New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
GOLF.
woMEN's CHAMPIONSHIP MAY GO TO
BALTUSROL.

MEMBERS TO MAKE A VIGOROUS CANVASS TO Sc
CURE THE AwARD-EXTENsIvE ALTERATIONS
BEING MADE FOR THE TOURNAMENT
A DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW HOLES.
The news that the Baltusrol Golf Club has come
forward as a claimant for the women's golf cham
pionship will be agreeable surprise to golfers
in this city. Situated it is within easy access
of New-York and with strong and fourishing
membership the club is well qualified to under
take the tournament and to carry it through to
successful finish. Within the last few days plans
for extensive alterations have been made draw
ings for a clubhouse being prepared. and
the Board of Directors is confident that its de-
mands will be favorably considered by the asso-
citation at its annual meeting in February
Not long ago Charles B. Macdonald, ex-cham-
pion of the United States and at present mem
Der OF the Executive Committee of the United
States Golf Association, took occasion to speak IN
glowing terms of the Batusrol links, and during
the conversation mentioned 1t desirable place
for the women's championship. His remarks accl-
dentally came to the cars of of the Baltusrol
players. and with this cue they have entered
vigorous canvass to obtain the award
A six inch water main from the Short Hills Water
Company has just been connected with the grounds
giving pressure of 144 pounds to the square inch,
and pipes will be laid to every green in order that
the turf may be kept in good condition throughout
the summer months. Work on the new clubhouse
it ready by the time the tournament takes place.
and the playing length of the will be altered
TO e0c3 yards To those who are familiar with the
grounds 1t is hardly necessary to say that they
possess few drawbacks, while their good points are
such to make them essentially championship
stretch of country. According to the new survey
the distances of the various holes will be as follows:
s5 fs5 $sa @ 3 2S SO S 81 $5I 3s sSs 81 81 6S
Starting out. the first three holes will remain
hava at nreSa sent A
the first bunker 100 yards away. and on the second
stroke cross a hazard go yards from the tee,
yond, after which he will have clear road to the
of the clubhouse with the fence of the main road
way as a continuous hazard TO the left about 80
hole, 333 yards, is uphill for about 16O yards to
CORNER cor & with ten6e to the the @ iett as hazafd m @ tSa
woods; is 22 yards to green surrounded on three
The fourth is hole, and will be formed by
the blending OF the present fourth and fifth so as
also a new one. $50 yards with the Baltusrol
the seventh is an extension backward of the pres
ent seventh. 1t will he 800 yards long. using the
All these new holes are situated on rolling land.
acres of forest. They will be ready for play in
276 yards to green in the mountain. with the
cedar forest to the right punish pulled drive.
either side, making it the sportest hole Of the
ing for home, the piayer faces the pond hole 1S9
yards. No u carries the player straight down the
mountain 253 yards to the valley and then the line
Of play runs westward 25S yards on level turf that
offers fine opportunities for good brassey lies.
Then comes Long Tom" which has always been
feature Of the old course. with diagonal ditch
entire distance. twenty yards from the line of play
At the next hole the drive is down the valley along
the forest to a The eighteenth is 246 yards
with the green situated close to the clubhouse.
There is continuous grove TO the left and drive
way fifty yards distant to the right; This hole
contains more pitfalls than any other on the
The entire grounds slope to the southwest; pro
tected by the mountain to the north, and While the
boundaries all fringed with trees, there is not
a tree left the fair green. The full complement
of four hundred members, which the club now has
upon its rolls, is wholesome guarantee that the
management is in the hands of men Who Will leave
nothing undone to make the championship sue
cess. Louis p. Bayard Is the president; John Du
Fais, vice president; John Farr treasurer and
Louis Keller. secretary. The remaining directors
are w. Palmer Smith, Benjamin Hardwick, Parker
w. Page Bruce Price Edward c.. Thompson,
Adolphe De Barry, Henry P. Toler and W. Fellowes
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