The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-13
SO VISITORS TO
JOIN IN FORMAL
OPENING MATCH
Completion of First Nine
Holes Gives Tulsa Best
Links in Southwest
by L. d. STONE.


representatives from cities over
Oklahoma, wiz tee of early today
in the Country club Invitation tour.
nament at the Tulsa Country club
this morning IN the formal opening
Of tho new 1S-hole graH green
championship course.
Oklahoma CITY, HiHi;s, ndesoss5.
Dartlesyille. MuskrRce, McAlester
and Sapuipa Will have representa-
tive teams In the tournament play.
according 20 kilograms received at
the club during tho past week, while
other cities VIII probably send rop-
rosentatives.
Prizes have been posted for play
ers finishing first. second and third
In low gross and low net scores
while half n dozen special prizes
have been offered TO make tho play
interesting at every stage.
100 Local Players Entered.
Local interest In todays tourna-
ment has been booming In the golf
ing circles and more than 100 Tulsn
players will take part In the play
over the full 1S-hole course. James
Kennedy. Oklahoma amateur cham
pion. Will lead the Tulsa ranks In
the play to keep tho cups and prizes
at home.
franz Ogg. links expert who has
had charge OF ths Tulsa course.
Jock Collins and Phil Hessler, Tulsn
professionals pronounce the COM
pleted course here, the finest links
south OF Chicago and a champion
ship course equal TO any In the
country.
The north nine holes. which will
be thrown open for play today for
the nrst time this year, give golfers
much To think about TO carry the
course In par OF 35.
Throughout the rs holes, perfect
golf and accurate placing are
placed at a premium and anything
but &C eful playing IL penaly2ed
heavily. While the long drivers
Will find many places to work TO
mn advantage, the majority of the
course favors accuracy to the eK-
Clusion OF all else.
Greens Are Beauties,
To all players who are accustomed
TO sand green's and evan easy put
ting conters, the grass green's are
a revelntion--a nightmare In fact,
Some of the greens are ns large ns
lawns, while others are small knobs
which call for perfect pitching.
None OF them are even. They are
rolling. irregular grass carpets.
many OF which are elevated. and
places putting among the fine arts.
The first hole Is 240 yards for
par four. II In played with good
drive and pitch iron shot The
drive carries n bad ditch 16O yards
from the tee and topped drives are
costly.
one OF tho longest holes of the
course IL tho second, distance OF
b9S yards. for a par five. II takes two
good wood shots and n blind mashie
pitch to the green. There are no
traps but It is easy to pitch into
trouble in the rough.
A good drive and mashie Will land
you on the third green. which Is
trapped in front and behind. 1t is
a small flag green and the second
Shot has 20 carry thegreen TO keep
within the par four.
The fourth green iB $50 yards, 1t
Is a drive and mashie niblick hole,
and anything but perfect placing OF
tho drive and pitch Invites e world
ct trouble. Tho hole is we'll trapped
ana the drive has TO carry over a
long water hazard.
Fifth Ii Difficult.
one OF the shortest but most diff
ficult holes on the course Ia number
five. A midiron shot carries to the
green which In not much larger
than, a billiard table. Slicing, hook
Ing or short pitches are penalyzed
as the green is elevated and IN eur
rounded by bitches and guilies. 1t
Is one OF the finest holes In the
country, fur is three,
Six Is n good drive and n mashie
nlbltk. The green is guarded by
traps in front and traps all around.
Twu{bi sand traps make IL imper-
atlvd that the pitch carries well up
onto the green, to make n par four.
A good drive ana long brHssie
Bhotl straight down the falrway
makes number seven one Of the hard
holes TO chalk up in par, which is
four The green IN well trapped and
pmyer gets in u bad way when
he boosts the ball out OF the fair
ways.
Number Eight Is Lake Hole.
The lake hole. at number eight
Is one OF the most difficult to nego-
tia,s, The mashie shot to the green
1a5 yards away gives the golfer n
lot 10 figure on. The hole is played
over a water hazard and the green
IL we'll trapped, Par is three.
Number nine Ia "A drive and
mashie shot over AS yards, The
green IL well trapped and hart
par four hole.
The south nine holes have been
open during tho summer and most
golfers over the southwest are IA,
mlliar with the difficult shots that
are necessary 10 negotiate the last
nine in a par 35.