Evening star., 1933-12-24
ALL IT REQUIRES !
IS MORE LENGTH
Really Tough as It Stands,
Although Measuring Only
$500 Yards.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

TT isn't so solng, but 1t is
tough enough for even your
better golfers. Add a thou
sand yards to the length OF
that uphill and down-dale course
in Rock Greek Park and the public
links golfers of the National Capt.
tai would have one of the out
standing municipal layouts in
this country.
Even as it is that tough little layout
in the hills of upper Rock Greek Park
is a rugged scoring proposition for any
man, no matter how well he hits the
ball. But add a thousand yards to 1t
to bring it above the 6,ooo-yard mark
and Rock Greek Park Immediately
would take rank as one Of the leading
municipal golf courses over the coun-
try.
$500 yards in length and it could
easily be stretched out to the $500 yards
needed to bring it up to standard
length, without robbing it Of the charm
of its many short holes, or making 1t
too irksome for those players who have
no ambition to become par golfers.
Six One-Shotters.
aTHERE are six me-Shot holes on
-, the course as It stands today
! two more than the normal num-
ber-but II length were added to some
OF the other holes those six one-shot-
ters could remain as they are without
taking anything away from their DIM
Guilty and interest. They are all good
those one-shotters-from the tiny little
OF ZIG yards.
such holes as the second, a 2sl-yard
affair; the fourth, Of 336 yards; the
sixth. and the seventh, Q 327-yard hole,
could the twelfth, an easy par hole
- of 248 yards; the fourteenth, dog-leg
affair Of 3l5 yards, and the eighteenth,
an easy finishing hole Of 356 yards.
Make the second and fourteenth real
drive and pitch holes, stretch the others
out by so yards, which could be done
quite easily and Rock Greek Park would
at once become real test for any man.
no matter how well or how far ne hits
the ball
For that course rests not alone on
length, but on accuracy. You can take
a lot Of strokes at Rock Greek Park and
not be far of the line. The enfolding
woods and the hilly slopes take care OF
that. And like the Washington Golf
and Country Club layout, one bad shot
leads to another. Also like Washington,
strokes are hard to get back at Rock
Creek Park.
Lacks Only Distance.
IT'S A very fine test Of the game
for Just what 1t was intended-a
playground for municipal links
golfers, but as the course stands today
It is too short. There isn't a hole on
the course that can't be reached IN
two shots. even the eighth and fifteenth,
but length alone doesn't make a golf
course. Diversity of shots is what
makes a course interesting and Rock
Creek Park has plenty of diversity now.
Add a Thousand yards to it and even
your expert would run into ample grief
on that simple, innocent looking little
layout.
If Concessionnaire Loefier wants to
make himself one of the outstanding
public links courses in this country
one over which the national tourney
might well be played-he has only to
secure permission to lengthen that Rock
Creek Park course by about q thousand
Yards and he will have 'em all break
ing their backs to get around in par.
The present par for the course Is SO
and for an expert 1t is tough. Imagine
what 1t would be II the course was
stretched out to about $500 yards, with
q par 70!