Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-27
GOLF COURSE
DEVOTEES OF THE GAME HAVE
FINE GROUNDS.
RADlGAN'S MURDERERS HERE.
Arrested at Helena-Told Enough on
Each Other to Hang Them
Both.
MURDERERS HERE.

Charles G. Nieman, the golf expert,
WHO has been in the city for the past
week laying out the course and explain
ing the fundamental principals of the
royal n ancient game of golf, returned
to Butte today. Mr.. Nieman ~Dronounces
the Missoula location as one Of the pref
test spots in the state, and the SOIL
perfectly adapted to the making of good
turf, which is the essential feature in
making d good .,olf course. The links
are situated w the university an
the Missoula river, IN a beautiful piece
of bench ground. surroundings of which
are endowed with natures greatest beau
ties and wonders in the way of farms.
forest and covered mountains and
streams. The first teeing ground is with
in ten minutes walk of the center of
the city, and after the first tee is
reached the play is due east towards
Hell Gate. canyon and a little to the left
OF Centennial peak. The first hole lies
4T0 yards from the starting point, where
the course is very narrow, andss guard
ed on either side by al roads, which
acts as hazards, and playing over the
road and out of bounds penalties them
one stroke to bring the ball back in
bounds. a few yards to the next teeing
ground and the play is to the south
to the next hole, which is 225 yards dis
tance. There is a road hazard about
sixty yards in front of tee with a NUN"
ctt vi DoulliGlS Oh lit ICIl w lap d
pulled shot, and a fence and long grass
to trap a sliced ball. There is a wide
%irrigating ditch with banks of dirt and
rock on both sides a distance of IS var
in front of the green, but back of the
green rough ground and boulders. The
third teeing ground is close to a f.
acting as a side boundary on the right.
and on the left an irrigating ditch traps
a pulled ball. There is a mound and a
road 210 yards from the tee, which must
be carried on the second shot. The
green is just short of a ditch guarded
on the far side by rough long grass and
WI ms. The length Of the hole is some
thing like 355 yards.
A few yards back to the fourth teeine
ground and the play is in a northerly di
r%ection; the irrigating ditch 100 yards
away should be carried on the drive
There is a fence on the right with ground
under cultivation, which penalties a slicet
ball. but a good drive will lane the bal
on fair ground. About 220 yards from tn
tee there is a sudden drop in the GROUND
of 20 or 25 feet, and just beyond this theirs
is a another wide ditch, which require.
a good brassie shot to carry. The greer
is in a circle Of mounds of earth about q
yards on the other sid of this ditch. TIL
j hole is 300 yards long. The fifth 'teein,
ground is on the top of a bench of groun!
the play in a northerly direction toward
the river. A ditch and large ounds O
earth about 10 yards away must be car
ried on the drive in order to land on fa1
ground. 1t is guarded on both sides b.
mounds of earth and rock for a distanc
-, of some 215 yards. A little beyond this i
another mound of earth running acros
the line of play, which should be carried
on the second shot; a pulled ball will b.
penalized by dropping into another dltcl
on the side of the course, and a sliced bal
will be caught in long grass and whins
About 100 yards in front of the greer
. there is another sudden drop in the lam
of about 20 to 25 feet, which is inclined t
be rocky. A few yards beyond this drop il
the ground is a small cree with shrubber,
and small trees on both sides where tn
ground is a tritle sandy. There is a sud
den rise in the ground upon which tn
putting ground is situated, and from thl
point you get a very pretty view OF tn
river and surrounding country. From
here an ~overplayed approach is liable t
run on the beach, and If played too hard