Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-08
Putting, Slate
Help Marriott
ToM-ACrown
BY ROBERT SOMMERS
Star staff Writer

6.-Ine Scne0ule naQ as mucn
to do with Doug Marriott's VIC
tory in the Middle Atlantic
Junior golf championship at
Turf Valley yesterday as the
fact that he had eight one-putt
greens in his 3-and-2 victory
over Gary Kahn Of Army
Navy.
Had the Middle Atlantic Off
Gals scheduled the tournament
a week later, Marriott would
have been overage-and ineligi-
BILE. He's now II, but he'll cele-
brate his 18th birthday next
week and graduate from junior
ranks.
Marriott's personal schedule
also had something to do with
it. Usually the 5-foot-11, 1885,
pound Colum bia member
spends part of the summer
visiting relatives in Salt Lake
City, but he passed it up this
year. AS a result he gained the
distinction of being the ninth
straight Washington youngster
to win the Middle Atlantic.
Doug Confident
A look at what he was UP.
against before the semifinals
got under way yesterday morn
ing was enough to cast doubt
that he would make 1t. He had
to meet Dennis Troy, the med
aliSt from Linden, N. j., in the
morning and, surviving that
match, he figured to play
Kahn, the defending cham
pion, who was favored to elimi-
nate Don Baker Of Fort Bel
voir.
But it disturbed Marriott less
than an observer would think.
II figured I was playing as
well as they were" he con-
fided later. Although he
needed n strokes to complete
the 6,992-yard, par 35-35-70
course in the qualifying round,
Marriott was only Q over par
when he eliminated Paul Scott
Of Richmond, 5 and 4. in the
first round and then was even
par when he disposed Of Randy.
Morris Of the Washingtonian
in the second round.
Then he went 4 over In his
1-up triumph over Troy in the,
morning yesterday and was 8
over for the is holes Of his
victory over Kahn. ..
Eight 1-Putt Greens
Gary showed a decided edge
over Marriott, who will enter
Brigham Young University in
the fall to study business adj
ministration, from tee to green
but Doug, using his archaic,
wristy putting stroke, made Up
the difference on the greens.
With his putter blade flap
ping wide open on the back
stroke and then swinging
closed on the downstroke, Mar
riott had eight one-putt greens.
in is holes. He also had two
three-putt green's. but he was
still 6 under standard figures
in putting. -
Kahn was up on Marriott
twice during the first nine
holes. but Marriott evened it
with a par 4 at the ninth,
went ! I'D with another par
at the 10th. a hole that has
plagued Kahn throughout the
tournament, and never was
down again.
Despite Washington's mas
terry in the boys division,
Baltimore seems to have a look
on the girls division. Carol
Eustis Of Hillendale scored a A. =
and2 victory over Lynn Mercer,
a 14-year-old Kenwood miss.
Mary Alice Sawyer, another
Baltimore girl, who was OVER
age this year, won the last two.
Yesterdays results:
BOYS DIVISION
Semifinals
Gary Kahn, Army Navy, defeated
Don Baker, Fl. Belvoir, 3 and Q. Doug
Marriott. Columbia, defeated Dennis
Troy, Linden, N. j., / up.
FINAL
Marriott dsieated Kahn. 3 and Q.
GIRLS DIVISION
Semifinals
Lynn Mercer, Kenwood, defeated
John. Sampson. Kenwood. 2 and 1,
Carol Eustis, Hillendale, defeated
Carol Carragher. Bethesda, 2 and 1.
FINAL
Eustis defeated Mercer. 4 and ..