The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-14
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AROUND LOCAL COURSES WITH
THE MAN WHO COILS
FOR SPORT
By DICK MILLER

The other day we told you that
the members of the Pleasant Run
Golf Club are pleased with the
links this season. Some hard work
on the part Of Wally Nelson. club
park department made it possible.
New greens, on holes 2, A, 8, IL
and IS, in addition to the rearrange-
ment Of hole making the fairway
across the creek twice instead Of
once, are accomplishments. Fair
way No. 2 has been heightened
forty yards.
Wally played the course for us to-
day and we are ready to tell you it
takes some real playing to do it in
par. 1t is the type of course that
beginners adapt themselves to, and
one that old heads at the game get
a world Of sport out of playing,
You find the starting tee In front
of the clubhouse. Wally said the
first shot is a drive that requires
some skill. If you hook to the left
trees will make the green blind to
you. Don't shoot toe far to the
right or your ball will be in the
rocks and ditch. Use the mashie
and make a stiff shot onto the
green. Two puts for par 4.
The second tee is on the upper
bank Of the creek, toward the club
house. Hook to the right and you
are in the trees. A slice to the
right and you are in the same kind
Of trouble. Straight down the fair
way, and you can make the second
shot a mashie, not as full as on the
first hole, or you can use an iron
and run the ball onto the green.
Too strong and you will overshoot
and be in the ditch. Two puts for
par 4.
F'airway and green No. 3 are one
of the prettiest bits Of golf scenery
in the city. Play n drive that will
carry $50 yards down the course. A
full spoon or brassies second shot
will carry onto the green with
chances for a birdie. If the Sec
ond shot is short pitch to the peg
on the third. Trouble is in store
If you overshoot the green into the
ditch. Par is 5.
Z The fourth tee is built up about
fifteen feet higher than the fair
way. Your drive must carry 165
yards to clear both creeks. Just
before the creek reaches the fourth
fairway it parts and forms a fork.
Women play from the tee to the
space between the two forks, safe.
The second shot is up through the
valley onto the green. Two puts
make par 4.
You now get a bit of relaxation
after encountering some nerve
racking conditions on the first four
holes. No. 5 requires a pitch shot
from the tee located on the bluff
onto the green. Two puts for par 3.
This is a new hole.
No. 6 takes a hard drive. The
distance made on the drive regulates,
the selection Of the club for the
second shot. 1t may be an iron or a
mashie. II you slice to the right
on the second shot, you are out Of
bounds. Tho third shot is a pitch
onto the green that is built I'D and
we'll ira 7ped all around. Par Is 5.
Get your thinking cap on for No.
z. Golfers are fooled by the knoll
in front of the green and shoot
short. The shot is a pitch or a run
shot from the tee. Two puts makes
par 3.
Don't slice to the left on hole 8,
or you will be out Of bounds. A
straight drive, with q semlfull
mashie shot onto the green and two
puts for par A.
On the ninth hole, you shoot to-
ward the clubhouse. If your drive
Is to the left or right, trees will hide
the green on the second shot. From
the middle of the fairway the sec
ond is a mashie to the green on the
knoll. Two puts for par four. This
makes SO for the first nine. You
will decide you are playing a great
game of golf. We will have Wally
play the second nine for you tomor.
row.