Evening star., 1919-09-21
COLUMBIA TO HOLD
FALL GOLF Event
October Is, II and 18 Set
for Country Club Invita-
ton Tournament.

The Columbia Country Club will hold
fall invitation golf tournament this
year This decision was reached at
of the club held at the clubhouse last
Friday night and the dates for the fix
ture were set for October 16, IT and
!1s.
In deciding to hold the invitation tour
nament of pre!war days Columbia has
definitely renounced its purpose Of
securing for it's course the national
amateur championship of 1920. Much
bers, it was pointed out at the meet
ing Friday night that the course is
not now and cannot be put in such
condition by June Of next year that
the national event can be held with
credit to the club. Last spring it was
definitely announced that Columbia
! would make strong bid for the
amateur event and work was begun
Of rebuilding several of the holes on
the course to the end that the course
might be put in such shape that the
tournament committee of the United
States Golf Association could not af-
ford to forego Columbia'S claims.
Since that time the first green. one
of the new green's built last spring.
has failed to arrive in as good condi-
ton as expected and it was pointed
out at the meeting that the couEse
cannot be in such good shape by the
middle of next year that it could
stand the rigorous test of ten days
of championship play.
1t was stated several months ago
that If Columbia abandoned the ef-
fort to secure the 1920 national event
it would in all probability hold a fall
tourney, and this has come about. The
Il tot 70 fhn yxyt1I
be one of qualification to many
Washington golfers, for perhaps no
local golf event has been locker for
ward to with more pleasure than the
one held at Columbia. Certainly none
/ has received more interest nor any in
which a better field has competed.
Washington golf fans naturally
| will be disappointed to. hear that
! Columbia has renounced It's claim to
| the national. but at the same time
| may be thoroughly consoled by the
/ fact that Columbia has not finally
sure to make a., strong bid for the
event, probably in 1921.
| There would not, in any case, be an
advantage in holding the national
! granted it could be secured, over the
! course if it were not in the very best
! governors feel that the course is not
| Just now and probably will not be at
! it's best in 1920.
The New York district will probably
secure the 1920 event without oppo-
sition. Among the courses named BIS
| eligible for the event next year by
| spokesmen who attended the cham
4 pionship at Pittsburgh are the Ma
! tional, Piping Rock and Nassau, all
| fine courses and worthy of the title
| event.
| The qualifying round in the annual
club championship of the Washington
Golf and Country Club will be held
next week over the course at Jewell.
! Va. One match play round will be
| played each succeeding week. Roy
/ H. Pickford won the last champion
ship played, that of 1916.
Tom Moore is the donor of two fine
golf cups given last week to the
| Washington Golf and Country Club.
| Mr.. Moore specified that one Of the
cups be played for by the men of the
club in a 72-hole medal play event
similar to the event which has just
concluded at Bannockburn and which
was won by J. c. Nagle. The other
cup will be played for by the women OF
| the club.
| The Virginia organization has been
I awarded the annual competition for
| the cup presented to the woman golf
ers of the District by The Evening
Star. The event will be held October
! 2 and 8.
| The annual District of Columbia
amateur championship will be held
over the course Of the Chevy Chase
ceding the Columbia event.
/