Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-18
GOLF EXPERT SEES GREAT
TEST ON BRITISH LINKS
Courses for British Event Diff
ficult, but Not "Over.
trapped
THREE AMERICANS ENTER
Jock Hutchinson. Winner Last Year,
Hns Jim Harness and Walter Haknn
to Bid for Honor II He Should
Faiter.
THREE AMERICANS ENTER
By Israel, RIchnrd..
well-fnown British oolf Ern,

'eh-ihoWn Brltlsh Golf Expert
LONDON, June 1T.-Jock Hutchin-
son. the American golfer. who came
over last lear and went back with
the British cup, Is here again ready
to light TO keep It at the open
! championship tournament which be-
gins at Sandwich tomorrow II he
has trouble. two other American
stars. Long Jim Barnes. American
open chompion. and Walter Hagen,
| former American title holder. will he
on hand to bid for the honor against
the field of British talent that In
heading for the Royal ST. Georges
Course at Sandwich, with hungry
| eyes.
Qualifying rounds will be played
tomorrow and Tuesday, the contest
ants using both the Princes and the
Royal st. Georges course to avoid
congestion. Championship play will
nesday and Thursday.
Sandwich. down in Kent, nifty miles
or 80 from here. was once a sea-
port. but the ocean gradually re-
coded and golfers took possession of
the sandy stretches. Almost no one
has the temerity to aiight at the
railroad station without a. bag of
golf clubs. Every man who gets out
OF the train there liz supposed to be
golfer-and undoubtedly thinks he
Is. for there Is no other attraction
that would take one to the neighbor-
hood.
Solitude Feature of Links.
The striking thing about the.
Princes Club Course is the solitude
that surrounds the player. You.
wind about In delis and hollows
among the great hills, and You hardly
ever realize fthattthere 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 hiiI TO the second: but
that is all. Afterwards, you and your
partner are alone TO play out your
match without critics or Interrupt
tion.
The course is essentially one for
a long driver. over 1000 yards in
comparatively dry the year through
and one is usually sure OF good
roll. Bunkers are mostly sand. and
deep. i remember seeing player
In. the British parliamentary tourna-
ment,. Sir Shirley Benn. sink so far
in one of these bunkers that his
friends had to get hold OF him I'M
der the armpits and literally pull
him out.
There are no trick holes, though
every green is judIciously guarded
with ample bunkers, and new
problem confronts the player each
time.
st. George Famous Course.
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 secre-
tary, Mr.. Ryder Richardson. made
1t one of the most famous courses
in England.
To the uninltiated eye. the course
resembles hopeless. sandy desert.
Its most terrifying bunker is known
as the hara"--.the haunt of wild
fowl The Royal ST. George course
Is paradise for the straight driver.
hut the player who gets off the line
from the tee Will wish he had never
been born. There is trouble on every
side. Sandhllls protect most holes.
Another notorious bunker Is the
Maiden" on the sixth. tfairway. 1t
Is wide and deep. the floor being
strewn with pebbles. This hole. 1852
yards, may be done in two, but
usually isn't. The worst score on
record for the hole is twenty-two,
twenty of these shots having been
taken InS the bunker. Two other
bnnkers, Hell" and. "Pandy," though
bad. enough. hold no terrors beside
the deadly Maiden" The green's
iarefS large and perfectly kept. The
Royal st. Georges course is 6,s1e
yards long,
Ii (copyrIght, 1922, by United News.)
southern rA.sociatton ResuIt.