                       ***  PATRIOT  HILLS  ***
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                      JNSE Design:  Roger Johnson
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  The Patriot Hills Golf Club got its start in the Roaring Twenties. In 1923,
long time D.C. area real estate developer and golf enthusiast, Winford 
Thornton, purchased 98 acres in the southeastern portion of Washington in 
hopes of achieving his life long dream...... to build his own golf course.
  Construction began early the next year and by the spring of 1926, Thornton's
dream had become a reality; the Patriot Hills Golf Club was open for play.
The course, itself, gained quickly in popularity and by the late '20s, it was
recognized as one of the finest tests of golf in the D.C. area. Thornton, 
while continuing his business interests in real estate, appeared at the club
often in the next few years to oversee changes, work in the pro shop or just
relax for a leisurely round of golf.
  Then troubles began to surface. Thornton's real estate business collapsed.
With it, Patriot Hills suffered from the lack of funds to keep the club afoot.
With the crash of the stock market in 1929, Thornton and his business ventures
had hit rock bottom. Forced to sell his assets to survive, Patriot Hills was
sold in January of 1930 to a local business group and soon thereafter, Thornton
disappeared into obscurity.
  The club, tettering on the brink of bankruptsy, managed to survive the
Great Depression but not without its share of troubles. The course, as quickly 
as it had gained popularity, declined from the lack of maintenance and 
overall course management as the group that had purchased it were not the
most skilled when it came to recognizing the needs of a golf club.
  However, in 1935, with the economy strengthening under President Roosevelt's
New Deal program, the Capitol Development Corporation (C.D.C.) formed and one
of its initial moves was in purchasing the Patriot Hills Club from the 
smaller, less adept group. Patriot Hills went through a major facelift and
by 1940, the golf club was regaining a bit of its stature. 
  But with the nation soon entrenched in war and many of the club's initial
members having moved to nearby Congressional Golf Club, Patriot Hills still
hadn't developed the prominance and success it had once enjoyed.
  After the war and into the early '50s, the interest in golf in the capitol
area fluorished. The emergence of Ben Hogan as one of sports' phenomenons was
given a great deal of credit for the rise in the popularity of golf. With the
membership at Congressional growing everyday, a few top government officials
seeked a golf club a bit less popular and without the same hussle and bussle
that they encountered during a business day in Washington. Hence, Patriot 
Hills seemed to be the course they were looking for. Since, many of the Chief
Executives have made Patriot Hills their golfing getaway. In 1953, 
Patriot Hills changed its status to a private golf club. Becoming strictly a
place for the more affluent members of Washington to play, the golf course 
has since added several improvements. A pool, tennis courts, and a leisure
trail are some examples. In 1980, certain areas of the course were transformed
into parklike environments where Presidents and their families have since
enjoyed as a place to unwind after a long day. Recent members have stated their
interest in attracting a major golf tournament to the course, but the club pro
and administrators feel it is in the best interest of Patriot Hills and its 
members, that the course remain small in nature with a more secluded 
atmosphere.

*  Winford Thornton is a fictional character. Similarities to any person or
   persons, living or dead, is coincidental.  ENJOY THE COURSE !  
   
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                             PATRIOT HILLS
                             Yardage  Book
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                          Par 72  \  7037 Yards  

Hole #1 \ Washington - A reachable par 5 if you can avoid the nine bunkers  
501 Yds * Par 5        that line the fairway and guard the green.

Hole #2 \ LBJ        - A long tough par 3 with a well protected,
218 Yds * Par 3        undulating green. Par is a good score here.

Hole #3 \ Wilson     - Center or right center off the tee gives you the 
410 Yds * Par 4        best angle for attacking the well protected green.

Hole #4 \ Madison    - The spruce pine to the left and the large bunker at
402 Yds * Par 4        the dogleg makes for a tough tee shot. Club selection
                       is the key for the downhill approach shot.
                   
Hole #5 \ Grant      - Position off the tee between the fairway bunkers is 
400 Yds * Par 4        the key to scoring well here. Rather small green slopes
                       away on all sides.

Hole #6 \ FDR        - Long par five that will stretch to a length of over 
573 Yds * Par 5        600 yards. View of White House from the tee and the 
                       Potomac River makes this hole one of the more enjoyable.
                       
Hole #7 \ Lincoln    - With split-rail fences to remind you of its namesake, 
170 Yds * Par 3        the unique two sectioned green requires an accurate
                       tee shot. 

Hole #8 \ Bush       - Avoid the right side all the way to the hole as a mass
421 Yds * Par 4        of bunkers line the inside of the dogleg. 

Hole #9 \ Eisenhower - The fairway on the longish par four is narrowed by the 
458 Yds * Par 4        presence of overhanging tree limbs. The reverse angle 
                       view of The Monument on the approach shot is an
                       excellent one.
                       
Hole #10 \ Jackson   - Again, a good tee shot is the key to playing this hole
426 Yds * Par 4        well. An approach shot above the hole is inviting a 
                       three putt.
         
Hole #11 \ Reagan    - A long, accurate tee shot will leave you tempted to go 
544 Yds * Par 5        at this one in two... But be accurate!

Hole #12 \ Kennedy   - Voted by the members as the most beautiful hole. Tee
157 Yds * Par 3        shot plays slightly uphill.

Hole #13 \ Coolidge  - The shortest par four on the course. A driver off the 
365 Yds * Par 4        tee brings the bunkers and creek more into play. The
                       green is tucked into the trees and well protected.
                       
Hole #14 \ Jefferson - The downhill approach shot to the green that overlooks
408 Yds * Par 4        the Potomac makes the hole. Be careful of overclubbing!

Hole #15 \ Taft      - The members have said that all the leftover sand was 
525 Yds * Par 5        used here. The deepest bunker on the course guards the
                       front entrance to probably the toughest green on the 
                       course.

Hole #16 \ Clinton   - The newest hole at Patriot Hills offers a challenging
429 Yds * Par 4        play. The safe approach is to play right off the tee.
                       The player who risks to go left faces an almost 
                       certain bogey if the tee shot catches one of the bunkers

Hole #17 \ Teddy     - Club selection is the key on the downhill tee shot. 
176 Yds * Par 3        Avoid missing this green to the right and short left.

Hole #18 \ Truman    - A demanding finishing hole that can play to a length of
458 Yds * Par 4        485 yards. A long accurate second shot is needed to 
                       avoid trouble.
                       
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    I hope you enjoy your round on Patriot Hills. I have put more time and
effort into this design than any of my previous releases. I can easily say 
that it is the favorite and most enjoyable design that I have done. Here's
wishing you many enjoyable rounds! 
    I'd like to dedicate this course to Mark Willett, Lee Ritze, Scott
Chesney, Ted Maiden, Gene Rodriguez III and Paul Conrad. Their talents in
JNSE design are truely appreciated and I thanks all six of you for sharing    
those wonderful talents with me.    
    Any comments about Patriot Hills can be directed to me through Prodigy
in the PNGT clubhouse or on the Games BB in the JNSE section.

Sincerely,

 Roger Johnson
 Prodigy ID: SNHJ01A
 February 12, 1993