Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-06
Hagen Fills Order of Ten Holes in One Under Par Get Gree

What are the most difficult holes on
the course of the Washington Golf and
Country Club?
Can any one hole on this inviting
and treacherous course be called more
devastating than another?
With this purpose in mind, the edi-
tors of the Tee, monthly publication of
the club have taken a poll of the golf
ing membership to find out which of
the ID score wreckers can be called the
most devastating. The result has been
that the fifteenth hole has gained the
unenviable title of being the most haZ-
ardous. Most of the members
put the other par 5 hole-the fourth
in second place as regards scoring diff
tween the eighth and eighteenth for
third place as the most difficult holes
on the rolling layout.
But o. L. Veerhoff, who has acted for
several years as clerk of the course in
invitation and club tournaments, be-
lieves that while these holes, where far
ranging shots are demanded, probably
rank as the most difficult of the layout
two other holes deserve fair considera-
ton as potent wreckerS of scores. The
first of these, he says, is the second,
known to some as "old of 90" while
the other is the third, where the green
lies tucked away behind a steep hill
sloping quickly into a water ditch and
where both tee shot and second shot are
in dire danger of being engulfed in the
NAV of the hazard.
The fifteenth undoubtedly is one of
the most hazardous holes about Wash
ington. But can any hole on this tricky
course be chosen as more difficult than
another, on a course where a poorly
played shot may run the score up into
IL Ill n -I,s~. 3d. t.
known all over the Midatlantic sector
as score wrecker. Not a hole on the
layout lacks possibilities of boosting a
good score Skyward. 1t differs from
other courses, where a poor shot simply
means loss of stroke, for at Washing
ton, with its abundance of hills, traps
and woods, bad shot may mean any
number Of strokes.
The fifteenth is a dog-leg affair of 446
yards, with par of S. Even though the
distance does not place it in the par 5
category, its terrifying maze of trouble
definitely makes it far more than a par
4. To have chance to get on the green
in two the tee shot must go more than
230 yards, and then a strong second
shot must be played through a narrow
fairway to get to the green. All the
way along the fairway the ditch men,
aces both shots, and frequently hang
ing lies are encountered on the fair
way. no matter where the drive is
placed.
The fourth is a hole of 472 yards,
where the tee shot is far and away the
most important stroke. At this hole a
narrow fairway, with bordering woods
on the right and woods and out of
bounds to the left, menaces the ball off
the line, while series of traps
stretches across the fairway in front
of the green. This hole undoubtedly is
one of the most difficult fives about
Washington, although many good play
ers put the ball on the green with the
second shot after good tee shot.
The second is $50 yards long from
the lower tee, and unless the ball is hit
on the green with plenty OF bite it will
kick over into a trap at either side or
run down the hill which stretches away
on all sides of the green.
A new golf club, designed to restore