally
reached the green in three and took
three puts. It's an old Scottish cus-
tom. Haven't we all done it?
CEoRGE LOOSE, assistant to Diffen-
VI baugh at Indian Spring, and j.
William Harvey, jr, chairman Of
the club Golf Committee, are looking
forward to a match next Tuesday with
a pair from Manor Club, who took
them to the cleaners at Manor last
week. Eddie Stevens, aide to Al Treder
at Manor, and young Maurice Nee.
Manor's sturdy young star, whipped
Harvey and Loose / up at Manor and
next Tuesday the Indian Spring COM
bine will attempt to turn the tables on
their own bailiwick.
A SMALL group of Baltimore players
n were entertained at the Columbia
Country Club yesterday by a group
of Columbia men who played at Balti-
more a few weeks ago. Among the
visitors were william p Hall, Elmer
Reuling, B. Warren Corkran, Harry
Gallagher, Nathan H: Kaufman, e. r.
Morse, E. A. Peppler and r. Cooper
Drewry. A return match viii be played
at the Baltimore Suburban Club ON
Tuesday, July 10.
The high spot Of the afternoon was
the appearance of Albert r. Mackenzie,
veteran of the Columbia Country Club,
in shorts" Mackenzie took a lot of
good natured joshing, but he insisted