1952 Men's Golf - Year In Review

Coaching Staff
Bob Harbison, Head Coach

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1952 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

Jude Dunfee, South Bend, Ind.

Bob Martin, 5-11, 175, Chicago, Ill.

1952 Roster - By Name

L
T                                       PY
R Name                  Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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* Tommy Brown           5-10  150  Jr   *    Tallahassee (Leon/West Point)
* Tom Cumbie                            *    Quincy (Quincy/Davidson College)
* Jude Dunfee                      Fr        South Bend, Ind.
* Frank Hirt            6-2   215  Jr        Tallahassee
* Jimmy James           5-11  150  So-R *    Tallahassee
  Bob Martin            5-11  175  Fr        Chicago, Ill.
  Gene Meshew                                
* Sonny Tinney                     Sr-R ***  Tallahassee (Leon)
  Bob Whitmer           6-2   204  Sr        South Bend, Ind. (Purdue)

Lettermen listed in the Tallahassee Democrat, May 18, 1952, page 7.

1952 Schedule and Results

DATE	POST GAME	BOX SCORE	LOC	OPPONENT	SCORE
03/13	Postgame	Box	A	Jacksonville NAS	L 8.5-9.5
03/14	Postgame	Box	A	Rollins College	W 11.5-6.5
03/15	Postgame	Box	A	Stetson	W 12-6
03/19	Postgame	Box	N	Miami DeLand	W 11.5-5.5
03/22	Postgame	Box	N	Florida Intercollegiate March 20-22, 1952, DeLand
03/24	Postgame	Box	H	Georgia Tech	W 14.5-12.5
03/25	Postgame	Box	H	Georgia	L 4.5-22.5
03/31	Postgame	Box	H	Citadel	L 6-21
04/03	Postgame	Box	H	Rollins College	L 2.5-15.5
04/05	Postgame	Box	H	Mercer	W 19.5-7.5
04/19	Postgame	Box	H	Stetson	L 5-13
04/28	Postgame	Box	A	Mercer	W 12-6
04/29	Postgame	Box	A	Georgia Tri-Meet	L 5-7
04/29	Postgame	Box	N	Alabama Tri-Meet, Athens, Ga.	L 4.5-7.5
04/30	Postgame	Box	N	Auburn Athens, Ga.	L 8-10
05/03	Postgame	Box	N	Southern Intercollegiate May 1-4, 1952, Athens, Ga.
05/10	Postgame	Box	H	Jacksonville NAS	W 7.5-4.5

EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
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FSU record is    7- 8     3- 4     3- 2     1- 2

1952 EOY Stats
Name                 Tournaments Rounds Par Low Strokes Wins Top10   Ave
========================================================================
Sonny Tinney                 9     14     4  69  1,011    1     1  72.21
Jimmy James                 11     10     0  70    749    0     0  74.90
Tom Cumbie                  13     13     0  72    998    0     0  76.77
Tommy Brown                 12     13     0  73  1,009    0     0  77.62
Jude Dunfee                  9      9     0  74    719    0     0  79.89
Frank Hirt                   7      6     0  77    480    0     0  80.00
Bob Whitmer                  1      1     0  80     80    0     0  80.00
Gene Meshew                  1      1     0  83     83    0     0  83.00

1952 Match Play Stats
Name                 Record  Percent
====================================
Sonny Tinney          3-1-0     0.75
Tom Cumbie            1-1-2     0.50
Tommy Brown           1-2-1     0.38
Jude Dunfee           0-4-0     0.00

1951-52 Men's Golf

Name	03/13/1952 Jacksonville NAS	03/14/1952 Rollins College	03/15/1952 Stetson	03/19/1952 Miami	03/22/1952 Florida Intercollegiate Par 72
Tommy Brown	/77=77	/79=79	/80=80	/78=78	/84=84
Tom Cumbie	/79=79	/72=72	/75=75	/76=76	/76=76
Jude Dunfee				/85=85	/75=75
Frank Hirt				/84=84	/81=81
Jimmy James	/78=78	/74=74	/70=70	/74=74	/77=77
Bob Martin
Gene Meshew
Sonny Tinney	/73=73	/73=73	/72=72	/69=69	1 /69-69-69-72=279
Bob Whitmer

Name	03/24/1952 Georgia Tech	03/25/1952 Georgia	03/31/1952 Citadel	04/03/1952 Rollins College	04/05/1952 Mercer
Tommy Brown	/73=73	/76=76	/76=76	/79=79	/78=78
Tom Cumbie	/78=78	/79=79	/81=81	/75=75	/77=77
Jude Dunfee	/80=80	/77=77	/79=79	/74=74	/77=77
Frank Hirt	/81=81	/77=77	/80=80		/77=77
Jimmy James	/75=75	/74=74	/75=75	/78=78	/74=74
Bob Martin
Gene Meshew			/83=83
Sonny Tinney	/72=72	/74=74
Bob Whitmer					/80=80

Name	04/19/1952 Stetson	04/28/1952 Mercer	04/29/1952 Georgia	04/29/1952 Alabama	04/30/1952 Auburn
Tommy Brown		T 1.5-1.5	L 2-1	L 2-1	W 3-0
Tom Cumbie	/75=75	W 2.5-0.5	L 2.5-0.5	T 1.5-1.5	T 1.5-1.5
Jude Dunfee	/ 0=0	L 3-0	L 2.5-0.5	L 3-0	L 1-2
Frank Hirt	/ 0=0
Jimmy James	/ 0=0
Bob Martin
Gene Meshew
Sonny Tinney		W 2.5-0.5	W 3-0	W 2-1	L 2-1
Bob Whitmer

