Evening star., 1933-05-28

and all in all, that sector Of
Washington which does its golf
ing in large doses, will be out al
nearly a dozen country clubs ano
will throng the public golf courses
on Tuesday. when Memorial day
ushers in the Summer holiday
season.
Every club about the Capital ha'
listed something in the way of gol
tournaments from the classic Victor
Kaufman Memorial Day Cup tourney
Mt Chevy Chase down to the nag events
and miniature tournaments scheduled
ut several other golf organizations.
Here is the schedule which will keer
the golfers at the private clubs busy or
Memorial day:
Congressional Country Club-Tomb-
stone tourney at 1S holes handicap
medal play. Also man and wife tourna-
n1ent.
Chevy Chase-Eighteen hole match
play against par tourney for the Victor
Kaufman Memorial Day Cup. Seven
eighths club handicap to apply.
Beaver Dam-President Cup, handi-
cap event at l8 holes. Driving, ap-
preaching and putting events for men
and women.
Manor Club-F1ag Journeys for men
and women Also driving competition
for men and putting event Tor women
Indian Spring-Flag tournament, 1S
holes handicap medal play.
Woodlnont-Match play in miniature
tournament, for which the members
are to qualify today.
Washington Golf and Country Club
Miniature tournament, with the en-
trants being sent off as they appear at
the first tee. and with one-third of
the difference in handicaps to apply.
Kenwood-Handicap tourney for the
Donal L. Chamberlin trophy. At 2
pm. blind driving competition will
be held for men and at pm. the
feminine golfers will compete in put
ting tourney
Argyle-F1ag tournament today and
Tuesday.
= Columbia -Eighteen-hole medal play
handicap. first round only to count.
Army Navy Country Club-Continua-
ton Of Spring tourney.
THE 18th hole at the Chevy Chase
i Club, stretching out to length Of
times been labeled the finest drive and
pitch hole about Washington. That
is, if the player can hit his drive far
enough to have a pitch shot to the
.well-trapped green.
Yet Bob Barnett, the popular and
affable Chevy Chase professional, who
is right back on the top of his game,
made that hole in two strokes day
or Two ago, hitting a lengthy tee shot
far down toward the green and then
knocking his mashie niblick second into
the hole for the eagle deuce.
Once before the hole was made in
two. several years ago, by A. McCook
Dunlop, who also holed an iron shot.
A few days ago, another eagle deuce
was made on tough par four hole
this time the first hole at the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club. Davie
Thompson, the club pro, holed a nib
lick shot for the deuce.
TAPT. KENDALL J. FIELDER, the
~ much-traveled Army officer, who
was runner-up to Maj. r. K Suther-
land for the club title last Fall, is the
winner of the qualification round in
the Spring tournament at Army Navy
Country Club. Fielder put together
two consistent rounds Of rs and 78 for
a total of 154 to win the medal in the
tournament now going on.
Mrs. L. H. Prichard of Chevy Chase
has unique idea for separating her
wooden clubs from the iron clubs She
uses bright ircn horseshoe, fastened
on her golf bag. to keep the wooden
clubs from commingling with the irons.
The "Hi-Jinks" tourney, scheduled at
Burning Tree, to be featured by golf
match between Democrats and Repub-
licans, will be played as soon as Con-
gress adjournS, Holly Stover, chairman
OF the Buring Tree Golf Committee,
announces. The tourney will find a
number Of added features besides the
political team match. 1t will be held
on the first convenient date, following
adjournment of the legislative body
HARRY GRAHAM, manager at Rock
L Creek Park, has secured a number
OF entrants for the forthcoming
public links women's championship
scheduled to start at Rock Greek week
from tomorrow The tourney is open
W cAA AoAA 6OAAClo LII lllc ClIJ,
OF whether or not they have club afflli-
ations. Mrs. Virginia Irwin, who won
the event last year, may not be able
TO defend her title. She has not been
IN good health for several weeks.
Sandy Armour. pro at Congressional
and developer of good golfers, has an
other one on the way in the person of
young Nicholas Hunter, a lad whom
Sandy has taken into the golf shop
Sandy tells us that the youngster. who
sw- and has been knocking the ball
ar the first nine in 35 and Sc
almSst every time he starts
Cliff Spencer's weekly free classes
in golf instruction for women at Beaver
Dam are gaining in numbers every day
Cliff was the first local pro to start free
classes for woman golfers, and reports
that almost every Wednesday he has
a class numbering more tharr score
.of women, who take lesson which
sometimes last for three hours.
WITH first team matches scheduled
w at Washington tomorrow between
10 teams from as many clubs the
feminine team from Columbia will at
tempt to widen the gap between them
and Kenwood. Columbia now leads by
S points The matches will end In
mid-July Following the matches to-
morrow an executive meeting will be
held at the hone Of Mrs. Richard N
Sutton.
Mrs. Frank R. Keefer, team captain
OF the Women's District Golf Associa-
ton, is gathering her team together
for match with Baltimore next Thurs
day against a picked team of Baltimore
women.
Washington Golf and Country Club
members are pop-eyed in wonderment
these days at the distance young Tom
my Webb, son Of DR.. T. D. Webb, tht
club champion is getting from the tee
Tommy. who plays varsity center or
the University Of Maryland foot bal
team, is hitting the ball farther thar