The Washington times., 1921-06-19

practice. There seems 10 De ut11c U
(or the qualifying round as the entr
Year before last at Inverness ther
year 2S5 players started.
Interest here centers. OF course as
10 whether the British players VIII
return the compliment and begin .
ter-invasben with the national
championship as the objective.
Encouraging information Is given
out by Jesse Guilford. the Massachu-
setts champion, who played at Hoy
lake, England. Guilford, who was on
the American team, reports that haif
dozen players are already on the
high seas and estimates that nifty
British players, amateurs and profes-
sionais, viii compete here
STARS ARE COMING.
Not since 1918 when Francis ouimet
STAYED OF the British invasion in the
play-off with Ray and vardon. has
there been an indication of SO many
foreign players for the national open.
Ted Ray, OF Oxney, won last year at
Toledo, but Ray with Vardon. and
Cyril Tolley and one or two others,
composed the British neld. This
year a galaxy of Britons 10 heralded-
All construction work on the Col
umbia course has been completed. Ell
forts win now be confined toward
keeping the course In tip-top shape.
Three weeks OF intensive work on the
fairways and greens are calculated to
present Columbia at it's very best for
the national open tournament
Par for Columbia Is 70--35 each
way. The shortest hole is the six
teenth--il yards---and the longest Is
the fifth--56o yards The latter Is ex-
pected to become one Of the most Ia
nous in America II Is new hole
and was "officially" opened recently
when President Harding played the
course with President whitney and
Secretary vanderpool, Of the U. S. q.
A. and Senator Frelinghuysen.
This nth hole Is likely to prove a
terror for many player In the open.
There Is a deep ravine so yards from
the tee, and beyond this the ground
slopes upward gradually for nearly
900 Yards to the top or the hill Three
hundred yards from the tee Is ter
rifying artificial hazard covering an
acre and a half.
On the tee side there Is a wide
stretch of sand. beyond which there
are 90 yards of bunkers and high
ridges with sand In the middle. The
last carry 10 a bunker with cops of
s to II feet In height.
TROUBLE FOR DRIVE.
A player who drives straight up
the course for 200 yards or more will
have nothing to fear. If he hooks
from the tee he will nnd mound at
100 yards and slice will get into
similar trouble on the other side. All
along the line OF this hole to the left
is out of rounds, SO pulled balls must
be guarded against.
After his tee shot the player will
have to carry the portentous hazard
once over which there Is clear sail
ing to the green about 1s0 yards
away. The approach will have to be
pitched on, as there is a depression
in front of the putting green to eaten
a topped ball or one that is short.
Tho green is elevated on three sides
On the left OF the green are
mounds with deep slopes behind and
to the right Unauestionably 1t is
senationaI hole and there is much
speculation as to whether the slug
ging pros will be able to reach the
green in two shots.
COURSE IS CHANGED.
Columbia is a very different course
from the eighteen holes laid out in
1909, the first year that the club oc-
cupied it's present property. The gen.
eral direction of the holes remains
the same. but the positions of prac-
tically all of the tees and green's
hav, been changed. and the course
Heightened to a total of $3.50 yards,
with possible expansIon to more
than $500 yards Most OF the changes
were planned by Walter J. Travis,
but the course has been under the
direct supervision of DR.. Walter s.
Harlan. former vice president OF the
u. s. G. A