Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-16
RICHMOND LINKS
ARE FOUND UNFIT
Place Here Not Yet Chosen.
Section to Have Only
Two Quaiifiers.
By WALTER II. McCALLUM.

II ISSATISFTED with the condi-
ton of the two Richmond
courses which they visited re-
~ Gently. the course selection
committee Of the Middle At
lantic Professional Golfers Association
has decided to transfer the qualifying
round III this section for the national
professional match play championship
from The Virginia capital to Wash
ington
Although the courses around Wash
fngton suffering from a lengthy
drought and their green attacked by
brown patch-are not in the best pos
Sihle condition, nevertheless the COM
Dlittce. composed Of Fred Mcleod of
Columbia and Bob Barnett of Chevy
Chase. found them in so much better
shape than the ones they visited in
Richmond that they have decided to
transfer the qualifying round TO the
National Capital
This Will mean that late this month
all the professionals III the mid-Atlantic
sector will gather at a local course. as
yet unnamed. to contest for two places
II the national professional match play
title event. The championship proper
Will be played over the Five Farms
course of the Baltimore Country Club
the first week in October.
The new river course OF the Country
Cs0o OF Virginia was the one favored
by the committee as the place of the
qualifying round But Mcleod and
Barnett found that notwithstanding the
excellent test Of golf this course af-
for0S, its condition as 10 fairwayS and
greens leaves much to be desired At
the same time there was some objection
on the part of several Of the pros to
~ sol, to 9so
which Is new and cannot be in as good
condition as the older and more sea-
SOned courses about the Capital So it
Is now virtually settled that Washington
viii have professional tourney during
the late Summer. even though IL will
be of short duration. for the qualifying
round is only 36-hole affair
Last year the test was held over the
Five Farms layout and Tommy Armour.
then national open champion, and
Ralph Beach. then attached to Burning
Tree. won the two places assigned to
this section. Only two places have been
given the MiCatlantic section again this
year. even though the championship
itself is TO be played over a course in
the heart of the section.
This year the contest for the places
viii be fully as keen as ii was last year.
It almost goes without saving that
Tommy Armour will be one of those to
qualify. for he probably can outscore
any other pro in this part of the coun-
try over the 36-hole route and should
be installed as one of the ranking IA
vorites TO win the national match play
title itself
The real struggle. then, win center
around the man who is to win the other
place And from such a group as Fred
McLead. Sandy Armour. Monroe Hunt
er. George Diffenbaugh, Glenn Spencer
Carroll McMaSter Jimmie Roche. Ralph
Beach Arthur 2. Thorn and Dave
Thomson. the competition should be of
the keenest caliber.
The committee appointed by the Dis
trict Golf Association at is annuai
meeting last March 20 draft new con-
Stitlltion and bylaws TO govern Dis
triet golf affairs. is moving along stead
ily toward compilation of its task and
promises that the work of revamping
the constitution viii be complete within
few weeks. The purpose of the re-
drafting is 10 put teeth in the constitu-
ton. as President c. Chester Caywood
Of the District Association declares. and
70 see TO it that all clubs which are
members OF the local golf governing
BODY abide By the rulings of that or
&nA4A<hAtB&ts
Before the revised constitution can
be adopted. il must be submitted to
special meeting os the District associa-
ton and be voted on. club by club
Members of the special committee
are as follows: Albert E. Steinen.
Town and Country Club; Norman B
Frost. Indian Spring Golf Club; G. H
Chasmar. Columbia Country Club.
Robert Stead, FRI. Chevy Chase Club.
Guy Mason. Congressional Country
Club: DR., T. j. w Brown. Bannock-
burn Golf Club: c. B. Garrett, Wasn-
ington Golf and Country Club: David
L. Thomson. Manor Club: Col H. W
Fleet. Army War College Golf Club.
c. Chester Caywood. Indian Spring
Golf Club.
At the same time little has been
done by the District association toward
drafting a binding amateur rule 10
govern the association in the future.
This matter. it is felt can wait untl