Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

around iIle IOUl snort ones.
But the thing that viii cause the
most trouble is clover. Just plain, Ordl-
nary red and white clover The UNI
usually We Spring has produced a great
crop Of hay on The Winged Foot fair
ways and there is nothing a golfer dis
likes more than the thick. stubborn
grass a fun brassie hit from a patch
of clover is the most difficult Of all
shots. The Clubhcad s6ids on the slip
perry surface and the ball gives the
impression of sde-Slipping from the
braSsie face That shot calls for per-
feet control of the club, a sure eye,
perfect timing and iron nerve. Bobby
Jones is th2 one golfer able to COM
mand the shot and it will stand him IN
good stead in the coming battle.
Thinks 296 viii Win.
The vistas from the Winged Foot
tees are beguillng and a player is apt
to under estimate the Importance of
getting the ball in the proper spot. r
hayward drive opens up second 81 =
that is calculated 10 dampen the enthu-
SiaSm of a Hagen or a SaraZen. The
course is just no place for the wild
driver.
Winger Foot resembles Inwood in
putting a premium on the long second
to the green. There are lot of thread
needle iron shots to be made, even when
a drive is properly placed, and the
slightest miSCalculatiOn will send
player wading into the bunkerS. The
green's are in excellent condition and
the last week in June should find them
furiouSly fast.
Capt Tillinghast. designer Of Winged
Foot, believes that four 74S Will win
the championship. That is Goethe
score with which Jones tied Bob Cruick-
shank at InwOod. a course of similar
characteristics. But usually the WIN
ming scores run above predictions and
it would not be surprising to see the
winners card close to the 800 mark.
Bobby Jones, because of his mastery
of every shot in golf, viii be the pre-
tournament favorite to win, provided
of course, that Bobby is we'll on his
game and hitting his wooden shots bet
ter than he did at Olympia Field a
year back. The harder the course the
better Jones' chances of winning. Ordi-
narily there is no other golfer with
Jones control of the long wooden shots.
Made for Emperor.
If Bob can overcome his tendency to
pull iron shots slightly of the line, he
should like Winged Foot. His drives
should make it comparatively easy for
him to send spoon and long iron shots
to the keen greens and once on the car
pets, he asks odds from no rival Winged
Foot may, in a way, be called the best
Jones course" upon which the open
has been played since Oakmont and
Inwood.
The United States Golf Association
reports that no entries from Great
Britain are expected as most of the
foreign professionals must attend to
their duties at home. However, there
will be an unusually large number Of
amateurs competing in the sectional
qualifying rounds this week, and the
percentage of Simon pure in the cham
pionship field may be above the aver
age. one amateur who may make a
mark in the play is Jesse Guilford of
Boston. The seige gun has been more
or less in tie background for several
years, but last week he won the MaSsa
chusetts open with 296 from fast
field Jesse Swetser is an6theg who will
compete. 1t will be jess first open
since 1923 and one Of the two cham
pionships in which he will compete this
year