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I IT WAS RAINING DAFFODILS!
Pro Hugh Royer Shows Average Golfers How
It's Done-He DOUBLE-EAGLED Old No. 8
By JACK TROY
Editor, The Free Press
CALLAWAY GARDENS, Pine Mountain, Ga.—Like the fellow said: “It looks like to
matojuice, and it tastes like tomato juice ...”
And that’s what we figured, standing in the cozy clubroom of the new golf Club
house, watching moisture dripping from the limbs of the weeping willow trees, that it
looks like rain! In cherry blossom lane!
But Pro Hugh Royer Jr., who
is the Georgia State PGA cham
pion for 1963, and the only golfer
in the world who has ever shot
a DOUBLE EAGLE on the 528
yard eighth hole—now No. 13—
assured us immediately that “it
is NOT raining RAIN; it is
raining DAFFODILS!”
Well, it’s hard to fight it at
Ida Cason Callaway Gardens.
They make a believer out of
you. It may look like tomato
juice, and it may look and feel
like rain, but don’t you ever be
lieve it!
But Hugh, who played basket
ball and golf at the U. of Geor
gia on a dual athletic scholar
ship, wasn’t in any hurry to ,
send the visiting Elks off on
their tournament, and he was
keeping those motorized carts
under cover and not offering
them for rent, so we still suspect
that it looked like rain.
So Pro Royer got out his little
white car and we drove around
the course, just for the heck of
it. It’s not really a course for
average golfers, starting with a
515-yard first hole, and moving
on to the 13th which measures
528 yards from tee to green, and
yet it is a highly playable
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. I course, providing Rockefeller
•, Green carpet fairways and high-1
; । way smooth greens. Maybe we
l ought to change that to Gold-1
. i water carpet fairways.
;: One Sunday recently we played
1 I the front nine, starting at noon
: on a rather warm day, and be
;. fore we finished that gigantic
.I first hole, we figured we had
■ played the first nine! But that’s :
। for average golfers. A pro like
Hugh Royer takes it in stride. 1
There is a proclamation on the
clubhouse wall, attesting to the 1
fact that on one fine day in
1961, Hugh DOUBLE-EAGLED :
\ and spread eagled, the 528-yard
। eighth hole, now the 13th.
Hugh hit a 300-yard tee shot,
; again used his driver out in the ;
: fairway on this dogleg master
piece, and folks up the way set
up a clamor. The ball had rolled
| on up and into the hole on the 1
pretty green. 1
At such a time as this, aver
[ age golfers excuse themselves 1
and go off to watch the Florida :
, State U. circus.
There’s one golf hole at Calla
way that is as picturesque as i
any you’ll find in this whole :
world.
Thart’s the island tee at No. <
14, and you drive over water to i
the beautiful green in front of 11
। the 17th Century-design English ;:
provincial Clubhouse, a great ■
place for Southern food and
Southern comfort, and dreaming
I your dreams away ... in front of ■'
a blazing log fire.
Professional Hugh Koyer Jr , oi C* ®
the outstanding Callaway Gar- ircu’ar fishing lodge, and to
dens 18-hole golf course, takes right the famed English-
some practice shots on the pic- '‘.vie Clubheu e. And then on
turesque No 14 island tee lead- across the river, the serpentine
mg to the green in front m theNMK « - HMM uhHh | (a< | s „,,. , s .
famed Clubhouse (17th Century land tee to the 11th green. An-
English Provincial design). Here .Jgh . dher view of the bridge Club-
Southern food is at its best! The house and green is shown at
center picture shows a general Mp right That’s a fisherman in the
view of Overlook, the building M&L TbV.jMl' foreground, as il xou hadn’t al-
where picnics are held, the semi- ready guessed!
In adjacent columns you’ll
find, in detail, how each hole
plays, and, in fact, you’ll be glad
you played this fine course, and
you’ll want to play it over and
over again. Part of it winds
through the forest primeval,
and there are in profusion flow
ers and flowering shrubs native
to the area, just like at the Au
gusta Masters course. One day,
when a new championship
course is designed, it may be’
found that Augusta will have a
challenger for a big pro ex
travaganza in golf. Tournaments
are held on the present 18-hole
layout.
