New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
GOLF AT APAWAMIS.
THE PICTURESQUE COURSE AT RYE AND
SOME OF IT'S ATTRACTIVE FEATURES
WOMEN AN IMPORTANT FAC
TOR IN CLUB LIFE.

There are few golfers in this part of the conn
try who have paid visit at one time or another
the Apawamis links at Rye. 1t is distinctly
show" course-this popular little golfng stretch
among the Westchestar Hills The championship
contests of the Metropolitan Golf Association have
been held there, and some of the shrewdest Judges
have pronounced il the best in the country.
But while visitors always welcome. the club
has never courted notoriety. Its chief support
comes from people of settled means who have
esta blished their country homes In that part OF
Westchester and in the life that centres about the
links there is a simple charm not often 1ound In
the so-caed wealthy golf clubs Home OF the
oyster is the meaning Of the clubs name, Apa-
wants, the term having descended from the old
Indian tribe that used to inhabt the land where the
links now lie. George S Dearborn is one OF the
leading spirits the organization and is Its presl-
dent R. T. Wainwright is vice-president Sidney
A. Lawton secretary, J. Lawrence Pool treasurer
and Maturin Baou captain.
The work Of bringing the ground to its present
delightful perfection Is monument to the energy
and patience of its builders Any one familiar with
the abrupt contour of Westchester County, It's
swamps and woody ridges, it's stone walls and
pebby bitches, will realize what ii has been to
transform unclaimed waste of 1898 to the pres
upholstered stretches 1t was in June. 1882 that
the club first assumed the dignity of an eighteen
hole circuit
WILLIE" DAvIs's WORK.
willie" Davis who had enjoyed remarkable sue
cess in laying out the Newport course. was secured
ct that time as resident professional and to-day
he is able to point with pride TO the changes
wrought under his watchful eye. When Nardon,
the English ex-champion. visited this country
year ago, he made tour Of the grounds, and pro-
nounced them the best he had seen. That they con-
tained sharper tests than even he was able 10
is shown by the fact that 20 and 50 were the
best records he could make. In fact. one has
been able cope with Davis himself in this respect
for the Apawamis professional enjoys the dis
tirction of holding the record al rs. The record for
amateurs belongs to young c. II. Seeey, who
created much surprise in the metropolitan cham
pionshp by defeating Travis IN the sem-fnals
Seeley's score stands 81. Note again that Apa-
wants measures 6,2o5 yards in actual playing dis
tance, and it will be what kind OF golf these
figures
The clubhouse is within easy access of New-York
and is one of the few that their own courses
The property is the old Charles Park farm. and
the rolling land, of which had been used
pasturage for decades, has yielded to the making
OF a firm but sprngy turf. The course IS laid out
over 120 acres. and originally planned by
Tom Bendelow. formerly superintendent at the
public links in Van Cortlandt Park. Nature has
dealt out her blessings lav.shly in this part OF
Westchester. and with the graceful stream that
runs pcturesquey across part OF the grounds