The Washington times., 1926-05-19

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Of Prestwick.
The Muirfield course for champ
The first hole is 459 yards. start
ing from the, clubhouse over a lone
range Of bunker, but a well hi
tee and an iron should see a, player
on TIE green.
The second hole is over land
with q tendency to slope down
ward. This hole is 558. yards
long and the approach must be
played over q dike-like bumper,
with bunkers on the left TO trap
any pulled shot.
The third hole. $50 yards, Hes over
reclaimed land. with heavy grass
on the shore side of the old bound
airy wall and It is q particularly
fine tro.shot hole, granted the
drive is played well 10 the left,
leaving the hole fairly open.
On the fourth, 179-yard short
hole, the tee shot must be played
over rugged land with coarse grass
and q green widening at the back.
The green must be reached with the
tee shot to insure a three, as a
shot Off the green finds trouble in
Three husky shots are necessary
to reach the fifth green, GOT yards,
and these must generally be
played into the wind over three
ounkers, which must be carried
with the drive. A good second shot
leaves a rnashie pitch for the green,
which Is slightly sloping and well
guarded with thanking bunkers.
This as par five.
The sixth. 45s yards, and played
across an old boundary wall and
hollow that once enveloped the old
sixth green, is slightly s.doglegged.
"A driving iron from the tee is IA
vored by many, in order to remain
on high ground. A drive into the
hollow would mean playing q blind
shot on the second
When played with a following
wind, the 170-yard seventh Is rela-
lively easy, but It is laid out for a
prevailing head wind. and there is
plenty Of trouble under this condi-
ton.
The eighth, 465 yards, and the
ninth, 476 yardn. are old hoies that
are well bunkered Boundary walls
to the right cause the player to
fear the result Of b pulled shot.
The line Of drive at the eighth is
bunkered to the right, and the ninth
IS newly trapped. Also to the right.
The tenth. 459 yards, Is on the
old course, but it has new green
laid out in a natural hollow A
carry Of 160 yards is needed at the
-ss9-yard eleventh in order to sur
mount hill and reach open ground
above the bunkers.
The twelfth, $50 yards. Is on new
ground, running due west. The hole
is played into the teeth OF q pre-
vafling wind, but the drive gets the
benefit of a slight downhfll roll.
The green Is on a natural eleva-
ton. well guarded
The 12S-yard thirteenth is a
tricky hole. bearing some resem-
blance TO the far-famed postage
stamp hole at Troon. The tendency
here Is to play for slight eminence
overhangnig green but bunkers are
so placed as to force player to
drive right for the green which has
been heightened. It also has a trap
at the rear.
There is a new tee. at the tour.
teenth which is $50 yards in length,
The drive is supposed to land on
the old fairway on a rise of. ground,
in order, that the pin may be seen
by player making second shot. A
we1l-hit drive at the 393-yard fifth
will carry some rough country. leav-
ing player with full shot IL he
wishes to carry new cross-bunker
OF giant dimensions. This Is within
40 yards of the pin. The green
has been widened but the new por-
4ion Is not in the best Of condition.
The sixteenth, 1893 yards, In
guarded to the left Of the green
by what Is, perhaps the best ex-
ample Of synthetic jungle that
erring players are likely to ex.
perience. To the right are pot
bunkers. It Is q difficult hole
when played across the wind.
The SEVENTEEN is 507 yards in
length and the direction of play is
due east, down a prevailing wind.
The hole rises slightly and an addi-
ticnal premium is placed on straight
hitting by the construction Of the
bunkers on both the left and right
Of the line of play
The 425-yard eighteenth has been
frightened up by demonstrating the
scheme OF traps and bunkers, which
look very formidable from the tee.
The impression is strengthened
when the second shot is played. A
good shot is needed to get home,
although the back of the green has
been leveled.
Rite RIDGE IEAGTTE