Evening star., 1932-06-21

the next decade, the Congressional
Country Club has just started con-
struction of an entirely new nine holes
and at the same time has begun a
Encouragement Of the present nine en-
bodying several new holes.
The new nine holes will be ready
for play about l8 months hence, when
the new holes being constructed CO.
incidentally for the Encouragement OF
the present last nine will fit into the
picture and form an entire ID hole
layout south of the club house. When
the new layout is completed. the pres
ent first nine will be completely re-
vamped and within three years the
club will have 27 holes of golf.
Under the Encouragement scheme
for the present second nine. the pres
ent tenth. eleventh and twelfth holes
will be played as they ere. A new
hole will be constructed Of about 440
yards to be the thirteenth. The pres
ent fifteenth will become the new
fourteenth; the present sixteenth will
become the new fifteenth and the old
sixteenth hole, one of the really fine
short one-shoters around Washington,
will become the sixteenth under the
new arrangement. This hole has been
out Of use since the new tenth and
eleventh holes at Congressional were
put in play month and half ago.
The seventeenth and eighteenth will
be played as they now are.
NVER on the hillside facing the
~ club house is being constructed an
entirely new nine, which will use
BART Of the present thirteenth fairway
and the entire present fourteenth hole
as part of the area on which it will be
built. The new nine, according to club
officials, will be very strong nine and
will start and finish at the club house.
Starting from a point below the old
tenth tee. the first hole on the new
nine will run across the lake a distance
of 4l0 Yards; the second hole will be
221 yards; the third will be 490 yards;
the fourth will be played to the present
fourteenth green and will be 2l5 yards
In length; the fifth will be 440 yards
long. and the sixth will be a 390-yarder
The seventh will be 4lO yards long and
the eighth will be sharp dog-leg of 460
yards. The ninth will be fair drive
and pitch hole of $50 yards. ending
near the lake. Not much clearing OF
trees and underbrush is needed any,
where along the route, and the entire
nine holes. which have been laid out by
Donald Ross, can be constructed eco
nomically to fit right in with the pres
ent scheme of golf at Congressional.
When these two mines are ready for
play, work on reconStructing the present
first nine holes will start. greens will be
rebuilt and the entire nine will be re-
vamped to bring it up to the standard
of the new part of the course. so that
within three years at most. Con-
gressional will have three modern nine
hole layouts, with the major 18 holes
worthy of a national championship.
7 Asst weeks contest among senior
IL golfers Of the Chevy Chase Club
resulted as follows: Gen. Hanson
E. Ely, 80, wins three golf balls; Admiral
C. B. McVay. 81, wins two golf balls.
and Col John H. Cowles. net SO. wins
one golf ball. Each of the winners is
penalized one-stroke handicap.
DEFEATING Beaver Dam by clean
l. sweep. Columbia Country Club
woman golfers maintained their
position at the top of the heap in the
women's interclub matches yesterday.
Their record now stands at six wins
and no losses. Chevy Chase, runner-up
for the title so far, also won its match
with Indian Spring. The matches were
played on the Kenwood course.
Here are yesterdays results:
Columbia VS.. Beaver Dam-Mrs. j Mar.
points: Mrs Ora Emge and Mrs; Il B. Ship
1fy 6n,n,er D MTS poin5s BelieS Mrs and MTs
Mltdhel sie and MRS. s. Tresize pong 'B D O. mrs
Poland Maekenzie and Mrs: J N. Mari c.,
,B. -. o. Totai-Columbia, points Bea-
Congressional vs.. ashinston-consres-
CHEVY Chase IS indian spriag-Miss
s9sen aaf Mrs Is Betty 2ecfeg aod
Ns,Ss,6 ME- wlIIsW aaTssy sss t.. 6 NSs
KssF.r KssR sad M1s PGiH{ PsFfer Mss Msst
Isl: point Total cheyy. chase. ia
'oRos Wedmoaa vs. SPMins R0'geS 5eTome Meyer
snd Mss Is Bertha ri us IsrasI W. points Mrs.
nsSSP!s sSS sna Hf' Ssa$S
golnt. MIS- Gilbert Hahn and Mlss sylvia
sTfqsT nd Mrs P9e MN M2fk M pants %ysFs
Tot otalmWoodmon;' G. s, Manor g.,
T. Rre Ks, YFstns pont5 Pope mrs. snd W. MIs f
4 point; Mrs. o, P Medley and Mrs. Leo
Wa W2lpeT r IA ~ pSnts MIS- Philip MlE &c Cole
Navy. 5 Kenwood. 4
CEVEN golf clubs around Washington
- have agreed to enter teams in the
competition for the golf club dupli-
cate bridge championship.
Each club is entitled to enter two
four-man teams in the competition to
be staged at the Shoreham Hotel either
on June % or 30.
nAIRINGS for the qualifying round
I to choose a team to represent
Washington in the national pub
lie links championship disclose So
names entered for the tourney at East
Potomac Park on Thursday. The ex-
ETGI GITHMTN