Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-24


-. United States. Writing il
III. courses OF the Burning Tree CT
the lavouts he regards as the leader
Diegers list and Columbia is placed
The Great Neck. Long Island.
list OF great courses to the layout at
third, while the Lido course is rankt
not appear on the DieGcl list.
1T may surprise lot of golfers to
know that | place another course that
has vet no national reputation as
second on my list. Diegel says.
This is the Burning Tree course at
Washington One can find real golf
here amid ideal surroundings. Star
golfers who have had the pleasure
II A round OF golf on this course
praise il highly. If ever 4 big cham
pionship was played there il would be-
come established as one OF the our
best"
Diegers list is sharply at variance
with that of great American courses
4alected three years ago by Bernard
Darwin. famous British golf writer
and a member of one of the Walker
Gun teams. Darwin selected Pine
Valley. the National and Lido as the
three great American courses. he
'auded the layout and condition OF
Pine Valley as among the finest he
mao ever seen. Pine Valley generally
is regarded among American golfers
as the outstanding course or the
United States. although no big cham
pfonship ever has been held there.
Az the time of Darwin's visit to this
.cuntry Burning Tree was not open
and he did not come to washington.
Regarding Pine Valley, Diegel says:
h3f Ia
toned first Is Pine Valley. 1t is very
GOOD. but on account of the fact that
1t would not be suitable for a gallery
in a championship match / cannot
give it better than third place.
Diesel won the Middle Atlantic
professional championship at Burning
1'ae. in November and AT that time
declared il was the finest course in
America under the conditions pre-
vailinG at the time.
His list OF 10 great American
courses follows:
No. Laurel c. E. Laurel N,5s
u No 20 3-p.ne, Valley, Phil4dslphia Pa;
No 5-IoIvmpia Fields. No. 4 Chicago.
No. Lido; Long Bsach: Long Island Isnaa.
No: s-Coiurnbia Country Clue Washing
''R D alcsIur,et Chicago.
No. i0LGulI stream Del. Ray. Fla.
No 11-Lake1ille. Great Neck. Lone Is
30. 1:-Detrolt Country Club. Detroit,
10. 13-Na:held Country Club. Cleve-
No. lt-Irverness Country Club. Toledo,
No. 15-Pinshurst No. :. Pinehurst. \. c.
Samuel L. Mosby Of the Washington
Golf and Country Club. who has only
tack of pneumonia. has gone 10
Florida for about three months. and
Is expected back in Washington il
the Spring Nosby is employed by
tns Weather Bureau and has been
transferred to uns Of the bur-2u ste
lions in Florida for the rest of the
Winter.
East Potomac Park. the popular
Ieyer park layout. viii close January
81 for q month and = half, 10 reopan
for the Spring season on March Ia.
= G. Loeflier. its manager, has an
rounced. I.oeflitr viii take over the
Rock Creek Park course this year and
operate II en- an interchangeable ticket
bssi with East Potomac.
The Washington exodus 10 the
South has begun. Clark c. Griffith
more than d fortnight and Page
fluffy of Congressional is in the boom
State playing in tournaments. Hufty
was beaten the other day by A. NJ
HoXie of Boston, { golfer known to
few in this part OF tbs country, but
avery fine match player. HoXie Is =
newspaper man and has been : mem
her OF the MasSa chusetts State t@anl
for several seasons. He is ranked as
AZ leader in the Hub City among a
group of players which includes
Francis Ouimet and Jesse Guilford.
Several score members about Wash
tngton are planning trips 10 the South
this year. although most of the Wash
ngton contingent wait until February
10 so South.
Bobby Jones. the amateur champion,
Who IS polishing IN his game i'm the
South in preparation for the america n
invasion of England next Spring to de
fend the Walker Cup and make a
serious bid for the British amateur
championship, says he regrets losing
the amateur championship trophy
more than anything that has ever
happened TO him in golf And like
most champions. Jones has found the
eJoing none too easy. The Have
mayer amateur championship trophy
WAS burned in fire which destroyed
the Eastlake clubhouse two months
go. 1t will be replaced by the United
States Golf Association.
Much interest has been aroused in
Washington during the past few days
on account of the unfortunate Circum
stances that attended the final round
- the Texas open championship at
AN Antonio when Bill Mehlhorn
,esas severely taken TO task by club
,tficials for thoughtless remarks he is
aid TO have made while Bob Cruick-
shank was putting out on the eight
esnth green. While no Washington
nlayer saw the incident. it seems that
UGH affairs are too frequent in a
-ame that is played by gentlemen.
We have in mind the case Of a young
stew in the amateur championship
last year. the son of we'll known
professional. whose conduct on the
-of course was anything but cotr-
teous TO his opponent. He was beaten
il the first match round, but his &C
-ors did not reflect credit on him
self or the game. Doubtless. he has
heen Censured severely enough by
his time. as the story went snyover
rle country.
As the game is played in Washing
ton. and there il no doubt it is on a
rery high plane OF sportsmanship.
happened in Texas. would virtually
eep the perpetrator ont of competi-
lion around the Capital.
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