The mild Georgia climate af
fords year-round golf and in
addition to the golf, Callaway
Gardens offers a 2,500 acre rec
reation complex which includes
fishing from Labor Day until
June 1, over 15 miles of paved
drives through a horticultural
wonderland, luxurious accommo
dations in the Inn and modern
and comfortable family style
cottages.
In the summer season, a
64-acre swimming lake, with the
largest man-made sand beach in
the world, affords a wide variety
of water sports including water
skiing, boating and canoeing, a
daily water ski show and per
formances by the Florida State
University Student Circus.
Robin Lake Beach at Callaway
Gardens is host to the MASTERS
Water Ski Tournament each
June and has twice hosted the
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Callaway Golf Course
Adventure in Bliss
Callaway Gardens, Georgia’s famed vacation resort near Pine
Mountain, Ga., has recently expanded its nine hole golf course to
a full 18 holes and a new golf clubhouse has been built.
Ed Miles, veteran golf columnist and sports writer for the At
lanta Journal, had this to say of the 18-hole layout:
“The original nine, circumscribing one of its (Callaway
Gardens) nine beautiful lakes, was deemed something of a
showpiece. The new nine, hewed out of a forest primeval and
reflecting the Augusta National influence in the size, shape and
trappings of its greens, is a test for the athlete and a treat for
the esthete.”
The original Gardens course opened in
1952 with the nine-hole layout, which
played around the northern perimeter
of 175-acre Mountain Creek Lake.
Two different tee boxes at each hole
afforded the golfer a different approach
to each hole lor an 18-hole round.
In 1962, an additional nine holes were
opened to p:ay and a new golf club
house was built.
The original course became the “back"
side and the new course is the “front”
side.
The front side plays to 2,921 yards,
par 35, and the back side plays to 3,133
yards, also a par 35, making the full 18
holes measure 6,054 yards for a par 70.
The ladies tees make the course measure
2,663 yards on the front side and 2,883
yards on the back side, also a par 70.
A hole-by-hole description follows:
No. I—A 515-yard, par 5 hole with a
slight dogleg to the left. Large green is
well-trapped and best tee shot plays to
the right for a straight approach to the
green.
No. 2—A 174-yard, par 3 hole with
a slight uphill carry. Green is trapped
on four corners.
No. 3 —A 374 yard, par 4 hole, with a
sharp dogleg left some 200 yards from
the tee. Well placed drive will roll
downhill and right side of fairway is
bordered by culvert. Green is large and
trapped at right front and on left side.
No. 4—A 3u7-yard. par 4 hold with a
sharp dogleg right, with green situated
on peninsula with water in front, back
and on left side and woods on right.
Requires well-placed tee shot and accu
rate second shot.
No. 5—A 336-yard, par 4 straight-away
hole, with arm of Lake which borders
No. 4 hole extending in front of tee.
Green well guarded by traps and out
of-bounds being road to right of fair-
National Water Ski Champion
ships.
In the fall and winter, from
October 1 through March 31, a
1,000 acre quail preserve is open,
with plenty of fast birds for the
hunter.
Many golfers' are finding
Callaway Gardens an ideal place
for a golfing vacation, be it a
weekend, a week, or a month.
i way.
No. 6—A 133-yrd, par 3 hole. No dif
ficulty except ?or traps guarding green
on all sides.
No. 7—A 333-yard, par 4 hole. Tee
shot should play dead slopes downward
to green at point 225 yards from tee.
No. B—A 347-yard, par 4 hole. Tee
shot should play to left to avoid stream
on right side of fairway. Large green
well trapped on all sides.
No. 9—A 342-yard, par 4 hole where
tee shot should play straight ahead or
slightly to left to avoid stream on right
; side of fairway.
No. 10—A straight away, 407 yard par
4 hole with broad fairway. Trap 200
yard from tee is on right side of fair
way. Green is large and trapped on front
side only.
