Evening star., 1928-04-16
Course Now Is Lengthy.

Washington Golf and Country Club IS
adding some length to its already fear
some harTicade Of natural hazards and
nAn-naoe trouble. Yesterday We Shiv-
cred while playing from some Of DR.. ],
T. McClenahan's longest back tees. II
IN attempt 10 find out how long the
course could be from these driving
spaces. And we found ii amply long
enough 70 satisfy the longest hitterx
Not that our tee shot is long. but We
wanted to see what a difference q few
yards make 1g's like a mile. The tea
plates were not on the upper tee at the
long fourth. which is really the only par
S-hoie on the course. but We knew how
long the marrow reaches of that hole are
from any and al tees, for we have play
ed the ball from the weeds st the right
and the weeds at the left and the
bunkerS in front Of the green so many
t1neS II comes as second nature 70 mark
down q 6.
But we came TO the sixth, where a
cross wind from the north romped and
rawed across the fairway, and with
Frank K Reescn the club champion,
We moved away back on the rear end Of
the long tee 70 see just what difference
would be made in the shot This hole
becomes feaFScne affair from the ex-
OF being q comparatively simple affair.
IS turned into contest Of straightneSS
snd accuracy. with the trees and traps
On the left and the traps and trees On
the right 70 be avoided. And the Sec
cnd shot instead of being an easy
xnzsG1se or possibly q mashie nfolick. be-
comes instead 3 lengthy No. iron blow
And the seventh. where the cross wind
again frolicked became drive and a
long iron, where, from the front tee. il
used 70 be q drive and mashie.
Tees Are About Same.
The eighth ard ninth are much the
same. for the widening Of road back
o. the eighth tee has cut OF much OF
the distance and the hole is no longer
entitled 20 rank as a par 5. Instead ii
becomes q most cifncult e. But the
tenth, away up on the hilltop, is q
tartar, for here DR. McCIenzhan has
built a tee fully 80 yards long and
played from ssS extreme rear the tee
Klot becomes thing Of the utmost ac-
curzcy and distance. Fortunately the
wind Was behind US, and We managed
90 get cur tee shot over the hill But
the hole that from the front tee Is an
easy drive and niblick affair becomes
q terrific poke with the weed and a
A@@s paSIA 2&4Sk AtSIA ls2E rear u
the tee
Then We came 20 the new tweIfth tee
where DR.. Clenanan has done wonders
by wsy OF cutting deep rayine through
what used 10 be q big hill where the
ol6 seventh tee used % stand. And We
stood on the extreme back end Of the
tree and tried 70 hit one down through
the narrow raTIne cut through the haii
And avoid aiicing over into the thiF-
teeuth fairway and miss the ogeEhang-
tDg trees along the out-of bounds lire
~ the left. That twelfth hole becomes
. really long tzo+Ehotter from the back
0f the new tee. We saw Prank Reesch
kh one Of his Dest---and he can hit the
bal with the greatest Of long hitters.
And he then took d no. iron anc poked
out oae Of bis finest iron shots 20 reach
the near edge Of the green. We lFnag-
ine Efasi the hole viii become To the
short hitteTE from the back tee. The
distance on the tee box places the hole
from the middle of the hack tee st 40
ssroS~~A par 4 affair under any system
o. usezSBEemsrlt~-but IL II played a yard
Jess tHasa $50 yesteroay. our judgment o!
distance II al aBFy. Eoescb got g FIRE
4 on the !1ole