Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16

Fred Mcleod. the professional at the
Columbia Country Club, has, with the
assistance of A. Ward Evans of that
club, perfected system not only TO
teach the player his faults but actually
20 show him where he is wrong
Evans. who is good amateur Pho
tographer, has brought his camera with
him che last few times he has taken
lessons. and has acquired some very
Interesting pictures. These pictures
are quite remarkable in that they show
the club actually meeting the ball
A very noticeable bend in the shaft
of the club is one of the features of a
picture taken of Mcleod as his club
head met the ball. The latter has been
hooking the ball off the tee for the
past few days, and these pictures show
that his right hand is turned too far
over just as the ball is hit and the ball
is sent off at a tangent with top
and left-handed spin, which causes the
hook. Some of the members of the
club insisted that they were playing
the stroke correctly and it is now
possible to show them where they are
wrong, as the pictures tell the tale.
Walter S. Harlan of the Columbia
Country Club left Thursday for Poland
Springs, Me, where he spends few
months each year.
Members of the kirkside Golf Club
are much pleased with the new locker
arrangement. The locker room is sep
arated from the main building, but this
does not inconvenience the members.
| The greens at this course are in bet
| ter shape than at any of the other local
| courses. Not SO much crab grass. the
bane of the green keeper at this time
| Of year. is in the Kirkside greens as
| is in evidence at many of the Wash
| ington courses.
| The womens putting contests Satur-
| day afternoon at the Columbia Coun-
try Club are attracting many of the
! fair golfers to the sport, some of whom
never had evinced much interest in
| the game prior to the inauguration of
| these contests. Any day in the week
| some of the women may be seen prac-
| ticing assiduously in preparation for
the weekend play. and il is true that
| putters than men. Some Of the enthu-
| siastic women are becoming so pro-
| ficient at this angle of the game that
| it would take formidable man player
! to hope to cope with them on the
| green. The putting course at Columbia
! has eighteen well laid out holes of all
| distances, afrording practice at all the
| shots with which the player would be
| confronted on the regular course. The
/ presidents cup. donated to the woman
| members by Emmons S. Smith, has in
| duced many of the woman members
| who formerly never took a club in
| their hands to get out the prac-
| tice course and enter the Journeys. il
| not only improves the standard OF
| putting. but gives the players expe-
rience in competition. which the fem :
| mime players do not get as frequently
| as the men. The cup has been won
| twice by Mrs Aipheus Winter. and as
| II becomes the permanent property OF
| a three-time victor. she needs to an
mex the event but once more to have
the trophy as her own.
| Many OF the members of the Chevy
| Chase Club have gone out of town for
| the summer months and the golf course
| does not present the scene of so much
activity as IL did earlier in the season
| Enough of the members. however. have
| remained in the city to enjoy the beau
ties of the fine course and play in the
| regular Saturday afternoon events.
Many OF the enthusiastic golfers play
! early in the morning. getting in a full
round before the sun has risen high