South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-16
BRITISH GOLFERS
AWAIT OPENING OF
AMATEUR TOURNEY
Cosmopolitan Gathering of
Golfers to Compete for Jock
Hutchison's Cup.

PRESTWuCK, Ayr. Scotland. May
15.-Many OF the worlds best golf
ers Will gather in this little Scottish
village next Monday TO participate
in the amateur championship Of
Great Britain.
Already golfers from every cor
ner OF the world are coming into
Prestwick. and there is a crowded
course every day. with the entire
population in a furry Of excitement,
cleaning clubs. refurbishing balls.
More than half OF the population is
a. work on the greens and fairway
striving 20 get the course in tip
top condition.
Prestwick is a little village on the
Ayrshire coast, about three miles
north Of the town Of Ayr. The whole
neighborhood is full of interesting
places made famous by Scotland's
national bard, Burns.
The golf course IS one Of the most
picturesque In Britain. From a
range OF hills in the middle Of II.
known as the Himalayas. a player
can see Ailsa Craig TO the south
west, while a little 70 the north lie
the beautiful Kyles Of Butte.
Glasgow is about thirty-seven
miles north. and there IS a capital
service Of trains which land the
visitor al the wayside station ad-
Joining the course.
Prestwick lives by and for golf II
Is both a game and the neighbor-
hoods industry. The natives start
as caddies in their youth. and old
age finds them still following the
same employment.
Old Tom Norris, who became an
institution at ST Andrews. was
greenkeeper at Prestwick before be-
ing engaged at the Fifeshire head
the small Ayrshire club that insti-
tuted the open championship which
Jack Htuchison. of Glenview. Chi
cago. now holds.
Compete for Belt.
They presented a challenge belt
for open competition in 1860. Young
Tom Morris, who learned the game
or Prestwick links. won this belt
outright ten years later. and this
was the actual beginning of that
championship competition which
now attracts the best players from
every golfing country in the world
The course is hilly. The hazards
axe on a large scale. while the sand
hills are high and SCARED with ra-
vines which cause many A seeming
ly mild-mannered sportsman 10 de-
velop gift OF tongues.
The first tee is just I'm front Of the
clubhouse and the hole runs by the
side of the railway. There is a lot
of broken ground to catch a topped
drive and the slightest slice puts
YOU on the railway out of bounds
The man who keeps straight ought
10 he up with the pin In .. while
nearly all the greens are large and
so beautifully kept that putting is
a n art. not a lottery.
Third Hole is Famous.
The second hole is an iron shot.
and your drive TO the third brings
Won 10 the brink Of the formidable
and famous bunker on the course
which IS known as The Cardinals
Mob"
This is as exacting as the ST.
Andrews terror Hell" for once in
II a player may spend half an hour
plying his niolick among the sand
and pebbles before he reappears on
the fairway. either i'm a vile temper
or chastened in spirit
IF you carry the "Nob" with your
second you are an iron shot from
the hole for your third However.
even II clear Of the Cardinal the
players still finds his troubles thick
upon him. A streamIet called the
Pow Burn now begins 70 wind about
the course, and as It passes close 10
the fourth green II seems TO have n
unholy fascination for the ball II
the fishes which inhabit its waters
can digest golf balls life must be
one long banquet 20 them. for few
are the players who manage TO steer
clear Of the stream
Negotiate HimaIayas.
Having escaped this danger The
HimalsTas are mex to be negotiated.
These tandhills rise in front of you
as YOU stand On the tee. and YOU
have 70 loft your shot high into the
air if YOU wish 70 get over them
Should YOU succeed cIeek viii put
the ball beside the pin However.
the slightest mistake sees the bali
hit the top Of the hills and roll into
one of The deem rav.res that lie here
"a trap the u1warv.
Once over the H.maIayas every
thing favors the straight driver The
course is well bunkered and the
greens are cleverly and cunningly
protected. but there are no note
worthy obstacles until YOU reach
The Himalayss on the homeward
journey
This tiue The burn IS on the far
side OF the green. so that your iron
shot has TO be well and truly PLAYED
without much run on the bail. Per
haps the most trying holes on The
las half are The fifteenth and SIX
tenth Both are over broken and
billy country full a. hazards. and
shots THAI are ei-her sliced or pulled
are severely punished II fact there
is only one paying policy TO ADOPT AZ
Prescwick. and that is straight
Gown the middle"
The course is 6.444 yards long.