Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-15

70 the time late III TIE SuiHHiCI VI
early Fall when the third nine-holS
layout will be in use.
Al that time the present outside" OF
first nine will be the first nine Of tbs
new fS-hole layout. with the new nine
forming the last part Of the longer Is
hale course Of the club The inside
nine. which is now the last nine Of the
present ls-hole course, will be given
over 10 slower ard shorter hitting play
erS and to the women Of the club when
she long course is crowded. as II is on
week ends and holidays
Just how the division as TO playing
ability will be made has not vet been
decided. but II is possible some such
scheme as minimum qualifying score
or perhaps a time limit for is holes will
be arranged so that the players on the
long course will not be held up by slow
matches II has interesting possibilities
and ii will be interesting 10 see how the
Manor Club works il out.
Only one other club about Washing
toy--the Beaver Dam Cluh-will have
golf facilities the equal in number Of
holes Of the layout at the Manor Club
when the new nine is opened within q
few months. The green's on the new
course were planted to bent few days
ago and already are showing signs Of
coming along in good shape, The new
course is not only longer but is far
more difficult than either of the mines
now in use
Manor is making vast forward
strides toward its limit Of membership
and already has nearly reached the
400 limit set for active members by
the club constitution. One hundred
and eighty-Seven new members have
joined the club since last April Al
though the club disclaims anything in
the nature of a membership drive. the
list of members has been growing by
leaps and bounds and now has reached
the point where the active membership
is virtually filled
Only within the last few DAYS the
initiation fee has been raised-alwavs
being reached. The increase IN men,
bership. according 10 members. Is be-
cause of the fact that the new nine
hole course is nearing completion, and
enlarged clubhouse facilities have been
added in the past few months.
Just = month has elapsed since
washington's amateur golf contingent
has participated in big tourney Not
since the championship OF the Middle
Coli Association at Congress
si0nal In mid-June has there been
tournament other than purely club af-
fairs about the Capital, but the COM
ing week end will see the amateurs as
semhled again. this time at Sherwood
Forest on the Severn near Annapolis.
where woods and waters lie in wait for
tbs golf ball of the line.
Quite a considerable party of the
Simonpures of Washington have said
they intend to take in the Sherwood
Forest event. which has been won by
q Capital golfer for the past two sea-
sons. Washington and Baltimore
usually furnish virtually the entire
entry list Entries close with the COM
mittee In charge at Sherwood Forest
next Wednesday. The tourney will
start with an iS-hole qualifying round
next Friday. Two match play rounds
viii be played on Saturday and the
ssmi-fnal and final rounds are earded
for Sunday.
The following week will come the
largest tourney of the Summer season
about the Capital district. the annual
affair of the Maryland Country Club, in
which a large contingent of Washing
tonians usually takes part. This event
Tiu be held July IS, Is, n and "a
Entries close July %.
George V0igt won the Maryland tour
ney last year and John G. Sf1orey an
nexsd the Sherwood Forest event.
Tommy Armour of Congressional and
MeI Saorey OF East Potomac Park viii
represent the Capital in the metropoii-
tan open golf championship at Shack
amazon this week. George j. V0igt.
nov located in New York. and Maurice
J. Mccarthy. student at Georgetown,
also viii play.
with the women'g national cham
pionEi1ip scheduled for late September
at Virginia Hot Springs. number of
Washington woman players are talking
Of taking part in the event. mas
much as Washington woman player
hes not qualified in the national for
several years. any entrant from the
Capital vii. be required To meet certain
requirements These have been out
lined ny the United States Gcsf Asso-
citation as follows:
Entries will ne received from woman
players having handicaps up 10 8. in
elusive, as rated by the womerl.s sec
tionai golf associations in the United
States. Any player whose name ores
not appear on these lists and VINO de-
siTes 10 compete In the championship
must submit TO the United States Golf
Association, 10 East Porty-sec0nd
street, New YORK City, before Tuesday.
September 4, five dates and attested
score cards covering rounds made dur
ing the current playing season on any
course
These sttested cards must have
marked thereon the correct distance
for each hole played. and In case
wroraens tees are Used the same must
b. roted Upon the basis Of the scaree
snd distances submitted the player will
b. rated and notified at Least ore week
pY1or to the championship The tourney
vii be- held September 2S-29.
II viii oe followed within three weeks
ny the Middle Atlantic Golf Association
woren's titular event. 10 be playec al
the course II the Princess Anne Country
Club st Virginia Beach, Va.
Not long ago we were discussing with
member Of Burning Tree the posi-
n3lsfy of q national championship com
ing 10 The club 1T some future date We
suggested that Burning Tree would De
nj 3CFaI gIaCf al WINCH N fA0Is such
tourney as the amateur championship,
bQt the suggestion Wss met with oblee-
ton that The course is 100 far away
from Washington II IL not sufficiently
well trapped and isn't hard enough .
The man with whom We we're speak
3ng nss mad considerable golf experience
sno knows whereof he speaks out that
last phrase isn't hard enough sounded
q Dit queer For any u the professionals
anG star amateurs 1i1e have PLAYED
Burning Tree from the resf tees vii
testify that Burning Tree n hard
enough
Az 10 ifs distance from the city the
club Is possibly q little inaccessible fol
the galleries which follow the national
Rudolph 7. Hareti registered gross
card ~ ~ to win low gross prize III
the sweepstakes tourney 1T the Wash.