Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
As GET TOUGH
IN THIS WEATHER
18th at Columbia and Last
at Indian Spring Among
Hardest Hereabout.


w YHICH are the hardest 2-shot
M holes around Washington in
v v these midwinter days, con-
sidering carry and lack Of
roll, dificulty of second shot. and the
other factors that go to make a par 4
hole a really hard affair?
In our Judgment there are three
2-shot holes about Washington that
stand out for difficulty in these days
when the second shot must be all carry
after a drive which also must be all
carry. BY 2-shot holes is not meant
the par affairs, like the seventh at In
dian Spring or the tenth at Burning
Tree, which are par holes, but which
may be reached by two well hit shots.
What is meant is those holes where
terrain and lack of run on the ball
make the mere distance to be covered
an extremely important factor, not to
mention the small circumstance that
direction must also be considered. So
in our opinion these three outstanding
holes of difficulty in the par 4 range
are the eighteenth at Washington, the
eleventh at Columbia and the eight
zenith at Indian Spring.
Holes Bothering All.
Not a single individual among the
golflng gentry of the Capital is getting
home in two shots on these holes with
any considerable regularity these mid
winter days when the ball sticks where
1t hits and gets not more than a yard
or two Of roll. Even from the front
tees the slugger of a golf ball has
plenty Of trouble knocking the ball far
enough to get home in on these holes.
which are supposed to be reached In
two shots, according to that inflexible
gentleman, Gen. Par. The old gent,
you know, makes no concessions be-
cause OF bad weather. It may rain, or
1T may snow. A high wind may hold
PACK a well hit golf ball and slow turf
par remains the same.
Not far behind these three outstarld-
Ing par 4 affairs we would place such
holes as the fourth at Burning Tree
the second at Congressional, the four
tenth at Manor. the third at Ban
nockburn, and, last but by no means
least. the sixth at Chevy Chase.
Even In Summer, when half-topped
pan rolls $50 yards, such holes as
reach in two shots, If only because of
the distance that must be covered. But
under Winter conditions the gent who
would reach them in two mighty blows
mas nit himself pair Of shots. And
we don't mean perhaps.
Making Holes Short.
oh, yes, in the good old DAYS of
Summer we've seen Roland Mackenzie
or Miller STEVENSON knock the ball so
lar on such holes as the sixth at Chevy
Chase, the eighteenth at Washington
OF Indian Spring or the eleventh at
Columbia. that they got home with a
medium iron, and not a long one at
that. But their tee shots carried some
think like 225 yards and rolled another
IS, and that makes long hole into a
short one, for all practical purposes.
Try knocking the bali UP onto that
eighteenth green at Washington in two
shots some day when the turf Is soft
and a FOSTERING wind comes out Of the
west to fight the ball that carries high
in the air. Or try to knock the ball
up on the eighteenth at Indian Spring
N the teeth Of southern gale when
the turf is soft, or the fourteenth at
Manor when the wind comes out Of the
north, or the seventh and eighth at
Beaver Dam under similar conditions.
Then these normal two-Sf1ot holes, which
require two good shots under favorable
conditions, stretch out to two wallops
with the wood and short pitch.
Then the sixth at the Town and
Country Club, from the front tee, is no
weak mans sinecure, nor the eighth
at Washington nor the eighteenth at
Burning Tree Remember, we are
speaking of mere golflng alone, grant
ing that the golflng gent who can hit
EN- that far also can steer EN- in the
general direction of the green.
No, brother there isn't any doubt
there are considerable flock of two
shot holes at clubs near Washington
that are rated by that stiff backed old
Par gent at 4. but become doggone good
SIS under Winter conditions.