New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-24
LONG DRIVES BY WOMEN
At CHEVY CHASE COURSE.
Strong Wind Helped Considerably
an National Tournament.

During the women's national golf CHAMPIONSHIPS
tournament Chevy Chase last October many ex-
ceptionally long drives made. In fact.
much prominence given these far carries that
one foreign writer has asked why. IL American
women drive these distances. those who
at ST. Andrews, Scotland. last spring competing
in the British wonnens championship could get
little more than one hundred and fifty yards
In explaining this yesterday well known local
golfer said:
ITO begin with the conditions were somewhat
different. The American women who went TO St
Andrews last spring could hardly be regarded as
representative OF the driving strength of this coun-
try. Unquestionably at the time the American
tournament played the Chevy Chase course
was fast from the long continued drouth, and, be-
sides. the wind proved quite factor.
There is no denying. however, that the driving
at Chevy Chase above the average. both in
the match play rounds and the driving compeu-
ton. There can be no doubt "a to the correctness
of the distances in the latter event. as competent
committee. composed Of United States Golf 1850
citation and Chevy Chase Club officials attended 10
ali the details.
THE competitors drove from point almost IN
front of the first tee toward the first green which
guarded by two bunkers about forty yaFos
apart. For half the distance the ground fell away
trihe, after which the fairway continued oul0o
level to the green. A moderate wind at the tinie
swept from such a quarter to give long run
to a pulled ball, stroke which under any c0iul-
tions is always sure Of the maximum OF ols'10e'
provided the pull IL not too greatly einPn6S-@So-
Miss Fanny C. Osgood made three drives ali .,
which ran between the bunkers TO the green ana
one of these efforts reached distance OF Z9z yaroS
Her aggregate distance 742 yards, giving an
average of 247 1-3 yards The longest single orlVe
IN that contest was credited to Miss Grace Sernple
who on one of her tee shots made 25S yards her
aggregate for the three drives was I1S yards "hle
Miss Kate Harley, who won the championship
totaled 7Ge.
oddly enough. OF these players, MISS Us
good possibly excepted was regarded as anything
out of the ordinary in the long game On the
other hand Miss Margaret Curtis and her sister,
Harriet admittedly OF the longest drivers on
this side OF the Atlantic were unable TO keep witt
in bounds in this particular competition. ana con-
sequently failed to qualify Earlier in the tourla
ment however in her match against Miss Harley
Miss NJ. Curtis the distinction OF driving ABOUT
hundred and fifty yards. 1t was whie gong
TO the seventh hole. The Boston woman got nome
easily with an iron for her second shot, aitnougn
the hole measures more than four hundred YARDS
On this day there was a following wind for hoies
running the same as the seventh -
so FAR as the doubling Thomas class OF ctluCs
abroad is concerned. It might be ADDED tnat tIe
for Ia king some of the reports which reach tncs.
shores with grain OF salt. For instance me oss1
of the American efforts fall far snort OF the oUz
Yards which Miss May Hezlet is said 10 nave
driven aided by q gale OF wind, at newcastle
County Down, Ireland