Evening star., 1923-12-09

DaEl. MI tllTeS were OpencQ only L
Baltimore, with nearly twice the
population 0: Washington. has but
ten courses. counting in the Clifton
lark public links. while other cities,
;sppro Njmately the same size as
Washington. have not nearly as
many as has the Capital City.
Truly it. might be said that Wash
tngton as golfng center has out
stripped all other cities comparable
in size and population. 1t cannot be
compared with New York and Chi
cago. two cities where GoIt IS para
mount Chicago has nearly 100
coursts and New York has more than
that number.
The list of @olf courses a3out
Washington folio--S:
CHEVY Chase Club. Colum0ia Caun-
Try Club. Washington Coli and Coun-
Try Club. Congressional Country Club,
Bannock burn Golf Club. Indian Spring
Golf H'lub. Kirk side Golf Club, Town
and Country Club. Beaver Dam Golf
Club, Burning Tree Golf Club, Manor
Club. Soldiers Home Golf Club. Ar
syle Country Club, the three public
one in Rock Creek Park, and Friend
ship, the private course of L. 3.
rdcLeap.
Seventeen golf courses. all within
Aradius of ten miles OF Washington.
and most OF them can be reached
within halt hour. what other city
Las such advantages as these"
In New York 10 reach. most Of The
'lub* one must travel FOR an hour o.
nore by train or motor. The Same
sppii,s TO Chicago.
Colun,bta's new first green will de-
.nand a little longer second shot than
the one TO the old green. the green
is being well banked at the back
and is few yards back and to the
right OF the old putting surface. 1t
also Will mean that the drive must
be placed we'll to the left to get an
open shot at the green.
Al, the golf courses q bout Wash
ington were thronged with golfers
yesterday attracted by the bright
sunshine on one of the finest days
Tor golf of late months.
Dave Thomson. professional at the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
has turned author. Dave has written
a book on golf. which attempts to
explain In the most concise fashion
the essentials OF the golf swing and
she mechanics of the game, at the
same time suggesting q remedy for
ilis and evils into which every PLAYER
falls at one time or another Thomson
has built for hiNseif a fine reputation
as a teacher at the Virginia Club.
The southern gcif season has oDen-
ed, although 1t will not swing in:o
stride until after Christmas Gene
Sarazen. national professional cham
3tcn, and Johnny Farrell of Quaker
Ridge have fired the first gun at
Miami. with victory over an anna
teur-pro combination. Sarazen and
Farrell. who .t1anpd in axhi-
bit.on matches around New Yorl; DUR
ing, the summer, make a strong pair.
and If they remain together syould
cause trouble for the Hagen Kirk
wood and the Havers- Oclienden-corn-
bines. Sa-a2en and Farrell both are
under Twenty-Five years o.. age and
yet are rated in The first half dozen
OF the American professionals.
DcpnrtmcrtsI rcr is expected TO
neAt year. with formation of an in
ter-d r-departmea,al league forecast.
-Four tournaments were held by de-
partmepts during tho past sea son,
With interest keen in each one. al
though only one vas called a cham
Agriculture. won by ;. l.. Mosby.
The, Interstate Commerce Commis-
s.oa. the Shipping Board and the War
Depnr tment also held events.
At the time of the Agricultural De-
partrnefit tourney formation of "a
government league was suggested.
steps probably will be taken this
winter to make such an organization
an actuality. Some day we may see
government department champion or
Washington, and the thought COMES
that perhaps in later years even the
field services Of the government may
send their best golfers here TO COM