Ten Under Par

Some of the Details of an Altogether Exceptional Round of Golf

JOCK HUTCHINSON

I WAS fortunate enough to beat par very badly one day this season over the Glenview course. This course, which was originally laid out by the late Douglas Tweedy and has since been revised by Mr. Colt from England, L. A. Ferguson, Donald Ross, and Tom Bendelow, is in the first class among the country's golf links. The yardage on the day I made my 64 was 6,178 from the regular tees. The score was not made in competition, but as I had a bet on the score with my opponent, Mr. Fred Upham, every putt was holed out. The score was the result of that happy combination which sometimes comes to a golfer, of being both at the full length of his game and right on the pin. I have played the course in 68 a number of times and have been in in 32, but have never before been able to play the eighteen holes in as low figures as on this occasion. Perhaps the best way that I can give an idea of the round is by holes.

1st Hole. "The Elm"—431 yards. Par 5 —Bogey 5. This hole has a bunker on both sides from 185 to 220 yards from the tee and a cross bunker 325 yards from the tee. The green is guarded, on both sides, by large bunkers. At this hole I had a fine long drive, enabling me to get on the green with my mid-iron; and then to hole out in two putts.

2nd Hole. "High Ball"—245 yards. Par 4—Bogey 4. The green is carefully guarded. There are two pit bunkers on the left and a large pit on the right. In addition, some woods twenty yards to the right of the green form the line of out of bounds. I used a driving iron off the tee at this hole and reached the green with it, getting down in two putts.

3rd Hole. "Sleepy Hollow"—388 yards. Par 4—Bogey 3. There are pits on the right and left from the teeing ground as well as heavy grass with woods on both sides of the fairway. The second shot to the green is blind and immediately back of the green, which is sloping, it is out of bounds. At this hole I used the wood and then was short of the green with my mashie, but laid my approach putt close enough to get down in the par figures.

4th Hole. "Polo"—333 yards. Par 4— Bogey 5. Pits to the left and right of the tee and a cross bunker 75 yards from the green, guard this hole. The green is also trapped on both sides, with out of bounds on the right and a heavy wood on the left. Here I made a good drive and then, with an iron of my own design, laid the ball only two yards from the hole and was down in three.

5th Hole. "Loverslane"—315 yards. Par 4—Bogey 4. On this hole there is a cross bunker 100 yards from the tee and another 300 yards from the tee. The hole is also bunkered on the left and right with woods on both sides. The green is trapped on the right and also at the back and has woods immediately on the left. At this hole I again had a dead iron shot after my drive, stopping the ball on the green only a yard from the hole and holing it in one putt.

6th Hole. "Old Hickory"—548 yards. Par 5—Bogey 6. Here there are cross bunkers 160 yards from the tee, as well as bunkers on the left and right, 250 yards out. Woods on the right are out of bounds. A trap guards half the green in front of the hole, and it is out of bounds to the right with heavy grass beyond the green. I had a good drive here, followed by a brassy shot and then was as fortunate with my iron approach as at the two preceding holes, putting the ball within two feet of the cup and getting down in four.

7th Hole. "The Roundup"—177 yards. Par 3—Bogey 3. This is a beautiful short hole, trapped all the way across the green as well as on the right and left and behind the edge of the green. I used a mid-iron off the tee and was ten yards from the hole. Here I made the only really freak shot of the round, as well as the longest putt that I had, getting into the cup for a two.

8th Hole. "Trouble"—470 yards. Par 5— Bogey 5. This hole is well named. One hundred yards out from the tee there is a trap right across the course. There is also a trap to the right, 225 yards from the tee, and heavy grass along both sides of the fairway. The second shot to this hole is one of the hardest in the country. It is a long shot, usually in the neighborhood of 200 yards. The green is not over 60 feet wide and shaped like a horseshoe, with its open end toward the tee. The green is surrounded by heavy woods. Here I was fortunate enough to follow up my drive with a brassey shot which found the green, and to get down in two putts.

