Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-14

~HEEE is to be no further am
bisuitv about the distance 81 the
solf course members of the
Chevy Chase Club play III their
rounds over the fascinating lay
out, the Capitals Oldest and one 81 Its
finest sclf courses.
In connection with the construction
of several new tees, rehahilitaOon OF
old ones and a new location for at least
one. Chairman Thompson OF the CneVy
Chase golf committee has determined
,,r,on scheme to make II 'npoSSioie
for any player 10 fail 10 Know inc us
lance Of the course nc Is piSsills. ~.
TO this END he has placed III INC
hands If a printer new score cards
tor the course of the Chevy Chase
Club, on them plainly printed the vary
ing distances Of each hole from the
eytren,e rear tee. the So-calleo MO
tee" and the front tee.
The holes have been accurately meas
ured from the middle of each tee 70
the middle of each green. so the mos!
cautious visual estimator may not noio
that because the card places the hole
a. 427 yards II is 4SS or more.
Par of So Is Different.
Chevy Chase. II may be mentioned
In passing. has the lowest par for
regulation length course around WASH
tnston. It's par. and also its compeu-
tive amateur coursA record, are oS-
the par set according 10 the official ols.
lance ratings Of the United States Cell
Association and the amateur record &C
oording to the local arbiter Of course
records-George j, Voigt OF EannocH-
burn.
OF course. Bob Barnett has shattered
par several times, and has gone as low
as SIS over the course, but Voigts anna
teur mark of SO. made in the qualifying
round of the tourney last year, STANDS
as the lowest in competition 1t vas
later tied in friendly match by
Charles NJ. Mackall Of Chevy Chase.
From the front tees OF the set OF
three to each hole, which Is to be viz
tuaily uniform al Chevy Chase unoer
the plans Of the solf committee, the
course measures STAT yards. From
the ones ordinarily used throughout the
season. the layout measures 6,205. But
when the real long hitters gather their
43-inch shafts around their shoulders
10 try out their length they may send
their mighty wallopS booming over a
course which measures 6.505 yards, for
that is what Chevy Chase measures
from the middle Of the back tees. And
II any man thinks a 6,505-vard course,
trapped as well as that of Chevy Chase,
IL hog-tied cinch. he should be able TO
give Bob Jones a bisoue or two and
trounce him. The distances are all TO
be printed on the cards. according to
the tees used.
To Construct New Tees.
H~.t. A>>~ 49, - - ..--..,,n,~a ~r
the second. third. sixth and seventh on
the nrst nine. A new rear tee. which
viii make the hole measure some 1853
yards. now is under construction At the
short fourth hole. while the plans of
the rolf committee call for q tee near
the fence IS yards back Of the present
naic-tee at the sixth.
In the Summer time this hole may be
reached in two. granted long tee shot
but under present weather conditions il
takes real tee shot and an equally
real second TO get home. Yet the par is
4. At the seventh hole o new front tee
is TO be added. which will lessen the
carry for the medium length driver and
permit the long hitter 10 carry across
the corner Of the rough. The eighth
and ninth hole are well supplied with
tees. particularly the eighth, where a
deep back tee makes two fine shots nee
essary to carry the guarding bunkers at
the top 81 the hill
A new tee. Is yards back of the old
tee, is already In commission AZ the
short tenth and the golf committee plans
70 use part OF the back tee at the
eleventh. stretching that hole out to de-
naand tvo long shots 10 reach the well
guarded green.
Some More Changes
The twelfth will have q new rear
Tee. while the short thirteenth will have
new front tee for Use III windy
weather and under unusual conditions.
Al the fourteenth a new tee construct
e little hack and south OF the present
tee, making the hole q partial dog leg.