Evening star., 1953-04-17
Casual Play by Metz
Good for Record 81
Virginia Beach Golf
BY Wheeler Johnson
StoE Stoff CoTrespondent

NAHbS1ANAA oGANI1, td., ApI1
1.-THE field in the first annual
Virginia Beach Open golf today
is chasing Dick Metz, the A
year-old pro from Maple City,
Kans., who proved you don't
have to play right along on the
tournament circuit to tear q
course apart.
Metz, only one month away
from his 45th birthday and the
Seniors Division, yesterday shot
an amazing 81 to set a new
course record for the Cavalier
Country Club, a tricky 6,065-yard
layout with par of SO.
The former course record was
81 set by Dutch Harrison in 1949.
Ford Scores 63.
Doug Ford of Yonkers, N. Y,
finished long before Metz and
turned in a card of 63. He went
to the locker room feeling pretty
safe for his days play over a
course that was sodden after
hard rain and hail storm shortly
before the tournament opened.
Water was standing in the fair
ways and scores we're skyrocket-
ing.
Ford had missed tying the
course record when he missed a
putt on the 18th hole. But the
word was soon out that Metz had
made the turn in 80 and Ford
began to take interest in his
chances.
Metz came blazing home in
81, playing the 200-yard 18th
safely with a short pitch which
caught the center of the green
and then laying an approach
putt up within three feet to give
him the record.
Metz Never in Trouble.
Metz said he never was in
trouble for the round and while
he knew when he went out in
80 that he had a good chance
for record he never gave it too
much thought.
The veteran pros game is all
the more remarkable because he
has played in only three tourna-
ments since last August. He was
goth in the Masters at Augusta,
Ga, last week and before that
had a 292 in the Wilmington
IN. c. Open.
The expected stars of this
tournament had a horrible time
of it. Sam Snead scared to a
35-41-76 and Lew Worsham
was not much better with a
33-37-70.
Snead had two Is on the back
nine, one on the par 4, 400-yard
18th and the other on the 414-
yard 18th, also par 4.
HOughton Takes an 80.
None of the Washington area
golfers found the going easy.
AL Houghton, pro at the Prince
Georges Country Club, had a
39-41-80.
Scores of top 20:
Dick Metz. Maple. Kans. - SO-31-6l
Doug Ford Harrison. N Y :}:}-30-6:}
Randolph Miller. Norfolk 32-:S3-65
Harold Oatman, Norfolk 35-30-65
XBob DaVidS Virginia Beach 81 -:}4-65
Billy Caps New Bern, N. c. :}2-34-66
Fenner Satchwell. Norfolk :I4:}:2-66
Bo Wininger, Oklahoma City :tl-35-66
Marty FurgoI, Lemont, Ill - 30-37-67
Dave Douglas Newark, Del "a -:}:}-67
Jack Shields, GleneagleS, Ill. :S3-:S4-67
Bill Morgan, N. C. :13-:f4-67
XIV. Spencer. Newport News :I3-:sti-GS
Peter Thomson, Australia -- "a 4:54-6S
c. Harper, Portsmouth III -}4-6S
Gardner Dickinson. S. c. 81 -]4-6S
Fred Wampler, Indianapolis 32-36-6S
Leo BiaRetti, Baltimore 81 -:i!-6S
Milo MaruSic. Herkimer. N Y. 34-:}4-hS
Wally Ulrich, Hopkins. MINI. 32-36-bS
Amateur.
Scores of other Middle Atlantic
players:
j. ODonnell, Norfolk, va, ,33-37-70
Jack Isaacs, Hampton. 33-3S-11
Dan Herring. P'Sburg, Va. --:i6-31-13
Walter Romans. Baltimore---36 36-37-13
Andy Gibson, Towson, Md. 800 36-31-!3
j. NJ. Musser. Ecott C'y, Md.--36-3S-74
x-R Anderson: Ft. Lee, Va 6S-31-12
John Bass Baltimore 3S-37-15
r. Beach, Pikesville. Md. 37-32-16
xPhil Cfsney, P'sburg, Va 4O-36-T6
XClif Eley, Annapolis Md 3S-3S-76
w. H. Downing. Be'da. Md. 37-40-1
Arthur Jones, Baltimore ;59-40-!9
XII L. Medlar, Baltimore Al 3S-19
Al Houghton. Lover HIS, Md. 3a-4 $50
Jack Ginston. Msas, .Va.----46-pick up
XAmateur.