Evening star., 1953-09-14
McFerren and WiIIett
Win Golf Titles With
Contrasting Styles


Golfers with contrasting styles
won club championships yester-
day. Bill McFerren for the third
time in four tries since 1913 at
Indian Spring and Gil Willett
for the second straight year at
Prince Georges.
McFerren is the Scrambling
type and he beat George Thorn
ton with that kind of golf, 2 and
i in scheduled 36-hole final
Willett is a long driver, one of
the biggest hitterS in this Sec
ton.
For some reason the Prince
Georges tournament was at y
holes medal play, summer rules
and extreme back tees. That
was made to order for Willett
and he won by five strokes al
though his 298 total was 10 over
par.
Thornton was / up on Nc
Ferren after 18 holes and could
have been three up but he three
putted the 10th and 18th. He
still was l up after ~ but again
hit a three-putt streak on the
33d and 34th and McFerren
scrambled froN the rough and
sand traps to win holes where
Thornton was hitting the green's.
McFerren. a chief radio op-
orator on TWA, won in 1913
and 40 and was runnerup in so.
He was on transatlantic hops
the next two years and skipped
the tournament.
In the Phil Berman Trophy
play, third two-man team
tournament at Indian Spring,
Henry Spaulding and Ed Blum
berg won medal honors with a
handicap best ball 81.
Pro Mel Shorey has announced
a pro-member tournament at
Indian Spring on october 7.
In the Prince Georges tourna-
ment, Willett had consecutive
rounds of 77-76-73-72. while 1t.
Jim Kinder was next with 303
total for the four rounds.
John Eisinger and Bob Chand-
Ter moved two rounds closer to
their expected meeting for the
Congressional Club champion
ship although Eisinger was taken
three extra holes before he de-
feated ex-champion Gene Pitt
man, l up,
Bo Mcclellan, who ousted Jack
Branch, the defending champion.
in the first round then lost to
George Cornell, S and 4. Chand-
ler was 5 and 3 winner over
Jim Grear and Ritter defeated
Fleming Bomar. last years run
nerup, up in 81 holes in other
SemiflnalS.
MedaliSt Buddy Sharkey and
Larry Imhoff, last years runner
up. are favored to meet for the
KenWood Club title They are
in the semiflnalS along with
Nick. Hollander, who plays I'm
hoff, and Sharkey's opponent
will be either Jim Martenson or
Joe Gambatese.
Sharkey, who set a course
record in the qualifying round,
blasted his way past two tough
opponents, Ted Rutley by a 4
and 3 margin and Maury FitZ-
gerald, 7 and S. Imhoff won
over E. c. Wilton, jr., 3 and 2,
and Hollander over j C. Hoff =
man, up in 20 holes.
Danny FultS and Ernie Gar
lem were surprise f1rSt-round
losers in the Argyle club cham
pionship, Fults to Bill August. 3
and 2, and Garlem to Tom
Shenk, S and 4.
Medalist Phil BuScher was
taken to the 18th by Luke Beale
before BuScher won, l up.
Columbia members will con-
clude qualifying today for their
club championship with John
Holzberg' S IS the lowest score to
date, Match play starts We'd
nesday.
DR.. Emanuel AaronSon won
low net with 1918. 73 and Bob
Phillipson low gross with an 83
in Woodmont' senior champion
ship
Army Navy golfers continued
their Wining ways in team match
competition with a 22-5 triumph
over the Country Club of Vir-
ginia. Col. Jack Robinson was
the only par-breaker with 70.