Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-19

numbering somewhere
around 5000 knights of
the driver and mashie, get their
golf better and cheaper than the
publi1 links devotees in most of
the golf1ng cities scattered over
the bunker bordered land.
Public links golf in the National
Capital comes about as cheaply as golf
can be played but the public links
addicts here not only get their golf
cheaper than in most other representa-
tive cities where standard length
municipal golf courses are operated, but
on the whole they get a better grade
of course on which to play have
favorable automobile parking conditions,
plenty Of room on which to play and
their choice Of four good 18-hole courses.
Truly Washington is in many ways a
paradise for public links golf and the
result is seen in the many fine players
turned out by the municipal courses
here.
Public links golf in Washington is a.
development Of only little more than
a decade. Prior to 1920, when the first
course in East Potomac Park was
opened, there was only one golf course
available for the people who did not
belong to private clubs. That was the
short and altogether inadequate 9-hole
course in West Potomac Park The
West Potomac Park course still is in
operation, but today has sand green's and
is classed as a beginners course" 1t
has gone far behind the modern stand
ards of East Potomac Park, Rock Creek
Park and Anacostia Park, where golf
of much better brand challenges the
skill Of even the experts in the game.
T ETS have a look at the prices
- charged for golf on courses in
other cities comparable with East
Potomac Park and Rock Greek Park
here. The rates charged at East Potomac
and Rock Greek, under the management
of concessionnaire Leofier, are as fol-
lows: Daily, 9 holes, Is cents; Is holes,
rs cents; Saturdays, Sundays and holi-
days, 9 holes, Is cents; Is holes,
so cents.
Out in Chicago. a hotbed of golf,
where there are at least a dozen good
municipal layouts, golf comes higher
than 1t does here. The Evanston public
course, out on the North Side, charges
so cents for a round of 18 holes through
the week and ST. on Sunday At Palos
Park, which Is on the South Side and
verges on the course of the Beverly
Country Club, where last years amateur
championship was played, the rates
are so cents daily and 81 on Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays Up in Boston.
where Franklin Parks public course has
been In existence for three decades and
more, the charges rim higher. To play
Franklin Park the public links golfer
OF the city of the bean and the cod
mas to lay 81 ON the line through the
week and his weekend golf costs him
So day, If he can find time to play
space on the course.
Out in Detroit at Chandler Park,
~ the charge is SO cents daily, while
In st. Paul. where the national
municipal links championship was
played few months ago, the daily
charge is rs cents for single round.
The Dyker Beach Park public course
in Brooklyn, N. Y, where witty Cox
Is the pro, charges a buck for each
round through the week and more on
Sunday and at Van CORTLAND Park,
IN New York, the same rate is charged.
Pelham Bay Park, another New York
public course, also charges 81 each week.
day. At Cobb's Greek in Philadelphia,
another famous public course, the deily
fee Is 80 cents and more on week ends,
while at Jacksonville. Fla, where the
national championship was held two
or three years back, the charge Is
10 cents daily. So 1t can be easily
seen that public links golf here comes
cheaper than in most Of representa-
tive cities Of the country.
NOW, as to the courses. We have
~ seen quite few of the public lay
outs in other cities and while there
may be scattered few which are
more interesting than either Rock
Creek or East Potomac Park, ON the
whole the local municipal courses stack
up very we'll as tests of the game.
Certainly If golfer wants length and
plenty Of it, he can do worse than
play Potomac Park. And if he wants
tricks and a good deal Of mashie-nib-
Creek Park, course which challenges
the best there is in any man. Course
c at East Potomac Park has length
of 1882 yards, which is ample. The
other courses are around 5000 yards.
Rock Greek Parks hilly layout totals
5,194, which Is on the short side. but
the many natural difficulties which be-
set the player make up for the lack
of length. Furthermore the authorities
IN charge OF The puDllc HIlkS gun nave
provided ample facilities for comfort
able enjoyment of the game in Wash
ington. Large club houses with res
taurants and ample lounging space
while awaiting the turn on the tee,
make for better enjoyment of the game
under municipal auspices. Truly,
Washington's public links golfers are
better of than their fellows in most
of the towns scattered over the land