Evening star., 1915-12-26
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

Milo II. Sutliff. greens manager of
the Kirkside Golf Club, has submitted
to the club proposal for rearrange-
ment of the course so as to eliminate
all crossings of holes. AS the course
now Is played there are three places
where holes cross one another No. is
crossed twice by those playing both
Nos. 4 and 2, while No. also crosses
in front of No. tee. In the proposed
Encouragement all crossings of holes
have been eliminated by playing them
at angles, the distance covered will be
approximately the same as now being
covered, and, although it will be neces-
sary to build new tees in several dis
tances. no new green's will be neces-
sary. This proposition has been sub
mltted to the club and it has been de-
cided that the rearranged course will
round to be an Improvement over the
present one. the change will be made
permanent. Under the new plan the
present No. will be the first hole,
while the present ninth will be played
as No. 2. A new tee will be built just
north of that hole for No. tee and
the hole will be the present second.
The new fourth hole will be the present
NO l., while the present third will be
played as the new fifth. No. s will be
the old Fourth, No. the old fifth. No. s
the former sixth and No. 8 the old
seventh. This change. which is really
nothing more than making the players
play the course backward, will give
the club an advantage enjoyed by many
OF the Scottish clubs-the course can
be played either way.'
John T. Harris won the putting con-
test. which ended at Bannockburn last
week, and his victory, in addition to
giving him a prize. also gave him a
leg on the trophy, known as the 1907
cup-which must be won three times
erty OF the owner. A. Norbert Demp-
sey was the runner-up, being beaten
by up and !. In the semi finals
Harris beat J. Vinton Birch, UP and l.,
by up and 2. A. j. Whitaker won the
consultations, defeating John A Robin
son, 2 up and /, In the final round.
rms years event was an exceptionally
interesting one, as three Of the four
members who already have legs on the
trophy competed. They were Herbert
F. Clarke, NJ. Dorsett and George T.
Cunningham, E. B. Brooke being the
absentee.
The board of governors of the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club met last
week and elected fourteen new mem
bers, while almost as many new appli-
cations were received and placed on
file. : As the club has limit OF $50
members, and as this number has been
reached on several occasions, the board
has hit upon new scheme, which
keeps the personnel of the club a live
cally culled out as soon as it is dis
covered, and in this way vacancies are
made for members who will take an
active interest in the club and its af-
fnt rfo
there are now about twenty-five or
thirty vacancies as active members, but
the limit for the associate membership
has been reached.
/ The putting course at the Columbia
Country Club has been closed for the
winter months and probably will not
be opened up again until the early
almost as much as the regular one. and
several of those who play the game
throughout the year will miss 1t
greatly.
At special meeting of the Bannock-
burn Golf Club last Saturday evening
it was voted to increase the annual
dues OF the club rather substantially.
The club has accomplished great deal
in the development of the Cabin John
Bridge course, but it has reached the
point where heavier disbursements are
necessary to improve the present nine
holes and make some progress on the
newer ones. A special meeting Of the
newly elected green committee, which
is composed of ]. NJ. Scranage, Hugo W.
Hesselbach, Richard Beattie. George T.
Cunningham, Bruce L. Taylor and T.. J.
W. Brown, was held at the home of
Chairman Scranage last Wednesday, at
which it was decided to recommend
that most of the improvement appro-
priation be used principally for I'M
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The change in weather during the
past week brought out great many
players at the various clubs The pre-
ceding week, during which time the
courses were covered with snow, drove
many players in, but the warm sum-
mer-like days of the week just ended
brought them out again, and at several
of the clubs the crowds looked to be of
almost raid-season size.
II the weather Is good Chevy Chase
expects to hold special holiday handi-
cap events for its members New Year
day.
]. r. DeFarges has been made chair
man of the house committee at Ban
inockburn. The other members selected
for this important committee for the
Ben 81. Hunt. Mrs. William Smith and
Col. Il. NJ. Schofield.
At its regular December meeting, held
last Saturday, nine members were
placed on the waiting list" at the
Kirktide Golf Club. The club has a
limit Of 100 active members and fifty
associates, and at the November meet
ing decided to establish a, waiting
membership" the limit having been
reached. Those placed on the waiting
list pay regular dues and have all priv
ileges except voting. They will, of
course, be made active members as fast