The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
GOLF GET
NEWSTART
BY Bingy Bryan


Saturday night and our public golf
courses scheduled to open Saturday,
! golf, as a sport, is slowly awaken.
ing from long winter months Of
inactivity.
The District Golf Association will
meet at the Racquet Club tonight
to ratify tentative dates arranged
at the recent meeting of its execu-
tive committee. The election OF
officers for, the new season win
come under new business.
Tomorrow afternoon members
OF the WOmen's Golf Association
will assemble at the willard
Hotel for the purpose Of elect
ing new officers and setting
dates for their major linksing
outings.
The date and place for the wom-
ems District championship tourna-
ment must be decided. The Wom-
ems Middle Atlantic championship
tournament will go to the Congress.
sional Country Club, as awarded it
at the mems associations meeting
at the Willard Hotel Saturday
night.
No date was set then; It was left
to be decided upon by the women's
association, the executive officers of
the Mems Middle Atlantic Association
and the Congressional Country Club.
The Country Club of Virginia will
be host to golfers of Maryland, Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia
this year, during the week Of June
% for the Middle Atlantic cham.
pionship tournament.
At the meeting of the Middle At.
lantic body the Norfolk Country
Club was given the fixture this
year after some strong bidding be-
tween that club. the Baltimore
Country Club, and the Congressional
Country Club Of this city.
Norfolk was chosen despite all
inducements graceOusIy Offered
by Bob g. WOrthingtOn, of the
Baltimore Country Club, because
Virginia. by prior right, was
entitled to the event last year,
but was not prepared to hold Il
because of the newness of its
layout.
DR.. j. J.. Mccormick, chairman of
the green's committee of the Nor
folk Country Club, came to Wash.
ington this year to inform the
Middle Atlantic body that his club
was ready to be host to golfers.
In his argument for the tourna-
ment he said that the Norfolk club
could take care of as many golfers
as cared to compete for the cham.
pionship.
A late date was also decided
upon because Norfolk Is using
. combination Of German bent
and Bermuda grasses on their
putting green's, and fairWays
were all Bermuda. This COM
binatiOn OF grasses, it seems, is
late arriving In spring and Is
not its best until late June.
The Baltimore Country Club. rep.
resented by Robert G. Worthington
offered its two courses had the
tournament gone to Baltimore.
Worthington told in what fine condi.
ton the Baltimore clubs courses
would be found and felt that Balti.
more would be honored by the coca.
sion OF having golfers of Virginia.
Maryland, and the District Of Column
bia as its guests.
WorthingtOn was elected first
vice president to DIR. j. j. McCOr.
mick, Of the Norfolk Country
Club. during the election Of new
officers. This is an indication that
the Middle Atlantic tournament
viii 60 to Baltimore next year.
Gny G. Mason, Of the Congress.
sional Country Club. who was
elected second vice president, went
on record as having extended to
the Middle Atlantic Golf Association
an invitation to hold the 1928 tour
nament at the Congressional Coun.
try Club.