Evening star., 1924-04-27

The tournament which starts
"Wednesday and which is expected tC
bring out the finest of the collins
talent about Washington will bc
played over course new to most
of the entrants in the event In the
last three years the Washington Golf
and Country Club course has under
gone changes of n major character.
Then 1t was short and very inter
eSting course. Today ii is long and
just as interesting, without the
monotony and SameneSS of many one
shot holes. which made the old course
more or less easy
Ihe golf course as it stands today
Is a finished product, in so far as any
golf course may be called a finished
product, for the game is changing
every year and greater demands are
being made on the ingenuity and skill
OF the course architect. 1t is complete
. IN every respect and with possibly a
few alterations is just as it will be
a decade hence.
Accuracy Mt High Premium.
Visitors will find themselves with n
Tar more difficult course to pIav over
Ihan the old layout. They will find
IN the first place, that the new course
Is at least ten strokes harder than the
OLD, that all the holes are laid out
So that long carry is needed from
the tee and that accuracy is at a high
premium. The man who laid out the
course of the Washington Golf and
country Club has taken natural ter
ram winch lent itself well to golf
course construction and has adapted
II TO the modern game so that every
shot calls for different execution and
judgment. There is no official course
record at present, for the entire new
course has not been used IN r,aIa1
play officially recorded Walter r
Luckerman shot "A last fall. so far
the oeSt mark. 1t is doubtful if this
VIII be hettered during the coming
tournament, for the course is one
IaaII IItas i,iF demands .a fine golf for a good
iooklhE score card.
ORGANIZED in 1908 by a group of
Z ylrSlnians and Washington business
men, among them Joseph Tabor .fobnS
S9h' former club PRESIDENT; Dr. r.
NJ RlNey. then the White House
others, the club today is sixteen
years Old Laid out over rolling ter
rain, sometimes rugged and hjIIy az
pehttins the country along the up
. per roI2rnac: the golf course offers
every shot in the bag of the ex-
pert, and often a few not on the
program.
Paxton Heads Committee,
Fred D. Paxton. for several vears
one of the clubs leading nIayers
EeadS the golf committee, which vii,
nave the tournament this week il
. -ttl. s. CtIler members of the con- >
mlttee are DR.. s. r. Moore Martin p
West and W. r. McCallum The ma,
TO whom credit is due for the gree
change in the course of the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club is DR.
j. T. McClenahan, chairman of tn
green's committee. Cntiring and
hard worker, DIR. McCIenahan he
supervised every step in the deveI-
opment of first-class golf course un-
III TO-DAY he has something of which
the club may we'll be proud
Entries for the tournament close
tomorrow night with the golf com
mittee of the club. Two days will be
devoted to qualifying. for the golf
committee foresees a large entry list
which will need two days for the
medal round. Friday and Saturday V
will be devoted to match play, with
the final carded for Saturday after
noon. A dinner for the contestants
in the tournament will be held by the
club Friday night.