The Washington times., 1923-08-25


park is attaining.
Washington's public park play
opportunities to participate IN =
but it has remained for The W
most successful and best conouc
District municipal golfers.
The success of the event "aS
practically assured from the very
start. Over 500 players filed CLOS
eification scores in order to become
eligible to compete in the quali1ica-
ton rounds. To be exact ESQ were
sheduled for the competition.
OF this nunbr 264 were men and
thirty.two women. The first Of the
qualification rounds have been COM
pleted and but ninety-two failed to
0ut in an appearance or failed to
hIrn in their score cards during
Hae first three days Of play.
The remaining 170-odd to shoot in
The second of the qualification
rounds have been completed and
but ninety-two failed to put in an
appearance or failed to turn in their
score cards during the first three
nays Of play.
The remaining 170-odd to shoot in
The second Of the qualification
rounds viii do so either next Mon
day or Tuesday. The committee in
charge OF the tournament decided to
speed up the event and as a con-
sequence but two days will be de-
voted to the second round.
The Washington Times proposes
to make the District champion
ships m annual gOlfing affair.
Brass plaques have been ordered
and win soon be placed at the
clubhOuses in East Potomac and
Rock Creek parks. From year
TO year the names Of the District
champions win be engraved there.
upon.
Immediately after the last sched.
uled pair in the mems event leave
No. 1 tee Monday, the qualification
round for the women viii get under
way. Whether the women will play
thirty-six holes, or only eighteen.
has not been definitely decided.
Those contemplating taking part
in the qualification round are re-
quested to report to The Times rep
resentative, at the club house. not
later. than $50 o'clock. The matter
OI uO" ulAlly uO1CS 0IG " QA0yGNA
in the qualification rounds win be
left entirely to the participants.
Thlrty.two women filed classifi-
cation scores and az a result are
eligible to compete for the cham
pionship tronhy and other prizes.
The list OF eligibles has been posted
Potomac Park.
The scores during the first
qualification round were higher
than il the general average.
Strange as It may seem those
players who were confronted with
conditions on Wednesday that
were wholly unsuited for play,
turned In the best cards.
A low ball card for the first
qualification rounds shows a net
total of but SO. Many predicted
that 1t would be- as low as IS or
under. A record probably without
precedent or parallel was estab-
lished in that not a single eagle
was registered by the more than
two hundred and fifty contestants.
Bill Mcguire, who led the Class
A field with round Of IS, had the
distinction Of making birdie fours
on the long No. and No. is. In
all there were just seventeen
brides made. No player was able
to get better than par on Nos. 2,
3, 8. 9, IL. Is, II and IS.
Eddie Brooke was believed to have
set a record for tournament play
when he took 10 on No. Is. Brooke
was in the ditch on his drive and
then found himself in an almost i'm.
possible lie. George Llewellyn, how
ever, also hand a 10 on. the same
hole. He put three tee shots in sue
ceesion out Of bounds.
The classificatione in the three
classes seem to have worked out
fairly well. Class A players were
taken from those who had aver.
aged AZ or better; Class b, a TO
AZ, inclusive, and Glass C, 80 and
over. Vi couse, there were bound
to be instances where q player
would shoot well beyond his class.
In Class c just fourteen players
succeeded in lettering their classi-
1lcation rating, while but nine had
an aggregate of better than SO in
Class b. The average Class A
player Is conceded to be around 43
or less. Thirteen broke So.
With the present scores at hand
and those available which will be
turned in for the second round the
committee in charge of next years
event will be able to draw the
classification lines just a little
closer.
Instead Of making such a wide
difference as from "A to 40 for
Class B. the probabilities are thai
u sharpshooters will be limited to
those playing from "a IN about AZ