Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
UST as every one thought these
invitation golf tournaments were
about over until next Fail. along

YUST as every one thought these
invitation golf tournaments were
- about over until next Fail. along
comes the Sherwood Forest Golf
Club with the announcement today Of
its NTH annual invitation event, to be
played over the picturesque course
perched on the cliffs above the Severn
on July II. IL and Is.
1t appeared that the dull season of
golf had arrived and that tournaments
could be forgotten until Sherwood For
est came along with its event, but there
1t Is, and If custom of other years is fol-
lowed, there will be quite a number of
Washingtonians going down to Sher-
wood to match their skill against the
tricky layout during the second week in
July. OF course we knew about the
Maryland Country Club tournament late
in July, to which every real golfer in
Washington looks forward but late July
seems long way of, while July IL is
just around the corner, so to speak
Anyhow the Sherwood Forest tourney
is billed to start on Friday, July II,
with an 18-hole qualifying round, which
will be followed the succeeding two days
by the customary four match play
rounds. There will be six flights to
qualify, and course privileges are to be
extended to all tourney contestants
from July TO July 10. Entries will
close not later than July g. We have
received invitations from the Sherwood
Forest Club for Earl McAleer, AL
Houghton, George Voigt, Harry Pitt,
Frank K. Roesch and one or two others
TO play in the tourney.
The Special Adjustment team is In
the lead in the Income Tax Unit Golf
League. with total of 81 points In the
14-team league. Section G is second,
with a total of 491a points, while D-1
Is third, with 48 points. Next Monday
the golfers of the league are due for
a lot of fun at East Potomac Park, for
a mixed Scotch foursome has been ar
ranged, in which % men will play with
% women golfers IS their partners.
Chairman Fred Byrne Of the Ban
nockburn golf committee today an
nounced the tourney for next Saturday
and Sunday at Bannockburn. It is
called the Pathway Handicap and will
be an l8-hole medal play event, with
the players divided into three classes.
Glass A will be composed of players
with handicaps up to IL; class B will
be of players from IL to 10, inclusive,
while class G will be made up of play
ers with handicaps from 19 to AZ, in
elusive. Entries will close at o'clock
June 40 and must be registered with the
club professional.
Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes Of Columbia,
former women's District champion, who
set new course record of 78 to win
the qualifying round yesterday in the
Tel
in the first round today with Mrs.
William Hurst, jr., of Baltimore. Mrs.
Stephen F. Colladay of Columbia. the
other Washington entrant In the tour
ney, was paired in the first round with
Mrs. F. r. Lines of Baltimore. Mrs.
Haynes 10 set a new record for the
nine-hole layout OF the Gibson Island
Club, and Mrs. Colladay's IS was second
in the medal round, thus giving first
and second places to two Washington
golfers. The old course record was set
at 80 last year by Virginia Holzderher.
Mrs. Haynes registered 30 over the first
nine and scored a SO on the last nine
to win. Her fine score was largely due
to her accuracy with the putter. She
had no fewer than seven 1-putt greens
on the round and totaled 80 puts for
the 18 holes.
ONcI dI bIle washington NrOH ana
Country Club the golf committee has
changed the rule which heretofore
made entrants in the ringer tourney
turn in ringer scores only on three
days of the week Contestants now
may turn in scores in the ringer tour
ney at any time. One ace has been
scored in the event so far, the one made
by Erwin p. Hair on the eleventh hole
last Saturday. D. G. Gruver came