The Washington times., 1929-08-31
PROGRAMS
VARIED At
CLUBS
By George A. Simpson

BY George A. Simpson
Washington golfers are
greeting the holiday period
that allows them three free
days on the links, which will
.be thickly populated. Every
local club, except Argyle, has
:carded some type. of tourney
in view of this spell.
Hardly any club tournaments are
listed today. but this is no sign
that the favored golfing spots will
be, deserted. On the contrary, the
courses will be alive with players
doing their best to beat old man
par in a game that exacts control
as much as skill.
A MERRY Widow" tourney Is
scheduled today and tomorrow
at BannOckburn. Players maxi
Ing best net scores on the, odd
numbered holes, minus One-llalf
regular handicaps. will be recOg-
nize& as wipners. Half-strOEcs
viii count as one.
Women members at Bannockburn
will take part today and tomorrow
in a match play against par for
nine holes. Each contestant will be
allowed a stroke or strokes to
which she is entitled. under her
handicap. -
a flag tournament is booked for
Monday. The men will play 1S
Roles and will be allowed 20 strokes
(par for the course) plus their handi-
caps. The men. will play at nine
holes and be allowed 40 (womep's
par for the Counsel.
The qualifying rounds for the
club championship at Town and
Country start tomorrow. Manor
Club members will compete for
!. the Presidents Trophy tenor
row. and mixed Scotch. four
some is listed at Indian Spring.
Labor Day brings the heaviest
schedule. Congressional will conduct
an 1S-hole handicap medal play
against par. and a. miniature tour.
new iE the orderaat Washington Golf
Cup driving, approaching and putt
ing contests for men, and women are
the attractions at Beaver Dam.
Besides the Presidents Trophy
again on Monday, Manor will also
offer mems and women's driving
contest. A miniature tourney will
be held at Indian Spring, Chevy
Chase will probably have a sweep
stakes: while Columbia will have a
nest.bal tournament handicap, allow
ance as we'll as a putting contest for
women. Argyle had intended to hold
qualifying rounds for the club cham
pionship tomorrow and Monday but
are out OF town. :.
Two Congressional Country
Club golfers have scored feats
recently that deserve mention.
They are Jack Gilmore and DIR.
Bruce T. Taylor.
Gilmore bagged an eagle 4 on the
long 625 yakds par number 10
hole. The performance was all the
more remarkable in that he didn't
use "a wooden club on the hole. He
drove off the tee with a No. 2 iron
and used the same club for his
second shot. Then he reached the
green with a, No. 3 and ran down
q 20-foot putt for an eagle 4. Get
ting on that long tenth at Congress
sional with three iron shots is no
everyday occurrence.
Gilmore actually had a three on
the hole. He was playing with M.
Parker Nolan who conceded Gilmore
a stroke because the latter used
irons. Nolan himself had par 6
which is quite different from that
frightful IA he took while endeayor.
fng to qualify in the Congressional
invitation event the latter part of
June.
DR.. Taylor recently scored a birdie
2 on the third hole and an eagle
2 on the eighteenth That eagle
2 was a, great shot, He hooked his
tee shot to the side of the woods
on the left of the green. His ball
was in such a position that he
couldn't see the hole because of the
high intervening slope and about
$50 yards from the cup. He blindly
struck the ball with spade mashie,
not knowing where it would land.
Imagine his joy when it trickled
into. the cup.
:. Archie Clarke, assistant pro at
Congressional, is using that new
,c0ncaVe.shaped wooden putter
that Tommy Armour has carried
in hia bag since his return from
EurOpe. The wooden putters,
which can be obtained in the
Congressional golf shop. are i'm.
ported from r. FOrgan, st. An
5lrews, Scotland.
The weight is equally balanced on
the,stoer and heel and it. Is claimed
that, the putt will roll true to the
Gun no matter where or what part
Of the clubhead strikes the ball. This
only holds true. however, when the
player has sighted a straight line
to the pin.
to the pin. Several members ait Con-
aressional are using these wooden
putters while Tommy Armour,
Henry :Ciuci, and Ed Dudley are
leading. pros who. have adopted it.
Clarke believes his putting has i'm
proved because of this wooden club
On recent tests. this wooden putter
has enabled him to ring up innum-
cradle brides because of flawless
work on the greens. Clarke has
marked up brides at the fourth
hole, 2 at the seventh and one each
at the 6th, Sth, 9th, 18th and 18th
holes.
SANDY" Armour, however. keeps
his. valuable pulitzer 'Sparkplug.'
which he has treasured for 80 years.
In fact, this putter is an heirloom
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