THE PINE HURST OUTLOOK
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Review of Championship Course
Sixteen Holes Made in I
BY ROBERT E. HARLOW
Imagine one golf course yielding in
the passing of six seasons, sixteen holes
in one and sixteen two-shot holes in
two. Every golfer is ambitious to make
a hole in one, or a two-shot hole in two,
and for the accomplishment of this pur
pose probably' no course of championship
length in America has rendered such
yeoman service as the Number 2 layout
at Pinehurst.
It is not strange that such a large
number of remarkable shots have been
hit on this course, for in the years that
records have been kept an army of good
and bad" golfers have swept over it,
In
Par
Bestball
44445 3 43 43571
22222131 21734
Golfers from New York, Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania did most of the low
shooting. Enough of the golfers to fig
ure in the record are of sufficient repu
tation to prove that skill plays some
part in the making of a hole in one or a
two-shot hole in two. The names of New
York state players appear on the list
eleven times, Massachusetts seven, Penn
sylvanians four, and members of the
Pinehurst Winter colony three times.
The names of three players appear
Winter colony. Mr. Becker was two up
and two to play against Robert Sherman
of Youngstown in a tournament match.
It was his honor and he holed his tee
shot at the 165-yard seventh, making the
match more binding. Mr. Sherman
could never quite forgive Mr. Becker for
being so unkind as to put him up against
a proposition so stiff that if he made the
hole in one he would still lose the match.
The Number 1 course has provided a
number of one's. The eleventh hole on
this course is 153 yards, and H. T. Whitin
of Whitinsville, Mass., and J. B. Bow
ker of Woodland, have each dropped tee
old Porter (Holworthy Hall), of Pine
hurst. Seventh hole. 537 yards. Par 5. Made
in three by. Walter J. Travis of New
York, and Dr. M. W. Marr of Bethle.
hem, JST. II.
Eighth hole. 220 yards. Par 3. Made
in one by F. A. Kennedy of Chicopee,
J. L. Weller of Canada, II. G. Phillips
of Pinehurst, and D. W. Kerr of Youngs
town. Ninth hole. 140 yards. Par 3. Made
in one by Phillip Carter of New York,
W. S. Cook of New Bedford, C. D. Rob
erts of Philadelphia, J. D. Chapman of
3v
;
Bunkers Wide and Deep Guard the Eighth Green on Championship Course
shooting thousands of toe shots at the
one-shot greens and thousands of irons
and woods at the two-shot holes. To
drop 32 full shots into the cup is sur
prising, yet when the large number of
balls that had to be hit in order to
reap this harvest is considered, the
chance of making a one or sinking a full
shot for a two appears smaller than be
ing dealt a pat straight flush in poker.
One of the most interesting documents
on the walls of the Pinehurst clubhouse
is a sheet where a record of holes in one
and two is kept. Only the marks made
by amateurs are recorded, so the figures
do not give the exact totals, for a num
ber of professional golfers also have
made one's and two's here. The record,
as it stands, is an illuminating bit of
golfing lore. Two of the holes in one
were made at interesting stages of tour
nament matches.
The figures disclose that the bestball
of all amateurs for the championship
course since the records have been kept
is 17 out and 17 in, or 34 strokes for the
18 holes. The par and bestball scores
are:
Out
Tar 5 4 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 36
Bestball 2 3 222131 117
twice, these being Parker Whittemore of
Boston, who is credited with two's at
two holes, Walter Travis, the veteran
champion who scored two one's, and J.
I). Chapman of Greenwich, a persistent
Pinehurst regular, who is down for a
one and a two. Eight of the names
that appear are golfers with at least sec
tional reputations, although some of the
finest amateurs who' have played here
have not been fortunate enough to hole a
full shot. Francis Ouimet and Chick
Evans have both won the North and
South Amateur championship but are not
yet credited Avith making a hole here in
one, or a two-shot hole in two.
Perhaps the most spectacular shot of
the lot was one made by Philip Carter
when playing the final round of one of
the big amateur tournaments. His op
ponent was Parker Whittemore. Whitte
more had won the eighth hole with a
two, driving upon the green and sinking
a putt. He had the honor at the short
ninth and hit a mashie niblick within 18
inches of the cup. Carter then holed out
from the tee.
Undoubtedly the least mannered one
ever made was scored by C. L. Becker,
formerly a member of the Woodland Golf
Club and now a member of the Pinehurst
shots into the cup.
Members of the Tin Whistles say that
Alex Findley is authority for the story
that once in Scotland a player made a
hole in one, but it was found that he had
shot out of turn and his opponent, who
should have had the honor, recalled the
shot, as was his legal right.
The honor roll of those who have reg
istered a hole in one, a two-shot hole in
two or a three-shot hole in three, with
the districts from which the player came,
follow :
Championship Course
First hole. 430 yards. Par 4. Made
in two by J. H. Sullivan, Jr., of Boston.
Second hole. 425 yards. Par 4. No
two registered.
Third hole. 367 yards. Par 4. Made
in two by H. B. Swoope of Philadelphia
and R. S. Worthington of New York.,
Fourth hole. 325 yards. Par 4. Made
in two by Jesse Guilford of Boston, Rob
ert Hunter of Connecticut, and Paul
Hamlin of Chicago.
Fifth hole. 427 yards. Par 5. Made
in two by J. D. Armstrong of Pinehurst.
Sixth hole. 145 yards. Par 3. Made
in one by R. C. Shannon of Brockport,
N. Y., G. C. Dutton of Boston, and Ilar-
New York, and A. S. Higgins of New
York.
Tenth hole. 422 yards. Par 4. Made
in two by Samuel Graham of New York,
and Wilbur Baldwin (residence not
given).
Eleventh hole. 418 yards. Tar 4.
Made in two by P. W. Whittemore of
Boston.
Twelfth hole. 390 yards. Par 4. Made
in two by Richard Lounsberry of New
York.
Thirteenth hole. 335 yards. Par 4.
Made in two by P. W. Whittemore of Bos
ton, and J. D. Chapman of New York.
Fourteenth hole. 432 yards. Par 5.
Made in two by W. E. Truesdell of New
York, and C. M. Ransom of Buffalo.
Fifteenth hole. 212 yards. Par 3.
Made in one by II. C. Fownes, Pittsburg,
and Walter J. Travis of New York.
Sixteenth hole. 424 yards Par 4.
No two registered.
Seventeenth hole. 165 yards. Par 3.
Made in one by W. J. Travis of New
York, and C. L. Becker of Pinehurst.
Eighteenth hole. 402 yards. Par 4.
Made in two by Edward Styles of Phila
delphia. (Continued on Page Thirteen)