The Washington times., 1929-11-13
new GREEN
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SPRING
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON


Course Supervisor o. F. Fits
and his men have started work
on improving the first and
fifteenth holes Of the Columbia
Country Club golf course.
Tne members are now playing
n the old No. green on the
left. The new green parallels the
present putting surface and Is on
4 higher hill. Opinion is divideo
an1onr the members whether One
new green will make the hole
more difficult, though lncreaSlAls
the yardage slightly. .,4.
The green effects q more anuSs sstS..
dog.leg hole, as the average NIUE
must niay to spot allowing 2
5iacnnal and narrow opening pc
4y,,aa,, trees to an elevated green.
ypc,,r If these trees on the rlgnt
n the fairway will be removed
part Of the opening to the
.,v Green will be rough with
stretch Of 80 yards Of fine
~,sss leading to the mat that
nI,,oost three times IS large
- =. the original. The green
Sy,;vI - severely trapped ana
q heavy undergrowtn WlM - nr~
woes to those who oVeEc~
the green.
members will not be psrnalS;Sou 1,.;S,.,
to use the new green uln.n aad = ont
as the ''bent" hasn't spfeau Oro ..e
IN desired fashion and tneIe g
come m bare places. Next yeaL. -
is ;ntended to use botn greelS-
alternatively. al, "a erected
~ Lnoll of the hill on the
"a .aa,,t tn catch drives O. long
t t;ftsrs who attempt TO orlVe
straight to the green oy cleaflns
the trees. 4io, ~ con-
str,lcting this new green 10 W
1, rive the members better put
fins green for the summer ana
,aot tn improve the hole as many
tel;eve > declares Fits. "We nave
had such trouble in nursing rle
s1ld creen during the hot spells
~ the summer months that we
decided to build an extra green.
seThis will allow us to use
the new green next summer
when the present green willis
under the hot spell. Then
with play transferred we can
treat the old green carefully
without interruption and have
It In tip-top shape within a
short WHILE"
Another factor in building this
new green" continues Fits, ''is
that the present one rests on a
ledge of rock and has but four
or five inches Of soil. And it is
poorly drained because Of this
condition"
Fits and his corps have also
started to fill in the marshy
ditch that trapped slices on both
the first and fifteenth. Water
from a spring in the rough on
No. l gathered there and q drain
age system will now safely carry
this water to the small creek. In
cidentally, Fits and his crew
recovered nearly so balls that
had been waylaid by this ditch.
He IS withholding their final dis
position, fearful that some mem.
bers, perhaps notorious slicers
might file claims for repossession
Of their lost balls.
q. H. Chasmar. chairman
OF Columbia'5 greens commit
tee. has suggested that two
traps be erected at the fif.
teenth green making this
dOg-leg hole extI emely hard.
The approach to the low
green Is from S steep peak.
Water from the spring on
the right leaves a gulley, IN
front Of the green and fire.
Quently shots are enguIfed
there: The green itself rises
two feet from the ground
Y level. ChaSnlar $ plan, how.
ever, will be considered.
Columbia nlcrubers are also
playing the old Si2 teenth tee as
Fits is reSodding that "observa-
ton tee, reached by the steps
on the hillside. That sixteenth
doesn't look sporty when played
from the old and fiat tee but
Fits has closed that observation
tee until spring
A plan has also been proposed
to change the ninth greea to a
higher ground to give Fits a
greater chance co keep the green
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