The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-13
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! stroke 10 be made properly.
For this reason the hope OF cur golfers
lies In the players turned out BY the va
r.ous big schools and colleges IL we are
ever 10 produce experts as skiiful as those
In Great Britain. The tournaments of this
season have shown already how fast the
younger element IS forging 10 the front
Although the winner OF the amateur cham
pionship is a Scotsman, yet the runner up
was Walter b Smith. a colegian, and sew
erai OF the leaders were likewise college
men. The class OF game put up by the
PLAYERS in the intercollegiate tournament
last month showed a distinct Improvement
over the one held last spring. although the
play on the first day took place in driv-
ing ranstorm.
Players are often heard comparing their
drew's or other we'll known links in Scot
land. 4 player will say:
THE record at ST. Andrews Is -. and
my score IS only a." and he will thence
forth regard himself as a coming cham
pion. Now this method Of comparison Is
altogether wrong. for the simple reason
that our links are much shorter than the
ones over the water. The length Of the
average eIghteen-hole course in the United
States IS seldom over $500 yards. whereas
the st. Andrews links are s 322 yards long
So that. II comparisons be made M ALL
then from twels 10 fifteen strokes at least
should be added 20 The total. according 10
the length OF the links played on.
One OF the finest courses In this country
and one OF the few which compare with the
magnificent seashore links OF Scotland and
England. Is the Morris county course, near
M0rristown. y. J.. on which the amateur
championship was decided this year. Just
previous TO the amateur championship
contests the course was remodeied by the
well known expert. Mr.. Thomas Bendeiow
OF Spading's. Tie has planned and remof-
eled a great many Of the courses in the
East and also is well acquainted with the
most prominent ores In Scotland. conse-
Quentiy he Is thoroughly competent 10 talk
about them. In the course OF a recent con-
vcrsatlon | asked him wherein the oversee
Inks excelIee! ours. He said that. OF
course. the chief difference lay IN the
lengths 81 the courses. and that another Is
! that abroad they have on most ot ina links
such TURF as Is very rarely seen In America
Again. he sad. the absence Of stones and
other such Instructions make them such
that uuca more accurate play can b. in
dulged In. He told me that once. when
paying On IRE -. Andrews links IN Scot
| land. he looked around for a stone Or other
/ RI ssile to hUrl AZ large sea bird which
rad settled on the ground a. some distance
and after searching som. time had 20 give
lb N4t-fDGl tlAtA*tI@ one ~ max rs nave
w so free from Sach !fnpe1.merta?
Eeverti-g % the discrepancy between the
average length Of American and foreign
Inks the follow ng figures are interesting
The 81 An4rew's Inks Scotland az before
stated arr 6.S13 yards long Morris County.
0l9 yards. the new Rockaway. 5,-I3 yards:
Iakewood. 5.1f1 yards. SAinnecock. $50
yards: Wasaton, SRI yards: Arislcy. 5..50
yards. Our long 81 n!ne-hoie course Is IN.
Meadow brook. which has a playing length
Q, ISIS yards. whereas the nine-hole course
al NasseIb9rgh. Scotland. Is 800 yards
lang. These figures are absolutely correct;
having oeen measured yard By yard with
INK and chain hut many figures gwen "a
| tas lengths OF courses are only guessx oEk
and ,aken by pacing the ground.