Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-31
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE
by WALTER R. McCALLUM.

TINE coming week, starting tor
morrow, Is to be crammed full
of bigger and Eve hope) better
golf. With most of the Sum-
mer vacationists returning from sea-
shore and mountain after a season of
golf far from the heat of the Capital,
the local courses will have revival
of the golf activity that characterizes
them in the Spring. Not In many years
has there been so little golf played
about washington as during July and
August, since the heat wave started on
July 10 and the drought practically
ruined the fairways and made Of golf
a grotesque imitation Of the normal
Summer game. We hope it viii be all
over soon, that rain win break the
drought and that cooler weather will
permit playing in comfort once again.
Tomorrow--the last general holiday
of the golf season-will find hundreds
of players on the local courses playing
in club tournaments and will usher in
big week in a championship way,
for two OF the major golf titles OF the
year about Washington are to be de-
cided this week.
Junior G0IferS Meet
On Tuesday the junior golfers Of
washington, "a of them, will play for
the junior championship of the city at
the Washington Golf and Country Club.
The field OF youngsters entered for the
Junior title is one of the best ever to
play for the Mackenzie Trophy, and
the competition over the 36-hole medal
play route, Is certain to bring out the
best that is in the kids" who have
been doing so well about the Capital
this year. On Thursday and Friday
most of the leading golfers of the city,
among them many of the Juniors, VIII
gather at the Burning Tree Club to
start the event for the District cham
pionship now held by Miller B. Stevin-
son of Columbia. This is a 72-hole
medal-play tourney, to be run of IN
two days, with 36 holes scheduled each
day. And If you don't think that Is
rough. tough grind, try 1t yourself.
If your arms are not tired from swing
ing a golf club, your dogs" will be
tired from walking over burned and
hard fairways.
Here is the list of tournaments to be
held by the local clubs tomorrow:
Bannockburn-Flag tourney, followed
by blindfold driving contest and ap-
preaching and putting competition.
play against par for the Secretarys
Cup Senior golfers will compete in
handicap match play against par event.
Columbia-Best ball handicap tourney,
all day
Beaver Dam-Competition for the
Presidents Cup. Also an 18-hole medal
play handicap event for women, and
driving, approaching and putting events
for men and women.
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play handicap event, starting today, Tor
the Presidents Trophy. Mems driving
contest and putting events for men and
women.
Indian Spring Miniature tourney to-
morrow, with qualifying round today.
Congressional - Best ball tourney.
with competitors to play in foursomes
and best ball Of each pair, less handi-
cap, to count.
Washington--S Selected hole COMPETE
ton for a set of clubs donated by Dave
Thomson, the club professional.
-Eighteen-hole medal play
handicap tourney.
Team Match Planned.
In addition to the tourney scheduled
| for tomorrow, Bannockburn members
will entertain group of golfers from
| the Argyle Country Club this afternoon
in team match at Bannockburn. Win
| ter rules in effect at Bannockburn be-
| cause of the burned-out condition Of
| the fairways, will be played In the team
| match this afternoon and will be con-
tinued in the forthcoming invitation
| tourney of the club, to be played next
week Chairman Byrne of the BAN
| nockburn Golf Committee says the club
! has invited Billy Howell, winner of the
Middle Atlantic championship and the
Columbia tourney, to play in the Ban
nockburn event and hopes he will come
/ for the tournament.
| Entries for the tourney are coming IN
each day and the club anticipates as
large an entry list as last year. This
! year, however. due 10 an unfortunate
| coincidence of dates, an invitation
tourney is being held by the Suburban
! Club of Baltimore, and a few golfers
! from Washington are planning to play
in the Baltimore tourney. in which
several noted amateurs will compete.
The Suburban Club tourney, however,
is not likely to detract from the Ban
nockburn event to any great extent.
Did you know that one of the Wash
ington clubs has in its handicap list
plus-one player? Bannockburn's new
handicap list proudly displays the name
Of George j. Voigt, who Is a nom
resident member Of the club, and Is
handicapped at plus one, which means
that the inpeccable Voigt should be able
TO average q stroke better than par each
tins he steps out on the first tee At
Bannockburn, John @. shorey is the
next low handicap player with an ina
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