Evening star., 1922-07-16

Springs Club will be held toda,
4 play the new layout for the Fl
held about two weeks hence, wher
omen. In connection with the form
some sort OF event has been suggeste
Approximately $500 yards in length.
laid out by Donald Ross, the course at
Indian Springs is declared by those
who have seen, it to be the equal OF
any in the south. Play on the regu-
lar course had not been permitted
prior to today, although short tenn
porary course of twelve hoies was III
use during the spring -' -
The grass on the course mas zone
yemarkably well and the fairways are
we'll covered, notwithstanding the
heat of early summer however. the
golf committee has deemed 1t wise 10
make winter rules mandatory. and the
course will be played under these
conditions for some time
The Indian Springs Club already is
planning an invitation tournament, TO
be held some time in october. so as
not TO conflict with the dates set for
the District championship and the
playing of the Middle Atlantic team
event A professional tournament to
be held In the spring has been an
nounced.
Fred Mcleod, the Columbia Country
Club professional, and Donald Wood
ward and Guy NJ. Standifer, Columbia
amateurs, returned TO Washington
yesterday from Chicago, where they
went to play IN and to witness the
national open championship tourna-
ment Unfortunately, Mcleod did not
qualify, the slow course and lnaccu-
rate chip shots. which usually are the
hast mart of the little Scots game,
l.; ~, r,,aIifica tiOn rOnnH
wiIfred Reid, the Indian Springs pro-
fsssional. also failed to qualify In the
tourney by two strokes, the same that
kept Mcleod out.
Gilbert Nichols, well known New
York professional and former promi-
nent figure at all national champion
ships. accompanied Mcleod to Wash
tngton and will play at Columbia to-
day.
A. II. Giles of 1853 Mintwood place
made the second hole on the West
Potomac Park course in one stroke
last Sunday. The hole is LAG yards. in
length and par is three.
Many Washington golfers who
watched the playing of the national
open championship at Columbia last
year will remember with interest the
new titleholder r-twenty-one-yea
old Eugene -Sarazen of Pittsburgh.
His 72-hole total of 2SS was only two
strokes above the world record Tor
the open, held by Charles Evans, jr..
of Chicago. Sarazen was the young
eter who played with Bobby Jones
when that wonder lad from Atlanta.
IN his first gallop over the Columbia
course, breezed around in snappy
ss the day before the qualifying
short and stocky. modest and un-
hssuming, Sarazen is one of the best
types of the American homebred pro-
fessionals. OF Italian descent, as his
naIns indicates, the new holder OF the
American professional title learned
his game around New York as a
caddfe. He has only been in the pro-
fessional ranks three years, but in
that time has come to be one of the
best known and MOST formidab Bile of
the American homebred pros.
Sarazen plays in the best of style.
welding q 14n ounce, driver with
great accuracy. His game is more
like that Of Jones in its fine style and
snap than any other prominent Amer
ican golfer, and he tG9 at all times a
hre putter. Sarazen had fine chance
to win the open tourney at Columbia
last spring, but his chip shots failed
him on the slippery greens. He was
In the money.
SArasen is the first OF the younger
Gxoup Of homsbred professionals to
enQex the open. Tor which such youth
$0I link stars as Johnny Farrell. Leo
-pteGeL Joe aylvestsr and other young
American peoneggionals hgv0 tried for
tha past thre4 og four years.