Evening star., 1932-09-11
FIVE FARMS LINKS
IDEAL FOR SEAVER
Big Carries Likely to Make
Going Tough for 0uimet.
No. 5 Hole Classic.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

~~S~O@AS~AS
of golf were discussing the
i forthcoming national anna
teur championship and
the Five Farms course, Baltimore,
over which it will be played start
ing tomorrow during the Iull of
their own family battle at st.
Paul. All were agreed that the
Baltimore course would furnish
the amateur stars with about the
Severest test they have met in
some years and that ruggedneSS
Of physique would be a good pos
session during the weeks bonn
bardment.
Length will pay dividends" declared
Olln Dutra, who recalls Five Farms
from his experience there during the
P. G. A. championship of 1928. THE
fellow who cannot average more than
225 yards from the tee will be at a
distinct disadvantage. The course de-
mands long iron play with extreme ac-
curacy. and the man who can pole
cut a long tee shot will find his seconds
much easier"
SsTT7HEN you may expect young Charlie
l. Seaver of Los Angeles to do we'll"
spoke up another of the profess
sionals.
''Seaver has improved his game to the
point where he will play well on any
course, but Five Farms should suit him
exactly" remarked Dutra, who as an
Angeleno has seen the Stanford student
come up to the top of his game. "Seaver
c driving irno in n
short career. He has obliterated the
hook that once was pernicious part
OF his wooden play and is hitting his
shots very straight. Seaver, who Is a
young giant, has accomplished this
without losing any distance. In fact.
know of few amateurs who can outhit
him over any distance. In fact, know
Of few amateurs who can outhit him
over 18 holes.
You also will notice great improve
ment in Seaver's putting. He has worked
diligently on his short game and has
become very accurate putter. Charlie
has played a lot with the professionals
of California and has a well balanced
game. I expect to see him travel quite
distance in the Baltimore battle"
Johnny DAWSON, who might be one
j of our four best amateurs If he were
TO engage IN competition, believes
Gus Moreland of Dallas will be the
man who must be beaten in the anna
teur. Dawson has played lot with the
tall Texan, and is firmly convinced
Moreland is destined to become one of
the best amateurs ever developed in the
United States. Moreland Is particularly
good with the irons and on the greens
and his record for the season stamps
him as a strong challenger for the
crown now worn by Francis Ouimet.
The carries necessary at Five Farms
may increase Ouimet's difficulties in
successfully defending his champion
ship. When Francis won at Beverly last
year he was playing a course on which
the carries were moderate. Unless he
has completely recovered from his re-
cent illness and can get maximum
distance with his woods and heavy
irons the Bostonian may experience
much trouble. Five Farms is just not
a course on which player may press,
for the fairways and green's are closely
guarded.
Several of the professionals declared
the fifth hole at Five Farms to be one
Of the best in the country. 1t is q dog
leg to the right. demanding an uphill
tee shot with No. 3 iron in to tightly
bunkered green. There Is a hole that
will test the skill of the best golfer and
the fellow who can play that one should
get around the rest" was the general
opinion