Evening star., 1928-05-02
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

TOR many years-nearly decade
and a half-we have watched
the reincarnation of the ole
L course of the Chevy Chase Club
and marveled at the thorough.
ness and care which has been lavisheo
on the layout which was considerably
! changed by Colt. Mackenzie and Alison
some seven or eight years back.
We have seen Chevy Chase. with its
gently rolling fairwayS, its amply large
green's and its undeniable atmosphere
of golf and good golf and golf antiquity
blossom each Spring into its nneSt con-
dition And we have watched Chair.
man Morven Thompson OF the goli
committee, refuse to play golf in order
to give his time without interruption
| to the golf course and its condition.
A few weeks back Thompson# inaug-
! urated a program for lengthentng the
/ layout. constructing several new tees al
| several Of the holes. and giving each
/ hole three sets Of tees with three sets
| of markers, red, blue and white. He
/ called them the front tees, the mid tees
| and the back tees.
! The other day We played Chevy
/ Chase. which We have always main-
/ tanned, is probably the most enjoyable
I course in Washington 70 play. The rea-
/ son for our judgment-and II is en-
! tirely matter of personal opinions
/ not hard to explain. The splendid con-
/ oition of the golf course. the constant
/ care taken of minor details In course
/ upkeep. its undeniable good golf holes
and the gently rolling terrain have al
/ ways made Chevy Chase, to our way
! of thinking. the most enjoyable golf
course around Washington.
An Enjoyable Course.
other courses may be harder to score
On, they may have feature holes, ana
in the Judgment of others, they may
have finer shots. But we maintain that
from our own point OF view Chevy Chase
is the most enjoyable course on which
10 play around Washington.
Looking forward to the annual invita-
ton tourney starting two weeks hence,
Thompson has moved his course main
tenance program TO keep pace with the
changing season and today Chevy Chase
Is in its most perfect condition. Two
weeks ago temporary green's were IN
use at virtually all the holes, while the
regular greens were being top dressed
and fertiiized Today they are prac-
tically perfect stretches Of bent, glorious
putting surfaces on which the ball rolls
true and evenly Their uniformity Is
delight Only one temporary. green Is
now in use-tfae fifteenth. tucked away
in a corner of the woods. and a green
which Is always behind the others in
condition because IL doesn't have the
fun benefit of the sunlight the rest OF
the greens enjoy. We found Chevy
Chase course whose fairways are a de-
light 70 the eye and the braSSie, and
more than that, we found Chevy Chase,
from the back tees TO be a considerably
different proposition from the layout
played from the front or mid tees OF
other years.
For example, new tee for the short
fourth makes that interesting hole a
much longer shot than the maShie shot
from the front tee. And the carry at
the fifth over a row of bunkers takes
on a far more terrifying aspect from
the back tee than the comparatively
| easy carry from the front tee. The
/ long 9th becomes real 3 shotter from
/ the rear tee, while the l4th is turned
I into a really testing 2~shotter from
/ the rear tee, 10 yards back and TO the
/ left Of the old tee.
Has Plenty OF Length.
From the front tees the layout meas
/ ures STAT yards. From the mid tees
/ ii Jumps up TO 6.205 yards, while from
I the rear tees 1t stretches out 10
maximum Of 6.505. And We challenge
/ any Of the long hitters 10 score the
/ par Of 90 from the back tees. II Is
quite a different proposition from the
/ Chevy Chase Of the front tees
| And, by the way. Thompson told us
/ that George S. Lyon, Canada's grand
old man. eight times Canadian anna
/ teur champion, who won the Chevy
| Chase tourney back In 1923. win come
/ 70 Washington again this year TO again
make bid for the Presidents Trophy
in the club invitation tournament
| starting May I6 With him will come
several other Canadian players men
| who have made the trip for a half
dozen years and more 10 play In the
I delightful affair Chevy Chase holds
each Spring. We predict that they,
as well as others who play In the tour
! ncy, Will marvel at the condition of
the course and It's changed length from
| the new rear tees.
Probably the next time Mrs. Frank
/ Keefer Of Chevy Chase sets out In o.
qualifying round she will remember the
proper distance 70 be played YesteT-
DAY, competing ia the qualifying round
oi the miniature tournament Of the
Womens District Golf Association At
Keefer was scheduled 20 play the regu-
lation iz-ilole qualifying distance. 10
interested did she become IN the game
ana the conversation Of her partner
that she played seven holes and instead
u turning ia siz~h0ie qualifying card
Slle turned in d card for seven holes.
As II turned out her six-hole card would
have won the qualifying round, for she
scored 80 tor the regulation distance.
But this wasn't found out until she had
been paired and had played ia her flrst
match play round Her mistake placed
Mrs Douglas Tschiftely, Mrs. II. A.
Knox and Mrs Donald McCallum IN .
lie At ~ for low qualifying score. Ten
flights u four players each competed IN
| the tourney.
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