The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22
GOLFERS PREPARE FOR EARLY
AND BRILLIANT SEASON OF PLAY
Country Club Is Constructing New Eighteen Hole
: mandie Park and Has Bright Prospects Glen
Rebuilt It's Clubhouse and Has Beautiful
Field Club in Quandary.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Golfers found the fine weather of last
week driving them to furnishing up old
clubs. ordering new ones. overlooking old
shoes and old clothes. and digging up old
balls. An early spring will see local golf
ers afleld by April !. which is early. in
deed even for ST. Louis
The fine weather gave the grass quite a
shove along. On all the older courses, the
Country. Field and Glen Echo courses, the
grass is very green and forward. The soil is.
to be sure. quite sodden. but week or SO
of fine weather will make 1t springy. resil-
lent and delightful. The putting greens are
very forward everywhere, particularly at
the Country Club.
COUNTRY CLUB MAKING NEW LINKS.
The latter organization is busy clearing
out the little triangular field north OF the
North and South road. The field is to con-
tain two holes of the new 1s-hole course,
which is now under construction. The en-
tire aspect OF the old course has been
changed
No. l hole now runs closely along the
wood to the right of the old course going
toward the North and South road. The
fence between this wood and the course
has been moved back about fifty feet The
new No. lies about fifty yards in front of
the old No. 2 tee. The new No. calls for
a seventy-f1ve-yard crack to carry the
North and South road. The green is away
up in the face, of the hill under the Belt
Line tracks. 1t seems that the creek which
runs across the field will have to be closed.
drive would invariably find It. and it
could not be carried on the fly.
No. will be a ninety-yard drop or the
hill fha crack fnf mic re t,oe sin,
of a green behind the old No. tee. This is
a very pretty hole. indeed. Evers, the
ground man. said yesterday that he was
going to drain the creek, and put In a
bunker to protect this green. II the
creek would retain water through the dry
months 1t would look prettier and be
sportier than a bunker.
No. tee is north Of the North and South
road. The green is the old No. ard the
play exactly similar, save that the new tee
is back across the road, forty yards behind
the old one.
New No. is old No. 4, only pushed over
a good bit TO the right. The ground slopes
sharply away from the drive into ugly
washouts. and the slope OF the ground tends
to throw the ball Off the course to the right.
Heaven help a slicer 1t is bad-iooking.
fair green. The putting green is stuck away
back on the Clayton road and I'D in a cor
ner. There is Tot of hard and expensive
work to be done on this hole before II will
be playable.
ONLY BRASsIE SHOT ON COURSE.
No. is old No. pushed over against the
Clayton road. 1t affords the only brassie
shot on the new eghteen-hole course 1t is
very close to the road. Slicers will be in
trouble. The green is very fine here
No. is old No. s. without alteration The
new No. tee is the old No. 4. The new
green is just across the hill, where wide
slices used to go in the old days. 1t is Just
careful iron shot onto a green that slopes
away. No. turns up across Tribulation |
Guich. The green Is not far from the /!
northern end of the bunker which cross |
old No. or is just where the old No. 8 |
green was In McNamara's days 1t is a |
foil drive no more. No. 10 goes right back |
up the hill, almost to the old No. green.
1t is just a drive and an iron The drive |
should go close to the railroad track 1t |
is nasty hole, as the railroad Gu. is very |
wide end deep enough at this point and
half the hill bare and washed out II a bali
hits the wires or poles a player has very
slight chance to recover.
No. II runs from the bunker in front of
old No. to the old No. s green near the
Lone Oak tree 1t is drive and an iron.
The lay Of the land takes the ball away /
from the player and down to the railroad
track. It is the other side Of the "sow's
back Of which No. is one other side.
No. II tee is near the old third green. The
green 10 old No. 2. 1t is a spoon shot right
Town a very ACKNOWLEDGED hill, with a run
over green. the difficult old No. . APP
preached IN n more difficult manner.
No. Is 10 really fine hole. It runs from
I'D Nc. 2 to the tree which was IA the GEN.