The Washington times., 1933-05-20
MEDAL|ST J|NX
UPSETS NEE
IN GOLF

The medalist never survives, Is
an old saying amongst golfers and
Maury Nee, 18-year-old player,
knows the full import of this
meaning today. He yielded to
Dick Lunn, of the home club, in
the finals Of the annual Chevy
Chase Club invitation tournament
yesterday, l up in 19 holes.
Lunn's victory was a stunning
upset as Nee, with Harry G. Pitt
eliminated, was a heavy choice to
win the finals. However, the old
medalist jinx hoodwinked Nee.
First Since Tuckerman
Lunn, also 18. is the first Chevy
Chase entrant to capture his own
clubs tourney since 1920 when
Walter r. Tuckerman had his
name inscribed on the President
Taft trophy. Lunn also holds
membership in the Burning Tree
Club, on which course he has
golfed mostly.
Both lads were far off their
usual game and showed the
severe tension under which they
were laboring. 1t was the first
time either had gained the finals
of a tournament hereabouts and
both were guilty of pressing in
their endeavorS to impress the
large gallery which trailed them.
Plays Irons Weakly
Nee played his irons atrociously
and his defeat can be traced to
this defect. Lunn putted badly
but offset this disadvantage with
some long spoon shots to the
green. Indeed, it was a powerful
spoon smash to the nineteenth
green from a cuppy lie that re-
warded him with victory. He
had pushed his tee shot to the
right but whaled out a terrific
spoon shot that almost carried
the green. Nee, down the aisle
with his drive, dropped his iron
into the righthand trap, pitched
over the green with his third,
barely Clipped on with his fourth
and was unable to get down in a
single putt, conceding the hole
after Lunn had putted up close.
Nee, who blaZed around the par
SO course with a Ct in the quail
flying rounds to establish a new
competitive record, scored a
medal of 81 yesterday.
The lead changed hands fire.
quently and both boys cast aside
numerous opportunities reck.
lessly. The end of the first nine
found Lunn l up but he should
have possessed a 3-hole margin,
muffing a wee putt on the first
hole for win and three-putting
to lose the fifth.
Overhauls Lunn
Nee overhauled Lunn on the
trip home and looked a certain
winner when negotiating a half
stymie on the fourteenth to win
the hole and go 2 up. With
the match in his bag, he flubbed
his iron shot into the ditch on the
fifteenth, barely touched the ball
with his third swing and man
aged to lift the ball on the green
with his fourth. Lunn had
whistled out a long spoon that
was hole high. Nee failed to get
down in one putt and conceded
the hole, leaving himself l up.
They split the sixteenth in par
IS, each playing deft chip shots
dead to the pin. Lunn evened
matters by winning the seven
teenth with par 4 when Nee
bunkered his iron second. They
halved the eighteenth to extend the
battle.
Tournament Notes
Nee outdrove Lunn 25 yards on
the seventh but missed his iron
shot to lose the hole. the alb
sence of Dermott Nee was caused
by tonSilS operation. j. Monro
Hunter, jr., who nosed out Tom
BelShe, l up, in the first flight
consultations, was runner-up to Ro-
land Mackenzie, last years win
ner. Frank K. Roesch, former
District amateur golf champion,
witnessed the finals. also Frank
Hartig, former pro at Army-Navy
=. Jim North was furnished few
new ideas for cartoons. .Lunn
held to his slim l up lead when
squeezing past a half-stymie on
the ninth to earn a halved hole.