Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

lnteTL0chen last year.
TOUR times the big BritiSher damned his bau
| across that spacious rough, dsdaining the
fairway. Four times his ball plopped on the
green. Four times he sunk his second putt
for four birdie S. Yet he won the title by
only one stroke from Diegel, Vardon Hutchinson
and Burke. Is it any wonder that No. is
famous?
Ray also was responsible for putting No.
in the limelight. It offered him another chance
to "cut corners" in his drive to the champions
ship. Some of the present-day players who
hit ball with Ruthian strength may elect to
duplicate Rays feat Of IL years ago.
Ted chose to cut the distance from 492 yards
to 400. To reach the fairway beyond the bend
to the right, he walloped his ball 260 yards
over the out-of-bounds section and back into
bounds For his second to the green he used
a heavy maShie niblick, his favorite second shot.
He was down in two puts. Indeed, there was
nothing of the piker in Ted Ray.
The green at No 10 is the mother" of every
green at Inverness and hundreds of other
courses throughout the country. One might
search for years and not find a golf green Of
such fine natural location and protection.
Two things distinguish No. IL. First, it is
the longest hole on the course, being SIG yards
from tee to cup. It's great place for the
fellows who like to wallop EN-, but par de-
mandS more than a wallop. Those who can
set their ball down $50 to 260 yards straight
down the fairway from the tee will receive an
inspiration to go for the green on their second.
However, this will take more than just the ordi-
nary hefty punch; it must be accurate too.
c ECONDLY, Ted Ray left his mark at No. IL,
- too. Ray was wild with his drive, the ball
dropping into the heavy rough at the right.
However, the giant Englishman never was one
to be faxed by either bad lie or distance. SO
he cell haav and MA arad ff,o
ball up against . tree beyond and TO the left
Of the green. Only the big. powerful hands Of
Ted Ray could have made such an amazing
recovery.
No. Is used to be No 6 Of the old nine-h hole
course Of 1908. and the fact that it exists today
practically the same as then, while others have
undergone extensions and frequent remodeling.
is proof Of its worthiness. 1t is perhaps the
most beautiful home at Iverness. From tee to
green it is downhin all the way
The drama Of championship play also has
painted a picture on No. II. 1t was the scene
Of Harry Vardon's last great chance" in the
1920 open.
Vardon enjoyed a commanding lead of five
strokes at the eleventh. En- route to No. IL the
"Old Master" somewhere lost his famed putting
touch as violent wind blew across the course.
He recovered when the squall passed and came
to the seventeenth tee needing only pair of
par As to regain the title which he held just 20
years before.
After a good drive. Harry needed a long
second to reach the green at No II. The "Old
Master" stepped up to his ball and-of all
things-topped it. Bounding along like q
frightened rabbit, the ball plopped into Inner
Ness, then an open stream and a recognized
water hazard Harry picked it out and dropped
back, accepted the stroke penalty and then had
to write down a poisonous g. which, with his par
on the eighteenth, gave him one more stroke
than Ray and landed him in tie for second