Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
Pebble Beach Course Is Tough
And Has Many Mental Hazards

DEL MONTE, Calf, August 81
The Pebble Beach course, over which
the national amateur golf championship
tournament will be played starting
Monday, will give the players un-
accustomed to seaside links plenty OF
trouble If they cannot completely con-
troll their shots.
The Pacific Ocean or small arms OF
it and canyons form natural obstacles
to which numerous traps have been
added. One of the most difficult holes
is the eighth, where one of the most
imposing mental hazards on any golf
course in the United States will be en-
countered.
Here the second shot must cross 100
wards of ocean, both banks rising
steeply rs feet from the waves.
The hole-by -hole description follows:
FIRST-385 yards, par 4. Exacting
tee shot. If considerable length is de-
sired it almost calls for a fade to pass
point of dogs leg on right and avoid out
of-bounds and trap on left. A long tee
shot properly placed leaves a good
mashie shot or more to a closely
guarded green. Trapping is severe and
green hard to hit. Hole plays consld-
erably longer than its yardage. due to
a gradual rise from tee to green.
SECONDED yards, par S. Two
powerful shots properly placed must De
made for a player to get his theoretical
4. Diagonal traps for the carry are
apt to catch ones tee shot unless it
has a long and high carry. The sec
ond shot must also be of the same type
and unusually straight If the green Is TO
be gained. Traps and trees on the left,
with an abundance Of natural hazards,
provide plenty of trouble.
THIRD-355 yards, par 4. A great
natural carry of 235 over a series OF
diagonal sandy barrancas. The more
to the right one plays the more difficult
becomes the second shot, as the trap
ping to right Of green is dangerous.
FOURTH-325 yards. par 4. Here the
PLAYER becomes acquainted with the Pa
ciflc ocean. A 200-yard carry over
barrancas, with an alternate route to
the left. Second shot is only a short
pitch, but to a proportionately small
green. Here it is easy to push tee
shot over cliffs to the beach on the
right.
FIFTH-16o yards, par 8. A fear
some one-shotter. Large canyon filled
with trees on the left. Out-of- bounds
on right. Usually a stiff four-iron or
sometimes more to a closely guarded
green.
SIXTH-502 yards, par S. Calls for
25O-yard first and second shots. Unless
there is a wind against one, one can
Just reach the green in 2. Here the
ocean comes into play as a hazard IN
an imposing way, as trouble on fairway
to left forces the line of play close to
the high cliffs. The second shot Is
over an ocean bay and must have a
high trajectory to clear the hill. A
stiff par S.
SEVENTH-110 yards, par 8. Usually
a mashie niblick shot, but hole that
seldom plays alike. The green Is on the
extreme point of the course. Allowance
for wind must be made ordinarily to
hit the small green.
EIGHTH-425 yards, par 4. The IA
nous eighth has numerous natural
hazards to overcome. Ordinarily two
long shots are needed to reach the
green. Rather an abrupt hill necessi-
tates the player raising his tee shot to
gain proper position at top. From the
shortest point Of the dog leg 100 yards
of ocean must be carried to reach the
well trapped green. The banks are
precipitous, rs feet to the water, Great,
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hazards to be found anywhere. The
slope of the ground near the green
toward the ocean is apt to influence
the player toward the dangerous edge
of the cliffs. This second shot can be
anything from full brassie to a full
mastie, depending on weather condl-
tionS.
NINTH-450 yards, par 4. "A very
long tee shot is necessary to get within
reach and clear vision of the green. A
tee shot to right part OF fairway that
does not reach the beach leaves the
player a long and precariouS second
shot over cliffs and bays to carry the
green.
TENTH-405 yards, par 4. The tenth
continues along the ocean brink and
Is trapped with particular severity. The
tee-shot trap, which is seldom carried,
forces play to edge of cliff and the
small trap in the face of the green re-
quires plenty of stop on a second shot
with a No. 4 or stronger iron.
ELEvENTH-380 yards, par 4. The
homeward journey begins here. This
hole really plays over 400 yards, as
there Is a continual rise from tee to
green.
TWELFTH-1S5 yards, par 8. In
spring one-shotter, usually calling for
spoon or No. 2 iron. out-of-bomds on