The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22

| sAoco o. lar tnat there Is no COnuelitiOH u
II. AS soon as you strike the while rubble
walk which leads to the clubhouse you &C.
knowledge this. The grass Is greener here
ess There are ana
ana are growing finely. Flowers. tulips
lilies. crocuses. ETC.. are beginning to
the clubs flowers. All through the groves
are pillars unfolding flower boxes. The
roads are white as marble. The sod Is greer,
as can be The waters are all pure as y
Uttered. Everything. despite the builders
litter, Is spick and span, clean aId clever
Inc entire avenue is being renovated 1t
| Is now clear strip OF white soil in an
ocean of green velvet. The avenue no
longer confines its circle 10 the front OF
| the house. 1t runs all round 1t. Its white
sand chousles the green grass on one side
ana bubbles up against the weather board
ing, on the other. A huge bed of tulips
makes the lawn in front OF the door beau
tiful. Along the avenue run long narrow
peds or crocuses. tulips. sncwdrops. v1o-
iets etc. They climb the trees. stand in
boxes. are all over the place. 1t will he
true fairNland two months hence
1t Is sweet SOIL Glen Echo. Its turf may
not be as old a. parts or Normandle. hence
rot so strong. 81 II is sweeter and evener.
1t Ia not az close as the Country CLUB
able.
the same old hCie .iti its hard-to-pisch-
and-stay-on green. Still IL will pass. II is
a drive and pitch. hut the green ever
lastingly does slope away into precipice.
No. 2. a fine two full of raps. a hole where
strong play can find vent Nos. ; and are
the same az of old So is No ). though Il
Is having It's green bscked up and trap
bunker laid beyond i.-excelien; judgment.
indeed. No. is still a round, ugly. slip
peg hole-the slope-off on hiliside-and
Is poor putting. indeed. and worse approach
lilS. The hole Is an eyesore to splendid
course; No. still affords the PLAYER a
nasty hanging lie for his second shot, which
must go into the face of very sharp hill.
1t Is beautifully clothed in grass just now
c, No is across the pond IN ~, front CT the
ragged. No. 10 shows what improvement In
grass and sod. No. II Is much improved
No Il is also much improved in soil and
sod. The green has been we'll backed M
AMI soddfd ard the deep bunker behind il
serves the double purpose Of catching over
shots on No. Il and pulled shots on No. .
II /; good golf management, this bunker.
No. IL is the same old hcle-across til. paad
and up the hill nice drive and pitch. No.
IA IS much improved. the green being larger
green put I'm and will be much better hole
than 1t was last wear when it was almost
impossible to pitch ball on it or get It to
stay on after being pitched. so steep and
bare was the green.
NEW GREEN FOR LAST HOLE.
Nos. 1S and II are as of old. No. IS is
peins treated TO a magnificent new green
E fI,ay my my yards SQUARE. President Nc
grass.
EVERY tee Is being enlarged and so ided
Inc course Is raked up and ve-y clean for
the season. There is scarce a yard of wild
ground on the links. Even ground Off the
course IS under cultivation and manure
Inc place reflects great credit on Mr. Nc
Grew. Its president. founder and general
manager Mr.. McGrew is Glen Echo in as
iar as he gives all his spare time and atten-
non to it, He conceived the Idea of found
ing the club and did>most of the work of
organizing and locating 1t.
robert Fouls the professional has done
me work on the course. AS far as soil and |
texture OF grass goes 1t is about his best |
course In st. Louis. The greens are NOT so
loosely erased as those of the Country
SluD, but the verdure in them ia more en-
1uring as 1t Is blue grass. while the Country
ci9D greens fun to clover which will mot !
endure through the hot weather Not as
large as the Normandie greens or as NAT
S = the fair green at Glen Echo is much
uetter all through. The course though nv
NO means has the perfect situations Of soma
or or the Nc nandie holes. II It were moi for
sne Zlszalsing Of the Nos TO- II and 70 NJ |
! ormandie and the laughable Disposition Of
Nos. IA and 16 with tees of Nos. is and II |
noInanaie would come close TO, as far as
general topography goes. being a first-cIass
Ihere Is a world of water m th. two
1 beauty. NNe 20 eef fanny