Evening star., 1933-03-05

TINE course Of the Manor Club
at Norbeck, Md, about IA
i miles f m downtown
Washington, has e e n
chosen by the United States Golf
Association for the sectional quail
fication rounds for the national
open golf championship. This
was made known today from
headquarters Of the U. S. G. A. in
New York.
At the same time the association an
nounced that no decision has yet been
made as to the club in the Middle At
lantic area, which will stage the Sec
tional elimination rounds for the ma
tional amateur championship. The
open championship trials Will be held In
May, with the championship ltSeH 70
follow early nJune at Chicago
Under the plan evolved three years
ago for selecting qualifiers for both the
open and amateur championships
through a series of elimination Journeys,
held III 20 sections OF the country, the
United States Golf Association each
year chooses courses on which theSe
elimination events are held, narrowing
the field for the open to about llo
players. and that for the amateur 10
about 100. Manor has secured the 1883
open championship plum and the sec
tlonal test held last year at Congress
sional will go to the Norbeck lnsdtu-
ton this year. Final choice OF the
Manor Club as the venue for the 1888
sectional test was approved by the
Championship Committee after Manor
had submitted bid through the Dis
trict Golf Association for the amateur
championship trials.
A CCEPTANCE of Manor as the place
"A for the open tourney test probcb.y
means that the amateur champion
ship elimination rounds will go either
to Baltimore or Richmond, with the
former city being in the better Straeetic
position by virtue of the championship
staged at Five Farms last Fall. Manor
was the only Washington club which
submitted bid for either the amateur
or open championships.
The course Of the Manor Club gen.
orally Is rated as one of the best around
Washington, even though 1888 will
mark only the fourth year OF playing
existence Of the first or woods nine
holes. The second rine Is Older hav-
ing been built about 10 years ago
The layout, as it will Be played during
the 36-hole tourney in May, Will meas
ure only slightly more than 5000 yardS,
but will be by no means set-up pc
cauEe CT natural difficulties. particularly
en- the first nine holes. Al 1feder Is
the club professional.
TIE proposed Manor Club open tour
i ney is foirly definitely of for 1888.
Manor does not want to hold
tourney as early as April 2, and BOD
Harlow, irrepressible golf promoter. who
has most of the head-liners grouped
together under the banner Of the Tour
nament Golfers Association, says ne
cannot guarantee their appearance for
q date in May.
IF Manor holds tournament M
med;ately after the North South. the7
can get all the bows on their way north
from Pinehurst," Harlow tod me. The
Manor Tourney would be new and the
club would have to catch the players
on their way north. But if they held
their event in May, after the p-os have
scattered to their clubs all over the
East ard Midwest, We cannot guarantee
their appearance.
The month of May means that most
Of them are right in the midst OF tnelr
Spring business and will not want to
leave for a lengthy trip. Furthermore
the sectional rounds for the open cham
pionship will be played in May all over
the country. with the national open
to come along early in June at Ch-
cago. I do not see how a tournament
at Washington in May would get enough
of the top-liners to make it a success.
That Is the lineup for professional
golf affairs around washington THIS
year. 1t appears there will be only
one big pro tourney-tne National Capl-
tai open at Kenwood.
THAT election last week at Indian
i Spring marked a great departure
from the previous method OF club
operation. Under the old scheme the
board of governors alone ran the clup'
as most clubs today are operated. Un-
der the new set-up the affairs OF the
club are in the hands of an executive
committee, composed OF commlILee
chairmen and the new officers. The
board has been reduced from ID men,
bers to less than dozen. This change'
according to one member OF the eXecu-
tive com nittee, will serve to make the
governing board more quickly respon-
sive to suggestions from the club mem
bers and more representative OF the
club as a whole A reduction IN the
ground rent paid by the club to the
owner of the property has been enecteo
under compromise agreement.