The Washington herald., 1916-11-26
CHEVY CHASE CLUB
TO Change COURSE
Expert ConeIlan to Inspect and Rec
ommend Changes.

number Of changes on its course which
will be completed before long. The ciuo
had its annual meeting recently and
elected H. L. Bisselle. president; DIT.
Thomas A. Poole. vice president; New
man Little. secretary. and Charles E.
Bright. treasurer. John L. Writ was
chosen to succeed DR.. NJ. Sutlin as greens
manager, the latter was made tennis
manager. and C. Golden Miller was chos-
en- as house manager. Little. Bissele,
Bright and Writ were also elected TO
the board Of governors for q two-year
term As soon as Uncle John" Writ
was elected, he began studying the
course with q view to bringing It near
. er to a standard one. A number of
changes have already been decided upon,
and when they are completed 1t will add
fully 100 yards in length to the nine-hole
course, or about 800 yards to the eighteen
It has been decided that there are too
many elbow holes on the course and
these will be Strengthened out This will
not only improve the course but give
players going to other holes better pro-
lection. Writ and his committee Is now
going over the course marking out places
for new traps, as 1t is believed that as
now being played the course Is much too
easy, as there are too many run-up shots.
The sinking of a few bunkers will make
the players pitch their shots instead OF
running them up and will call for much
higher standard Of golf. In addition to
digging all OF the traps deeper than they
now are. the following changes have al
ready been decided upon. The tee on
the fifth hole will be Strengthened and
brought to the center but back toward
the road. Number tee will be moved
fifteen or twenty yards back and q
bunker will be placed to the left Of the
green to have the tee Of No. 8. The trap
at the eighth will be deepened. In order
to prevent slices going toward the sec
ond, traps will be built around the first
green. These changes are Just a starter,
as they will be followed with others
thrnughout the winter and there win be
no "let up" until the club is satisfied that
its course is as good as It possibly can
be under existing conditions.
". n. Rodenbaugh, a new member of
the green committee at Bannockburn. has
just returned from a trip to Florida.
While there he got several good ideas
which he intends to pass along to the
chairman, ]. Martin Scranage
Professional Freddie" Mcleod is GER
tainly going at great clip these days
He has been making the Columbia course
IN the young seventies'' very frequently,
hut made a record on Wednesday when
he scored a 69-two strokes better than
Ills previous 1916 mark Macs" game
was verv consistent throughout the
round. His on the home hole was a
well-earned one as he was on the green
In . Had he not missed a 3-foot putt on
No. u, he would have had S. His card
was:
Out. 4I444 4448+ +S
In....... As go e%es
From now on the scores at all of the
local clubs should be considerably high
er than they have been. as the cold
weather is hardening out the ground and
making the courses considerably rougher.
The thirteenth green at Columbia which
has been changed considerably is about
ready to be opened up again. It has
been remodeled. and graded differently.
terrace effect somewhat similar to that
on Number IS having been made. Work
is also going on at the seventeenth. This
is on top of n high hill and Is an ex-
ceptionally hard hole because Il requires
Pn almost perfect pitch to hold the green,
the ball overrunning in a majority Of
r"seS. The front of this green has been
'9"-ered considerably and the back raised
nd il l. believed that this will make the
f0'e 4 T"Uch batter one. With the excep-
TOW Of few miscellaneous traps which
win be built from time to time, the two
holes named above will be the only ones
Ch7ngec this year.
". Stonier. Jr. was the winner of the
Eannockburn putting championship this
,car.
Thc proposed half holiday for govern
'"1ent employees throughout the year is at
tracting much attention at the various
local country clubs. It Is believed that
this half holiday. If granted, will greatly
strengthen the clubs in membership and
uTefulneSs. Unlike all other kinds of
clubs. country clubs must depend upon
md sunshine. there being little
door entertainment provided for the
:'!ass Of members. the mission of this
class Of club being to provide outdoor
recreation. The additional halliday
would probably double the attendance of
the average golhng member to this coun-
try club