Evening star., 1933-07-01
TAKES g IN CHEVY
CHASE CLUB ROUND
Uses Only One Stroke on 13
Greens and Never Needs
More Than Two.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

w yAsH1NGTON's champion
\A/ putter has been revealed
V Y in the person of Rear
Admiral Charles B. Nc
Way, jr., U. S. NJ, distinguished
naval officer, who is one of the
more prominent members of the
Senior Golf Association of the
Chevy Chase Club.
Admiral McVay, member of the
General Board of the Navy. who has
played golf all over the world, played
the Chevy Chase course a few days ago
and used only % puts in his round Of
81. He had 13 one putt greens, 6 of them
in q row, to set what is believed to be
record locally for saving puts. The
putting green par on any golf course
is 36, and on such a layout as Chevy
Chase, with its expansive putting sur
faces, any player would be condoned If
he had one or two greens with three
puts.
Admiral McVay did not have a single
three-putt green and only five times
did he Use as many as two puts. His
one-putt greens on the first nine were
the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh
and eighth. On the last nine holes he
used only one putt on the tenth, took
two puts on the eleventh and
eighteenth, and one putt on all the
other seven holes. He played each nine
in Al strokes.
Houghton Takes Only Is.
4 FEW days ago Al Houghton played
n his home course at Kenwood in 81
strokes, using only Is puts, which
was fairly close to the local record but
Admiral McVays mark is far better.
The commonly accepted world record for
putting was set by the famous profess
sional of 25 years ago. Alex Findlay. who
played a standard course with grass
greens In II puts for ca( of y, many
years ago.
At Pinehurst, where sand greens are
the rule, % and "a puts are fairly
common. but grass greens are much
harder to putt than the sanded affairs
Donald Ross had 19 puts in a round at
Pinehurst a few years back, and in the
big championships at the North Caro-
lima resort any competitor who takes
more than rs puts doesn't go very far.
But Admiral McVays record must be
just about the best bit of putting that
has been done about Washington in
many a year in standard round of
golf. Let the Red" Cunninghams, the
Houghtons and the Stevinsons 60 after
that.
Chevy Chase Given Trophy.
4 MOTHER major golf trophy has
n been awarded to the Chevy Chase
Club by member of the diplo-
matte corps. rounding out the list of
trophies which are played for on the
three big golflng holidays of the year.
The new trophy was given to the club
by Count Laszlo Szechenyi Ambassador
from Hungary, who has gone back to mis-
homeland for the Summer.
Both the Count and Countess
Szechenyi are ardent golfers and have
played the Chevy Chase course for years.
His letter accompanying the trophy,
which will be placed in competition for
the first time on Tuesday, July 4, states
that Count SZechenyi has had so much
pleasure in golf at Chevy Chase that he
desires to do something substantial to
show his appreciation and so presents
the club with the trophy.
Other trophies offered on holidays at
Chevy Chase are the Kaufman Memo
rial day trophy. for which the members
play on May 80, and the Secretary,s
trophy, played for on Labor day. The
event for the Szechenyi trophy will be
medal play handicap affair. according
to Robert Stead. jr., chairman of the
clubs Golf Committee.