Evening star., 1928-12-16
LTHOUGH the hole has not yet
been placed in use. the pro.
fessional and star amateurs OF
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LTHOUGH the hole has not yet
n been placed In use, the pro-
n fessional and star amateurs OF
y the Columbia Country Ciun
agree that the new sixteenth
hole recently finished by Greens SUI
pervisor Fits will be one OF the 'pest
short holes around Washington.
More than an ordinary piece ,oI en-,
eineering work has been accomplished
In reconstructing the sixteenth, Wnicn
will be changed from a simple maSnle
shot to one requiring a good oeal more
club. Two new tees have been bunt
one of them not far from the seven
teenth tee on the side of the hill over
looking the old tee.
From this upper tee the shot is one
of about ITO yards, while just below
it and few yards in front is another
tee which makes the hole about 155
wards in length. The lower tee, on
the fat near the fifteenth green, WILL
be retained for the use OF the snort
players and as an alternate. tee.
considerable change has been
made in the green itself, where some
of the contours have been ironed out
and the shape of the green changed
to meet the requirements OF the new
tees. For several years the green
keeper at Columbia has found olmculIy
in placing cup on the old green pc
cause of the contours and the 1act
that the green backed out ana losC lts
grass in hot weather: on the wnole
fhe new sixteenth should be one OF
the outstanding short holes around
Washington. :.
THE lob of rebuilding the green at
the fifth has likewise been completed
The green has been enlarged, ana tne
tran at the right edge retained. More
grief is in store for the men VINO over
play the green next year, 1or new
fran has been built at the left hand
corner.
Fred Mcleod, the Columbia pro1es-
sional, who cut his hand last SUMMER
and was off his game during Ine eal.S eaS
FaIl has come back on his game Wit.
a vengeance. In his last 10 rounds
of the Columbia course Fred has been
over 72 only twice, and one OF tns
rounds was a. SO.
A Cleveland paper has announced
that Tonnmy Armour, professional at
Congressional, will not be win tne
local club next year, but Will become
associated with the Tam oShaptel
club of Detroit, where George Won Elm
| is the tou-ranking amateur. There mas
heen no announcement at Congressional
wheYe oficials, deprecate publicity re-
earding the chance that Armour may
not be with the club next year.
Just before he left washington ioi
the West, in october, Armour SAID ut
was negotiating with club In Detroit
although he added that he was satisHeu
| with the situation at Congressional. He
made no further announcement tnal
| that he Is in touch with the Detroi'
club Meanwhile, in case Iommy !eaves
| Congressional, many friends OF nl'
brother Alex have placed his name II,
the forefront of candidates for the post
| Alex Armour, better known as Sandy
has been the mainstay of the Con-
gressional instruction staff for seyera
! years and is very popular at the club
/ He turned professional in 1924, when
| Tommy Armour was forced into the
professional ranks Sandy has an IN
door golf school of his own in New
| York. where he works during the VIM
| ter months.
Much activity is in evidence on these
| Winter days, when outdoor golf cannot
i be played, among the members OF the
| links fraternity, who gather at the MIL
!, ler-W Walker School on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to discuss golf affairs and to putt
on the carpets at the school. Two
matches were held at the school last
week, involving Beaver Dam and Ban
nockburn and a team made up OF putt
ers selected from those who play at
| the school.
| Down at Belle Haven, near Alex
andria, there are nine putting greens
of which any Washington club might
well be proud. Belle Haven planted
its green's to bent three or four SUM
.rners ago and even. now. In the Win