The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
ANDREW CARNEGIE GOLFING.
ONE or 4 HOST TO OPEN TINE
SEASONS GAMES.

Married Wen Beat bachelors ~ Richmond
County CIub-OpenInE Monthly Han
dIcap at DSker MeadOw--HaZards At
Marine and Field Improve Links.
II wa general opening day on the golf
courses hereabOuts yesterday and April
handed out one OF il bargain days for the
game There were two or three competl-
lions with an army Of casual players ont
everywhere to Timber M after the relaxing
DAYS Of winter But for the odd patches Of
bright new grass as distinct in their brighter
green as chcckerboard squares on the older
turf. the links throughout the VI. q. A. round
looked In summer verdure. and. while not
rolled and pounded hard. the putting greens
were too good TO be held re- ponslblc for all
, Of the missed puts. That trees and bushes
are still bare is \ detau Of no consequence
to the golfers. for they have eyes only for
. the lie and the flight Of the ball. To them
It was time to chorus the spring song.
mound Of earth that suggests gigantic
mole burrow now crosses the links Of the
Marine and Field dub At Bath Beach II
covers the sewer pipes to drain that section
and adds two fine hazards, which improve the
round at no cost to the club one has to be
played on the approach to the fourth hole and
the other carried from the eighth tee and here
the earth Ia a six foot bunker. new bunker
has been put in for the second shot 10 the
first green and all Of the stones have been
taken of the fair green TO the ninth hole.
viii Hughes. who has been in England for
the winter was on hand TO reopen the season
golf steward yesterday and Tom Gourley.
the veteran, was In charge as professional.
There were some twenty members out for in
formal play. II was very windy, which gave
Oscar Woodward occasion 90 golf in automo-
bile goggles lie finds II helps his eyesight
20 wear the blinkers when a cold wind is
blowing, and this benefit squares of the odd
appearance. in his opinion. Of the gglamps
and dust shields
Andrew Carnegie played AZ ST. Andrews
in a friendly match with William =. Hawk
who is just back from a tour through Mexico
and Cuba with Henry Phipps. There we're
fOrty-two Of the members al Chauncev IN
all. among them J. b. Thomas and John Reid,
present and former presidents Of St Andrews
DR.. Rogers. Dixon Boardman, Dr. Simpson
W. r. Innis, r. BaRe Kerr and X. II Robert
son, eN-president Of the United States Golf
Association. There have been several very
advantageous minor changes made in the
course. but no radical ones since last fall
such the removal OF certain trees which
have been an annoyance. and an extra num-
Der Of drains have been put in, which makes
the fair green much dryer and more play
able than 1t has ever been before al this early
date.
Z
and his team are willing to make AFFIDAVIT
are the best greens in this ueRhborhOod
are to he treated TO dressings Of sea sand
This will thin them out to an extent and be
an improvement. as they have always IN
the past been too heavy. thick and over
grown with clover in midsummer The first
monthly handicap will be- on Saturday next
There was the first turnout OF the season
N the Fox Hills Golf Club and the course is
nj
which Ia good news as the NJ G.. A cham
pionship will begin there on May q. and the
members want everything TO be ready for IT,
Al Garden City. Crescent A. C.. Apawamis
EnRlewood EsscN County MoBtclar. Bal
tursol and WestChester the playing was
especially brisk and every one WAS satisfied
that the season had opened in earnest
Inc fine weather brought the first rush
Of the season to Van tortlandt Park and
a. many Of the visitors did not know that
the eighteen hole course had been closed
Tor n rest there was a crowd to be- headed
on AZ the first tee on the arrival Of every
the temporary course on the parade ground
The full course will probably be ready on
Saturday. a. the turf is coming W thick and
Golf was so enjoyable at the Dyker Meadow
Golf Club Yesterday that some Of the mem
bers had TO race their automobiles to get
home in time for dinner. The event VS.
the first, OF seven monthly handlcaps, for
fist and second prizes, IN which also tho
club championship in November The
results:
Frank Lyman o. ISL; C. J. CrookAn, 90. q 81
4 /. Bates, %, s.%. v. 2 Gsddcs. -, 5-ss r p
Powers ~ ii-ss. I. J. phillips, vi $3.50, Wealth.
etby %, 5-s9. J. G. Butts. los iae7 Daniel Chaun.
ccy, 20. ! %; Charles Adams. loi, I? a.: y, 7.
MADDEN. Jr., ~ le-ao T 81 HON, iO6, ~; H. q
Duvd Hi, 2j-96
In the final count OF cards on the winter
cup j. T. Butts figured as the winner, with
q = ha has he
match between the married and single
members was the initial play OF the season
at the Richmond County Country Club. These
we're the scores:
Married Charles T. Stout, captain. Q: OTIS L.
Williams Q; c. 4 Blygh. o; J. z. fAber, is. ".
Davis, Q; A. Du Bois g. a. g. Brunler, o; W. y.
+ Weaver X ES sSTT.f fG'RRi SaISd
= single gHf r Tbom rSt o. &. " Tan,or, oJc
bSIslord saPSsnE O. now %stonT +
W h,oIis! q Prank l, hugheS O. A., w: johnson,
Morrison. 2 Total q,
LAKEWOOD, April s. -Honors in the Country
Clubs golf handicap to-day were taken by
two Piushprg golfers. J. = Byers won both
81, SIS. Dawson Lloyd OF PittsbuTg brought
In the next best card. his net score being 10.
}. 2, Byers, a.. 5-7s: Dawson Lloyd. ~. s-7e
4 bs1 Tt,6. o. 10 90 Jasper LynSa' vs. Isl
Mcclure. %. u u 81 O. Bsusfson, Il, SO
tofd isSs, o. as h suy dam Ian Is q. io e. D.
Coles, l@; 10 -. R W Houghton, ~, ~ - Philip
Rhlnelander, lot i6-8 =. 5. Wheeler, -, lo-9
George Wor'hington. zoe, i7-ao; a. C. Soper
PINEHvRsT, April "a special scratch