Evening star., 1936-05-08
LOW GOLF SCORES
IN SIGHT IN TEST
D. c. Men Expected to Gain
Open Tourney Places at
HiIIendaIe Monday.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

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IN ONE very low scoring is in
~ prospect at the Hillendale Coun-
try Club next Monday when
~ twoscore professional and anna,
| teur golfers from Washington and
Baltimore open up little throat-cut-
ting jamboree that will result in three
or four of their number qualifying
for the national open championship
at Baltusrol next month.
The national open is the top tourna-
ment for the pros and all Of 'em want
to play in it. Judged on the record
of previous years none of the local
lads from this sector will go anywhere
in particular in the big tournament,
but they all want to qualify just the
same.
1t is a hallmark Of links distinction
even to qualify for the big show, for
there will be only 100 starters in the
open out of nearly 1900 entrants.
Course Long and Tough
THE Hillendale course is only $500
L yards in length, has plenty Of
| natural hazards and is q rough lay
out for men who don't hit 'em
| straight. But for the bunch Of sharp
shooters who will be over there Mon
Gay it won't be so tough. The boys
have been playing practice rounds at
Hillendale for a month in prepara-
tion for the big show and they predict
that score of 142 or better will be
necessary to qualify.
| N0w 1Ao honpeps m ha fLa on,,;uo
lent of brace of Ills, which is rather
good scoring even among the cog
noscenti Of golf. Yet that is what
the pros say 1t will take, if the
weather happens to be good, two or
three shots higher If it rains or the
winds blow hard. Last year the top
qualifying figure at the Baltimore
Suburban Club was 142, with Cliff
Spencer, Al Houghton and Leo WAL
per tied at that mark to qualify from
Washington. Roland Mackenzie of
Congressional also qualified at Pitts
burgh. Hillendale, so the pros say, is
a shade easier than Hillendale and
they look for scores down in the high
Cos to be made when the heat is
turned on next Monday.
While most of the lads will be at
Hillendale. two local pros will be far
afield making their bid in the pre-
liminary tests for the title now held
by Sam Parks, jr. Witty Cox, the wise
cracking gent from Kenwood. will
make his bid in the New York sector,
at the Seawane Club of Hewlett, Long
Island, where there will be 2O-odd
places, and Witty should get in. Mel
Shorey will be at Pittsburgh.
Those Likely to Qualify.
GUESSING on golf Is poor business,
for the game has so many ouirks
and turns in it, so many things can
happen and happen quickly. that any
guess can go sour. But here Is our
prediction as to the qualifiers: Cox
to qualify at Seawane, Al Houghton
to qualify at Richmond, where Bobby
Cruickshank. an automatic qualifier,
will be on the sidelines: Leo Walper,
Ralph Beach, Cliff Spencer and George
Difenbaugh to qualify at Hillendale.
Georgetown University's golf team.
now tied for second place in the
Eastern Intercollegiate League, will
toss its collective hat into the links
ring again Saturday in twin matches
to be played at Princeton against COL
lege oppohents.
The Hoyas will meet the fast-travel-
ing Princeton team, league leaders,
in a morning engagement, and prob
ably will lose. But they should take
up the slack in the afternoon and
whip Pennsylvania.