The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-10-07
|Corbiin Names
1889 As Greatest
Year OF Career
Best Season
Started With A
II At Mohansic

Editors notc-Mr. Corbin has
been instructing Joe Louis in golf
since July. and has helped the
champion 10 put his scores liz the
low S0'sl
played some Of tho best golf OF
my life during the past summer
months This can be attributed to
number Of things such as better
balance. or Improvement OF any Of
the many flaws constantly beset-
ting a golfer
Started Last June
Starting in juno. scored a II
on The Mohansic Park links, York.
town Heights. y. Y Far on this
course. considered the greatest and
hardest test W golf In Westchesier
County, is 20 and has never been
equallcd.
Willie MacFarlanc. 1925 United
States open champion who won Inc
championship in a play-off with
Bobbie Jones. played here few
years ago and the best he could do
was II. Tony Manero. open cham
pion In 1886. scored a rs or the
course The colorcd national open
was played on this course in 1886
and the best score was 7i.
had another great round the
same week at tho Maplemoore
course. turning in a 20. This
course is ir White Plains and par
is 70
Scores llole.In-One
In This same round | scored a
hole-in-one my fourteenth hole-in-
one and my first since coming to
America II occurred on the u.s.
yard sixth hole I used a No 3 iron
The ball hit about six feet in front
OF the hole. struck he pin and
bounced into the hole James Mccoy
New York business man golfer. was
playing with me al tho time.
A few weeks later hlowed the
best opportunity OF my l'fe when I
took a six on the eighteenth hole at
tho shady Rest Golf club. west
field. " j. for a &C. A birdie four
or par five would have giyer me
new course record. Shady Res IS
considered tho hardest short course
In America. Par is only 6y. hut yon
can count the golfers who can par
this course, or even shoot under
20.
Ties Course Record
Al Martins Hill Golf club Sow
ensville. Mich. scored - and cS
on this par ~ course. Ny 6S lied
The course record. ard had 20 sink
20-foot put on the 18th green 20
do II My putt on the final puen
was one OF tho finest shots ever
made on a green. Joe Louis PLAYED
with me in this game
Here IN Detroit. In nay fir ANN
around the course AT Rackham
made ono under par. which IS 90
The course record until SCI now
one few weeks ago was 6. ! iicd
this mark after playing here about
six times. and in my marathon ~
the same course my 81 was new
record. The former record was held
by Harry Cooper
The marathon was scored ~ fol-
lows: 75-70-72-70-67-7f-69- 7O-7G and
three on my 163rd hole to beli The
official worlds record by 10 holes.
AZ the Highland Park course g.
is par scored $3.50 FOR &c holes.
6S for each OF tho is holes PLAYED,
and i26 FOR the Sc holes. the lowest
score I've ever made IN America.
My best score before was Sc AZ
Shady Rest The lowest score ever
made was 81 at the Garrison
course. ST. George. Bermuda. whore
was professional for five years.
AZ the Palos Park course, Chica.
20. last week. while playing with
Frank Young, and Carl Nelson, !
scored 81 on this par 90 course.
The Negro national open was held
on this course IT, 1886. and How
ard Wheeler was around IN IS to
win the title.