Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-13

ST. Louis, Mo, Feb. I'm tho opin-
ions OF golfing experts from all parts
OF the country who have played here.
the golfers who Will contend for tho
National Amateur championship over
the st. Louis Golf club course next
summer will have the most gruellins.
yet fascinating journey they ever had
over any links in "A championship tour
ney. Every hole is different and every
shot must be placed to the advantage
of the infinite varieties of play pos
siblc.
Starting on the s.ie1 yard links the
player drives down n grade and must
carry i65 yards to clear nest OF choc-
olatc drop cops. II he slices, he not
only chances going out of bounds, but
leaves himself in bad position for the
iron second to the slanting and undu-
lating green which is narrowly open
to tho left t05 yards from the tees.
The second hole probably has no fcl-
low in the world. II might be de-
scribed as a telescope hole. for the tee
is some 80 yards long, making IL pos
siblc to slide the markers forward or
backward over that unusual range.
while there are two putting greens in
tandem position, both being platcaux
with a swalo between them. 1t Is all
carry and no roll whether the Nat is
on tho near green or ON the second.
Tho usual distance Is $50 yards.
All carry is the order on the next
hole. $50 yards over "A pond. The rising
hill whose crest bears the green calls
for shot whose trajectory would car
ry 1t 225 yards II the ball were TO land
level with the tee.
Still moro variety faces the golfer
ON tho t2S yard fourth hole. a rather
IpCn Nlllptr hR In nhltntiylN Ia
go yards from the tee. and the place
ment of tho drive on tho near or far
side OF this swalo means much for the
second shot to tho pin.
on the NTH tee. tho driver secs only
u iino stretch OF turf for nearly all tho
1926 years of fairwsy, but tho long
shooter who gets his ball well TO the
right on the drive can trlckic 10 tho
punchhovl green, far below the level
of the fairway, with good brassic.
The nearest thing to samcncss on
the whole links is tho sixth hole, which
resembles tho fourth, but is 100 yards
shorter. bringing in 10 par play for the
first time n mashic nibliC over a vale
while the drive must carry a gulch to
a plateau and be placed to the right
but not too much so for fear OF the
road.
Then comes tho 9Th, 1i5 yards. with
another novelty. as one mashics from n
truncated hiilock 10 "A decapitated
pyramid projecting from u hillside.
But all of natures handiwork secrn.
ingly was combined in the 35o-yard
sth, human architects merely furnish
ing stops to descend from the parapct
tee of the dogleg fuirway and Golfer
dams to prevent the creek from taking
silt of the green hidden from the
driver by large trees along the sduirm
ing brook that almost becomes q
swamp $50 yards from the tee. Even
when "A good drive puts the ball in
good position we'll over the rili, IT has
10 he pitched sharp and true and stick
like glue to hold ON tho bottle shaped
green.
The frst time an ordinary golfer
plays the 625- yard 10Th, he finds moth
ing wonderful, except the high hill he
has to scale with his drive. the slant
n.s creek he struggles over with his
hrassie and the flat green he may
reach with his iron third. but tho cx.
| pert who plays his tee shot straight
is likely to find his ball in the creek
and his third short OF the green ano
| decides that he must drive TO thu
right and lay on with all his might
| TO get his brassic second homo for q
l thrilling 4. No les an auunriit LIAR