Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
TEE TO GREEN
BY. MERRELL WHiTTLEsEY

The progress that has been /
made at the new Indian Spring
Country Club continues to be
amazing.
They had $500 members and
guests there for the combined
July 4 celebration and the |
opening Of the three swimming |
pools. a total that included a |
record crowd on the golf course.
No count was kept on the
course, but the ~ holes were |
packed from early morning
until evening.
It will be months before the |
clubhouse will be completed,
but they're hoping to get into
the locker rooms and possibly
the golf shop and snack bar
in 3 short time. There may be
bigger clubhouses in the coun-
try. but not many. That means
clubhouses without guest rooms.
Twelve hundred mems lockers
gives an idea Of the size Of
that room.
The club has two tentative
dates for the District Open
championship this fall and
hopes to be able to show III
the entire plant at o renewal
Of that tournament. 1t was
neld at the present Indian
Spring for years before it was
discontinued in 1852.
Eddie Ault, q guiding hand
behind the new course since
A. S. Kay decided to pull all
the stops a couple Of years ago,
showed of both courses In an
automobile tour the other day.
The big Chief" the cham
pionship layout that can be
stretched to 7,010 yards, is in
play, with only a few finishing
touches lacking. Nine holes Of
the valley" course are in play,
and even on the holiday there
were bulldozers. scrapers and
other heavy equipment ready
ing the other nine for fall
planting.
To a visitor, the outstanding
feature of the course, which
was planted two years ago this
fall. are the greens. The ~
in play have a look Of maturity
far beyond their months
The 18th green is worth the
trip to the club. It is more than
II 900 square feet, by far the
biggest green in town. and will
help make a terrific finishing
hole when the landscaping is
completed.
The Indian Spring course
the members have been playing
for years is much too compact.
and probably the easiest private
course in town. The members.
possibly 80 per cent of whom
were not golfers before they
joined Indian Spring, are
moving to a fine golf course.
but much tougher. They |
squawked a bit at first, but |
now are accepting the chal-
lenge. Most Of them play the
big Chief" course from the
middle tees, but more and more |
Of them are sneaking to the
back to see what they can co
with a course that long and
tough.
Frank Murphy believesI
there's no substitute for per-
sonal supervision in his busi-
ness of golf course construction. |
and he intends to maintain q |
personal touch, even though he
soon will have three courses
underway simultaneously.
Murray and Russell Roberts.
his irrigation expert, are work.
ing on plans for the Great Oak
Yacht and Country Club at
Chestertown, Md, the outdoor
Country Club. York. Pa, and
the Motel Washingtonian near
Rockville.
When actual construction is
started Murray and Roberts
will leave Davis Airport at
Laytonsville in the morning in
a four-seat plane with Roberts
at the controls. It's about a
30-minute flight to Chester
town where they'll land on a
3,0O0-foot landing strip owned
by Frank Russell, who owns
the golf course land.
From Chestertown they'll fly
to York and land on a 1000
foot strip that runs smack
through the middle of the new
course there. And from York
back to Laytonsville, and a
short drive to the Motel WASH
ingtonian layout.
They'll have equipment and
crews at each club. The only
drawback could be that there's
no chance Of sneakine up on
a lazy workman when you're
flying in. He can see you
coming.
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