The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
Glen Echo Club Will Put in Many
New Bunkers on its
Course.

WRITTEN FOR H SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Glen Echo links. which is to be the in
ternational championship golf course next
year. is to undergo many improvements
before May /. 1901. Every green of the
eighteen has been repaired and is growing
grass. Owing to the employment of men
to weed the greens last spring. men who
did not know the difference between grass
and weeds. a deal OF grass came up Win
the weeds and the green's were pretty well
torn to pices. So the Greens Committee
resolved to make a thorough job OF 1t. dug
UP and resolved all the greens with im-
ported seeds. and top dressed them with
the very finest Of clay and loan.
The greens were also remodeled and en-
larged. The improvement has been very
great. Play Is now confined to temporary
green's. The fair green at Glen Echo IS
very much superior to the old putting
greens by which the first PLAYERS OF 81.
Louis were accustomed to mi
good. The temporary green's and tees
mako the course a bit shorter than IL
should be. but make very good goh.
Glen Echo is also putting In a wonderful
assortment Of new tees These are forty
feet SQUARE and lay all been soooeu'
Thus the championship players or Worio 5
Fair year will find a rare assortment io.
OF grass from which to drive. lhoueu
Norman Hunter and some OF the o2ioru
and Cambridge men. who were oNer "s'
summer said that they prefer the worn
tees Of England. the English profess
sionals who have played in America IKE
the grass tees, and speak as II they hao
never played on any others.
Indeed. the bare clay tee was supposed
70 be entirely American and due TO she
hot summers OF this country.
little flat-topped mounds of clay were the
fees to which the earlier generation OIL
golfers IN St. Louis were especlai.y &C
customed. They were wont TO ne quite
ashamed Of them and grew proud whe'
thew were superseded by the large grass
tee.
Members Of the Glen Echo Club also
nropose to erect six cottages between INC
clubhouse and the orphanage, which hes
70 the north of that structure. The loca-
ton ir a natural park. is admirably suiteo
for this purpose. The cottages Will De
erected on a hill. which slopes very grad
ually into the pretty pond which lies In
front of the clubhouse. Great oaks ana
eIms shade the proposed site OF the cot
taees and the foreground Is already made
beautiful by a very thorough bit OF land
acape gardening, in which evergreen
shrubs and flower beds abound. The green
houses of the club lie to the rear of the
proposed COTTAGES. 1t is indeed a most
admirable site.
The plan of the promoters Of the scheme
a. 90 have six members build the cot
taces. Each house will have five rooms
There will not be any kitchens. Occupants
of the cottages can lave their meals In
the clubhouse or have them sent to their
cottages. Thus club servants will attend
to the work of the cottagers. This VIII
do away with the servant question.
The money for the cottages has already
been promised. Murray Carleton. Don
Carlin, Albert B. Lambert, E. I. Camp
bell and other leading member Of thu
club will have cottages at Glen Echo.
John g.. Lowry, the tremendous driver
who is president OF Normandie Park Col
Club and its imposing stretches Of links
IS bent upon giving Worlds Fair visitors
who take an interest in golf, a finer links
if possible, thar they will find at Gler
Echo, on the other side Of st. Vincent's
divide. In the way Of green's Normandie
Park is more happily situated than 1t.
neighbor at the other side Of the great in.
sane asylum. Normandic's green did
9lendidly last summer. There Is moth
ing much to be asked Of the course fol
the twelve holes.
The eastern nalf dozen. however. have
been on ~unwontedly rough ground, where