Evening star., 1946-04-22
Woodmont Linksmen
Enjoy New Handicap;
-Four Tie al Manor
By MerreII Whittlesey

Woodmont Country Club golfers
are getting around the monotony
of the usual spring selective handi-
cap tournaments. blind bogeys,
kickers and such. with a system new
to this section, the Galloway Handi-
cap, which has proven highly ef-
fective to date.
The object of the club pros in
the spring is to get the members to
turn in cards as basis for per-
manent handicap. Thus The blind
bogey type is the easiest, as the
golfer simply selects a handicap
which will bring his net score be-
tween 10 and 80 and the winning
number is hat drawn.
The Galloway. brainchild OF a
MidWestern figure fanatic, is based
on the worst holes on the card and
is said to be infallible for bringing
golfers who shoot anywhere from
10 to 145 within 10 shots of each
other in net scores. It's an ideal
type tournament for the once year
ly outings of groups without estab-
AASAASo ALoiioiSdPo.
Lifts Plan From Magazine.
Woodmont Pro Gene Larkin lifted
the system from a golf magazine
and it's proving to be a lot of fun
for his club members. OF the field
of 36 players in yesterdays tourna-
ment all net scores were between
70 and 30.
If you shoot 10 to rs, your handi-
cap is half of your worst hole. II
you had on the card in a round
of "A, your handicap would be and
net score TO- The next group, rs to
30 shooters, takes the full score on
the worst hole for handicap. The
next, 81-85, take the worst hole and
half of the next worst, and so on
through 145.
Milton Harris and Ned Bord tied
for low net yesterday with 8l-9-72
and S6-14-72, respectively. Harris
had a pair of IS on his card for a
9 handicap in his class, Bord an 8
and for IA in his group. Other
winners were: Ed Workman, 91-
1873; Sam Schwartz. 87-14-73;
James A. Murphy. 83-10-73, and
L. w. Jacobs, 82-9-73.
Makes Summer Rules Mandatory.
Prince Georges Pro AL Houghton
is insistent upon his members learn
ing to play golf the right way, so he
has made summer rules mandatory
in club matches. Ray O'Neil played
them as they were" in winning the
Shah & Shah Trophy with an 81
10-71. Robert March and George
Klink tied for second with 78-6-72
ana 87-15-72, respectively, while
Francis L. White had 90-17-73; !;
H. A. Halpin, 87-13-74, and M. H.
De Brun, 95-21-74. 1t. Jim Kinder
and c. H. French tied for low gross
with IT'S.
The Easter parade slowed up the
intraclub tournament golf to the ex-
tent that only two other clubs held
tournaments. -Four tied with net 74s
for first prize in a blind bogey at
Manor. c. H. Willingham had
84-l0-74, Ray Fleming 82-8-74
w. I. Hicks, 84-10-74, and E. E
Sutter 86-12-H. Joe Curtin, an
ex-sergeant of the 106th Division
returned to Indian Springs to help
Mel Shorey conduct the week end
events and reported a two-way tie
in blind bogey, William Smith
with 95-25-7O, and Joe Zekas
79-9-70. George Thornton won low
gross honors with four over par 10
Columbia members suspecting
somebody tucked a magnet in the
cup on the 10Th hole as another ace
was reported on the 156-yard par
3, this one by Graham Loving, jr.,
who did it with his little seven
iron. Maj. Stafford Fletcher, Chris
Heurich and John McInerney wit
messed the shot.