Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13

lean CITY OF any considerable
~ size is striving these days for
ma noss.ssion of golf course that
win rank with the best IN the Woi ~
and this is really a worthy ainpltloii
because good golfers can only pe ue-
veloped on good courses III coI9e.
ouenCe OF this increased interest," IN
Golf architecture there are now inaiiS
eond courses. Cleveland has us
Mayfield course. Detroit lts Cou l,iIS
tluh 81 Louis it's Country CUP
while Chicago has several that de
serve 10 rank among the best, anu
This little list is typical rather IMAM
inclusive. .t
Everything marks a general awah-
ening in golf course construction uul
ing the last few years, ana the ne
pinnings of new tests or the game
adjusted to the present POSSIBILITIES
of ball and club.
These thoughts were brought nome
10 me as | played over the EAST LAKE
AT Atlanta a few weeks ago; Atiahta'
he ii known. is a great golllnS low II
and it's inhabitants are fully awake
10 the possibilities of hrst-ciass
course. | had been very familiar wlth
the East Lake links several years
ago. but / found that many changes
hao been made and many more were
contemplated. | studied those changes
for four DAYS and came To the con-
,lusion that when they were com
pleted Atlanta will have course OF
which any city might be proud.
MANY of the holes on the ne"
course will be of the crook and elbow
sort. and that is a very good thing,
because they demand good tee shots.
No / is over 400 yards, lensth
that enables players to get away IN
fine fashion. 1t permits as many az
three couples on the hole at once
More traps will be placed and in the
placing of the traps Mr.. Adair and
Stewart Maiden will have the assist
ance of Donald Ross.
No > is a 137yard mashie pltch
hole of much character. The mashle
shot of regulation height lands on
heavily bunkeTed green racing TO-
ward the player and he can see the
red faces Of the pits on all sides
great fault of the old course was the
lack of pitch shots and the new
course remedies this, for the shots
must be played in the air, for there
are score destroying difficulties all
around. The second shots are mar
fawed up splendidly
No. 8 will be drive and pitch
pine on the side of a hill away from
The fence. Mr.. Adair avoids the out
of-bounds penalty by placing the tees
near the fence and the line of play
away from It,
No. a is a 440-yard hole down an
avenue of pits The only bad fea-
ture is that the green is on hill and
semi blind.
Water Hazard at Sixth.
No. ; Is a 610-yard, down-h
crooked hole 1t requires two woods
and an iron shot.
No. 6 is a peculiar and a good hole
except for the penalty of severe water
hazard. The green. a good-sized one
on an island, is reached by mashie
or light iron.
The tee shot at No. : is eXactins.
Again the line is crooked and there
are two or three lines to the hole.
No S is a great possible three hole.
II runs go yards across bad valley,
and rewards the long straight driver.
No. Q is the present eighteenth
good drive TO the waters edge and a
ful brassie home.
AT No. 10 one must play for a break
IN the hill to the left.
No. II is another good short hole.
Its length is 175 yards and there Is
ample reward lot Tue Ntll- plaS Gu
shot and serious trouble for the poor
one.
No. u is a weak hole The mounds
bordering its right are those OF No. 10
and one can pull over into No. Is and
still get home.
No. 10 is the old sixth a good drive
and an iron.
No. IA calls for a straight. hard tee
shot and a second shot little blind
over a diagonal bunker cut out of the
side of a hill.
Every Club Is Needed.
No, 10 Is a long, swinging hole
through a tunnel of trees. as 1t were
1t will be trapped for a drive, bras
sic and a pitch. The green Will be
wing shaped.
No. Is calls for a pretty drive and
half iron onto the old ninth green
No. II is a drive across an arm OF
the lake onto a plateaulike eminence
and a half-iron shot TO a circus ring
green.
No. is will require a mashie shot
across the lake--a carry of about liz
yarGs-and from the low landing
place YOU will see the green high
above you.
Looking back, ii will be seen thai
the golfer has used on this course
every shot and every club in his bag
even the neglected brassie. Further
more. he will have discovered thaI
the green's are varied, some fiat anC
some rolling; that traps are thought
fully placed and although there are
plenty Of trees around there are NJ
tree hazards