Evening star., 1927-11-06

the club championship anu
for the subsidiary flights. Up
ward of two score women are eA
pected TO enter the club title CHI Sc
for he championship now held by
Mrs. j. NJ. Haynes, former Distflct
champion. An 1S-hole qualifying
round will be held tomorrow, with the
contestants to qualify in flights OF
eight, to compete at match play tues
dsv. Wedne sday and Thursday.
Entries should be made 10 Mrs. II. A.
Knox. chairman of the Womens Soll
committee of the club. or will be re
ceived al the first tee tomorrow
morning.
Golf perfection is not unattainab!e
in SO f8r as the playing of one hole
is concei ned. and even then it may
,urn out that some other player has
reached perfection on the same hoe
Eddie Towns. Indian Spring pro, was
playing the other day with Eugene
Larkin. the club caddia master
against Page Hufty Of Congressional
. and Sam Rice of Indian Spring. Lar
kin's pitch TO the sixteenth Went III
the hole for birdie 4. Towns thlrd
shot ended 6 feet from the cup, and
he holed the putt for half The IN.
dian Spring mentor played the sixth.
seventh, elSulH cIii iiAiAlh i'"i~7 80
3 under par that day.
Forty-eight players are to partiei
nate in a special tourney arranged by
AR. and Mrs Tom Moore for Indian
Spring on November 8 and 10. The
event is a mixed Scotch foursome af'
fair, with "a women and like mum
Der of men competing. The guests
will lie entertained at dinner at the
club the evening of November 10.
tireenkeeper Steve Whaley has
brought the putting greens at the
Washington Golf and Country Club
into a state of such perfection tnat
club members believe they are better
than ever before at this time Of year.
Work of tiling and draining the greens
virtually has been completed and 1t is
now assured that there will be little
standing water on the putting sur
faces during the Winter.
Argyle Country Club membp.s will
compete in a special TURKEY toufna-
ment next Saturday.
Bureau Of Mines golfers are al
vancing through the first round IN the
competition for a brace OF trophies put
: reau.e The matches are being played
at East Potomac Park
George Voigts sensational on the
par seventh hole at Indian Spring
last week has been the cause OF much
discussion at the -Four Corners Club.
Noigt drove SO far ne played his sec
ond shot with Il spade mashie. He
was playing with Red W. DiSge:. the
: club champion, David Utz ana Dr. q.
a. Baker.
Chevy Chase Club members Kill this
week nnish the match play rounds for
the Siamess trophy. the last big event
Of the gear ut the club. Waller Il
TLckef1nan, holder uf the dub title
and winner of the original SIameae
cup. was eliminated in he second
round by Landra B. Platt.
Even though Tommy Armour Is
ranked by experts anu his fellow pro
fagsionals alike as one Of he non
players uf the world, one factor which
is d main contributing part of he
open champions game ma. been over.
looked bv those who criticize and pick
10 pieces the styles Ut champions
Strangely enough the shot on winch
he Is one Uf the really Ere.t players
Of the worId--his brasSie--iS the one
tnat almost cost him the open cham
pi0nship. Tommy iS "A great hrassle
player-one Of the worlds great At
the forcing shot into the wind with =
wooden club and probably the l5,cr
II any man in this country, barr: n3
Bob Jones.
lie learned his great f4irway wooden
club play early In his career Wuen for
Il consecutive days he played with
Harry Nariun, and watched and de-
t"lrpcd the style of wooden club pft Y
ihzt made Nardou the master he WE
ard still is Tommy always plays his
fa5g%av wooden shots with a si. ht
de, holding that ball which f,dcs
slightly 10 the right at The end III
t2e ii 'Ght is under hetter control than
on" ~ oh ends with si2ht hook
With its consequent run ina~much
2. most full wooden shots iht0U.h tn.
fairway are played with a distan,
1.een as the target. tie theory Is a
good ore. for a faded shot naturally
II under better control than Onf
played with Whist the Scotch can a
draw. or what the American call a
h0"k or pull
And. strangely enough, a pl;}ln
hraSsie shot is what almost cost Ton
Armour the open championship a.
Dakinont last June, tor AT the twelfl j
hole he pulled his second shot to tn,
513,yard hole far into the rough 10 ths
left. the ball finding n lie in a ditch
From here he pitched into a trap, los
SHOT IN the hazard and then pitched
out, to miss = short putt for q an,
take Z. That is probably one Of th'
few times his hrassie shot has hlr
badly. Tor in the final round Of th'
t'anadian open. which he won. h.
secured eagle IS on two par hole
by virtue Of two great brassie shot
10 the green. followed by two fin
}u;ts. Sandy Armour. brother Of Tom
'lainls that Tommy is longer with III
wooden clubs through the fairWa'
',han he is eff the tee, even with til