Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09

T\HE course OF the Burning Tree
Club will be the scene of the
District amateur golf cham
pionship on September IL and
IL. Originally scheduled to be played
at the Chevy Chase Club in September,
the District championship tourney will
be played over Burning Tree because
certain changes in the Chevy Chase
course will be in progress at the time
of the championship and will make it
impossible to hold major tourney on
the course at that time.
Announcement of the change of the
course and the dates was made today
by David l.. Thompson, president OF the
District Golf Association, after Robert
Stead, jr., chairman of the Golf Com
mittee of the Chevy Chase Club. had
notified the association 1t would be i'm
possible TO stage the tourney at CheVy
Chase in September
Walter r. Tuckerman, prominent
member of the Burning Tree Club, pre-
viouSly had renewed his invitation TO
the District association to hold the
championship tourney over the Burn
ing Tree course, which is generally
ranked as one of the leading courses
of the East and among the finest south
Of Philadelphia.
year at Burning Tree and many of
the competitors in the tourney at that
time expressed the hope 1t would be
held again at Burning Tree within a
feWs years because of the excellent test
of golf Burning Tree has proved itself
to be. Last years title tourney was won
by Frank K Roesch Of the Washington
Golf and Country Club with a 72-hole
score of 800. He nosed out John c.
Shorey Of Bannockburn by single
stroke.
The District Association will hold an
Executive Committee meeting shortly
to act on the application of the Belle
Haven Club of Alexandria for member
ship In the organization.
WITH entries already closed for the
w national amateur championship
the United States Golf Association
shortly will make public the list Of pair
tngs for the qualifying rounds for the
championship TO be played locally over
the course OF the Hermitage Country
Club at Richmond Many Washington
players have entered in the tourney.
which is limited to members of men,
Der clubs of the United States Gclf
Association who have q handicap of
four strokes or less.
Among the entrants are Miller B.
STEVENSON of Columbia, Harry G. Pitt
of Manor, M. Parker Nolan of Congress
sional and w. r. McCallum Of Wash
ington. One or two of the local
entrants may qualify in the 36-hole
sectional trials at Hermitage on July 20
and go on TO Chicago for the champion
ship proper. which starts on August 81
at the Beverly Country Club.
THE Maryland State Golf Association
l. has announced a handicap tourney
to be played over the Chevy Chase
course next Tuesday, all day. The
tourney will be open to members of
member clubs of the Maryland State
Association. Of which most of the local
clubs, except those in Virginia, are men,
bers
There will be prizes awarded to low
gross and lev net in three classes.
according to handicaps. and an entry
fee of 50 will be charged. Professionals
are invited to play, but will start at
scratch. Only players with a Maryland
State handicap card will be eligible.
CENIOR golfers of the Chevy Chase
- Club, not a bit disturbed by the
heat. are going on with a heavy
schedule of events throughout the Sum-
mer. Here are few Of the events listed
for the next few weeks
John c. Let's has presented a trophy