Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-03
|EVENTS FOR 1928
ABOUT LIKE 1927
Chevy Chase Still Is Only
Club That Restricts Its
Tourney Entry.
BY WALTER X. McCALLUM.

n TITLE change in the continuity
of golf tournaments around
Washington next Spring and
H. early Summer In seen by those
who preside over the affairs Of
the competitive game hereabouts. In
vitation tournaments given by the
clubs are purely club affairs and any
club IL entitled to hold as many events
as 1t wishes, they feel. TO make the
tournament situation even more In
tricate next year, Manor has an
nounced it's intention Of holding an
invitation affair to formally open its
new course. expected to be completed
in June.
Only one club around Washington
Chevy Chase-now imposes any sor.
of playing restriction upon entrants
I'm its tournament. Chevy Chase de.
ma nds that entrants from outside the
club must have club handicap rating
of IL or less. This scheme has re-
suited In putting down the list of
entrants considerably and probably In
raising the standard of play.
Columbia Opposes View.
Opposing this view. along comes
Columbia. represented by George =.
James. chairman of its golf commit
tee, with a statement something like
this: 1--WE view the Columbia invita-
ton tournament as an event held by
the club for it's friends and ours. We
do not intend to throw any restric-
tons around entrance In the event.
IL we could accommodate thousand
players we should be glad to have
Them"
Views much along the same line
have been expressed by chairmen Of
other golf committees, although II
now In a fairly well established policy
around Washington that unattached
players are barred. First evidence OF
this move came several years ago. but
the policy was strengthened last year
with the Washington Golf and Coun.
try Club setting the example and fol
lowed generally by the other clubs
throughout the season.
Last season the tourna nient SEIZED.
ule started with the Town and Coun.
try Club affair the last week in April
and followed rigidly through. with but
two breaks. into mid-July, when the
Maryland Country Club held It's an.
nual affair. As we recall 1t. there
were nine big tournaments between,
the last week i'm April and the middle
OF July, with but two open weeks
one OF them the week of the open
championship. And during that week
the women held their District title
chase.
There are lots Of ambitious golfers
around Washington. Most of them
want to play In all the tournaments.
But IL they do they must be men Of
independent wealth. have a Job whose
chief concern Is playing golf, or be
free In other ways. The ordinary
~xfA ~ t.k T.
the tournaments. might as well give
the tournament dates back 10 the Fall
would very materially aid the situa.
ton In many ways. :
Congressional Undecided.
Talk of a big open tournam at
the Congressional Country Club in the
Spring has again been revived by club
members. even though nothing con.
crete has yet been accomplished
toward holding the affair. With
Tommy Armour holding the national
big event over ~ go course next
Spring. golfers or the club believe
such an event would greatly add 10
the Spring season. The suggestion
has been made that the tourney would
carry with II some title. such as Mid
Eastern" and rossibiy In future years
might supplant the Mid.Atlaniic open.
held last year at Indian Spring.
Sentiment in the club Is very much
divided al to the holding Of the tour
ney. for Congressional Ia like any
other golf organization: many OF the
members are against holding tourna-
ments OF any description outside Of
purely club affairs. while others favor
the biggest events that can be ar.
ranged.
About the middle Of the month the
travelling troupe OF golf professionals
who are now competing on the Pacific
Coast will move toward the East
some Of them picking up stray piece