The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-18
HUTCHINSON READY
TO DEFEND TITLE
BRITISH CHAMP
Backed by Jim Barnes
And Walter Hagen as
Meet Opens.

LONDON, June Jock Hutchi-
son, the American golfer, who came
over last year and went back with
the British cup, is here again ready
to hght to keep 1t at the open
championship tournament which
begins at Sandwich Monday. II he
has trouble. two other American
stars, Long Jim Barnes, American
open champion, and Walter Hagen.
former American title holder. will
be on hand to bid for the honor
against the field of British talent
that Is heading for the Royal St.
Georges course at Sandwich with
hungry eyes.
Qualifying rounds will be played
Monday and Tuesday, the contest
ants using both the Princes and
the Royal ST. Georges course to
avoid congestion. Championship
play will take place On the latter
course Wednesday and Thursday.
Course Is Tricky.
Sandwich. down In Kent. ffty
miles or so from here. was once a
sea port, but the ocean gradually
receded and golfers took possession
of the sandy stretches. Almost no
one has the temerity TO alight at
the railroad station without a bag
of golf clubs. Every man who gets
out of the train there is supposed
to be q golfer-and undoubtedly
thinks he is-for there is no at
traction that would take one to the
neighborhood.
The striking thing about the
Princes Club course is the solitude
that surrounds the player. You
wind about in dells and hollows
among the great hills. and you
hardly ever realize that there are
others on the course until you meet
them in the clubhouse.
Perhaps on the first tee you may
catch a glimpse of somebody play
ing the last hole. You may see an
other couple disappearing over the
brow OF the hill to the second: but
that is all Afterward you and
your partner are alone to play out
your match without critics or In
terruption.
The course Is essentially one for
long driver. over 10000 yards in
length. The sandy soil makes
II comparatively dry the year
through anu one is VI
good roll. Bunkers are mostly
sand and deem. ] remember seeing
a player In the British parliament
tary tournament. Sir Shirley Benn.
sink so far in one of the bunkers
that his friends had to get hold of
him under the armpits and literally
pull him out.
There are no trick holes, though
every green is judiciously guarded
with ample bunkers. and a new
problem confronts the player each
time.
Sister Links Dimcuit.
The Royal st. Georges links lie
along the sand dunes almost side
by-side with the Princes course.
The energy and skill of its late sec
rotary. Ryder Richardson. made II
one of the most famous courses In
England. To the INITIATED eye the
course resembles hopeless. sandy
desert. It's most terrifying bunker
is known as the "Sahara"-the
haunt of wild fowl. The Royal St.
George course, is a paradise for the
straight driver. but the player who
gets of the line from the tee with
wish he had never been born.
There is trouble on every side.
SandhiIls protect most holes.
Another notorious bunker is the
Maiden" on the sixth fairway. II
is wide and deep. the floor being
strewn with pebbles. This hole.
1872 yards. may be done in two but
Usually isn't. The worst score on
record for the hole is twenty-five.
twenty of these shots having been
taken in the bunker. Two other
bunkers, Hell" and "Pandy,"
though, hold no terrors beside the
deadly Maiden" The green's are
large and perfectly kept. The Royal
st. Georges course is e.6ls yards
long