The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
COLI.

Morven Thompson. of the Chevy Chase
| Club is spending his vacation at North
Hatley. Canada. and expects to be away
from the city for month.
John T Harris, chairman of the tour
nament committee of the Bannockburn
tGolf Club. returned Wednesday from a
three weeks trip to Newport and New
York City.
The intercollegiate individual champion
ship, which will be played over the
Greenwich CConn.) Country Club course
September : to l., will be open this year
for the first time to members of colleges
whose teams are not represented in the
team championship.
What is to be done with the hardened
sinner who holes out in one stroke on the
same course on three different occasions
within six months?
Sandy Herd was guilty of something of
this kind at Coombe Hill his first season
there, but owing to his i'll luck in other
respects his offense was overlooked.
But now comes Mr.. Ernest Will Jams, Of
the Sale Club. another sinner on a big
scale to be a stumbling block and a
cause of offense.
1t is reported that on october II he did
the first hole 600 yards in one. On
February he did the same at the sew
enteenth hole temporary, li0 YARDS. and
on April 10 he only took one stroke for
the sixth Temporary, III YARDS.
Some amusing incidents happen among
the new well as the old players. Re-
Gently a machine known as the Full
name Ball Marker was installed at the
Portland (OreS) Golf Club for the pur-
pose of enabling each player to remem-
Der his own ball. Recently the clubs
professional was out on the course and
heard a remark from a new player, who
had evidently lost track of his ball:
When you find my ball you will know
it. for it has a trademark. H. II.
Pearce,' in large letters" The player
evidently thought the name was that of
the maker. while it was none other than
the cognomen of the secretary of the
club, who had taken the precaution to
brand his ball so it would not be mis-
taken for some other members.
Golf needs a national and uniform
system of handicapping as much as
playing the game. 4 single system
of handicapping. used by all clubs.
even if faulty. is far preferable to a
va riety of methods. good. bad and in
different. Once some uniform system
has been nationally adopted, any i'm
PROJECTIONS can be ultimately remedied
and worked out to being as nearly
correct as it is possible to attain in
a problem like golf handicapping.
The main thing. the great desideratum.
is to have uniformity. the same sys-
tenn used by all golf clubs. 1t does
not so much matter if the system gives
a man strokes who now holds IL,
or whether the same man should get
Is strokes: just so all others are treat
ed in like manner pro rata. There
is. however one method that should
be thrown into the discard at once,
he Guess En-" system, the most prev
alent of all bad and unfair handicap
ping methods.
Making a 200-yard hole in one isl
luite a feat c. NJ. Wolff turned the
rick recently at the Portland, Greg, |
golf Club and the gallery is still buzz
ling about it. as the hole Is downhiff |
md is hard to approach from the
front, as the green slopes sharply |
downward into a marsh.
But did you ever hear of golfer
making the entire course in one
stroke?
Sam Holbrook claims this distinc-
ion and. like the other current one
stroke" feat. II was pulled on the
course of the Portland Golf Club.
Driving due west for the first green,
Iolbrooks aim went somewhat askew
md the elusive globule shot due north
bout 40 yards to where the ninth
.reen snugly nestles on a broad pla-
eau.
The pin was in the hole, but that
matters not for the purposes Of the
story. Anyhow, Holbrook's wonder
ul slice rolled contentedly UP to the
lin, skipped around to the back side
f the cup and plunked down.
So that's how Mr.. Holbrook claims
o have established his worlds record
# one stroke on a nine-holes course
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