Evening star., 1916-08-13

The announcement that Bannock-
burn is to hold a tournament this fall
is welcome news to all the golfers OF
the Capital city, for the Journeys given
in the past by the same organization
when the club was on the old site at
Chevy Chase Circle were among the
most delightful affairs in this section.
The Bannockburn course is steadily i'm
proving in condition and by the time
the date for the event rolls around,
which will be the latter part of Sep
tember, it is expected to be in as good
shape as it is possible to have 1t. The
difficulty of fall tournaments is the
presence of worm casts in the putting
greens. although in a course like Ban
nockbur they are not apt to be so
prevalent as they might be in fatter
course.
The matter of good drinking water
has been the subject of much concern
at Bannockburn in the past, the only
available water having been in back OF
No tee, and the spring had nothing
to protect 1t but an overhanging rock
At the last meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Cabin John Club 1t was
decided to wall over the roof of the
In which the beautiful spring at the
fifth green at the Washington Golf and
Country Club is inclosed. The sides
will be of stone and the bottom OF
gravel. The spring which crosses the
fairway of No hole, which has not
been used by the club members owing
to the possibility of contagion. is to be
made sanitary and inclosed in the same
manner as that at the sixth tee.
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will play John L. Warren for position
in the finals of the competition for the
Fenry-Williams cup at Bannockourn
in the upper half of the draw and j.
of the T. J. w. Brown versus w. p.
Jackson contest, which is being played
today.
Bannockburn is to have the use of
the new No / tee in a short time, and
this will lengthen the hole at least
seventy yards and make it a hard
matter to drive the green. which it has
been easy to do in the past.
Bannockburn will hold special events
on Labor day aside from the qualifiea-
ton round for the September tourna-
ment The major event of the day has
not yet been decided upon. but Will
probably be a handicap against par
contest.
Jimmy Spencer, the pro at the Wash
ington Suburban Club. took a trip over
to Bannockburn one day last week with
Mark Lansburgh of the Georgia ave-
nue. organization and defeated Dave
Burgess, the pro, and one of the local
amateurs by 2-1.
A. R. Mckinney, a local golfer, has
been the guest of one of the members
of the Washington Suburban Club a
few times the last week and has sur
prised all those who have seen him
play by the distance he gets off the
tee The pro al the club is authority for
the statement that he drove over the
hill on the long seventh hole with a
midiron. something any other players
are proud to do with a wooden club
and has reached the eighth green in
two iron shots.
Howard. Beckett of the Washington
Golf and Country Club is playing as
well right now as he has ever played
was playing the best ball of three
| amateurs. Albert r.. Mckenzie OF the
Columbia Country Club. Roy Pickford
of the same organization and another
| man. The amateurs went very strong
on the first nine holes. having best
! ball of 80 and being two up on the
pro. Beckett was up against pretty
stiff opposition, as the only hole he
| won going out was the fifth. a distance
| of 226 yards. which he drove and sank
, the putt for two. although Mckenzie
| got three. Two OF the amateurs
, got twos on the ninth hole. making
them two up at the turn. The match
/ ended in favor Of the amateurs on the
! sixteenth green. Beckett did not putt
| as well as he usually does, having
missed several of the four -footers.
However. on the first hole he sank a
\ long one and again on the seventeenth
| hole he rammed down a forty footer
! to win the hole with a three. His
| card follows-Out. 3 5 5 4 2.444 ga
5447 3 4 3 3 4-37-7.
The seventeenth green at the Wash
| ington Country Club course is re-
markable example. of engineering
Some time ago, after a heavy rain
| storm, the green caved in with the re-
storm. the green caved in. with the re-
green built up again. The creek which
wanders through the course goes under
this green.
| Despite the heat of the afternoon
every day finds a good many Of the
enthusiastic golfers playing over the
| picturesque course in Virginia Al
| though rather more inaccessible than
most of the Washington courses many
of the members go out to the WASH
+ ington Country Club. play a round of
golf and take dinner at the club.
The greens at the Kirkside course
seem to have avoided the deluge- of
crab grass which is running the putting
at some of the other local courses and
are in excellent condition generally.
Herbert Strong, secretary of the Pro-