Evening star., 1922-12-03

the Columbia Clubs scheduled tourney
las not been definitely decided. nor
has the Indian Spring Club announc-
ed what it will do in the matter of
it's spring pro tourney. The prob
ability is that both clubs will go
ahead with their scheduled tourna-
rnenss. with decreases in the money
prizes.
Mrs. W. f. Ballard won the Mrs.
Tom Moore trophy for woman golfers
at the Washington Golf and Country
Club. finishing with a net card for
the 72 holes of 351. Her gross was
sos. with total handicap of 152.
Orrin A. Terry. until recently pro-
fessional at the Chevy Chase Club,
will leave Washington for the south
about December Is. He plans to re-
and will probably go west In the
spring. In the meantime the shop at
Chevy Chase will be In charge of the
assistant professional. Ralph Beach.
former caddie at the Washington
Golf and Country Club. The profess
sional berth at Chevy Chase may not
be filled until next spring.
The new third green at the Column
bia Country Club has been completed
and is being played on by the club
members. The green is built some
what along the lines of the fifteenth.
A trap has been placed at the right
edge of the green, and the trap short
of the green and to the right is re-
tanned. The old third green was al
ways unsatisfactory. both in regard
to turf and to the shot required. The
new green was sodded with turf from
the vegetative beds near the sixth tee.
The "kickerx'" handicap tourna-
ment for members of the Argyle
Country Club will be completed to-
morrow night. with q Considerable
number of cards already in. Each
entrant is playing So holes and has
picked a handicap to bring his. net
total for each nine to a figure be-
tween 35 and As. selected secretly by
the tournament committee. The COM
petitor whose net score is nearest the
mythical figure is the winner.
Determination of the board of gov
ernors to complete the Improvement
Of the course Of the Washington Golf
and Country Club has met with
hearty approval from the member
ship of the Virginia organization.
tecrs in charge of the work. which
began yesterday, state that the
course will have a variety seldom
equaled in this vicinity. and promise
a course of infinite interest alike to
the fine player and the 80 golfer.
plete the course Is rebuilding Of five
holes which were not finished last
summer, when the major part of re-
construction Of the course was un-
dertaken. In addition. seven new
tees will be built and nearly a score
of bunkers constructed. The. course
when completed will have many holes
in the four par class, between 290
and AS yards-holes which. require
.~o well played shots and well
placed to reach the green and Is ex-
pected to be on par in difnculty
Nth any around Washington. In
addition. there will be at least two
ions ROLES. ono Of which can hardly
be reached in two shots, while the
other requires two Of the very finest
shots Of any player to get home.
Difiiculty is expected to be encoun-
tered in rebuilding the present Sec
ond hole on account Of the character
of the present green. and there TO a
possibility that the hole may be elimi-
mated entirely for a few months and
another hole Of the old course put
in use while the changes are being
made. There will be an entire abb
sence on the new course of holes
which are neither one-shotters nor
yet twa-ahetters, such as the pres