Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Continued from Seventh Pace

par at Interlachen. And accuracy. Inter-
lachen Is layout where inches either way
will break you. Your long iron shots have IN
De talking for you. You have to Law EN- Nm
there 10 greens that are narrow and small
There won't be golfer in this tournament.
marx my words, VINO will get more distance
than he earns of the tees. SThat's because the
1airways aren't baked They have pretty
good watering system, understand, and this
keeps EN- from getting too hard. But when
you get to the green's. it's something different
Boy those green's at Interlachen are fast!"
Golfer Ragen is eagerly soaking all this In
and the ogre of mental hazards already is be-
ginning to grab him by the mental ears
near they went over the course last Spring
and stlnened it up a little more" says Ragen
Just heightened it a little" replies BiegeI
IT'S $500 yards long now and they haven't
increased par. About the same yardage as
Winged Foot
on yes, they narrowed the fairways too
Average about 10 yards wide now, they tell
me, and you know that means you've got to be
pretty straight all the way"
Lots of traps?" asks Ragen with hidden
anxiety.
Yeah, Just lots of EN-" replies Biegel las
IL they didn't have enough before they added
ii more this Spring Got 100 traps there now
And every one of the bunkers is in lust the
wrong place"
Il heard something about that No IL hole"
says Ragen pretty sporty sort"
Pretty sporty?" replies Biegel with elevated
eyebrows. We'll, yes; Nothing but dog leg
with lake in the bend. You Just have to cut
the corner right, else. The wood shots to
the green on that hole would be miracle
There's heavy rough on the right and back
OF the green, and great big trap on the right
II you can't shoot straight, pick up on No IL
and go home. It's murder
ga NY one-shotters?" Ragen asks. rubbing
his chin reflectively
There are four they call one-shotters"
Blegel replies But they're fourfushing when
they call EN- that
Seventeen is a 'one-shotter' I took a sly
there and would have taken seven if hadn't
holed a 10-foot putt
A BOUT $50 yards and you need full drive
or brassie to reach the green. PARKWAY
falls away to the right to catch a slice Keen
to the left and you're trapped sure as you're
born. Nice steep bank on the right with some
very brutal rough"
Whats the longest holeq" asks Ragen.
AS remember it. No H." responds Biegel.
Its $40 yards. Five bunkers around the
green The green's on q hill the natives call
Pixies Peak. Mir II Lake on the right just
go little wild on that one!"
Ragen thinks 1t over. In half an hours con-
versatlon he has managed to pick ND more
than 100 mental hazards, if he is the sort that
goes IN for mental hazards And there are
few golfers who don't. 1t seems that each
player has some pet aversion on any given
course, just as there is something he likes
about It, depending upon his style in shooting
Roland Hancock and Joe -Turnesa each had
the open championship in his hip pocket once
but the little old jinx reached in and pulled
1t right out before their very eyes Turnesa
came very close to winning at SciotO IN 1926 =
In tine following year Roland. Hancock was