The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-11
GOLFING MATTERS GATHERED
FROM LINKS NEAR AND FAR

Western Golf association, Glenview Golf
club. Golf Ill.
championship. DollymOunt. Ireland.
Aug. Association team contest for
Olympic club, Chicago Golf club, Wheat
on, Ill.
Aug S-12-Amateur championship
United States Golf association, Chicago
Golf club. Wheaton. Ill
Sept. 1-4-Golf Club of Springfield, open
Sept. S-9-Championship Worcester
county. Worcester Golf club. =
l. Sept. 9-Bellvue Golf club, Melrose,
open amateur tournament.
Sept 9-Island club. Haverhill open
amateur tournament.
Sept. 14-16-open championship. Met
ropoiitan Golf association. Fox Hills Golf
club, Clifton 5. l.. y. Y.
Sept. 16-Commonwealth Golf club.
Chestnut Hill. open amateur tournament
Sept. 20-2l-Allston Golf club, open
amateur tournament.
IS SEPT 2l-22Iopen Gs7 championship Unit,
Sept. 21-23-Invitation tournament for
the Philadelphia cup of the Golf Associa-
ton of Philadelphia, Mount Airy Golf
Sept 23-vesper Country club. Lowell.
open amateur tournament
Sept. 25-30-Championship Massachu-
Setts Golf Association Country club,
Sept. 27-?S-St. Andrews. Scotland. au-
tumn meeting.
sept -o-oV-ODtn championship NrOI
Association of Philadelphia, Huntingdon
Valley Golf club. Noble. Pa
Sept. 29-Chestnut Hill Golf club, open
amateur tournament.
Oct. 3-1-Women's championship, Unit
ed States Golf association. Morris County
Golf club, Morristown. n. j.
Oct. 3-5-Walton Heath, Eng, profess
sional golfers association tournament.
Oct. 5-7-Philadelphia Cricket club,
Wissahickon Heights, invitation tourna-
ment.
Oct. Oakley Golf club. watertown.
open amateur tournament.
Oct. l4-Lexington Golf club. open
amateur tournament.
Oct. -20-Championship WOmen's G.
A. of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Cricket
club. Wissahickon Heights.
Oct 17-21-Champion intercollegiate G.
A. Garden City c.. c.
Oct. 19-21-Country club, Brookline
autumn meeting.
Nov. st. David's Pennsylvania. c. c..
invitation tournament for st. Davids
plate.
There is a movement in the west to
adopt the old "gutta' golf ball for tour
naments owing 10 the expensive cost
originally cost $3.50 a dqozen, and
was a good one. but now the new
ball costs 50 a dozen and golfers are ask
ing If IL is worth the price.
The Yale golf team this year will be
made up chiefly of A. NJ Reed. Max NJ.
Behr. Bruce ID. Smith. NJ. Z. Phelps. c.
AIucSudie. w r. ClOuSn Ji- and X. AD-
bott. The schedule OF the team matches
is as follows: April %, with New Haven
Country club. at New Haven; May 6,
with Hartford Golf club. at Hartford;
NOroton. Conn; May 20. with st. An
'drews Golf club. at Chauncey. n. Y:
June 3. with Fan River Golf club, at Fall
River. Mass; May p is an open date.
One of the best authorities on golf
| course building is John Duncan Dunn.
who has been in England for the last
gained in golf on this side of the water
If it is at all feasible" said Mr.. Dunn
in discussing the subject OF new golf
anyone who intends laying out a link to
obtain the services of some competent
professional mana man who has had
varied experience in mapping out courses.
II Is great saving later on If the course
\ is properly laid out in the beginning.
Where the ground is all good turf and
well drained the work is comparatively
simple. but these conditions are not usu-
ally found. and an experts advice as TO
the most advantageous layout is valuable
II the acres exceed so and the ground is
| fairly good. an is hole course may be
planned; if less than. say 30 or 90 acres,
never more than 3 holes should be at
tempted. Nine holes are, of course, much
less expensive to maintain than Is
For inland course grounds with sandy
| or gravelly subsOil should be soft: ground
with a clay bottom should be avoided.
| as IL always will be troublesome. II the
land is to- a great extent covered with
undergrowth and the surface is pretty
I level, one Of the speediest means OF get
ting IL in shape is TO plow it up with a
"scarifier." an implement with num-
ber of prongs. drawn by horses 1t
| usually makes short work OF preparing a
surface. The first consideration is to
determine the start and finish of the
round This should be near where the
| club house is TO be erected. II IL cuSto-
mary on nearly all golf courses to play
the round on the right going out and the
left coming in.
The first holes should be long and easy,
to let players get away soon. Any exist
ing formation such as a ravine, pit or
ponds. should be made the most of as
hazard. Never under any circumstances
let the lines OF the play cross. as there
is danger from flying golf balls. At each
hole the ground for a distance of 120
yards may be left rough to punish a
short or fooled drive. after which II
should be as good as the putting green.