Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.


w WITHIN a couple of months
M Washington is to have the
" v most extensive and most
compact public links golf
facilities of any tity in the East. Four
nine-hole courses, an Of which VIII
radiate from a central club house, Two
Of which may be reversed to bring about
an entire change of shots, Will be IN
use at East Potomac Park by early
Fall. bringing again to the attention OF
golf fans of the Capital that right here
in washington is the finest municipal
golf establishment in any city in the
East.
Cnncessionaire Loefler is finishing
M the new nine-hole layout along the
east side of Hams Point, which VIII
round out the 36-hole golf layout IN
East Potomac Park and will provide ali
sorts of golf and golf shots for those
who want their courses tough or easy.
No other city in the East has SO holes
of public links golf starting from cen
trail club house within such a snort as
tance of its downtown section, and no
other city can offer the quallty OF soii
in such concentrated quantity without
going long distance from the popuI"-
ton center. This does not take mo
account the fine course up IN ROCK
Greek Park, where most OF the uptown
municipal golfers play. -.
Municipal golf in washington Is out
a youngster, too, but rather STURDY
one. for all this public links golf actlYlty
around Washington has come about IN
the shoub space Of nine years. away
back in 1915 the then Col. Harris, omceI
in charge of public buildings ano
grounds. had an idea that pubic goii
course of some character should De con-
rfructed in East Potomac Park. He had
the plans all drawn up by Waiter )
Travis and then along came the wal
and wiped them out.
"A FTER the war the plans were re-
IA vived and work on course II
East Potomac Park was started IT
1920. The course was formally opened
in 1921 and marked the beginning OF
The elaborate public links golf structure
that has been built up in washington
THE first course was followed by course
C. which was constructed in 1872 ano
was used during the national puoh'
links championship in 1928. Then came
along another course, and now Loefnel
is building still aif5t1er course, WnlcI
will be trapped somewhat more extern
eiveIy than the others and thereto-'
will be more difficult test of the game
When the new course now under con
Etrtction is completed about all the lane
available for golf in East Potomac Parl
Cfll have been used up, but East Poto
mac Park also will have become one
the marvels of the Nation in that s.
much good golf has been compressed
into a comparatively small space,
ONLY a few private clubs can boas
of So holes of golf and few OF then
ran boast of better golf than is pro
yided hu-e in Washington Tor the puol
links golf devctees at East Potoma
PARK. Courses A and G, the flrst lay
outs built in the park, are reversible
that is. they may be played from wv
directions. The putting greens nav
been so constructed that they may o
approached from front or rear ana thu
NAV be Changed around and playe
from two directions. This makes 10
an entire change of shots. the iate
courses are not reversible.
If Jim Preston. public links repre
sentative of the U. S. G. A. here, sue
ceeds in bringing the national publ
links championship here in 1881 1t WI
probably be played on courses A an
c. played as they were in 1923. whe
ali the contestants agreed that the lay
outs were among the toughest and be!
they ever had seen in national mt
nicipaI title chase. During the bus
months when golf is at its height her
all the courses in East Potomac PaI
e.-e crowded through most of the da
Feck Greek is in the same situatio