The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
new FIFTH WILL i
Be BEST 3.SHOT {
HOLEMCOUNTRY
Course Will Be in Perfect
Shape for National
Open Tourney.
~ ROBERT G. sHAND.


portions, steps on these shores
again to defend his title as national
open golf champion at Columbia
this summer. he will find course
somewhat altered and considerably
improved over the one which he
and his side-kick Harry Warden
touted so highly last fall. .-s
Under the watchful. eyes, Of DR..
Walter Harlan and G. H. Chasmar.
Of the greens committee, tees are
being altered and new bunkers
erected New greens are being
laid and old ones modified. Sand Is
coming in from Chesapeake Beach
by the carload. and the unwary gol-
fer who slices his drive will hnd
many a new sand trap to contend
with.
However, the main feature of the
course will be the new No. hole
The old NTH was a rather colorless
two-shot hole. of no particular
character. The new NTH is.to be
a three-sho affair, and probably
represents the most boldly con-
ceived- design of any hole in the
country. All told. 1t measures 500
yards.
Three Tees I'm New Hole.
This new hole boasts of three
tees, which are nearly ready for
service. A ravine runs along the
foot of the tees. Then comes q
hill the summit of which Is about
225 yards distant. Up to this point
the fairway slopes up hill all the
way, and drive carrying 200 yards
Is required to make the grade.
Mounds define the fairway on the
right, while a hooked shot will
carry out Of bounds on the left
There is a sand trap on the right
about 275 yards from the tee.
Twenty-Five yards farther comes
a trap made up of three mounds d.
vided by three rows OF sand pits.
Altogether. 10 extends IS yards
along the fairway. The rear bunker
is some 80 yards long. made in the
form OF an elbow. 1t will require
all Of Rays much-heralded driving
power to clear this trap on his sec
ond shot.
Even the green is deceptive on
this hole. Formerly fiat and rather
characterless. II has recently been
raised. and slopes gradually down
to the fairway. Along the front of
the green. and scarcely visible from
the fafrway, runs a small depression
into which a short pitch shot is
bound to find its way. A low roll
ing ball will ind trouble In the
rough on both sides of the green. 1t
takes a full mashie to reach the
green in safety. THE best three
shot hole in the country" says Mr.
Chssmar. and it is not difficult to
believe him.
Changes on Seven Holes.
Changes are either being made or
are contemplated on seven addi-
tional holes On the first green, the
contour is to be softened, and the
corner nearest the clubhouse is to
be modified to improve drainage
conditions
The approach to the sixth green
has been widened, tending to open
up the green to a long second shot.
The tee shot from the tenth hole
was formerly blind, the view being
obstructed by traps extending across
the fairway. These traps have been
cut down and widened. affording a
clear view all the way. There is a
new trap on the left. about ITO yards
from the tee, designed to catch a
long sliced drive.
Extensive changes have been
made on the eleventh hole. The old
tee is to be used and practically the
same fairway, but a new green has
been Installed west of the old one.
The new green fits into the hill, and
Is fanked on both sides by traps
and mounds. The plan is to force
the play to the left by building traps
separating the tenth and eleventh
fairways. The change in the green
will give the hole a slight elbow to
the right, but the total distance re-
mains about the same. The new
hole will be ready for play as soon
as the fairway is in shape. probably
in two or three weeks time.
Blind Tee Shot Rectiaed.
Another. blind tee shot has been
rectihed on the twelfth hole. The
old tee was in a hollow, and a new
one, slightly elevated. has been con-
structed back of the old eleventh
green. A series of mounds about
sixty yards long. dividing the
eleventh and twelfth fairways, have
been mapped out, and an old trar
on the left will be widened to catch
wild shots which would otherwise &C
over the hill. An old trap at the
right hand front end of the green
has been removed. and the greer
has been extended to the front, af-
q
on with the second shot. A deer
sand pit is being built on the right
of the green. extending about hall
way back.
ON the fourteenth hole, the tee
has been built back twenty yards
The rough will be extended slightly
toward the middle of the fairway
forcing thesSplay TO the left, land
making longer second shot neces'
sary to,reach the green.
The fitteenthS green has beer
found difieglt, OF, .upkeep, Hump:
will be[taksr on and the genera
contour softened. -
Two traps 1wia be placed in the
face Of the hill % the right, of the
eishteenth: fairway. the first about
I75 yards from the tee. and the sec
ond sous rs yards from the green
The first Is designed to catch {
sliced drive from the tee, and tn,
second will extend into the fairway
requiring a high second shot tC
clear II. (.
SUMMARY. Of Course!
Following is a summary of thu
course as it will be when ready fol
the national open tournament:
Out In
No. Yards Par No. Yards Pa
36s 10 AL
+. $40 q IL 44S
8 $40 1s $50
230 . 13 I70