Evening star., 1938-07-10

normally stretching around $500 var
Of the Delaware River, today measure.
lis top pros of the land start in the
to Denny Shute, If icy-nerved Denny
himself doesn't win again, which isn't
altogether impossible.
They've gone back into the tiger
country to build new tees, and for two
years they've been in process OF re-
vamping the course to make 1t =
tougher test for the pros when they
start spraying the ball over the
Pennsylvania landscape after that Is
grand which will 60 to the prize
winners. The P. G. A. is unlike most
professional tournaments. The mo-
ment a guy qualities for the tourney he
cuts in on the dough. II he qualities
sectionally he gets train fare to the
scene Of the tourney, and II he qualities
in the low 81 at the championship it.
self he comes in for more money.
Each round he wins piles up the money
until the final. where the victor gets a
check for $1,500 and runner-up gets
half that. Altogether its quite a
money tourney.
Ed Dudley, who has won the
Shawnee open in past years. holds the
course record with a six-under- par 66.
but it's doughnuts to nickels that Eds
record will be smashed during the
tournament. even over the longer
course they've provided for the pros.
In way It's a shame that lawson
Little, the California smiter. won't be
able to play. Lawson isn't yet
member Of the P. G. A., under the
four-year rule, And the same rule
also applies to Lewis Worsham. Bob
Barnetts proteee at Chevy Chase,
who might do alright had he been
eligible to play.
Why Cox, District open
champ. doesn't think he'll do
50 much.
Tall Wilfred has been able to play
just eight rounds of golf since April
20, when he took over his new Job at
Congressional. But Witty has the
knack Of coming into the game cold
and bouncing out a couple of subpar
rounds. Leo Walper, Middle Atlantic
P. G. A. champ, and the other local
qualif1er, Is back on his game after
a lengthy layoff. Leo has been at
Shawnee for nearly a week. learning
the tricks of the course. and has been
below par several times. He went to
the third round in the P. G. A. tourna-
ment Of 1896 at Pinehurst.
Cox doesn't care much for match
play. He does all right In medal play,
but he doesn't think much Of his
chances in match play because he has
qualified four times for the P. G. A.
and has been bounced out on his ear
in the first round In every tournament.
However. he may hit hot streak. and
If he does, no man in the field will 20
faster or further than tall-browed
Wilfred.
Anyway you figure the thing 1t
looks like one Of the best Of the
p. G. A. championships coming
up.
It's the best tournament in the
United States to watch. from the COM
petitive angle. Unrestricted by the
medal play bugaboo, the pros take off
the wraps and go for everything.
Woman golfers of Kenwood will re-
sumo their club schedule again in Sep
tember. following the final tourney of
the early season-the competition for
the Teal Trophy-won by Mrs. Wakter
Furlow with a card 10 on par. But the
best stunts Of the tourney came In the
gross division. where Mrs. J. c. Dale
shot rounds OF 81 and 80 to be nosed
out by one shot by Jane Burke.
youngster and protege of George Dif-
fenbaugh, who had 81 and SO for a
total Of ITS.
You'd hardly believe that fellow
who has been playing good golf
championship golf-for l8 years or
more could give up the game. just like
that. But that's exactly what Roland
Mackenzie has DONE Roland played
q round at Congressional on April IS.
a few days before he gave up the pro
post at that club.
He hasn't played since-around
Washington. at any rate-and he
hasn't shown any indication of being
interested. Lots Of his friends pooh
poohed the idea that he was giving up
the game entirely when he gave up pro
golf, but Roland has made it stick.