Evening star., 1916-08-20
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES FROM
ALL THE LOCAL CLUBS

Eddie Loos, the professional of the
Mecklenburg North Carolina Coun-
try Club. visited Fred Mcleod at the
Columbia Country Club for two days
the past week and played three rounds
over the course. Last winter Loos and
Mcleod played in a pro tourney at
Augusta, Ga, and on this occasion the
Columbia man was the victor. Loos
played Tuesday with G. H. Chasmar
and r. E. Burks against Mcleod and
Albert r. Mckenzie. The latter pair
won, although they were given good
fight. Wednesday through the medium
of some extraordinary putting on the
part of Mcleod the team of Mcleod
and Hugh Mckenzie beat Loos and
Chasmar. Mcleod had score of as.
leading Loos by several strokes. The
Columbia professional had streak of
putting on no less than five of the
green's Running down long puts to
make up stroke lost through the fair
little ragged. at on time approaching
the regular Mcleod standard, and his
putting in particular has been source
of worry. But every so often all golf
ers get a streak of great work on the
green's and this gives them the neces-
sary confidence to play their puts well
for some time. McLeod's driving was
off Wednesday, but with the RETURN Of
his putting he should have no trouble
Frightening out his game off the tee.
1t is probable that the game of profess
sionals who give as many lessons as
does Mcleod suffers a bit because of
the fact that he swings the club for a
period of five or six hours a day with
out striking a ball and this tends to
tire his wrists without helping him
find out the trouble with his tee shots.
Hugh Jennings of the Detroit Tigers.
a very enthusiastic golfer, played three
rounds over the Columbia course last
week and showed that he is no mean
opponent of the ancient Scotch game
by getting around in 95 on one occasion
and in SO on another. He carries his
golf bag with him whenever the De-
troit team is travelling and finds ready
partner in one of the base ball writ
ers who travels with the team. E. A.
Bachelor of the Detroit Free Press.
When Howard Beckett clipped two
strokes off his own record for the
Washington Golf and Country Club
course he accomplished a feat few
ting the new mark at "a against a par
measuring ni S ee bu9 Gao 4ss3 Yards, @ but it T IS
the sort of course which necessitates
the straight and long driving; On
many of the holes If the tee shot is
not in a certain position it is hard
matter to obtain the par and there are
five legitimate one-shot holes on the
course. although some of the others
may be reached by a long ball. Most
of the holes which are rated at a par
of four were negotiated in three by
Beckett and his finish on the last three
holes has only been beaten by one man.
P Z. Larkin, when he made the freak
score of 2, /, 3 for these holes. Beckett
finished ., 3, 4. The eighteenth hole is
not an easy by any means as the tee
shot must be exceptionally straight in
order to open up the way for second
shot to the pin.
A pair of teams from BaSnockburn
and the Washington Golf and Country
Club played home matches at tae two
courses last week. the contests result
ing in both cases for victories for the
pair from the Virginia club Wednes-
day Edward S. Duvall, jr.. and George
E Truett of the Washington Golf and
Country Club played the Bannockburn
pair of Bruce L. Taylor and Lee CGan-
dali at the Cabin John course and the
visitors triumphed by 80 after lead
ing all the way. Thursday afternoon
picturesque Virginia course and We're
beaten again by Truett and Duvall by
"a. The best ball of the winning pair
on this occasion was "A.
Bannockburn is to hold its woman s
championship starting September Is
and continuing until the goth. The
woman's putting championship of the
club will be played at the same time
as the match play event. There are
some good golfers among the women of
Bannockburn and some of them have
been getting around the hard Cabin
John course in 100 or better. Mrs. J. r.
De Farges. Mrs. B. l.. Taylor. Miss
Georgia Herring and Miss Edith Cor
don are among the best players of the
club.
The Labor day events at Bannock-
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preaching and putting contest for men
and in the afternoon a match play
handicap against par competition.
Dave Burgess accomplished great
feat when for the first time in the his
tory Of the new Bannockburn course he
went around in par-36. Even this hne
score might have been bettered on at
least two Of the holes, for he took
on the fifth hole and on the ninth.
But these good scores always include
some shots and some scores that the
PLAYER would never get in an ordinary
round and his on the third hole made
up for one of the missed puts which
raised his score on the final hole.
An annual event for professionals
will be begun the first week of October
at the course Of the Siwanoy Country
Club of Mount Vernon, New York, and
will be known as the annual champion
ship of the newly organized Profess
man Wanamaker trophy. 1t is will be
one of the richest pro" events of the
year, the prizes aggregating $3.50.
The tourney will be divided into sec
tions, on account of the great size of
the country and the wish of the COM
mittee that every pro" in the land in
good standing should get chance at
the prize One pro" from each sec
ton will go to the finals to be held at
Siwanoy, which will be at match play
Of 3S holes. Thirtytwo cash prizes
will be distributed. Tho championship
carries with 1t $500 and a diamond
medal. Tho runner-up will receive
$3.50 and a gold medal. The defeated
semi flnalists will get $125 and a silver
medal each. There will be four cash