The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
ALL THE WORLDS A LINKS.


And al the men and women merely players;
They haEs their stymies and their fooGle strokes,
And one man in his time plays many games,
His Sdn being seven Sssges. At first the tSTo,
Missing and swearing at the little globe;
Then the local player. with his bgaSsie
And happy golhng face creeping like snaiS
But willingly toward holes; and then the enthusiast,
Teeing the guilty. with Highland ballad
Made 10 his partners wrist shot Then an expert,
Full Of Scotch oaths and cnE<uaed in the breeks.
Making gobbe; sudden and quick in putting
Seeking golfng reputation
Even in the bunker's pit. And then. the champion,
In EeIl-von outfit with gold medals lined
With eyes severe and half shot of the best.
Full Of advice and mstch-play instances;
And 50 be plays his game The sixth stage
Shifts into the old and has been golfng champ,
With full beard on his chin and clubs on side;
His loud, plaid hose, well saved, mile too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his once piercing VOICE
Turning once more toward childish forcing" pipes
And whistles in his play. Last stage Of ALL
That cnds this dalectic history y
Is Sulfng memories and mere narStien,
Sans strokes. sans swipe. gip. Ans everything!
Arthur L Locke, in Puck.
There are nearly 5000 golf players
among the four country clubs here, and
interest in the game is fast spreading.
Several notable scores and records have
been made over the Chevy Chase links.
Three years ago DR.. l. Lee Harlan was
credited with 60. a most remarkable per-
formance. Later scores of 20 have been
made by w. R Tuckerman. n by S.
Dalzell, and the record of the old course
stood at y to the credit OF F. Oden
Horstman for several years. The pres
ent record of the remodeled course is
Is as follows: 4. 4, s. 6. 5, 4 so;
5, 3. 4. 4. 5, 5, I, ), SIS. The first nine
holes 40 and the last nine S.
Tbere is rrnI1s1,aI variety in the distance
and character of the holes, very little
paraneling, and the con1guration of the
ground is excellent. One benefit from
the change which will soon be appreciated
is that the course as rearranged will
admit more players at a time without
crowdins.
During the second week in May" says
Mr.. Alexander Britton, who has been one
of the executive committee of the United
States Golf Association, the Chevy
Chase Club will hold an invitation golf
tournament on its new course, and pres
ent indications point TO a most successful
event Numerous first-cIasS players, in
Guiding W. S. Travis, are coming, and
George Sargent, the club professional, is
sparing no effort to get the course in
the best possible condition
Alien Lara, one OF Ine pest al lle
Chevy Chase Club, has been turning in
some low scores at Pinehurst during the
last week. ~ as. 5-.- s /
One of the questions in golf is What
~ Bogcy?" or should we say, who is
bogey?"
Rogey Cor Bogie) is a fictitious colonel
who always plays a good, consistent
game of golf, as distinguished from par
perfect game.
Col Bogey has often been seen late at
night practicing on the links" and, play
ing over golf courses in Scotland and
elsewhere by those returning home late
from a golf club banquet. He has also
intervals. So we at least have some foun-
dation, if only in the imagination, for this
extraordinary parsonage.
THE word links is often used in the
wrong way by us IN this country" says
Mr.. Ormsby McCammon, a prominent
golf player of the Chevy Chase Club.
The word does not refer to golf courses
except when such courses are laid out
upon the links. The word links means a
low-lying strip or stretch of land contigu-
Gus to the sea- -
According to Mr.. McCammon. a good
golf course is never hilly, nor is ii fiat,
but is undulating. 1t is not laid out
properly if hole is easier or harder to
reach at one season Of the year than
another, or on account of the wind. BY
having at least three tees Cshort, middle,
and back on every hole, the playing
length (as TO the number-of shotsl can
always be kept the same. ''In scotland,
says Mr.. McCammon, "a hole is not
measured by yards, but by the shot or
-
minimum length for hole there is I'D
yards and the maximum length is 575
yards
The Presidents Cup and the Sismese
Minister'S Cup are regular fixtures at the
Chevy Chase Club. The round robin
tournament and a tombstone" handicap
event are also annual events.
The annual tournament of the Middle
Atlantic Golf Association will be held at
the Baltimore Country Club May 3. Rep
resentative players from the Baltimore
Country Club, Bannockburn Golf Club. |
Chevy Chase Club, Columbia Country |
Club, Elkridge Hunt Club. Maryland |
Country Club, Country Club of Virginia, !
and the Wilmington Country Club will |
participate. On the day before the tour
nament the annual meeting of the "asso- |
citation" for the election of officers and
the transaction of such other business as
may be before il will take place at Roland |
Park, Baltimore.
DR.. l. Lee Harlan and Mr. John c. !
Davidson, two promenent golf players of
this city, have been playing regularly, /
when the good weather permitted. at the /
Washington Country Club. DR.. Harlan
has been playing golf since 1899, when he
won a tournament the first year of his
play. Mr.. Davidson was for many years
one of the best tennis players of the city
before he took up the less strenuous game
Of golf, holding the District championship
for three years.
Robert Mcwatt, who acted as the pro-
tessional at the Columbia Country Club
until recently. has gore to the Baltimore
Country Club. He will be greatly missed
n this city.
In speaking OF the Bannockburn Golf
Club yesterday, the clubs president. Miss
Alice B. Sanger, had the following to say:
The women Of the club. OF whom there