Evening star., 1931-12-16
FINE PLAY NEEDED
ON DOUBLE COURSE
AII-Time Record Score of AZ
Highest Made About
Washington.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

~ My two years ago the
Woodmont Country Club
" course was a 9-hole golf
course Today it is an
19-hole golf course, with only 2
of the holes of the same length,
although physically there are but
8 holes on the layout.
The trick of making an 18-hole
golf course out of a 9-hole course
lies in the ingenious method put
in use two years ago by commit
tee headed by Morris Simon, who
figured that by using two different
sets of tees the course could be
changed around to give different
shots on each circuit of the lay
out.
The change has worked admirably
since that time and today Woodmont
Country Club has a fine 18-hole golf
course on only little more than play
ing space enough for nine holes.
Strangely enough. most of the eagles
that have contributed to Woodmont's
all-time record of 40 have come on the
first nine holes. which is only a few
varQs shorter than the second nine.
Two aces are on the all-time record for
the first nine, but there are no aces
recorded on the second nine.
That all-time mark of 40 is one of
the highest we have come across in our
recording of the all-time records of the
various courses about Washington
which speaks volumes for the thickness
and difficulty of that fine little course
at Bethesda, Md.
Course Well Planned.
Many times we have heard visitors to
Woodmont remark on. how easy the
course looks, and how deceptive are
those approaches. What makes it s6
hard" they ask. The answer probably
lies in the admirable use Donald Ross
has made on the limited ground with
which he had to work in constructing
the layout and the finished manner in
which he has trapped the putting
greens. Certainly for its length there
Is no finer Eor more difficult golf course
around Washington.
Arthur B. Thorn who has held down
the professional berth at Woodmont
for many years, has contributed a
maor part of the par-Shattering per-
formances which go to make up the
an-tlme record for Woodmont. He has
secured many eagles and few pars
and holds the course record Of 68, one
under par for the layout.
All-Time Record.
Here is the all-time record for the
Woodmont course:
No. 1-293 yards, par 4, holed in
2 by Max Weyl and Charles P.
BetSchler
No. 2-393 yards, holed in 3 by
Thorn and Others
No. $50 yards, holed in 2 by
Thorn.
No. 4-3S5 yards, holed in 2 by
Ralph Goldsmith and William G.
Illch.
No. 5-l81 yards, holed in by
Emanuel Schloss.
No. 6-487 yards, holed in by
Max Weyl and others.
No. 7-297 yards, holed in by
Mark Flanagan and Thorn.
No. 8-l30 yards, holed in l by
Thorn and Leopold Freudberg.
No. e-424 yards, holed in by
many players.
This gives a total out of 10
strokes against par of 35.
No. 10-293 yards, holed in 2 by
Weyl
No. 11-4O5 yards, holed in 3
many times
No. l2-433 yards, Boiled in 8
many times.
No. 13-41l yards, holed in by
many players.
No. lA-224 yards, holed in 2
many times.
No. l5-425 yards, made in 3.
No. l6-324 yards, made in 2 by
Thorn.
No, TIA yards, made in 2.
No. 18-408 yards, holed in 3
many times.
This gives total for the last nine
OF % strokes and total for the course
OF AZ strokes, the highest all-time total
yet recorded on any of the golf courses
around Washington. Which is ample
testimony to the difficulty of the Wood
mont layout
The course of the Manor Club at
present plays only a little more than
5000 yards in length The first nine
holes is 2,89l yards long, while the
second nine is 3.l34 yards in length It
is to lengthen the course that the pro-
posed Improvements are contemplated