Evening star., 1918-04-15
NOTES OF GOLF AND GOLFERS.

Golf on all the local courses suffered a
relapse during the past week. All the
courses were closed during the heavy fall
of rain and snow which shrouded the
National Capital for four straight days.
The Chevy Chase course was opened for
the first time yesterday afternoon. and,
although on temporary greens, many
players were out. The Columbia course
was kept closed, but is reopeped today
Out at the Washington Golf and Country
Club. in Virginia, heavier snowfall was
reported than on any of the other local
courses.
The Red Cross match scheduled for the
Baltimore Country Club last Wednesday
was postponed because Of the snowfall
in Baltimore. The entire course was COW
cred with snow on the days the match
was to have been played. A contest be-
tween men of the prominence of the four
performers in the scheduled match de-
serves good weather. that all the men
may play at their best. Fred Mcleod of
the Columbia Country Club and Alex.
(Nipper) Campbell of the Baltimore
Country Club were to have opposed Jim
Barnes of Broadmoor. the highest paid
pro in this country, and his diminutive
partner in many other links battles, WI
fred Reid of Wilmington. The match
will be an international affair. with Nc
Leod and Campbell representing Scot
land and Barnes and Reid bearing the
colors of England. All four of the con-
testants have volunteered their services
,, to the cause of the Red Cross. and this
match is the first of series of matches
in which they will participate for the
benefit of the relief society. The match
will probably be played over the Balti-
more Country Club course within the
next two weeks.
That Fred McEeod is in his best form
is indicated by his performance during a
contest with Gil Nichols and four Wash
ington amateurs over his home course
last Sunday. The Columbia pro took
Nichols, former Metropolitan open cham
| pion, as partner, and opposed Ned Saw
/ yer of Chicago. and Edward p. Eynon,
jr., Albert r. Mckenzie and Charles B.
, Field OF Columbia. winning on the last
green, Mcleod running down six-toct
! putt to bring victory to his side. Fred
I finished p 3, for a score of "a. Nichols
was IL Sawyer former western anna
! teur champion, drove the seventeenth
, green in this match and secured a g.
Charles b. Field is q former champion
| of the Evanston Golf Club of Chicago and
. is brother-n-law OF Miss Ruth Dugan,
! who played well during the last north and
south womcn's championships.
| Playing at the top of his game. Jack
| Burgess OF the Chevy Chase Club was
around his home course In IS last Mon
! day, the day on which the heavy rain
started. Burgess made only one slip.
which came on the tenth hole, where his
! tee shot found the bunker back of the
! green and he took to the short hole
With the ordinary par on this hole he
would have been around in 7.. only one
shot behind the best that has ever been
done on the rearrarged Chevy Chase
course. burgess was playing with Gen.
E. NJ. Weaver and John S. Larcombe, tr.
| That the Chevy Chase course will be in
it's best condition for the tournament
May 9, 10 and II is indicated by its pres
ent shape. The fair greens, always the
best about Washington, will be better
than ever this year, as the snow which
lay on the course the greater part of the
winter has protected the grass and only
on the hilltops does the grass show the
effect of the hard winter The putting
greens have not been soured by the stand
| ing water and now are in fine shape
Plans for the rearrangement of the
| Bannockburn course were discussed al
a meeting of the board of governors
| and the greens committee last night
at the club. Following the visit OF
Donald Ross of Pinehurst to the course
| for the purpose OF suggesting i'm
provements 1t has practically decided
to lengthen the course to eighteen
holes within the next two years. To dc