The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-27
LINKS NEARLY READY.
Jersey City Golf Club Pre-
pairing for a Big
Tournament.

The Jersey City Golf Club will on Feb
ruary l, it is expected. have their 1uli
course. or. to speak correctly, have their
links ready for a The pretty
clubhouse on Gautier avenue is rapidly
becoming extremely popular with the best
social circles in the unit 1t is a three
story Queen Anne cottage, with a DIE
broad eranda. and located within a
stones throw of the ninth green ana put
a short distance from the first tee. Inc
work of laying out the new course was
begun about the middle of November
when one hole would be completed before
the work on the next hole was begun, ana
thus far seven holes are in a playable
condition.
A member of the club supplied the fol-
lowing description of the holes:-
..The first hole is about 200 yards long,
a carry of 100 yards being necessary on
the drive to escape rough ground and
reach the fair green, which is good, we'll
preserved turf, having formerly been an
old baseball ground. In fact the entire
course is laid out over old pasture land,
with the exception of the cornield, which
has to be driven from the flrst tee. ana
that will be ~ploughed up and sowea IN
the SDTllS. " Sl1C4o iAS 80
and in conformity with the ground. me
soil is sandy. and the ground is always
in pretty fair condition, winter or sum-
mer.
the play being in an easterly direction:
There is a line of an old fence ABOUT oo
yards from the third tee, which makes a
fair hazard, and there is a deep, Wloe,
sandy road to cross about 80 yards from
the green, which makes a most admirable
bunker. The hole is about 29O yards long;
play has to be very careful and accurate.
The play is in a westerly direction, up
over the brow of a hill to a blind green
in the hollow beyond. The green IS per
so that any ball overriding the green IS
sure to go into the pond. 1t is in a dense
woods, and in order to reach II the trees
had to be cut away on the line OF the play
which makes a sort of an alleyway 100
feet wide straight through the woods TO
the green. On the way to the fifth hole
thirty feet deep, about twenty yards from
the tee. and it extends to a deep sandy
road about 100 yards from the tee, ana
the drive must carry both in order to
reach the fair green and avoid difficulty.
The hole is about $50 yards long.
The sixth is the longest hole on the
course, being about $50 yards. Inc play
is due east, and there is a fence to cross
some sixty yards from the tee Play TOR
the seventh hole is in a northWesterly
direction, the hole being about 100 YARDS
long, ana the green Is guaIueu ~ "
crossroads, which are deep and sandy.
The eighth hole when completed Will be
325 Yards long. The tee is near the sew
enth green, and the two roads have TO
be carried on the drive to reach the falr
green. The point at which the second
road is crossed is fully 100 yards from
the tee, and here the fair green is from
four TO six feet higher than the road.
which leaves a formidable sand bunker
staring the golfer in the face. The ninth
green will be near the clubhouse, the
play being along the side of a hill which
slants down into azbrook. The hole will
The course has not yet been surveyed,
but it is estimated at about 2,150 yards.
The arrangements for the February
tournament are rapidly progressing, ana
DR.. Burdette P. Craig. the Vice Presi-
dent; Secretary Robert L. Flemming, and
Treasurer Clarence c. Harmstead, are
confident that it will BE a big success