Evening star., 1947-05-19
IS Pros Battle Today
For Four Places as
pGA QudIifiers

Buck Worsham, who with his older
and more famous brother, Lew, now
lis an ex-Washington golf profess
sionaI, was back in this section as a
visitor today, but Buck wasn't happy
about his homecoming.
Buck Is one of the 36 Middle At
lantic PGA members scrapping for
the four places to the National PGA
championship In the sectional quail
flying rounds today at the Mount
Pleasant course In Baltimore, all
because his transfer to the Metro
politan New York section was de-
layed.
The New York pros are battling
for seven places over the Winged
Foot course in MAmaroneck, BUCKS
home club, while he is in Baltimore
playing a course he never had seen
until he played eight practice holes
yesterday.
However, Buck would meet much
sitter competition in New York,
where it may take par golf to qualify.
while anything under $50 for the SO
holes may win place in Baltimore.
He would feel more at ease over his
home layout, however, and If Buck
fails to qualify he will have grudge
against the PGA bookkeeping
system.
| Chandler Harper was the fayorite
to lead the field over the 7,000-yard
Mount Pleasant course, with Andy
Gibson and John Bass the principal
Baltimore players and Cliff Spencer
and George Difenbaugh the
favorites of the Washington dele
! CATION
| When George Voigt walked a few
holes with the "Old Masters" four
some in the National Celebrities
tournament on Saturday, renewing
lacouaintances with Bobby Jones &
Co., he must have received an in
spiration.
Because the 50-year-old Voigt
went to Indian Spring yesterday
and with Prince Georges clubmate
Jim Kinder beat Washington's top
two amateurs, Bobby Brownell and
Ralph Bogart of Chevy Chase, and
1, in semifinal match in the Mary
land four-ball championship.
Brownell and Bogart, whose chal-
lenge match streak last year was
broken by Voigt and AL Houghton,
received another lesson from the
ex-Walker Cup player, who once
again proved that his doWn-the-
middle long game and his accurate
short game are too much for the
youngsters.
Voigt and Kinder will meet Ken
woods Don Miller and Charley Price
next week at the Country Club OF
Baltimore, with Voigt and Kinder
insisting the match be played as
Scheduled and not over neutral
washington course. Miller and
Price, former and present KenWood
club champions, prevented an all
Prince Georges final in the State
test by beating Jerry Hart and Bob
Morris, 2 and /.
Voigt and Kinder put together
best ball of 10, even par, with
Kinder aiding Voigt's individual u
on two holes. Brownell's 73 was the
second best score.
Capt. P. H. Weidhorn, U. s. N,
who day in and day out has diff
ficulty playing to his "a handicap,
played the first. four holes OF his
Amy Navy Club course in exactly
no puts yesterday for his greatest
golfag thrill.
On four consecutive holes, Capt.
Weidhtrn knocked chip shots into
the cup in an exhibition that was
unbelievable to him. When he posted
on 89-24-s5, he had to be per-
suaded to urn in his card which
won the sweepstakes by four strokes,
he was that embarrassed by shooting
so far below his handicap.
Other winners were L. c. Steele
with 77-8-69 and Col. o. H. Tulley,
/ 79-10-69. M. w. w.