Evening star., 1916-12-10
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES -
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

| The members of the new go1f com
mfttee at the Chevy Chase Club are: ]
Donald Cassels chairman: John H
1 CLAIM and William H. Wilmer. Thi:
| COMMITTEES supersedes the greens com
mittee.
! Ashmead Fuller, Allan Lard ant
| Samuel Dalzell of the Cnevy Cnas'
| Club played over the Columbia course
Friday with George P. James.
| The Chevy Chase course is very Ions
| now with the ground in a SOFT condl'
| ton. The first hole, when IN the sum
mer time is only a drive and iron shot
now requires two full wooden shots tt
| get to the green. The same condition
exists on the second hole. The eighth
hole with the tee as far PACK as II Is
now is very difficult 3. In 1act, a
perusal of some of the cards of Fri
day's play did not disclose one on the
long hole 1t is not the easiest thine
in the world to carry the first bunker
from the tee.
The nIayers of the Columbia .Coun-
try Club now are on the new seven
teenth and thirteenth greens. Ihe sew
| enteenth. although it is much easier
than it was before the green was
pleasing to Fred Mcleod. for he claims
that he had to play a shot which few
| men could play to stick on the ole
green, while now almost any player can
get near the hole.
Jack Burgess has had great sea
son in regard to the holing of mashie
shots from all distances away from the
| hole Early in the season he had
on the short fourth hole at CheVy
| full mashe shot Playing over the
Columbia course with Fred Mcleod
last week, the latter won the first two
! holes with a pair of 3s and lay almos,
dead to the cup on the third hole IN
two shots with Burgess forty yards of
the green. Burgess ran down his chip
shot and Mcleod missed. A similar
thing happened on the fifth hole in the
same round. In this case Mcleod was
about five feet from the cup in two
shots and Burgess lay on the old green
with a number of small mounds between
his ball and the hole. He could not
see the hole, but nevertheless the ball
ran to the edge of the cup, wavered
and dropped in for a 3, Mcleod again
missing his putt for a half, a fairly
common thing after the shot played by
Burgess.
Fred Mcleod was around the Colum-
bia course in 20 Tuesday, a remarkable
score. considering the softness of the
ground.
c. R. King, the caddie master at the
Columbia Country Club. died las,
Tuesday of kidney trouble. He had
been at the club for the past five years
and had become a favorite of the play
ers. who appreciated his unfailine
good nature and sense of duty. A sub
scription list. to which the members OF
the Columbia Club are heartily re-
spending. now is being filled for the
benefit of his family.
Howard H. Beckett of the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club played al
day Thursday at Columbia with Fred
Mcleod. Albert Mckenzie and Roy H.
Pickford. Mckenzie and Mcleod won
both matches from the combination of
Pickford and Beckett. Tomorrow aft
ernoon Jack Burgess and Albert Nc
Kenzie will oppose Mcleod and Pick
ford in match over the Columbia
course.
The new name of +he Washington
Suburban Club is the Town and Coun-
try Club The club is to open town
house on 18th street and Columbia road
shortly James Spencer professional
at the Town and Country Club. has gone
to Meriden. Conn.,. to stay until Christ
mas.
A number of changes are being con-