East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-01

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. Cool
weather has yelled fore" here to-day,
and Old Sol has lessened his torridness
for the fixing Of the green's and fair
ways at the St. Louis Country Club,
where a brilliant array of stars will
battle during the week Of September
II to "a for the National Amateur
Golf Championship.
The greatest of care has been exer-
cised in preparing the fields for the
most notable tournament ever held in
this section. Exceptional attention has
been paid to culling nuisance weeds
from the putting greens, with a crew
Of forty men kept constantly busy on
the minute details.
Recent heavy rains have put the
fairways into wonderful shape by ma
tural irrigation. And it's some golt
course.
Course Is Different
E.ligibles who compete for America $
highest amateur golf honors will find
course, when they arrive, that will
tax their utmost efforts to make in
par II. The general topography of
the course is hilly, with the result that
a number of the greens are uphill,
with others in downgrade miniature
valleys. Natural and artificial traps
and bunkers abound in plenty, while
bitches and water hazards will add to
the troubles of the golfers.
The course is 6,496 yards in length,
D
Par for the outward nine is 35 and for
the inward So Both ways there are
three holes with par 3, two with par 8
and four with par 4.
Number is 405 yards in length a
good par holes, surrounded along
both farways by trees. Number Z
measures $50 yards, a difficult shot.
Number . is teaser. being only-tSt
Yards long and surrounded by deep
traps that have been exceptionally
troublesome to local experts. It's par
! is g.
No. 1 Is Long Stretch
Number is 42S yards long, has a
! scant green area and must be PLAYED
: from the left in order to make a par 4,
| Trans abound both in front and be-
| hind the green. Number has deer
punch bowl green, stretches 495 yards
in length and is a hard shot. The
| contour of the bowl is a test that Will
make Jock Hutchinson, Jim Barne'
and others show some speed
Number is in a ravine, and III
rolling green is fringed with traps i
| is 325 yards long and should be mad'
in Number is another teaser hole
being only 145 yards long. The greer
sets up in the air. and it is necessar!
to play the tee shot across a deep ra
vine.
Number s will be q familiar hole t
those who may have competed on tn
National links, 1t is fashioned afte
the original cape hole and bends to tn
right in elbow fashion. 1t is $50 yard
long, and par is 4. Number mas
ditcF running diagonally across tn
fairway. which must be carried on III
second shot. 1t is a long hole, hein
525 yards in length and listed at 10
par.
It's Easier Coming Home
Coming in on the homeward iourne
the player has two four holes. Numbe
10 is $40 Yards long and is an elbo'
shaped hole, requiring great accurac!
whilc Number II is in valley an
SOS Yards long.
Another 3-shot teaser hole is Mum
her II, which is only 1Sa yards
length. It has a saucer-shaped greer
The tee shot must carry into the bow
as the green is trapped in front, an
the ball will hold should it get II
Number 1S is 575 yards, the lonse'
hole on the course and hard to nest
tiate in a
Number IA is Ala yards long, a
easy if the player gets a good divt
This is essential, as the fairway run
uphill. Number Is is another Ion
hole, 47l yards long, with bein
par Care must be taken of the man
bunkers and of the out-of-bounds roa
that stretches to the right.
The Final Shots
The "Redan," or Number t6 is nan
ed after the famous original, 1t
3S5 wards in length. The green mus
be held on Number /, as the shot mu
be played onto cape, with trouble a
around it in the form of many bunker
and traps. Number II is known as II
pride of the Course S95 yards lor
aud made in for par. 1t has a b
trap built into the green, which oftt
proves troublesome. Number Is
called the Oasis" The tee shot mu
be played toward the face of a slop
The second shot also is difficult, as
immensely deep trap stretches in fro
of the green, which is sunk tiftet
feet below the fairway. The hole
420 yards long, and par is 4.