Evening star., 1933-04-12
TRAPS ARE PLACED
BACK OF Z GREENS
Check Overapproaches al
4th and 9th Holes From
Going DoWnhiIl.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

w YASHINGTON'S On ! y
M bunkerless golf course
Y Y has lost that distinction.
Ever since the golf
course of the Army-Navy Coun-
try Club was laid out five years
ago in a valley over in Arlington,
Va, it has been known as the only
course around the Capital which
did not boast a single bunker
along its length.
Now that is all changed. The first
step in the bunkering of the golf course
Of the service club has been taken and,
with true military efficiency, was dcne
with the view of speeding up play ana
cutting down the time required to cover
the course on busy days.
At the back of the fourth and eighth
greens, where one of local go,fdom's S
busy corners encompasses the fourth.
eighth and tenth greens and the NTH
and ninth tees, now are located prace
of shallow sand traps to catch shots
which go over the greens at the fourth
and eighth holes. Hitherto shots hit
far down along the side of the hills on
which the greens are built. But now
the traps will catch these shots, and
not only will penalize them, but will
stop them from rolling down the hills
and thus will speed up play.
Other traps are to come along shortly,
near the ninth and tenth greens. A
new ninth green is shortly to be built
between the present green and the
fourth fairway, lengthening the hole by
about 10 yards, and a new tee for the
par tenth hole already has been con-
structed to eliminate the climb up to
the old tee. The new tenth will play
about 185 yards in length.
4 SERIES of week end tournaments,
"A made UP of 18-hole medal play
Journeys, match play against par
events, blind bogey affairs and informal
team matches, will enliven the Spring
season for the golfers of the service
club, leading up to the biggest event OF
the early season, which IS to be Spring
handicap tourney.
Capt. K. J. Fielder, contact man for
the club Golf Committee, announces
that the entrants in this event will
qualify over the 36-hole route on May
and Z and will compete at handicap
match play during the succeeding
weeks, with the tourney to wind up late
in May.
There will be enough flights to take
care of all entrants and the committee
hopes all the golfers of the club will
play in this tourney. A tombstone
event is listed for May 80, Memorial
day.
nLANS for the observance of Board
/ of Governors days" at the Argyle
Country Club tomorrow and Friday
include an exhibition match starting at
1:30 Friday afternoon, In which will be
starred the present District amateur
champion and the 1881 title holder.
These days have been designated by
the club as open days on which all
members will be asked to play golf and
bring their friends to play.
The exhibition match will find Roger
Peacock, youthful Duke University star
and District champion, pairing with
william P. Di Este, cross-handed expert
of the Argyle Club, against Harry G.
Pitt of Manor, the 1854 District cham
pion, and Walter r. McCallum Of the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
The match will be played as best ball
affair. In addNion, the club will stage
q driving contest and putting tourney,
both Of which will be held ON both days.