Evening star., 1961-07-16
Five Straight Brides Garry
Cullinone to Amateur Final
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer

Star Staff Writer
A sizzling streak of five con-
secutive. brides, starting with
the fifth hole of his semifinal
match, carried Perky Cullinane
into today's final of the District
Amateur golf championship,
where he will defend his title
against Ken Smith, the natty
Air Force colonel from Colum-
bia Country Club.
The morning round will start
at $50 at Bethesda Country
Club, and the afternoon round
at 2 o'clock.
Cullinane played the par IS
front nine in 80 strokes in de-
feating Bill Dudley Of Brooke
Manor, 6 and 4. Perky was five
Under par when the match
ended over his home course.
Col. Smith won, / up, over
Fred Mueller, a slow-poke from
Manor Country Club, with a
"A to Mueller's rs. Smith
Clipped dead for a par four on
the 10th hole and a 1-up lead.
and they halved the last eight
holes.
Following Form
The 40th District Amateur
final follows the form sheet.
Cullinane, the defending cham
pion, and Col. Smith, the tour
nament medalist, were placed
at the top of their respective
brackets and marched to the
finals.
Cullinane, who is 26, is hit
ting the ball in superb fashion,
and rules a solid favorite over
Smith, who is more Of a me-
chanical player.
Cullinane pared the first
four holes of the semifinal
against Dudley and was l up
due to Dudley's bogey five Oh
the third, where he pushed his
tee shot into the trees.
Perky started his birdie
streak on the 372-yard fifth.
where he drove nearly 300
yards and dropped an S-foot
birdie putt after an archec
wedge shot. Perky holed a Is
footer for a birdie three on the
320-yard sixth, and he and
Dudley halved the 523-yard par
five seventh in birdie fours
Both we're close in two, and
Clipped up for short puts.
Perky's Putter Hot
Cullinane outdrove Dudley by
about so yards on the 350-yard
par four eighth. and ran in
12-foot birdie putt despite a
patch of rough grass in his
path. That was four in a row.
Perky's three-iron shot to
the 199-yard ninth hole stopped
rs feet short and to the left
of the cup. With his conf
dence showing, Perky stepped
quickly to the putt, stroked 1t
and the ball barely fell in as
Perky danced back and turned
his head, fearful the putt
lacked enough steam. That
was his fifth birdie, and an out
nine of 80.
Dudley, even par for the
front nine and five down, won
his only hole of the match with
a par on 10. Cullinane pushed
his drive under a tree and hit a
low second shot into a trap.
Bill won the easy par four
18th with a birdie three. and
some of the members were say
ing 1t could be a golf match
yet. But Dudley snap-hooked
his drive on the 18th and took
five. It didn't make much diff
ference, as Cullinane rolled in
q 20-footer for a birdie three
and a four-up lead.
IA Holes, Fl Puts
Perky won IA and is with
pars, coming out Of a trap for
his three on the 14th. Dudley
was in trouble all the way on
the 18th and the match Was
over. Cullinane had 81 puts
for IA holes.
Smith and Mueller never were
more than one hole apart. The
colonel won the first with par
four, but Mueller Clipped in
for a birdie deuce on the sec
ond. Smith won the third with
par, but Mueller birdied the
fifth to square the match, and
they traded the sixth and
eighth holes to turn all even.
Smith won the most exciting
Of the morning matches. Two
down and two to play against
Robert Flanagan, the Goose
Greek member who lives in Pur-
cellville, the Air Force colonel
won II and 18 with pars and
holed an 18-foot birdie three
on the 10th for a 1-up victory.
Cullinane had IA pars, two
brides and a bogey from three
puts on the 10th in a Q and
victory over Billy Mcbride. who
beat Perky two weeks ago in
the Argyle Invitation final.
Mcbride was only one over
! par.
Martin Mccarthy, the Ga
year-old District senior cham
pion from Columbia. gave Dud-
/ ley a tussle before losing, 8 and
2. Dudley had three pars,
three brides and three bogeyS
on the front nine and turned
Q up. They halved only one
, hole on the front nine.
Mueller, down most of the
way to Bob Morris of Argyle,
Init his second shot three feet
from the stick on the 18th and
won the match with a birdie
three, l up.
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