Name	05/03/1952 Southern Intercollegiate	05/10/1952 Jacksonville NAS
Tommy Brown	/76-76-77=229	/ 0=0
Tom Cumbie	mc /75-80=155	/ 0=0
Jude Dunfee	mc /86-86=172
Frank Hirt
Jimmy James
Bob Martin
Gene Meshew
Sonny Tinney	/75-74-77=226	/73=73
Bob Whitmer

Jacksonville NAS 9.5, Florida State 8.5
03/13/1952, Jacksonville

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       73     73
Tommy Brown                        77     77
Jimmy James                        78     78
Tom Cumbie                         79     79

Florida State 11.5, Rollins College 6.5
03/14/1952, Winter Park

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Tom Cumbie                         72     72
Sonny Tinney                       73     73
Jimmy James                        74     74
Tommy Brown                        79     79

Florida State 12, Stetson 6
03/15/1952, DeLand

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Jimmy James                        70     70
Sonny Tinney                       72     72
Tom Cumbie                         75     75
Tommy Brown                        80     80

Florida State 11.5, Miami 5.5
03/19/1952, DeLand

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       69     69
Jimmy James                        74     74
Tom Cumbie                         76     76
Tommy Brown                        78     78
Frank Hirt                         84     84
Jude Dunfee                        85     85

Florida Intercollegiate
03/22/1952, March 20-22, 1952, DeLand

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Rnd4  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                 1     69    69    69    72    279
Jude Dunfee                        75                       75
Tom Cumbie                         76                       76
Jimmy James                        77                       77
Frank Hirt                         81                       81
Tommy Brown                        84                       84

Florida State 14.5, Georgia Tech 12.5
03/24/1952, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       72     72
Tommy Brown                        73     73
Jimmy James                        75     75
Tom Cumbie                         78     78
Jude Dunfee                        80     80
Frank Hirt                         81     81

Georgia 22.5, Florida State 4.5
03/25/1952, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       74     74
Jimmy James                        74     74
Tommy Brown                        76     76
Jude Dunfee                        77     77
Frank Hirt                         77     77
Tom Cumbie                         79     79

Citadel 21, Florida State 6
03/31/1952, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Jimmy James                        75     75
Tommy Brown                        76     76
Jude Dunfee                        79     79
Frank Hirt                         80     80
Tom Cumbie                         81     81
Gene Meshew                        83     83

Rollins College 15.5, Florida State 2.5
04/03/1952, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Jude Dunfee                        74     74
Tom Cumbie                         75     75
Jimmy James                        78     78
Tommy Brown                        79     79

Florida State 19.5, Mercer 7.5
04/05/1952, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Jimmy James                        74     74
Tom Cumbie                         77     77
Jude Dunfee                        77     77
Frank Hirt                         77     77
Tommy Brown                        78     78
Bob Whitmer                        80     80

Stetson 13, Florida State 5
04/19/1952, Tallahassee

Dick Johnson (SU) over Jimmy James (FSU), 2.5-.5
Tom Cumbie (FSU) over Grace Lenczyk (SU), 2-1
Chuck Rea (SU) over Jude Dunfee (FSU), 2-1
Johnny Nichols (SU) over Frank Hirt (FSU), 3-0

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Jimmy James                          0
Jude Dunfee                          0
Frank Hirt                           0
Tom Cumbie                          75

Florida State 12, Mercer 6
04/28/1952, Macon, Ga.

Sonny Tinney (FSU) def. Larry Moore (MU), 2.5-0.5
Tommy Brown (FSU) tied Larry Blum (MU), 1.5-1.5
Tom Cumbie (FSU) def. Billy Snow (MU), 2.5-0.5
Blue Birdsey (MU) def. Jude Dunfee (FSU), 3-0

Georgia 7, Florida State 5
04/29/1952, Tri-Meet, Athens, Ga.

Sonny Tinney (FSU) def. Moody (UGa), 3-0
Stevenson (UGa) def. Tommy Brown (FSU), 2-1
Kelly (UGa) def. Tom Cumbie (FSU), 2.5-0.5
Hay (UGa) def. Jude Dunfee (FSU), 2.5-0.5

Alabama 7.5, Florida State 4.5
04/29/1952, Tri-Meet, Athens, Ga.

Sonny Tinney (FSU) def. Hill (UAl), 2-1
McNelley (UAl) def. Tommy Brown (FSU), 2-1
Tom Cumbie (FSU) tied Straussburger (UAl), 1.5-1.5
Horton (UAl) def. Jude Dunfee (FSU), 3-0

Auburn 10, Florida State 8
04/30/1952, Athens, Ga.

Match Scores:
Tinney and Brown (FSU) halved Wetherbee and Norvell (AU), 1.5-1.5
Howell and Morris (AU) beat Cumbie and Dunfee (FSU) 3-0

Individual Scores:
Tommy Brown (FSU) def. Fleming Norvell (Aub), 3-0
Tom Cumbie (FSU) tied Dick Howell (Aub), 1.5-1.5
Art Morris (Aub) def. Jude Dunfee (FSU), 1-2
Skippy Waetherbee (Aub) def. Sonny Tinney (FSU), 2-1

Southern Intercollegiate
05/03/1952, May 1-4, 1952, Athens, Ga.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       75    74    77    226
Tommy Brown                        76    76    77    229
Tom Cumbie                 mc      75    80          155
Jude Dunfee                mc      86    86          172

Florida State 7.5, Jacksonville NAS 4.5
05/10/1952, Tallahassee

Sonny Tinney (FSU) beat Ken Sutton (JN), 3-0
Tom Cumbie (FSU) beat Dave Moddy (JN), 3-0
Tommy Brown (FSU) beat Lous Chaff (JN), 2.5-.5

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Tom Cumbie                           0
Tommy Brown                          0
Sonny Tinney                        73