Evening star., 1961-05-21

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intendent as he watched work
men put the huge glass WIN
dows into place in his new
golf shop on Falls road.
Roger had invited q couple
Of visitors to tour the new
Montgomery County public
course, located between Rock
course, locaetd between Rock
vile and Potomac on the Rock
vile side of Normandy Farms.
We're going to open June
TO-" the pro at the county's
public course said. 1T might
be q little early, but we hope
to accomplish a lot more in
the next three weeks. Well
have a black-topped parking
lot for 180 cars, the shop and
snack bar will be finished, plus
q shed for the carts. We will
complete the driving range a
bit later.
Three weeks should make a
big difference in the course,
too." Roger added. "All of the
fairwayS except the last three
or four that were seeded are
in pretty good shape.
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THE greens have a brownish
tinge. but that's because we
couldn't get to them to cut
them during the recent rainy
spell. They'll come back in a
hurry. AS you can see. they're
going to putt nicely for new
greens.
Roger led his guests on a
walk over the golf course. The
Falls road layout is wide open
except for about four holes
tucked into a pocket Of trees,
There are no backbreaking
hills, but the contour is gently
rolling.
I'VE have TOO trees in q nurs-
cry and will transplant them
as soon as we get q little size
on them" Roger said.
Both mines have a par of
IS. There are just two sets of
tees, the back measuring about
6,400 yards and the regular tees
closer to 5000. The women will
play from the regular tees be-
cause there are no ladies' tees
The front nine appears to
be the easiest Of the two by
a stroke or so. The back nine
has tougher par 4 holes, and
the 14th. a 185-yard par-three,
is a fine-looking hole and is
Peacock's favorite.
"Wiffy Cox (the Congress
sional pro) and I each hit
three 3-irons to the 14th when
he visited the other day. Roger
said, and Witty finally said
he should have been using a
four wood. Only one of the
six shots was on the green" !"
The Montgomery Count
Revenue Authority. which has
put about 100000 into tn e
course, including the land, has
an official opening planned for
10 O'Clock on Saturday, July
10. Cox will say a few words
on behalf of the golf pros,
welcoming the new club to the
neighborhood.
The green fees will be 50
weekdays and So week EN- d s
and holidays. There will be q
twilight 9-hole rate Of $1.25,
and q rather complicated
method of obtaining starting
times which Roger has Dor.
rowed from the Pine Ridge
course in Baltimore.
Peacock is enthusiastic and
believes the people will be
when they play the course.
They only have three weeks to
wait.
NOTES The District Golf
Association has a two-man
senior handicap tournament
scheduled Thursday at Indian
Spring. Play will be combined
score, minus full handicap,
with net prizes only. Co.
lumbia Country Clubs big SEN
ior shindig is Wednesday. The
18-hole tournament draws over
100 club members, and is fol-
lowed by cocktails and dinner.
Bobby Brownell, Ralph Bo-
CART, Claude Wild and Perky
Cullinane have accepted invi-
tations to the Sunnehanna
Amateur. the Tournament for
Champions" June 9-l0-1l.
This Is the eighth annual, and
from past winners you'd have
to say it attracts a good field.
The champions have been Don
Cherry, Gene Dahlbender, twice,
Hillman Robbins, Joe Camp
bell, Bill Hyndman and Tommy
Aaron.
Jerry McFarren, the 1858
District Amateur champion.