Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-13
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

tournament, the Manor Club today be-
gan to stiffen its course by constructing
three additional traps on the last nine.
Chairman Clarity Of the golf committee
explained that the fringing woods on
the fairways Of the first nine holes con-
stitute an ample hazard, but that one
or two Of the holes of the second nine
could stand a little stiffening in the
way of traps. So Clarity and Thorn
son got their heads together with AL
Treder, the club pro, and decided that
the fourteenth and sixteenth holes could
both stand q little more trapping. AS
result, three new traps are being dug
today, one short of and to the left OF
the fourteenth green, another to catch
a pulled tee shot from the sixteenth
tee and still another to catch a sliced
second shot at the same hole. The traps
on the sixteenth will not interfere with
the proposed change Of the green,
which will be undertaken later in the
year. Clarity explains that the flf-
tenth, sixteenth and seventeenth greens
all are to be rebuilt during the Winter.
Clarity, by the way, is getting him
self quite a reputation as an accurate
player with the mashie. His latest
stunt came just the otner day on the
3le-yard twelfth hole, where he pushed
his tee shot to the rough at the right
and then knocked the ball into the cup
for an eagle on this par 4 affair.
George T. Sharp, jr., the son of DR..
George T. Sharp. is the Junior champion
Of the Columbia Country Club. Sharp
yesterday won the title, defeating
Joseph B. Trew, jr., on the nineteenth
hole, after a close battle all the way.
Trew took puts on the green at the
extra hole and lost the match. The
consolation was won by j. e. Powell, jr.,
who defeated Walter D. Murphy, 4 and
3. Murphy won the qualification prize,
winning the play-of with card Of So
against "a for Dodge.
Chairman w. Fred Byrne of the Ban
nockburn golf committee today an
nounced the competitions for club
championships in three classes for men
and for the women's title in two classes.
Entrants in the mans event may qualify
at any time between September % and
September 90. The competitors with
the 16 lowest gross scores will consti-
tute class A and the winner will be the
club title holder. Those with the next
16 low scores will form class B, and the
next Is low scores will form class G. In
class B no member having a handicap
OF ~ or less VIII pc eligible 10 play, Wnlle
in class G no member having a handi-
cap of 20 or less will be eligible.
In all the flights the first round must
be played before october 6, the second
round on or before October 13, the third
round on or before october 20 and the
36-hole final on or before October ~.
Consolation flights will be played in
each class, and United States Golf
Association rules will govern play.
The woman golfers will qualify on
Sunday in the two classes A and B
and will be divided into flights of eight
for the match play rounds. Three l8-
hole medal rounds will follow, while
consolation fours will be played at nine
holes each.
E. H. Van Fossen and John A. Dugan,
both of Congressional will play of
their tie for first place tn the Congress
sional buffers" tournament at q flu
ture date to be set by Guy Mason,