No. 11—A beautiful hole approaching
Mountain Creek Lake which doglegs to
right. Tee shot should avoid woods on
right and fairway slopes downward from
turn to the green.
No. 12 —A sharp dogleg left which
affords gambler chance to go for the
green over towering pines at corner.
Safe play ic mid-iron to turn, another to
green, which is trapped at left and right
front corners.
No. 13 —A 528-yard, par 5 hole which
offers plenty of fairway. Tee shot and
second shot should hug right side, to
afford better approach.
No. 14—The most picturesque hole on
the course, tee is reached via arched
bridge and is situated on island. This
par 3, 157-yard hole has an 85-yard over
water carry to well trapped green. Green
is reached via serpentine wooden bridge
across lake. Green situated in front of
The Gardens Clubhouse and refreshments
may be secured here.
No. 15—A 324-yard, par 4 hole with a
slight bend to right. Out of bounds to
right, not much trouble on left. Green
is large and only trap is on left side.
No. 16—A 424-yard, par 4, with road
on right out-of-bounds. Takes two well
hit shots to reach large, undulating
t green which is guarded by traps on left
! and right front and on left side. Moun
j tain Creek Lake guards entire length of
J fairway at left.
No. 17—This 190-yard, par 3 plays over
a small portion of lake, right in front
; of tee. Green is large and rolling, with
three traps, in front corners and on left
side.
Mo. 18 —A 385-yard finishing hole with
elevated tee. Requires tee shot with
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GOOD DAY FOR DUCKS!
Callaway's Lena Glenn Goes Into Orbit
Over Her Wild "Babes in tbe Woods"
By JACK TROY
Editor, The Free Press
Forty-six wild mallard ducks, drakes, hens,
came waddling up fast at the call of charm
ing Lena Glenn, who always goes into orbit
when it’s time to feed her “babes in the
woods.”
Imagine what a thrill it is for the children
to visit the magnificient Ida Cason Callaway
Gardens Clubhouse, across from the pictur
esque island hole of the beautiful golf course,
and to have the opportunity to feed void
mallard ducks! They like Southern bread,
and the Colonel didn’t tell us that either.
Mrs. Glenn did. as she came out of orbit.
“Mrs. Callaway was down here the other
day — Howard Callaway's mother — and she
told me to feed these ducks every day! I
have now found that they have a voracious
appetite, and they are clever in waddling off
to get a drink of lake water, for that packs
the food, and back they come for more
(Southerni bread!”
One of these days the papas and the ma
mas are going to produce some little ones,
and that’s going to be a sight to see! Later
on, they’ll be joined by Canadian Geese on
their flight south along the flyway, and the
Geese will remain for the winter season
Where could they find a better place?
Fact is, when reckless hunters begin shoot
ing ducks on the river, the ducks and geese
come honking into the Callaway Wildlife
sanctuary, and here they're as safe as the
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Anybody take a shot at Mr. (Bo) Calla
way’s ducks —and HE’S a dead duck! Like
it used to be with Henry Ford’s wild turkeys
at Ways, Ga. Anybody who tried it was tak
ing his life into his hands.
Mrs. Glenn lives at the magnificient Club
house, and she points out that she just “en
joys” herself. And that’s a fact. She becomes
positively radiant when she calls her “babies”
and those pretty wild mallards come rushing
up.
She stuck a loaf of bread into a visiting
fireman’s hands and said: “Get busy; feed
the babies!” It was sorta rainy last Sunday,
not only at Ida Cason Callaway Gardens, but
everywhere in between to Clayton County,
and it was, really, a good day for ducks!
Pro Hugh Royer Jr., and Greens Supt. Har
old Baldwin are looking forward to the ar
rival of the Canadian geese, for that splen
did green reached from the island tee is just
what duck doctors order for Canadian honk
ers to balance their diet!
Callaway Gardens loses more No. 14 greens
during the winter — gobbled up by geese —
than any course this side of Canada. But
Hugh and Harold are old wildlife admirers,
so they don’t mind!
If they did, Lena Glenn would send them
into orbit!