Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-10-11 | Page 11 | Famous Fathers and Their Sons

Famous Fathers and Their Sons Sons- McHugh Goof Combine bine Tops Taps Divot Diggers rs By WOODY CANNON Tom and Tommy McHugh Any mention of fathers and sons in Utah athletic athletics is certain to bring brine that combination to mind Long Tom Sr genial golf professional professional professional pro pro- from Forest Dale has piled up a along long list of impressive victories on Utah and California fairways and year old Tom Jr promises to follow right along in his fathers father's footsteps Tom and Tommy are not the first father and son combination prominent in golf in m the McHugh family however since Toms Tom's father father father fa fa- fa- fa ther the late Tom McHugh designed designed designed de de- de- de signed and built Lincoln Park golf course on the wind-swept wind sand dunes along the shores of the Golden Gate in San Francisco and was superintendent of the course until his death in 1927 Learned Golf in S. S F. F j I The present Tom Sr learned his golf at that course when he started caddying there at the ripe old age of 6 years At that time Tom says it Sit was the only municipal course in San Francisco and it consisted of but three holes Players did not use caddy bags their clubs were held together with a strap and anyone with more than five clubs was considered a pro Tom caddied and played golf at Lincoln Park until his graduation from the old St. St Ignatius high school after which he went to work on the course as an assistant starter learning golf course management management management man man- manI I and teaching I In 1926 Tom first came to the Beehive state taking the job as professional at the Ogden Country club While he was at the Ogden course he was instrumental in starting the three Schneiter brothers broth broth- ers on their golfing careers George Schneiter is present Utah at the op open n champion and pro Ogden Country club while the theother theother theother other two Earl and Ernie are outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing players and Moved lo to Fort Douglas In 1927 Tom moved to Fort Douglas where he stayed until the end of the 1930 golfing season I when he was forced to return to the coast for his health He re returned returned returned re- re turned to Salt Lake City in 1933 acting as professional at Forest ForestDale ForestDale ForestDale Dale for a year He then re returned returned returned re- re turned to the coast and stayed until 1936 when he rio resumed his post at Forest Dale He has been at the Ninth East street course ever since S Young Tommy is just now beginning beginning be beginning be- be ginning to receive notice on his own account in golfing circles In 1940 and 1941 he won the Schoolboys school schoolboys schoolboys' schoolboys schoolboys' boys' boys division of the annual hole- hole one in-one contest and in the same years he went to the semifinals of the midget division of the state junior golf tournament This ye year r rhe he was in that event Although he is only 13 years old he has the shots of af a real ft t t rt J tl ir f v S 1 golfer and the poise necessary to carry him through and carry arry the McHugh golfing on to the third generation