The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-12

The visit of Golf Architect Langford
Monday to the Topeka Country club
course resulted in an all-day inspec-
ton of the work on the eighteen holes
| he had planned. 1t resulted also in
on opinion by Langford that the Coun-
try club course, before it is complete,
must have many more trapped greens
similar to the new No. "A layout
that has been considered almost ghast-
| ly by many of the members who have
been walking thru the excavations for
| the last two months.
! AS whole Langford was very much
| pleased with the Country club course.
| He was greatly surprised at the abil-
! ity of the builders in following his
plans SO closely without typographical
| or elevation plans. He sees in the
course, when completed, one of the
| sportiest golf plants in the west.
Much more work must be done, he
/ pointed out. ALI of the work on the
first nine, with the exception of Nos.
| g. and T. must be enlarged. The
deeper and bunkers are too small and
without sufficient hazards. Even
/ some of the new excavation is not of
i sufficient size, he said. Bunkers
should be large enough that the
| player can not see over them. And
traps should be larger and with
| lighter sleeper embankment.
His plains in detail will be brought
/ out in this column later.
AS a result of his visit, however. the
Country club is facing considerable
more constructive work.
Mrs. Ivan Dibble won the low gross
score for nine holes at the Country
club weekly ladies' day tournament
| this morning. She made the round in
56. This is a good score considering
| the slow fairways and the heavy
green's. Mrs. Dibble has been a Coun-
try club star for the last three sea-
| sons.
In the first bracket of the city golf
championship events at Shawnee the
| Hillhouse-Crow match was left out by
| mistake. v. P. Hillhouse of Shawnee
| defeated w. v. Crow of Shawnee ST.
The second bracket of the city cham
pionship will be completed by tomor-
| row evening.
| Architect Langford has decreed that
the Country club green's must be more
undulating. Not a green on the course
has enough sway to 1t, he said. This
means that green work in the future
will be a game of surveying as well
as direction and distance. The player
will have to figure the side hill roll
and the punch that is necessary to
take the ball up and over. THE
| greens are too flat" Langford stated.
Thirty-two survivors of the qualify
ing round in the western women's golf
| tourney were smiled upon by Old Sol
| today as match play began at the Glen
Echo Country club, St. Louis.
1t was ideal golf weather.
Mrs. Melvin Jones. of Chicago title
holder. was expected to survive her
match with Miss Catharine Bryant,
also of Chicago. The champions card
of SO yesterday was eight below her
match opponent.
performance yesterday. was regarded
as a real contender. Her card of ss
was impressive.
Miss Miriam Burns. of Kansas City.
rated second in the scoring with an SO.
while third low was claimed both by
Mrs. H. D. Sterret. of Hutchinson,
Kan, and Mrs. Dave Gaut, of Mem
phis. who had cards of 80.
Mrs. Sterret. She has ardent support
here.
| Mrs. Sterret tied for third low quail
flying score. making the IS holes in
80. Low score was Sc.
The first flights in s-day invitation
tourney were played in Concordia to-
day. Golfers from nine towns are
Sixty players participating in the tour
nament qualified Monday. All flights
are for Is holes over a 9-hole course.
| with a S5 par. Norton. Jewell, G1asco.
Clyde, Beloit, Mankato. Salina, Stock
ton and Concordia represented.
Those who a year ago made the
faff~ hat ~.