The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
. GENERAL GOLF LINKS.
MEADOW BROOK MAY BECOME THE
No.. q. 4. CHaMPIONSHIP COURSE.

The Project Discussed After the Annual
Meeting mt the Metropolitan Club-Ex-
ecutive to Investigate tho
PIan-Itecords Of Contests Yesterday.
An important move was made In the plan to
have q course In the NJ. g.. A. district reserved
for the purpose OF holding championship tour
naments and other important matches at the
supper which followed the annual meeting on
1hursiay night at the Metropolitan club. II
was suggested that the Meadow Brook club
should turn over It's course and golf house to
the NJ. @. A. for the purpose indicated. and. as
the club delegate. o. W. Bird. seemed to think
the project a feasible one. the Executive Com
mittce OF the NJ. q. A. will submit It TO each OF
the forty-four clubs for a decision. Should
the trend OF opinion be favorable, tho
association will assume the maintenance
OF the links and the house. and such changes
as mas he necessary will be started at once.
About three thousand yards In playing length.
the nine-hole course at Meadow Brook is one OF
the oldest and the least costly to keep In con-
dition OF any In the East. 1t Is a natural golhng
ground. like that at Garden City. which is also
on Hempstead Plains and only three miles
away. The Meadow Brook links can be ex-
tended to eighteen holes at only little expense.
W N'~h' : ~ asNn VI atleO ltiA's oha Wv
turf is so good that very little seeding or soddinR
will be required. A rule Of the Meadow Brook
club permits q special golf me IN bership. which
will simplify the matter should the club allow
its links to become the official NJ. G. A. course.
X. II. Williams OF the Morris County Golf
Club was one Of the strongest upholders OF the
plan. In view OF the growing reluctance with
which the members ofthe NJ. q. A. clubs seemed
~ rppurl tho hpltipC ~ Tho ap,atate obap,-
pionship. II for no other reason. he thought the
idea a cool one, for hesides being usel for the
VI, g.. \. cham pionship and for all important
matches. the course could be- loaned to the L.
). q, A, for any tournaments II m'pht wish 70
hold. Once established IN New York, Official"
links would spring up with similar goling
unions near other cities, and in time all the L.
) q. \. championships wonld BE- decided on
such courses. thus relieving the clubs from any
personal trouble and without closing any otthe
links 70 the members who belonged strictly to
thn non -tournnment class
The vaue OF the Meadow BROOK course for
his PURPOSE was upheld by. II u. Holins, Sr..
OF Westbrook. and Others. Mr.. Holiins thought
that the Long ISLAM Railroad would cooperate
~ running Its trains on a schedule TO suit the
golfers, or by stopping at a station that might
be nut NJ at the most accessible location. In
his opinion the course, might readily he con-
yerted Into one Of the best gOlfing centres In
the world. so that the records made there
would have n dannite merit IN fixing the class
Of golfer both here Gnd in Great Britain. A
dorsement of the plan. The project may be-
come an established act before the ". q. 4.
championship Is held =, the spring. but it will
not affect the choice Of the Nassau course for
this seasons tournament.
GLEN Cow. Feb. 3.-The third OF the series
Tor the Bu-hy cup compet ton began to-day on
the Nassau Country Cluh links. The course is
still rough. due to the severe weather. and the
cards were Il h gh. :. /. Hopkins. with tho
lowest gross figure. won the honors OF the day,
J. j, Eusby was second ind j. H.. Maxwell