Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-26 | Page 14 | Club Limit Doesn't Hury Scores

CLUB LIMIT HURT SCORES Many Stars w Better Par ill Despite Cu Co Cut CuBy By HUG HUGH HUGn S. S FULLERTON NEW YORK Jan 26 UP It It It l lo loas Oft as if the United States Golf Gol ass ji would have to try 8 son Di means other th the club 14 Ii t 1 Ill l if it wants to kei ke 11 old man par fro 11 Jj looking silly fj To u r n a m golfers have b be r z laboring s 1 Im s i January 1 und the new r I to which limi limits th thel i ito as asto to 14 clubs t 1 same ones start to fin fina finish j I Ia a tourney Gr t the only results that h ha j been seen are aret tl c sd Byron Nelson lightening of oft tf Vu burden upon the caddies and the ther rl moval o of some o of the mental uJ b-uJ den on the boys who i had trouble deciding which club uJ use i The scores dont don't show any gre change The professional shar IW ziS shooters who follow the f D J r cult still stilt to make the J manage g ga look ridiculously easy and thes Zb amateurs manage to keep th lIi t I scores close to par pw Average Strokes Stroke It Here are a few of the results co I piled in about three weeks I riTe In three major open pm in southern California the winni Tm scores for ten rounds have average hi strokes with the low fa in 7 r. 64 made by Jimmy Thomson a aByron Byron Nelson at Pasadena last Su du day By picking the best each day and perhaps tossing i n Ib I Frank Moores Moore's 67 to win the on ont day Dizzy Dean tourney and Den m on t Shutes Shute's informal 64 to crack t tilt Miami Biltmore course record t th figure could be lowered alos The f fro average comes comeS' j rounds of 74 68 by Thoms Thorns and to win the Los Angeles open sat Sai Snead's Sneads rs 72 67 at Del Mar Cal ail J E Henry Picard's 71 70 at Pa Paz b dena All An these rounds were play pla m over courses where par was sum or 72 In It More to the point perhaps perhaps' lis O the fact the pros had to avera aver 75 or better in the qualifying roun J at Los Angeles and na nabe be allowed to play the last two da daIn daIn daIn In these two tournaments the J amateurs Bruce McCormick tile Jimmy McHale cHale averaged 71 31 bow Continued on Following Page 1 rt Lt fM New Club Limit No Great Handicap Continued from Preceding Page eight rounds and McCormick alone compiled a average Amateurs Low LowIn LowIn LowIn In various Florida tournaments I where the greater part of the medal scores weren't recorded in the course of match play the best figures come out to an even lower average Then rounds by four good amateurs mostly over the Miami- Miami Biltmore course averaged just strokes Hank Kowal of Utica N. N r- r Y re recorded recorded recorded re- re corded successive rounds of 71 70 in n the Miami Biltmore amateur championship and failed to get past the hc semifinals losing out when Bob of Dayton Ohio fired a 65 at him Patty Berg of Minneapolis leadIng leading lead- lead ing ng feminine sharpshooter has checked in so far with medal rounds of 79 78 and even the baseball players are threatening par In n their own private tournament and in free-for-all free events the leadIng leading lead- lead ing ng golfers in major league ranks have lave averaged strokes