Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-09
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w VILLAIN g. uLCH, chairman
NA OF the Town and Country
wv Club golf committee, will
take the place of Max Weyl

wv Club golf committee. will
take the place of Max Weyl
in the exhibition match to-
morrow at Town and Country Club
which will be the piece de resistance OF
the field day of the club.
Weyl has telegraphed from Chicago
that he will not be able to be on hand
Illch will pair with Arthur B. Thorn.
the club pro, against Fred Mcleod Of
Columbia and Howard Nordlinger, one
of the better amateurs of the club.
The Town and Country Club match
will be the first important competition
over the revamped course, which has
been changed by utilizing different tees
on 16 of the holes. Since the course
was changed Thorn has registered q SO
over the layout, which stands now as
the record. Fred Mcleod may trim this
mark down a stroke or two, or Thorn
himself may get hot and beat 1t. 1t is
not likely either Of the amateurs will
better this mark. Thorn yesterday
started with two brides and two pars
in a match with Gilbert Hahn, but was
not able TO beat his SO mark.
The golf committee Of the Bannock-
burn Golf Club Is thinking Of abandon
ing the use Of the Pinehurst system of
qualifying in the coming invitation
tournament Of the club, to be, held late
next month. The committee will meet
tomorrow to discuss certain details in
connection with the holding Of the tour
nament and to decide whether the sys-
tenn of qualifying the entrants in flights
according to their handicaps. which mas
been employed at Bannockburn for the
past two years. will be continued this
year.
Under this system, players with
handicaps up to Q strokes are expected
to qualify in the first fight and no
other flight. Players with handicaps
up to IL are expected to make the sec
ond flight and are not eligible for q
higher flight. The purpose has been
to prevent intentional shooting Of q
high score so the player may qualify
in a flight higher than his handicap
rating. But Leo r. Pass, a member OF
the committee, holds that while the
system has worked out well at Ban
nockburn. the fact that 1t has not been
adopted by the other clubs brands it as
not being overly popular.
THE tournaments are affairs In which
the golfers play to have q good time
and enjoy the game" Pass said. IF
they have to think Of qualifying in the
division to which their handicap rates
them, 1t becomes somewhat Of o strug-
gle. And after all, do not think there
are many golfers around Washington
who think more Of winning a piece OF
silver than Of the fun of the game"
The Bannockburn tournament will be
the first to be played over the present
course under regular rules. Heretofore
the tourney contestants have been per-
mitted to place the ball anywhere on
the course except In water hazards.
Last June the Bannockburn club put
regular rules in effect and now the ball
Is being played where it lies.
A party Of golfers from Columbia
went down to Annapolis Roads yester-
day to play over the fine course Of the
club near Annapolis. In the party were
J. B. Murphy, Robert c. Gormley, Howe
P. Cochran and Fred Mcleod.
D. G. Gruver holed a 30-foot putt on
the eighteenth green at Washington the
other day to win q Nassau bet and q
bonus from v. C. Dickey. They play a
two-way bet of 40 and 40, with q bonus
to the golfer who makes the score each
way and makes 80 or better on the en-
tire round. Gruver needed q on the
eighteenth to win all the wagers and he
holed putt across the green TO win all
the bets.