The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
ON THE SAND LINKS
John w. See Says Visitors at Florida
Winter Resorts Are Golf
.: r~ Crazy. a. f..'s'-*.- ..
Putting Greens Of Clay Bother the
Northern Players Some
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John W. See of the Minikahda club,
who has just returned from Palm Beach,
Fla, where he spent the winter, says that
the residents and visitors It the southern
resorts are golf-crazy. - ,...a,.
dozens Of men at Palm Beach," said
Mr.. See, "played twice over the eighteen
hole course every day for weeks, one
round in the morning and one in the aft
ernoon. found that amount of exercise
too wearing, however, during the: hot
weather that prevailed this winter.
'The club at Palm Beach has a very
fine eighteen hole course. The ground
there is fine sand, and the palms are prac-
tically the only vegetation. In laying out
the course, however, the builders put a
thin layer of loan over the sand, and
planted species Of vine which, when cut
short makes a very acceptable sub
stitute for turf. The putting green's are
hard clay mixed with sand, and they are
very like a clay tennis court. A thin
layer of sand over the clay makes the
green fairly slow. When a ball is lofted
upon the putting green 1t Is likely to skip
off farther than the player expects. The
clay Is fine for putting, however, for the
green's are perfectly level, and direction
can be gauged very accurately, tho it is
hard to learn to- regulate the distance Of
your stroke"
Mr.. See and c. S. Bracket took part in
several of the tournaments at Palm Beach
during the winter, Mr.. Bracket winning
a handicap medal play contest.
r.. ''McElree Of the Exmoor club won two
cups in one day at Palm Beach, said Mr.
See. He was playing for the cup Of
fered for the Palm Beach championship,
and also for a special cup which, accord
ing to conditions, must be won twice be-
fore it became a players permanent prop
ertY. McElree and an eastern player
were in the finals for the championship
q r hoy nj tI,r4 u ~
had won the special cup once, SO that Nc
Elree captured both trophies by, the sin
gle game
Minikahda and Bryn Mawr golfers have
not yet been able to use the permanent
greens on their courses. Club contests
to select the club teams for ethis seasons
matches will be begun about the middle of
May. The monthly matches between the
Mnikahda and Town and Country clubs
will begin about the first of May.
There will be no qualifying round in
the western amateur golf championship
this year. Following the decision reached
by the executive committee of the United
States Golf association, the directors Of
the Western Golf association yesterday
voted that the British system would be
given a trial. The western women's s
championship, like the National, wiilsstill
be played with a qualifying round at
| medal play. -.
Dates for the championship were made
as follows: Ariateur-Euclid club. Cleye-
land, Ohio, in week beginning Aug. 8; open.
Milwaukee Country club, July 16 and II:
women's Exmoor country club, Highland
Park, Ill.,; in week beginning Aug. 81
The golf club Of Iowa Falls, Iowa, opens
the season on some of the finest links in
the state. The new officers OF the club
| just elected are as follows: President.
DR.. w. p. Burke; vice president, Dr..
Lewis B. Morton; secretary, Mrs. L. T..
! Jones; treasurer, G.. H. Burlingame.
These with the following members will
constitute the executive committee of tho