Evening star., 1916-07-23
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

The new ninth green at Bannockburn
has turned out to be one of the best
at the Cabin John club. The green is
on the top of hill, and the pitch must
be rightly regulated as to distance in
order that the player may find his ball
on the green. A hooked ball is very
severely penalized, as the left side OF
the elevated plateau slopes off to a
deep gully.
There still is lot of rough and heavy
grass to be got rid of. but this fault
will soon be overcome.
The first tee at the Chevy Chase course
has been moved forward about fifty
yards, making it easier to get over the
bunkers to the left of the fairway, and
preventing an absolutely straight ball
from getting in the traps to the right
as was formerly the case. A ball to
very long in order to get in the fair
way. and now the ball of $50 yards
Will be beyond the traps, and still be in
| the right place.
Last Monday good match was play
ed at the Columbia Country Club
course between the teams Jack Bur-
CESS and c. H. Chasmar and Fred Nc
Leod and Charles H. Orme. The latter
pair won, after great golf on both
s1ueS naO Deen prayed, Next mon
day afternoon a similar match will be
played with ICY" Cummings of the Co
lumbia Country Club taking the place
of Chasmar.
The new putting green on the west
side of the clubhouse at Columbia is
coming along in fine shape, and is to be
used as practice putting green for
the men who wish bit of practice be
fore starting out on the round, and
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eighteenth green as is done at present.
There has been much talk of late re-
gardng a pro" tourney. to be staged
at one of the local clubs to determine
the best of the paid players in the Dis
trict This project has been a pet con-
ception of Howard Beckett of the
Washington Golf and Country Club for
some time, but it has never had the
right man back of it to push and
obtain a course for the event. The pros
around Washington rank high in the
golf world and a tourney to ascertain
which is the best player would arouse
a great deal of interest not only among
the players themselves. but among the
members of the different clubs who
i naturally would like to see their rep
resentative win. McLeods record is
we'll known. he having won the ma
tonal open championship at Myopia In
1908. and since has been in the money
year he competed in eight out of nine
tournaments.
Beckett has never enjoyed the ad-
vantages of playing in many OF the
in which he has been playing this year
he ought to give the best of them a
good rub, as he has scored 66 on his
home course, and has been under "a
several times. He went to Garden City
to play in the metropolitan open cham
pionship, but, owing to an unfortunate
accident. was unable to play his usual
fine game. The day prior 20 his leaving
for New York he slipped and fell
and the thumb of his left hand was
sprained.
Spencer has not had the opportunity
to play In many Journeys, but the ex-
cellence of his game speaks for itself
his defeat of Tom Skipper of the Balti-
more Country Club shows the speed
with which he can travel when he is
pressed.
Jack Burgess of Chevy Chase was
one of the foremost players of the
Scotch pros before coming to this coun-
try and won several tournaments across
the water. He has been one of the best
players in this country for some years.
His brother Dave, the PRO" at Ban
nockburn, was the champion of the
course in Scotland over which they
played-the Montrose links.
In the match played at the Bannock-
burn Golf Club last Wednesday between
two amateurs and two professionals.
the representatives of the Washington
Suburban Club, Mort King and the
pro" Jimmie Spencer. won without
much trouble. beating the home team.
composed of Dave Burgess and B. L.
Taylor, up and 3 to play. Spencer
played a fine game. making one recov-
ery which was a treat to watch. On
the eighteenth hole he sliced his drive
and the ball went down in a deep hole
which was lined with soft earth. He
was fully $50 yards from the green. but
taking a heavy mashie he got the ball
not only out of the hole it was in, but
it was actually dead to the hole. and
he got where he seemed out Of
the running entirely.
At last the members of Bannockburn,
being allowed to play on the new ninth
and third greens, no longer have to play
under the restrictions of local ground