Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-02
Semi-PubIic Course
To Present Tricky,
Enticing Links
East Potomac Keeper
Seeks Way to Fill
Out IF" Layout
BY WALTER MoCALLUM.

Washington linksmen will have an
added nine holes of public golf with
in two months. The new nine-hole
course at Bradley Hills Country
Club, designed to At eventually into
a complete 18-hole layout under a
Encouragement scheduled to be
worked out within a year, will be
ready for play by about May IS. So
promise Eddie Adams, boss of the
club, and Tommy Doerer, golf pro
and course manager.
But winter rules will be necessary
on those new fairways for several
months" said Doerer. They are
completely new and although the
new grass is coming up we'll it won't
be thick enough to play summer
rules throughout much Of the COM
ing season"
The new nine eventually will work
into an l8-hole layout in which sew
eral holes will be changed around at
Bradley Hills. while Incorporating all
of those good holes which now make
that course fine test of the game.
For more than a year now the
new part of the course has been
under construction, but last fall 1t
was rearranged and parts OF 1t
were rebuilt. Now it looms as one
of the best nine-hole layouts any
where around town, with ample
length. and sufficient thickness to
make it a fine test for duffer and
expert alike. When the new holes
are blended with the old nine in
use at Bradley Hills for more than
a dozen years the entire layout will
measure more than $500 yards in
length. But the entire 18-hole
course, as ultimately it will be re-
arranged, may not be in play this
year. The plan is to play the two
mines as separate units until the
changeover can be made with the
minimum of inconvenience.
Semipublic Course.
Bradley Hills, of course, is semi
public golf course. one OF those lay
outs where you lay your cash on
the line, get a ticket and go out
to play without bothering about
getting past an Admissions Commit
tee or worrying about the upkeep
of a fancy clubhouse. 1t has the
fancy clubhouse all right, but still
It is a public course. 1t also has
a membership, and Doerer says this
membership numbers around 200.
Many of these members are in the
so-called special" class, who get
privileged starting times on busy
days and a small reduction in green
fees.
Doerer, who spent nearly five years
at the crowded public courses at
East Potomac and Rock Greek Parks,
predicts a bright future for the
Montgomery County layout. He
isn't exactly tickled pink by the
lack of action through the week,
but he is sure this will change when
the weather opens up and golfers
begin to flock to the courses.
Tommy has been at Bradley Hills
only four months and hasn't been
through a summer season yet. His
eyes may pop when golf gets going
around this overcrowded town.
Change at East Potomac.
Down at East Potomac Park,
where Uncle Sam has taken over
part of the course north of the field
house. Greenkeeper Reuben Hines
is mulling over way to build four
new holes along the east roadway
around Hams Point to fill out
course F.
For several months now the links
men have been playing five holes
over and over again, and Hines
wants to build four new holes to
round out a nine-hole course with
out going north of the fieldhouse.
The present B and D courses and
the driving range all will be open
this year, as usual, although for
time it was feared the Government
would take over part Of the area
between the river and the field
house.
Hines believes he can build the
four holes necessary to bring course
F up to nine holes. ut can be done
by a little figuring" he says.
Schoolboy linksmen will swing
into action next Tuesday with six
matches scheduled in the opening
series of contests for the Dawes Cup
and the met" title. Six Of the
seven District high school entrants
in the Dawes Cup series will see
action.
Doping the high school series is a
tough job. for the material shifts
from year to year and even an out
At such as Roosevelt, which has
won the Dawes Cup for the last two
years can lose its top men and fin
1sh far down the ladder But
Georgetown Prep is coming up with
another strong team and will be
among the top favorites to grab the
met" title, which the Little Hoyas
won last year.