Evening star., 1932-12-24
ARMY-NAW LAYOUT
TO HAVE 45 HOLES
Present 18 Said to Be Most
Played Private Links in
Capital Group.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

~ officers OF the military
services for a great coun-
try club project for service officers
located near the National Capital
is becoming reality.
Fostered a half dozen years ago Ev
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall. then
chief of staff, U. S. A., the Army-Navy
Country Club, on the heights of Arling-
ton County, near the sky-reaching wire
less towers of the Navy at Arlington.
Va, stands today an ever growing tes-
timonial to the deeds of the men who
organized the club and have kept it
steadily on the path of progress since
the days when Maj. Dick Newman
laid out the first golf course from an
airplane flying over Virginia valley
Today the club, with one coed 18-hole
golf course, is planning to construct
another course OF l8 holes, and already
nine new holes Of one Of the most am
bilious golf projects anywhere in the
East are under way
COLF is the major sport at the Army
" Navy Country Club So popular
Is the Scottish game at the big
service club, which has in the neigh
borhood of 1000 members, that dur
ing the season, starting time must be
reserved nearly every day. The course
is SO crowded that it is probably trliC
It has more play than that of any other
private club about the Capital. But
golf was only one of several major
sports contemplated by Gen. Sum-
merall and his associates in the organ
iZation of the club. Its record of growth
is phenomenal when it is recalled that
only half dozen years ago there was
nothing out there in the hills but all
old ramshackle structure built originally
as the old knights of Columbus club
house. Searching about for a spot on
which to construct the great united
service sport project for Washington,
the founders of the club chose this site.
looking out over the Potomac toward
Washington and down into a valley
which has seen its share of history
making episodes in wartime. Today
the Army-Navy Country Club probably
is the largest club in point of member
ship around Washington. Certainly
there is more golf activity there than
at any other club.
VITHEN the ambitious go.f program
w of the club is completed. there
will be two complete 18-hole
courses and an added 9-hole layout
available for the service golfers. On
piece of land northwest of the club
house. broken by hills and valleys and
of good terrain for golf, the new 49,
hole layout is to be constructed. 1t
may be started next year. Meanwhile.
the old course, the only bunkerless golf
course around Washington, is in use.
and continues to have heavy play IN
good weather.
But golf alone was not the idea Of
the original sponsors. Tennis is ma
jor sport at the Army-Navy Club; there
is large swimming pool which is i'm
mensely popular with the members in
the Summer and it is planned in the
future to have at least two polo fields
down in the fiat of the valley wherein
lies the present course. They are 60
getters, these men behind the service
club out there in Virginia. With true
Army push, they are going somewhere
in a hurry. Already their achieve
ments by way of country club develop
ments are outstanding in city Where
Of country clubs. They held their first
annual invitation golf tourney last
Spring and according to present plans,
will repeat the event each year. John
C. Shorey won the initial tourney.
CINCE that tournament there has
y come to Washington man in the
service who can hold his cWn in any
golf company. no matter hcw fast MAJ
Richard K. Sutherland; Army cham nam
pion. and champion of the Army-NaVy
Club. will have good de9l to say
about the wining Of the 1893 invltatlcn
tournament of the club. if he can get
away from his War Conege ouaeS -
play, And Capt. Kendall j. f1eloel'
runner-up to Sutherland for the club
title. has so improved his game that
he takes no odds from any one: Keep
the class Of the golfers Of the Army
NAVY Club Is improving, and with tne
golf enthusiasm so evident at the club
those service golfers are going to play
a major part in tournaments around
washington some day
The record for the course OF the
Army-Navy Club is SO. set early In De.
cember by j. Monro Hunter. CLUB
professional. Sutherland and Flelder
hold the amateur record with II.
The present golf course was con-
structed under the spur OF lack OF tlme
and although a good course. could stana
some improvements, particularly by way
Of bunkering. The new course Will De
modern in every respect and II plans
of the Golf Committee work cut as pro-
iected. will be one Of the outstanding
iovo,,tc around the CaDitdl