Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-18
HANDED TRIMMING
AT ALL OF LINKS
Pros and Amateurs Join in
Terrific Assault, Marks
for Courses Show.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

for a fast and joyous buggy
ride by the amateur and pro-
fessional golf brigade around
Washington in the past few years. The
net result of the various rides the "old
man" has taken is that at none of the
older layouts about the Capital has par
been able to withstand the onslaught
of the gents who nonchalantly knock
in the brides and eagles and break the
old mans back in the doing of it. A
fair idea of how par may be busted
wide open stands on the scoreboards
of the various clubs, where ringer con-
tests are going on, and where the tabu-
lations to date--even in Midsummer
with the contests far from over. show
that par golf is not the thing 1t used
to be.
At not single course around Wash
1ngton has the par of the course been
able to stand up against attacks of the
better golfers of our fair community.
Amateurs and professionals alike have
Joined in the battle, and the "old man"
has been taken for so many assorted
-ides that par no longer is what it used
to be- What with hard ground and soft
putting greens, and conditions alto
gether conducive to low scoring, no
wonder the old man is staggering
around, punch drunk and groggy, as
the young men and the veterans con-
ttnue their relentless assault on his
stronghold.
Just as an example of what may be
done along the line of Subiugating par,
note what Tommy Armour did two
years ago at Congressional, when the
tall Scot took his clubs in those iron
hands and shot a 63-which is nothing
less than 10 under par. Had Tommy
not gotten q bit careless on the four
teenth hole, he might have made a
mark that would stand as the world
record for a lengthy course. for on
that fairly easy fourteenth-a par
affatr-he took e. careless Z.
All Have Low Marks.
The Washington course has been shot
IN Sc, four under par. Indian Spring
has been done in 66, five under par.
Columbia has been done in five bet
ter than par, and at Chevy Chase
the par crackers have beaten par by
i've shots Burning Tree has been
done in five or six strokes below
par, and at all the other courses
the gents who say IL with brides have
done their bit toward knocking the i'm
pregnability out of the old man himself.
Here are the records of the various
courses. unofficial and official, where
of memory or the more enduring rec
ords of the clubs: Washington, official
record TO- made by Maurice j. Nc
earthly in the qualifying round of the
1929 Spring invitation tournament. IN
official record. sc, made by Mccarthy
In friendly round.
Columbia-Offlcial record for the
present course, SO, made by Jim Barnes
in the national open championship OF
1921. Amateur record (officiaD, II,
made by Bobby Jones in the same
championship and tied by w. Carlton
Evans and Roger Peacock in the Spring
tournament of the club last June. IN
official record, IS, made twice in three
days by Fred Mcleod two years ago.
Unof1icial amateur record, 66, made by
Roland Mackenzie three years ago.
Various cards below 10 have been made
by several amateurs and professionals
at Columbia, but none of them. other
than those mentioned. can be regarded
as course records. All are far below
par, which is 20.
Chevy Chase-Oflcial record SO,
made by George j. Voigt in 1927 in the
qualifying round of the tournament.
Unofficial record, IS. made by Robert
T. Barnett, the club professional.
Charles M. Mackall, Chevy Chase anna
teur, shot the course in IS two years
ago, which stands as the unofficial
course record. Par for the course is
SO and it is one of the hardest pars to
make about washington.
ongressional--Professi unofficial
record, SO, made by Tommy Armour in
q friendly game in the Summer of 1923.
Amateur official record II. first made
by Roland Mackenzie in the qualifying
round of the invitation tourney four
years ago, and tied in the medal round
of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association
championship In 1928. Page Hufty
and NJ. Parker Nolan have shot the
course In SO strokes, but these records
are unofficial. Par for the present
course is 70.
Manor Club-Officlal amateur record,
~, made by Miller B. STEVENSON in an
exhibition match last year, in which
all puts were holed. Unofficial record,
SO, made by Harry c. Pitt In friendly
round. In the qualifying round Of the
Fall tournament last year Comdr. j. B.
Pollard tied the official amateur record
with mark of u.
STEVENSON Set Another.
Indian Spring-Oficial amateur rec
ord, 81, made by Miller B. STEVENSON
in the District amateur championship
OF 1927. Later tied by George j. Voigt
in tourney Of the BrightwoOd Caddies'
Association. The professional official
Beach few days ago in the sectional
qualifying rounds for the Professional
Golfers Association championship.
Burning Tree--Ohicial record 70,
made by Leo Diegel in the tourney of
the Middle Atlantic Professional Golf
ers' Association of 1926. Unofficial
record-Fred Mcleod and Leo Diegel,
81. The course has been made in SO
by George J. Voigt, but this score was
not official
Army, Navy and Marine Corps-Am-
ateur record. II, made by John C.
Shorey in friendly round and not Of
fetal Professional record, SO. made
by Arthur B. Thorn in friendly round
and not official. Few tournaments have
been played at the service club and
therefore few scores have been made
which might be regarded as official.
Woodmont Country Club-Amateur
record, II, made by Harry G. Pitt in
the qualifying round of the invitation
, tourney three years ago Professional
record, &c. made by Arthur B. Thorn in
q friendly match.
Bannockburn Golf Club-Amateur
record. II, made by William J.. Fender
CAST. the club champion. Professional
record, 81, made by A. L. Jamison and
tied by A. l.. Houghton. None of these
marks is ofncial.
There is usually considerable spread
between the official and unoficial marks
for golf course, because man may
have a conceded putt or TWO on the
first few holes and then, finding he has
a chance for course record, may start
holing them all. In addition. the use
of different sets of tee markers make q
big difference in the length of the golf
courses. Take such courses as Indian
Spring, Columbia or Chevy Chase. On