The Washington times., 1933-08-08
MZD.ATLAN77C GOLFERS BID FOR QUALIFYING BERTHS
TWELVE LOW
SCORERS WIN
PLACES
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Golf shots will echo about the
Columbia Country Club today as
band of At players swoops
down upon the course, seeking
the IL qualifying places allotted
the Middle Atlantic sector for
the national amateur champion
ship.
The combatantS will engage in
q 36-hole struggle over the par
10 course. Several of the con-
tenders are capable of shaving
par, but that Columbia course
may thwart the best efforts of
many.
Two questions are uppermost
in the thoughts of local enthu-
siasts-what will be necessary to
qualify and who of the favor
ties will find themselves among
the unsuccessful?
Fails Important Errand
Every year, one of the better
grade of performers fails to get
his shots working smoothly and
thus fails on an important err
rand. On the other hand, one
or more outsiders step to the
front to command attention.
With greens suffering greatly
from "brown PATCH" par will in
deed be an elusive figure and
many of the "railbirds" believe
that a score as high as 158 will
qualify.
Of all those who took practice
spins yesterday, Roger Peacock
alone approximated par, shooting
II, one above par. He found the
greens defying his best putting
skill. Peacock played around with
George Diffenba ugh, Indian
Spring pro; Forrest Thompson,
of Columbia, and Maury F'itz-
gerald, of Kenwood.
Mccarthy Long Driver
Perhaps the longest driver in
the field is Morton Mccarthy. OF
the Princess Anne Club of Vlr'
ginia Beach, Va. Mccarthy, whose
native town is Portsmouth, Va,
almost drove the seventeenth
green yesterday while paired with
q fellow townsman and clubmate,
Chandler Harper, against Harry
Pitt and Maury Nee. He then lost
the hole by three-putting.
However, he saved the match
on the home hole by spanking a
No. 2 iron three feet from the pin
while Pitt hooked into the trap
and Nee overclubbed, the ball 60
ing to the steep bank back Of the
pin. Mccarthy and Harper were
returned victorS, 2 up, the match
exciting a great deal of interest
among Columbia members and
visitors.
The amateurs can take heed
from the pros.
Pros Use Irons
Freddy Mcleod, Columbia men
tor, and Bob Barnett, Chevy
Chase tutor, played a round with
Algie Gardiner, jr., OF Columbia
and Dick Lunn, Chevy Chase.
Coming to the seventeenth tee,
the two pros reached for their
irons but the amateurs, probably
each wanting to outdrive the
other, grabbed for their wooden
clubs. The tee and green are
both elevated, but there is a
yawning gap between and ditch
200 yards from the tee. Between
this ditch and the bottom of the
hill leading up to the green is
a level piece of ground.
Mcleod Played Safely
Mcleod, who has played the
Columbia course over 5000 times
in the % years he has been pro
there, always plays safely for
this spot with an iron. From
there, it's an easy pitch to the
green, while ball resting at the
foot of the hill or upon it's sloping
bank is harder to control.
The long para sixth hole,
which stretches 46o yards from
the back tee, was just a drive
and No. 6 iron for Harry Pitt
yesterday. The Manor Moose"
got hold Of one and whistled out
a drive that covered close to 300
yards. His No. 6 iron left him
but IL feet from the pin from
where he took two puts.