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9th Hole. "Reservoir"—225 yards. Par 4—Bogey 4. At this hole there is a trap one hundred yards square, about one hundred yards from the tee. The green is trapped on the right and left and also behind. I drove to the right of the green and then made a running up approach within one foot of the hole, so that it was simple to get down in three.

10th Hole. "Westward-Ho". — 405 yards. Par 4—Bogey 4. This hole is trapped on both sides from about 170 to 185 yards from the tee. There are woods also on either side, leaving only about 75 yards of fairway to go through for the second shot. The river runs across 324 yards from the tee. The green is trapped on the right and left. Here I used a driver and mid-iron to the green and then had two putts.

11th Hole. "The Grove"—182 yards. Par 3—Bogey 4. The river again, crosses the course at this hole about 125 yards out. The green is trapped on both sides and there are woods behind it. My midiron shot from the tee held the green and I was down in two putts.

12th Hole. "Sweet"—265 yards. Par 4—Bogey 4. It is out of bounds in the woods to the right of this hole and about 125 yards from the tee there are traps on either hand. The river runs immediately in front of the green, behind which there is heavy grass. Here my mid-iron shot from the tee was short of the river. I then used a mashie to approach with and lay within three yards of the hole, taking two putts.

13th Hole. "The Bridge"—533 yards. Par 5—Bogey 6. This is a fine hole with plenty of difficulty. The river runs immediately on the left of the fairway, with trees. It is out of bounds to the right in the woods, and there are traps on the right and left for the second shot, about 250 yards from the tee. The river crosses all the way in the front of the green, which has trees on its immediate left and the river and heavy grass on its right. Here I used my driver and brassey followed by a mashie shot to the green, which enabled me to get down in two putts.

14th Hole. "The Roost"—169 yards. Par 3—Bogey 3. The river, which contributes so much to the difficulties of the Glenview course, runs immediately in front of the tee at this hole. It is trapped close in on the left and also on the right and by heavy grass behind the green. It is an exceptionally attractive short hole. I hereused my mid-iron and lay about 3 yards from the hole, taking 2 more to get down.

15th Hole. "Spookey"—505 yards. Par 5—Bogey 6. This is one of the best elbow holes that I have ever seen. It is out of bounds all the way up to the hole on the right of the fairway. There are traps on the right and left hand and trees on the left, about 200 yards from the tee. The hole ends in a small raised green with a gradual slope from the fairway. Here, also, there are traps on both sides, not more than ten yards from the hole. I had good distance here off the tee and was on the green in two, using a driving iron for the second shot, and then got down in two putts. This was the only hole on the course that day at which the tee was not at the back of the teeing ground. I drove from about ten yards inside the longest tee.

16th Hole. "The Orchard"—384 yards. Par 4—Bogey 5. It is out of bounds on the right going to the 16th hole and trapped on the left from 125 to 225 yards from the tee. There is a bunker all the way across the course for the second shot, which is about 150 to 175 yards. The green is trapped on the right, with trees, and on the left. At this hole I followed my drive with a mashie shot to the green about two yards from the hole, and holed in four, although I really deserved a three, as my first putt rimmed.

17th Hole. "Log Cabin"—267 yards. Par 4—Bogey 4. The river runs across the fairway of this hole some 125 yards from the tee. There are traps with trees on both sides. The green is trapped on the right and has woods behind it. Using a driver from this tee I was bunkered to the right of the green but had a very fortunate second, laying the ball out of the bunker with my special iron, and almost holing out. The ball stopped about six inches from the cup; down in three.

18th Hole. "Sweet Home"—306 yards. Par 4—Bogey 5. Here the river again crosses the hole, making the carry from the tee about 150 yards. There are trees on either side and the green is well guarded with traps on the sides and in front and flower beds behind. Here I reached the green with driver and mashie and was down in two putts.