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PAGE 4 TEE PINEHUBST OUTLOOK . -p.. T tournament, beating Freddy McLeod bv IM MY Peeous ticle m the Pine- p j T 6 and 5 it was the second success for hurst Outlook a few experiences in fjXpemilC 111 in the event, which by the way, has ont Championships , of MM Mvere up t Pt - V been played for twice. 7 to and including the National Open at L.natIipiOnSnip r lJ TJ foUowi week j Brae Burn which was won by Walter f Tournament at the Ya Hatren. The next event of importance . iunua. iiagcu. . T;v Dam.e - dasis Country Club, of Utica, N. Y.. and was the Metropolitan Open on the links By Jim DameS . rta v. t was fortunate enough to once more lead of the North Shore Country Club. In 6 W . , . , the field with a score of 288, Bob Mac- this I was unfortunately unable to com- . fQr gee()nd time and time by finighing secQnd with m pete, it being the only open tournament reward laying with him 1 had a fine chance Qne other, tournament of of the year which l misse . g fairwayg were to-study his game and methods of play. which j attended and won was staged at scored another victory w ' en fast which helped to make low I am much impressed with his ability, the Meadow Lake Country Club of Kan first place from Emmet scoring possible. In this tournament I or he plays his shots in a thoroughly sas City. Thia is a tri.city for , ants witn a o continued to play good golf and finished sound manner and is strong in every de- fessi0nals including Chicago and St. French was a 8 . again in the lead (which make8 the third partment of the game, not having a LouiS) and a very good field competed! " th nl116 cores below 300 ' time 1 have won this title with a total sinsle weakness that 1 could discover- My score of 297 was low and Bob Mac- were e o y scores . guch & .g Jn my opinion he cannot fail to win the Donald with 307 finished second. Bob, . ; Each year in mid-summer the Shawnee enough tQ win a tournament most Amateur Championship in the very near ag frequently happens, was leading at : Country Club entertains with an open on a championsnip courset future. I believe he is the most promis- the end of the first day's play, his score -tournament which always attracts i a Thig 2g3 combined th the preceding ing young amateur in the country today. being 147. But, as also happens, his .large and representative e . e 2g5 ghawnee gave me an average Although it was my good fortune to win play fell off on the second day, when it boys all like bhawnee; they e e qt consecutive rounds of this tournament, it was only be one took him 160 for the eighteen holes. .place, 1 aJdUma play of 71 strokes. If I stroke from Bobbie 293 to his 294. There is no better player in the Country ' 51 E 1 y, accor e ,em" f 1S. f yer can do that well some day in the Na- Edgar finished in a tie with Jones for than Bob and when he overcomes whet- ifine golf course and-an excellent test of . . . . , . . 6 , , , i .... .. , ., , , A t i, x. xi . , tional Open Championship it will no second place and the next position came ever it is that causes him to slip toward golf where all the strokes in the bag are .... , . . . .... - . nnn , , . . . , 6 , . x , . . , doubt give me claim to that title for the to Leo Dieerel at 300. the end his name will frequently be at called into play. On the -first day's ... . i i. v ' play in the 1919 Open . Tournament, first time; The following week found me at the Iho top of the list Brady and myself were paired and as it Leo Dieeel a Promising young golfer Engineer's Club, Koslyn, N. Y., where Jt 18 evident from a11 that 1 tave turned out were leading the field at from Detroit, finished second with 288, the Professional Golfers' Association written that I have been very fortunate ' the end of the day Brady with a pair his best round beinS the third in wMch Championship was played. This tourna- t0 compete in so many tournaments dur- ; of 73 's to my pair' of 72 's Therefore he recorded a 96' Xt is m? Prediction ment is of course limited to Profes- inS the vear likewise, very fortunate to we were paired again on the second that soine day-he sha11 see him leadinS sionals and is all at match play, 36 holes finish first in most .f them- To win : day and after the end of the third the field- a day for a week, which is a greater eiSht tournaments in one year is more round my two strokes lead had been re- Mv old friend Jock Sot awa to a bad physical strain on the contestants than than one man,s share and jt establishes duced to only one, for Brady had done start but a wonderful recovery in the any 0f the other events they play. It a Tecord which 11 be very hard to Uve another 73 to my 74. I believe Mike last roUnd where he registered a 96 and is a very agreeable change, however, for UP to At any rate 1 &m Soin? to keep felt quite hopeful when starting the final 70, put him in third place with 287. All 0nce in the year and is very well liked on tryin and when 1 fail to win sha11 round with me in the afternoon, for he wh finished in the m0n7 including by the Pro's. bow verv gracefully to the iuccessful ..was playing excellent golf and as ed McLeod, Bob MacDonald and The CQUrse of the Engineer,s Club Pyer and wish him continued good - steady as a clock. He played another Walter Hagen, had scores below the 300 wag laid out and built by Herbert fortune. - round of about equal merit to his first mark- Hutchinson seemed unlucky in gtrong and .g unique -n being sQ - . threehaving 