Evening star., 1922-11-26
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designations of Orrin A. Terry at
Chevy Chase and Wilfred Reid at In
dian Spring leaves two jobs open about
Washington that will be envied by many
professionals throughout the country.
Both Terry and Reid will leave their
posts about November 80. Terry has
not yet located in another position. Reid
will go south for the winter and later
will 60 with the Detroit Country Club.
The Chevy Chase berth particularly Is
priced. Indian Spring has a vacancy
that will also be eagerly sought, mas
much as the club is growing and has
large membership OF comparatively new
golfers, who will want some lessons
Fred Mcleod, at Columbia, still retains
the senior professional at clubs about
Washington. Mcleod has been with
the Columbia for nine years.
So far as could be learned yester-
day. the greens committee of neither
club where there are vacancies has
decided on men to fill the jobs. but 1t
is sure that the men who come to
Washington will be golfers with ma
tional regulations.
Washington golfers last week did
not find many opportunities for IA
vorab1e play on account of the cold
wave which held throughout the
week. Notwithstanding the weather.
however. few hardy players were
out each afternoon at all the clubs,
The cold has hardened fairways and
made putting greens very fast.
Course improvements which have
been practically completed at the
Washington Golf and Country Club
are expected to be in use by next
June. and the Virginia organization
will then have a course of more than
5000 yards. which will rank in diff
ficulty with any of it's yardage in the
country. Members of the club are due
for surprise when they see the new
tenth and eleventh holes. Phe tenth
is to be very hard. two -shotter. over
ravine. with a pitch over a bunker
at the end. while the eleventh. laid
out over land which formerly consti-
tuted the ninth. will be tricky
niblick pitch to q well trapped green.
r. ID. Bannagan, Fred McLeod's as
sistant in the shop at Columbia. is
developing into first-ciass player.
Bannagah has had several scores at
Columbia this year of 73 or better.
game. however. could stand improve
ment along the lines of that of Nc
Leod, lin which the latter excels.
Chicago public links golfers think
they have a potential champion who
might. perhaps, win the 1923 public
links championship to be held in
Washington next year in the person
of George Hackl. a tall seventeen
year-old youth who plays at Lincoln
work in Journeys about Chicago. and
Chicago golfers believe he is 2
player equal to Eddie Held of St
Louis, the present public links title
holder.
Washington has no public links
fn hit
George Aulbach of Boston. who
played Cyril J. H. Tolley of England
to standstill in the amateur cham
p'onship at Brookline last year. Per-
haps the local municipal courses. how
ever. have some youngsters i'm the
game who will. within few years.
be able to represent this city credita-
bly, In future public course events.
All the new holes, with the excep-
ton OF the fifth. now are in use at
the Chevy Chase Club. Although the
actual distance of the course prob
ably has been slightly decreased by
the putting into use Of the new third
sixth and seventh, the holes by their
variety and their trapping have more
than made up for any loss in dis
tance The fifth probably will be in
use in a short time
The new third hole is very good
two-shotter from a tee far back of
the old third tee. The green is soft
and slow. however, and a four is good
golf on the hole The fifth when out
in use will lengthen the course. and
the use of the new sixth tee Will
compensate for the loss of distance
caused by shortening of The present
sixth hole. The new sixth and sew
enth holes are being played from the
old tees, but new greens are in use.
The seventh in particular is well
trapped and the drive must he accu-
rately placed to insure the par four
The sixth as it stands now is an easy
four. but will be vastly more diff
cult from the back tee. The changes
are the last to be put into effect fol-
lowing Encouragement of the course
last year by Capt. Alison
Kirkside. the club situated a. Chevy
Chase Circle, is to eliminate the three
holes across the road which divides
the course Three new holes have
been constructed under the suparvi-
sion of John l.. Writ, chairman Of
the greens committee, which will
bring the course up to a yardage of
3,100. All the new holes are of suffi-
cient length to make a long hitter
play his ball all the way up t. the
green, and the holes will all call for
good golf. They will be pu. in use
in the spring.