Evening star., 1916-12-24
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

The snow which fell two weeks ago
prevented most Of the golfers. no mat
ter how ardent, from getting out on
the links in the past week. A few
hardy members of the Chevy Chase
Club played on Thursday, but aside
from this the course was deserted for
the greater part of the time. Messrs.
Wilmer. Browne, Miller and Baker
played last week with the red ball. but
the snow prevented good scores. The
small space which was cleared about
ten feet all around the hole permitted
putting almost as good as that in the
summer. but the rest of the game was
necessarily hit or miss
Burgess, the professional at Chevy
Chase. has been persuaded to accom-
pany Fred Mcleod on his trip to Au-
gusta the latter part of February and
VIII forego his proposed journey to
take part in the United North and
South championship at Pinehurst in the
middle of March, although If Burgess
plays well at Augusta he may take in
the Pinehurst event also.
The Augusta crowd" OF the Columbia
Country Club, as they are called on
account of their yearly journey to
Augusta to play golf in the early
spring. will not go to the Georgia city
this year. but will leave for Belleair.
who will make the trip are Albert Nc
kenzie. r. E Burk, E. B. Eynon, jr..
District champion: Charles H. Orme.
J. Thilman Hendrick. E. C. Gott. o. ].
De Moll. George P. James Robert l..
Corby and Roy H. Pickford all of the
Columbia Country Club. and Harry
Kaufman of the Town and Country
Club. formerly the Washington Sub
urban Club. An open tournament is
held at the Augusta club in February
of every year. and Mcleod. the Column
bia professional, Will probably go to
Belleair for a few days and then go to
Augusta. Last year he was third in
the pro" event, and might have won
but for the fact that he had a streak
of bad putting. being unable to get
used to the sand greens in his short
stay there. A number Of changes are
planned for the Columbia course next
year. which naturally cannot be begun
while the snow is still on the ground.
although it is possible that some of the
changes will be made little later in
the winter. A bunker is to be put in
on the fifth hole, and the tee may be
raised a little to permit the player to
see where his drive lands. 1t is like
ly that the eighteenth hole will re-
ceive some attention in the matter of
bunkers, 1t being the opinion of one of
the members of the greens committee
tndC IHe dppTOdCH 10 thc Aoiic hoiV 10
too easy and that by cutting a piece
off both corners and putting shallow
sand traps there, the golfer Will not
have an easy time securing a /. AT
best and under favorable climatic con-
ditions the hole is not an easy one to
reach in two shots, although 1T Is done
q ute frequently. The tee shot must
be well hit and the second absolutely
g :raight if the player is to get nome IN
tgo shots when the new system OF
bunkering is installed.
Jimmie Spencer, the pro at the WASH
ington Suburban Club. has arrived in
Washington from Meriden, Conn. where
he spent the last two weeks
At meeting of the board Of direc-
tors of the Bannockburn Golf club last
Thursday evening J. r. De Farges. the
new chairman of the green's committee
nominated Hugo Hasselbach. Herman
n. Rodenbaugh and Basil NJ. Many as
members of the greens committee.
Daniel l.. Hazard. president of the Ban
nockburn Golf Club, leaves shortly Tor