Evening star., 1916-05-07
WASHINGTON COUNTRY CLUB
HAS SHORT BUT FINE COURSE
Organization Is In Its Tenth Year and Is
Very Prosperous-Home Is Located
at Jewell, Va.

The Washington Golf and Country
Club. located at Jewell. Va. is most
interesting organization. The club has
been in existence about nine years and
is entering it's tenth year with in
| creased membership and spirit OF CO.
operation and personal friendship which
is a pleasant thing to find in golf
club.
The clubhouse is situated on the
highest point Of land in the immediate
vicinity of the course, and is a beau
tifully laid out structure, possessed OF
wide porches. affording a pleasant view
| over the pretty golf course and across
the shining Potomac to the wooded
| hills on the Maryland side.
| The old clubhouse now is used as
| caddy shed, and portion of it is de-
voted to the use of Howard Beckett,
the professional.
The links has often been classed in
the 'parlor' game category But this
classification is extremely unfair. 1t
is only 4,662 yards in length, but is
thoroughly diversified by the ad,
mira BILE manner in which the natural
lay of the land is utilized. The man
, who is the least bit off the line. par
ticuIarly on the iron shots. is very
severely penalized, and the short, ac-
curate game is placed at high pre-
MUM. But to offset this seeming dis
crepancy many of the holes range from
$50 to 800 yards in distance, anordlng
slashing hitter the chance to press
home his advantage by driving many
of the greens. 1t is reported that one
local player who drives a very long
ball has reached twelve of the greens
| from the tee, but as he is scarcely as
much at home on the putting green
| as he is on the tee, he did not make
| low score.
The putting greens are very well
| trapped, and a man who has clever
run-up shot or very accurate 'pltch
| in his bag can score very low fhe
| local undulations of the ground are
taken advantage of in a fine manner.
| forcing the player to place his tee shot
| if he would get direct line to the
| pin.
Indebted to Mr.. Truett.
| The members are much indebted to
| Mr.. Truett, who presided as chairman
of the greens committee for number
| of years. He has made many desir-
able improvements and suggestions,
which have resulted in better course.
and it was under his supervision and
| painstaking care that the present NOS.
2. 6, Is. Is and II greens were con-
| structed. DR.. James 7. McClenahan is
the present chairman of the greens
| committee and is a hard worker for
| the betterment of the course.
| The present amateur record of 10 Is
held by Samuel Dalzeil, who establish
ed this mark Friday in defeating
| Donald Woodward by l up in the first
sixteen of the annual spring tourna-
| ment of the club. The former anna
| teur mark of ~ was held jointly by E.
s. Duvall and John C. Davidson, both
of whom are members of the club. Pro-
| fessionaI Beckett one day last year had
Ia 81. On this day he displayed re-
| markable accuracy on the green, fnd-
| ing the bottom of the cup from all
| distances and angles.
The first hole is 24S yards in length,
with pot bunkers on each side of the
green, which can be driven, but the ball
must be exceptionally starlight to
| avoid the trouble. The second is
good hole. which has been called by
best around Washington. 1t is dis
| tanced at $50 yards and the tee shot,
probably a midiron. must be very well
played to obtain the par 3. The creek
to the left constitutes very formida-
BILE hazard, and as the green Is on
| hill a good deal of cut must be ap-
| piled to hold it.
The third hole often has been criti-
cised. 1t is 500 yards long. being the
| lengthiest on the course, and about 400
yards from the tee a hill running down
| to the brook projects into the fairway.
A fine hitter can carry the hill on his
second. but II the ball hits short 1t
will surely find a resting place in the
| creek at the base. The fourth Is
splendid hole of $50 yards. The green
can be driven. but the shot must be
well placed. as 1t is not far to the out
| Of bounds stakes to the left.
1 The fifth is rather unique. 1t crosses
two hills to the undulating green
guarded at the back by the brook.
| which curves in such a manner as to
| form an excellent hazard. No. is call
ed Mount Rixey. because Of the summer
| house placed there by Mr.. Rixey, who
| is an officer in the army. The green.
240 yards from the tee. is very seldom
| driven, as it is on top of high hill.
and carry of fully 230 yards must be
negotiated to accomplish this feat.
Rather Plain Hole.
| The seventh Is rather a plain hole Of