The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-27
JOVIAL SORT OF GOLFING.
FoUR-AND-I-HALFR ROUND HANDICAP
WITH SURF BA THING ON THE SIDE.

FOUH-dND-I-HALFR ROUND HANDICaE
WITH SURF BA THING ON THE SIDE.
Lively Experiences of q staid Veteran ut .
RUNNER Resort-A Cache for Drinks in
tho Bunkers and n Night Driving Com
test on the Bench-He FooEles Away.
Golfers. like amateur photographers. are of-
ten met with carrying large books OF instruo-
ton. This is because the varieties Of the game
are infinite. tho gamut running from the
orthodox full swing style and the tolerated
hal'swing sort. down to the foozling Bumbls-
puppy and tiddewink kinds. The advantage
Of carrying a golf handbook along is that when
a man succeeds in making a fine shot. by con-
sulting the manual he may satisfy his won.
der as to how he did it anyhow.
Second only In variety to the styles and
shapes the men play In Ia the difference Ia the
types Of links the golfers meet on their travels.
The courses OF the regular clubs are all listed
and classified. and whether OF championship
length and conditions or only q short and
wooded lnks-what has been happily termed
the rankly pastoral" sort-players know about
what to expect when they visit United States
Golf Association Club. varied though the
courses may be. But this season new prob
lem has come into the game. 1t is furnished
by the much Wanted summer resort links. In
the advertisements one cannot discriminate
between the good links and the bad. no moro
than one can Judge the merits Of n theatrical
performance in that way. SO that golfer going
to a strange hotel Is always consumed with
curiosity as what sort of n links he will find.
As soon as the luggage is unstrapped. the golfer
rushes out to try the course. with the result
too often. that he wishes he hadn't. There are
many hotel links as well planned and kept up
as those OF the private clubs. but the majority
are but developed to the extent that they may
be advertised as a summer attraction. In such
cases the announcement Golf Links on the
Grounds" is no more to be trusted than the
older notice. mo Mosquitoes"
So much for preamble. Now an old pillar Of
gollng. q veteran of the Apple Tree Gang"
which introduced the game at Yonkers a de-
cade ago. has IA story to tell of his experiences
at a nearby seaside hotel where the game 10
announced as all attraction even on the menu
cards.
Young Frskeywit asked mo out for Sunday.
Heard at the club that was not going to the
mountains. and asked me down for some golf
with surf bathing on the side" began the old
timer. 1t sounded attractive and booked
myself for the trip. Dye know. 1t was the
liveliest gol6ng OF my life. and. II we're thirty
instead OF sixty, you couldn't get me to sum-
mer anywhere else. But as 1t IL. I'm going up
to the mountains to recuperate for week.
We ran down to the place-they call ID
"Sweethurst- by he-Surf-on Saturday morn
ing. There was medal play handicap on. and
we put our names down and were rated on our
home club handicaps. The match was four
and IA half times round the corner. You SEQ.
1t was n sx-hole course and they figured there
was Just time enough, with such n large field
20 play four rounds and three extra holes boz
fore dinner. found later that Golfng there
was always dominated in some way by con-
sdorations OF hunger or thirst On their score
abo 70 thay m ba ltuI do Inv In nj
hole results. To look at one. you would never
have known that it was n six and not q nine-
hole links. There may have been some method
in their madness. after all. in playing four and
a-half rounds.
Cant say the course impressed me. 1t was
stalky stubble on the fair greens and rolled
stubble on the putting greens. with outcrop-
pings Of white sen sand here and there 1t was
plain that the meadow grass that covered the
beach for miles had but shortly before been
moved from the links. The distances. too.
were confusing to an orthodox golfer Tho
holes that were not a drive and put. were
drive iron shot and put. The record for the
single round was twenty-one. three strokes
over threes. but heard later that Scratchley.
the great amateur. offered on bet to score In
432233=l7. OH three out Of five attempts.
without takers. He made this offer before
dinner. too.
NOtlCo our DNnReTS, shlu frlSReyWn, az
we left the first tee. There was one across
every hole that stood up like n fertilization.
with n sandy chasm before each OF them The
bunkers were dark brown in color. and when
got into the first one the material proved to be
polished wood.
Great tscheme.' explained Friskeywit.
'Bowling's out. COLTS I'M The boss just cut
his bowling alley floors up into lengths for
bunkers'
Il got into the sand trap before the rst bun-
ker. and 1t took mo four to get out. That ocean
breeze was miss!ng-I learned it never began
to sweep by until evenng-and it was excru-
catInGly hot When | stepped from out the pit
the sweat was rolling from mo and mopped
my brow.
well played out cried Frskeywit; come
| back here and have n cooling drink
Behind the bunker there was ditch cut out
| for standing room and shed overhead to keep
| balls from dropping in. should they fail to
quite clear the top, and in recess In the hum
| ker was all sorts OF mineral waters and stuff to
make splits with we'll packed among cakes OF
| Ice There was recess Of the sort in nearly
| every bunker. The members had keys to tho
| caches. and when the doors were locked the
stores were safe from despoliation.
| The rule is that man who lifts in n bunker
| loses the right to drink Friskcywit explained
! to me. Stopping. too, does not delay the game.
| for the folks behind pass US and hurry on to
get to the next recess first OF all. No pair may
| rest for moro than five minutes at a cache
| Il understood now WIZ II took from morning
until dinner time to play twenty-iour holes
| We made the round in fairly good style. and
whilo he hit the cache In the bunker before tho
home green-they had music box there that
played Scotch airs Friskeywt figured up that
he had chance to tie the twenty one record.
| lie was n scratch man. and this would likely
win both gross and net prizes for him. On the
home green Friskeywit had n twO-iOot put to
score twenty one. and he ran the ball down In
| great style. The landlord OF tho hotel was
second. aided by a handicap OF = 30, and ho
| was 30 pleased with his first golf success that
| he opened wine. and 50 did Friskeywlt. and the
| chap who had won the BOBBY prize.
| There was Just timc TOR swim In the surf
| before dinner. and. after that Junction FrIs-
| kcywit and some more Of us sat on the ve-
| ruudnh md watched the dancing Then We