The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-16


To Lengthen Course.
Chevy Chase has planned for about
1ve new tees which will add con-
siderable length TO the course and will
be quite an improvement over what
ii is at present.
At the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club the work has been put in
charge Of A. G. Flynn. a young golf
course architect. from Boston. The
green's force is already at work on
construction of new holes on the land
north and east OF the present fourth
tee which was acquired last spring
by the club.
Flynn. who is now a protege Of
Walter Travis who made the original
plans for the new course, is being
assisted by Hugh Wilson, an authority
on course construction. These two
have decided upon several changes IN
the original plans which will result in
the elimination to a great extent OF
rather laborious hill-climbing. some OF
which could hardly have been avoided
under the Travis plan.
shorten No. Hole.
Another feature of these plans is
that on several of the new holes a
carry varying from l35 to I75 yards
will be necessary il the player is to
secure par for the hole.
Under the new plans, the first three
holes will remain the same. except
that No. will be considerably shorter.
The new fourth now under construc-
ton will so North from the present
fourth tee for a distance of SO yards.
ah rfiS
while the sixth about 80 yards. COM
ing West. No. will be a two-shot-
ter. running East again about 40
yards, while the eighth will come
/ back West down a small hill to a dis
tance OF about 500 yards. A radical
change in Travis plans will be made
i'm connection with the new smith.
! The tee as at present planned will be
west OF the present fourth and the
green will be in the grassy hollow be-
tween the two hills now forming part
Of the present fifth.
The new tenth tee will be located on
! top of the highest hill in front Of the
| fifth tee while the green will be the
present eighth which will be consid-
| crably enlarged The new No. II tee
will be placed well down the hill from
the present ninth while the present
ninth green. we'll trapped and made
! considerably smaller. will be used for
! the hole. Under present plans. the
I tee for the new twelfth, which will
I Incorporate the present tenth. will be
placed on top of Mount Rixey. the
J big hill in the center OF the course
/ and the golfer will play to a .rccn
considerably enlarged and broadened
| from east to west The thirteenth
will be the present eleventh. with a
new green In use.
Change 18th Hole.
| Quite a change will be made at
the fourteenth. which will cover the
fairway of the present twelfth. The
tee will be placed north OF the pres
cut twelfth tee along the bank of
the brook. and the hole will be made
n onc-shotter for tho long layer.
The present fifth green will be used.
making the hole about 40 yards in
length. The fifteenth tee will be about
| thirty yards back OF the present No.
/ 10 tee and the play will be into a bowl
/ in front Of the present thirteenth
From this point the player makes his
second shot TO the present fourteenth
green. thus making the hole a dog
Legged one No. &c tee will probably
be located just west of the present
| fourteenth green, aud the new greer
will be in the orchard west Of the
present sixteenth. The seventeenth tee
1 will be located in the orchard near
| No. I6 hole. and play viii be across
/ the ditch to a green about where
the present eighteenth tee is STU
aied. II Is expected that the new
eighteenth tee will be placed on the
ridge above the present thirteenth
green. with play to the present No.
is hole.
Have New Course.
From the above, II will be seen
that the Jewell Station organiZa'
ton will have practically a new
course and the most gratifying fea.
ture is that it will be OF standard
length, something the members have
! desired for years, but have been un'
able to accomplish until the addi'
/ tional ground was purchased some
| time ago.
The Columbia Country Club 1,
continuing work on its program
outlined sometime ago with, the
view of bringing its course to the
: necessary national championship