Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-26

COMPLETELY new 18-hole
" course, of maximum distance
"A of $500 yards and possessing
4 A features that make the last
nine one of the best stretches
of golf anywhere around Washington,
will be the tid-bit laid before golfers Of
the Beaver Dam Club on May 80.
Nine new holes, on which the grass
Is just taking hold, have been laid out
over rolling. terrain and are promised
for play by Decoration day. When the
new holes are ready the old first nine,
the original links played at Beaver Dam
will be removed from play and will be
completely done over and moderniZed
to bring them up to the standard of
the new 18-hole course. Thus the Bea-
yer Dam Club, by next Spring, will have
n new holes, whose excellence will be
matched only by their difficulty. This
Is the golf program that the members
even while they are in the middle of a
membership campaign, which has al
ready brought scores of new members.
At both the District and Middle At
lantic Golf Association meetings there
was some discussion as to whether or
not Beaver Dam is public course, in
aSmuch as the constitutions of both
organizations bar public courses from
joining the associations. Inquiry along
these lines develops that Beaver Dam
is not public course, that an annual
membership fee is charged, that the
members pay nothing to play other than
the annual membership fee and that
guests cannot play unless introduced.
This removes the club from the cate
CORY of public course, which was so
broadly limited at during both meetings.
Beaver Dam Is under the operation
of S. G. Loeffler, the concessionnaire
who operates the Rock Greek, East Po-
tomac and West Potomac Park courses.
Ted Farr, brother of Al Farr, manager
Of Rock Greek, Is the manager of Beaver
Dam. Loeffler has been promised a
share in the physical properties of the
club provided he makes good on GER
tain percentage of return to the club
for two years.
Those who think that Beaver Dam
has not good golf course are mistaken
Last year Loeffler constructed a new
nine that resembles Burning Tree In its
contours. The new nine was put in use
last year. joining up with the original
nine, and Immediately the new part of
the course was declared the equal of
any Of the other good golf courses
around Washington We played it yes
terday in company with AL Farr and
AL Price of Rock Creek Park.
And we believe it will match I'D in
difficulty and general sporting charac-
teristics with any golf course about the
Capital. Modern, small, and well
trapped putting green's combine with
well designed fairways to make it a
real test Of the game. The thirteenth
hole Is a gem. one-shotter of 100
yards in the making of which a ditch
has been cleverly utilized to form a
natural hazard, and the seventeenth
hole stands out among the two-shotters
by reason of its absolute requirement
that the tee shot be properly placed to
play the second shot correctly. The
thirteenth and sixteenth are three
shooters, although the latter can be
reached with two big wooden club shots.
One feature of the new nine Is the
fact that rubber tape was not used in
measuring the layout. All the yardages
as stated on the card are correct, and
the holes play as long as the yardage.