Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-10
interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

Most of the playing members Of tho
Chevy Chase Club are now back in the
city. and are enjoying golf over the
course. which. now that the crab grass
has been subdued lit has not yet been
eliminated). is In better condition than
1t has been all summer. The fair green
is perfect. the grass offering fine lies
for a wooden shot, and the putting
greens. while somewhat slow due to the
treatment they have been getting. are
very true. Walter Tuckerman return
ed to the city last week and has been
practicing for the past few days.
The crab grass has been picked out
of the green's then seed sprinkled and
a layer of light sand put on top of this
seed. This makes the greens little
slow. but true. and as the greens are
watered every evening, the seed will
soon commence to fill in the spaces left
bare by the removal of the crab grass.
The local professionals have received
their notices of the place assigned for
the qualification round of the south
eastern section of the Professional
Golfers Association Of America. The
course designated for this section is
the Wilmington Country Club links.
and the resident pro is the diminutive
Englishmah, Wilfred Reid. The compe-
tition will be held on Wednesday. the
18th. and all the local pros except Dave
Burgess expect to take part. AS but
five men are to qualify from this Sec
play good golf in the thirty-six holes
of medal play, for the Philadelphia con-
tingent will be there. together with the
best from Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
With the names of Jock Hutchinson
and Fred Brown of Pittsburgh, Jim
Barnes. Charles Hofrner and James
Thompson of the Quaker city. Tom
Skipper and 'Nipper" Campbell Of Bal
timore. for the local men to get a rep
resentative in the match play rounds
Fred Mcleod and Jack Burgess are
planning to leave on Tuesday morning,
although their plans may be changed to
allow them to go on Monday in order to
get in two days of practice over the
The final rounds will be played Oc-
tober 10 to IA. at match play. over the
course of the Siwanoy Country Club of
Mount Vernon. N. Y, between the
thirty-two men who qualify. thirteen
from the middle states section, five
from the southeastern section, which
includes this city; three from New
England. two from the central section.
west sections. and one from the north
and south Pacific section.
The second contest for the John c.
Let's trophy at the Columbia Country
Club. which Is open only to members
of the club more than forty years old.
began last week and two matches have
been played. The pairings for the first
round and the results of the matches
which have been played to date follow:
IN "a Y r f1aH T.
l. Hardin VS.. c. c. Van Leer. S. A.
Reeves VS.. ]. L. Weaver. j. NJ Williams
VS.. John l. Warren, A c. Moses VS.. A.
G. Buhrman tMoses defeated Buhrman.
frank Govern VS.. W. W. Price tthis
match was all square at the end of
eighteen holes and on the second eight
cen again finished even). Robinson
White was beaten by F. J. Haskins,
30.
Bannockburn has made great change
in hole No by placing the tee for
will obviate the chance of any one
being struck by ball hit from the first
tee, and at the same time keep play
ers to the second green out of the way
of those going to the first green. 1t
will also reduce the par a stroke, as
the hole being heightened sixty yards
will permit a good second shot to get
home, and will allow long drive to be
down on the hollow below the hill.
where before it took an exceptionally
long ball to negotiate this distance. A
poor tee shot will still be fatal for if
the ball is hooked badly it will go in
practically the same spot. to the left
Of the fairway in the long grass, while
If sliced it VIII be liable to end up in
the woods. The second shot to the
green under the old arrangement was
very hard and not often was four
obtained on the hole, but with the
of hn1 oh
fairly easy to put an iron shot home
to the slopng green, even though the
putting is hard, owing to the arrange
ment of the slopes.
President Daniel l.. Hazard of the
from his vacation spent at Narraganset
Pier, and will soon call meeting of
the board of directors of the Bannock- |
burn Club in order to select date for
the invitation tourney, which, as an
in The Star will take place
either the last week of September or the
first week in october. Immediately prior
to the annual fall event of the Column
bia Country Club.
Lee Crandan, jr, winner of the
cup at Bannockburn.
has accepted a position in New York
city. He remains identified with the |
local organization. however. and will
play in the club championship.
The qualification round of the club |
cha mpionship at Bannockburn has been
postponed from last week to next Sat-
urday. The competition goes under the
name of the Harvest Home event, but is
OF the club championship
The matches will be played weekly at
eighteen holes, with the final at thirty
six holes.
In the approaching and putting con-
test held at the Bannockburn Club
Labor day, Miss Susie Peck won first |
prize with a fine score. The contest con- /
sisted of two approaches from each of |
the three lines. which were placed at /
26. so and rs yards from the flag. The |
par was IS, and Miss Peck had the total !
Of IS for the distance. |
Miss Alice Burbage one Of the golfers |
Of the Bannockburn Cup. Is spending
short time at Deer Park, Nd, where q |