New-York tribune., 1900-04-18
GOLF.
ANOTHER PUBLIC LINKS AT PEI
HAM BAY PARK

The Richmond Hill Golf Club has decided upon
Sunday. April %, the day upon which it's links
will be formally opened for the season. A members
handicap is to be held, for which special prizes
have been provided. An elaborate schedule Of
matches, announced by the secretary yesterday. In
dicates that the club will take prominent part in
local competitions. The matches with other clubs
are especially numerous. among the more important
being:
April IS Richmond HIr VS.. Nassau Country Club.
at Glen Cove. Long Island.
May 5-Richmond Hi VS.. Westchester Golf Club.
May I2--Richmond Hill VS. Laurence Harbor. at
May 261Rlchmond County Richmond Hin at
OCTOBER 6nRchmond Hill VS.. westchester at
October 3-Richmond Hill vs. Richmond County.
October 27-Richmond Hill VS. Laurence Harbor.
at Laurence Harbor.
Now that the Van Cortlandt Park links are In
running order Commissioner Moebus has turned
his attention to Pelham Bay Park, where a second
public links Is to be laid this coming
Commissioner Moebus has all along promised that
as soon the Van Cortandt improvements were
completed he would devote his attention to Pei
ham Bay and in fulfment of that promise a gang
of men at work yesterday making the pre-
liminary arrangements for the
The of the commissioners action will be
particularly gratifying TO the members of the New
York Athletic Club. whose summer grounds at
Travers Island scarcely fifteen minutes from
the links. In fact when the clubs scheme
for course at Fox Hills fell through the go1ng
portion of the membership quick 10 that
Pelham Bay Park offered the most satisfactory
substitute, and they have been urging the carry
ing out of the project since At the direction
Of Mr.. Moebus Daniel Ulrich. the ctys engineer,
has made careful survey of the property, and.
With the suggestions of Laurence T.. Van Ett1n,
of the New-York Athletic Club the map of the
new course is now fairly outlined The course Will
occupy the northwestern enu OF the park, ABOUT a
mile from Pelham Manor, and is comparatively
TosS m to pT G robaS rnT ha the s
nine holes will he opened In July, but the com
pleted course will hardly be ready before Septem-
Der.
Golfers on the lookout for something
be Interested to learn of fad which Is becoming
popular at of the Boston clubs. 1t is known
as a progressive fOursome. and the way IL is
played Is this: The first team starts off, and the
pair that wins goes to the next tee and waits, while
the pair that loses back to the first tee and
plays the next pair; the winning pair OF this set
goes to the second tee while the losers go back
tee play that hole and the winners go forward.
This IS repeated until the course is completed. II
is amusing TO imagine what would take place on u
crowded links with such in operation,
playing the first hole eighteen times is pathetic
The knollwood Country Club, of White Plains,
will open its course next Saturday, when there
VIII be an invitation handicap match of eighteen
holes, medal play. open to members OF the club.
Three prizes are to be presented to the players
making the first. second and third best net scores.
ment at the Van Cortlandt Park links Memorial
Day. The conditions under which II will be
awarded have not yet been made public.
The Hillside Golf Club of Plainfeld will open its
when there Is to be members general handicap
open to all classes.
The governors of the Fairview Golf Club of
Bronxville have decided to open the course to the
public