74 which, however, left him tournament, but I am sure some day ferent from the msual run q gdf PERSONAL MENTION , eight- strokes behind because my last he will come across m front. courses. It possesses much originality .'round 'broke the course record a 76. I didn't. believe at first the rumor that and fe a fine exacting test. Possibly Last Monda-v evening, at a little cele , As I look, .'back over a great. many yeacs Gil Nichots had thrown away his club, the fourteenth hole created the most bration at the pine Crest Inn to which v of tournament play I can recall no round but now I think it may be true, for I comnicnt 0f any and I noticed that some only those very closely associated were in . of golf quite so satisfactory to me as have not seen him in any tournaments 0f the news papers got the habit of re- vted' rs ' ss gave away her . that.latt round at Shawnee. And that since. It's quite likely, however, be- fering to it as "the diabolical four- dauS,,ter Mabelle in marriage to Mr. ; calls to my mind an expression I used to fore the Winter is over he will greet his teenth. " It is a short hole of about 100 jemue Corbett Buckingham of Washing hear John Crout use occasionally at the. old friends in some of the Southern yards and is called the "Thumb ton' D C Miss Bliss is very wel1 known . Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, of events. NaiV on acc0UI1t 0f the resemblance to the local community, having been res : which he is a member and where I My next .tournament was in Hamilton, of it's green to the first joint of a hu- ldent here for some time Misa BhsS 18 , spent four very enjoyable years as Pro-. Canada the Canadian Open Champion- man thumb. The play is into the green among the number of loca! sportswomeB- fessional. Now John is rather short of Bhip, which was wan by Douglas Edgar, diagonally from the right to the left one 18 very Iona OI norseDacK riulIIs auu stature but wide of girth, havng none of Professional at the Druid Hills Golf and there are bunkers on the right front 18 also a remarkable shot, being m pos- the suppleness and grace of the slender Club, Atlanta. In my remarks about and the left rear of the green. None session of a minature gold gun, which she youth. As a consequence most of his the National Open I mentioned that but a perfect shot of the right type will WOn at the targets at The Gun Club , partners and opponents out drive him Edgar while at that time not thoroughly find the green, but that it just as it Buckam served his country during the by- many, many yards. Nevertheless, accliminated to our conditions, had 0Uffht to be for a hole of this length Jf? TeVOlt 1913 CrSSed !J when John's ball leaves the tee for a eat possibilities In this event he u a 1 v f brder into hostile territory. During the nice straight little ride of a hundred Zvld h"er by lot only winning f," , h , Eurpean War Mr' Buckingham agai. , .. , , ,. , . suoweu ins cuiuer dj noi omy winning the tee shot and as such this fourteenth a,-i . t, j yards or, so his face always hghts up the tournament, but by doing so with the at the Enrineers'dub is a oerfect snee- fnswerel hl3 untry'1' cal1 ani se cheerfully, as he. remarks: " Very satis- very remarkablL score of r278,. an average iln I " there shouU be Zre '7 " M a member,f T factory to Me." So that 76 at Shawnee of 69 per round. As for myself a bad W holes 5 Vou Z 'TT " C,Umbia " was not only "very satisfactory to me" 8tart 8Doiled mv chances and the best ,.h0leS 7, Personaly 1 ke t0 Detachment. The newly-weds will live but the most satisfactory I have ever I "0 wa7to fin m a triple t "f Tf 0tf T in n during the Spring. iJLzf bVLXi'TuaStii : e'm pupiis f Mrs- rie3 Shawnee was selected by the ladies for Bobbie Jones and Karl Keffer, th. latter ZSJST t and' Tptllt it. ' A tue.pion. drawn from a hat and the 36 hole wa fniinwor1 u r-m with hardest courses and seems to me too rp- mi. t , , .., , . ,, , , n was roiiowed by Evelyn Vroom wnn vere for them to get the proper enioy- T n l , J ayTim 1 thilk Marching Along, by Eodgers. LilHan ment of the condition, I? can weU un- , , ChamP10nf P whl VW my hardest match of the week Ross rradered inF b 0sear aerstand Miss Sterling's victery 2 sZ ZVntT fK Russ, and Algene Edson played Fletcher 's u i - , . Athletic Club, the home course of Bob- my opponent. When we stopped for 8." waoi The atcourse owing to her long driving and t mV . T i , L , - opmnmg Wheel very effectively. mQ n i uiivuig tna bie Jones. This was the first time I lunch at the end of eighteen holes I nTn(.ram 1a a -, , M. generally powerful and accurate shots v,;i i j -' .1L .lt , , e program closed with a duet by Miss wr L ' ' had ever played this fine course with it's was three down, but felt confident of McNab ami Tin,. T?naa Prom Shawnee I went directly to ideal location and fine surroundings. A getting them back in the afternoon and ATl i Til ,rtnw0 Cleveland to participate in the Western beautiful swimming lake abouf the finally winning out That I 7d bu Tit 1 winter colony to Open at Mayfield Country Club, which Club house lends an attractiveness quite took some o TL best 11 17 T vT w PvC course Tlarry Vardon pronounces one of unusual for country clubs. In this Lr- to come through by margk f3 ft 'A We hope the Pierces the best'in the country. It is a deUght- nament Bobbie was'a competitior of mine with 2 to play" wLn I fi S y In th?e n"l thl IZVT '
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