Evening star., 1929-12-08
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

SchAfer, Stanley d. Wills ana ChafleS
H. Zeller. The polls will be open at
the clubhouse from to 4 o'clock In
the afternoon and from TO O'Clock
in the evening.
Still another golf club is in process
of organization, for which the member
ship will be drawn from Washington
and surrounding territory. The new
club is to be called the Maryland Golf
and Country Club Of Montgomery
County and is to be located, according
to the preliminary circular announce
ment, on the road connecting Potomac
and Rockville, Md, at a point about
five miles northwest of the Congress
sionaI Country Club Plans have been
made, the club circular says, for a
nine-hole golf course, which has been
laid out by a competent professional,
and will be different from the usual
course. Most Of the holes will be
shorter than the average, but trapped
to make it a difficult 20 par. We
also anticipate having as special fea-
ture of the club" the circular adds, "a
specially made golf ball, of larger size
than the regulation ball. with no more
weight. To play with these balls will
indeed be novelty and should be
enjoyed by even the expert golfer who
will find his skill rewarded by a low
score"
In Britain, at least, 1t now appears
to be settled that the average good pro-
fessional golfer can give the average
good amateur a trouncing and make
him like it. Golfers of Britain have
reached the conclusion as the result of
a contest staged at Mid-Surrey, in
which "a professionals opposed an equal
number of good amateurs and only 5
of the simon pureS escaped trouncing.
Seven former members of the British
Walker Cup teams we're on the amateur
side, while the professional team did
not number any of the regulars of the
| Ryder Cup team of last year. Such
men as Boomer, Duncan, Ernest Whit
| combe, Abe Mitchell and Ted Ray were
missing from the professional side, while
the amateur side included Sir Ernest
! Holderness, a former champion; Mai,
| G. o. HeZlet, Lord Hope, Douglas Grant
and G. IllingWorth.
The pros did a thorough Job in
trouncing the amateurs, and from a
similar match the same result probably
would follow in the United States. With
only one or two outstanding exceptions
! in the amateur ranks, the pro seems to
! have a little something more than the
| amateur. If such a match were ar
ranged in this country, the probability
! is that the pros would triumph al
though Bobby Jones, George Won Elm
and one or two other amateurs might
win their matches.
Sandy Armour, Congressional pro, is
playing "hot" golf these days, according
to Charlie Penna, caddie master at the
| club, who, 1t seems, has been on the
receiving end of a couple of Armour's
good rounds recently. A few days ago
Armour knocked the ball around Con-
greSsional In SO strokes, which is moth
ing more or less than under par
Penna paid and paid.
And on the heels of that round came
another of 10 and then another of II
And Penna paid some more. Now
Charlie walls that Sandy is too good
and might be little more liberal with
handicaps.
Tony Penna, who used to be Armour's
assistant at Congressional, now holds
down the bsrth Of assistant pro at Aqua
Caliente, where Leo Diegal is the resi-
dent professional.
A meeting of golf professionals, greens
superintendents, chairmen of greens
committees and others interested ir
course maintenance Is to be held to.
morrow evening at the Hamilton HotGS
with dinner to be served at 6 80 o'clock
A demonstration will be given of gol
course equipment, and the dinner will bt
followed by entertainment features.