The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-01
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@uFtegraas FfuHet writes.

T. " Macdonald. after n Neeh IN london.
has gone ~ Paris. aud 10 aoiaua a. Versailles
~ W nest ~ visit The championship links
IN Scotland and ENGLAND to mshc u study
NJ the holes best adapted ~ tho ideal links
Macdonald and hia millionaire associates
have planned Tor tong island A. the British
amateur championship comes Nv May NJ
itoyiake. n IA posaible that Macdonald mas
take part. ~ he ls not due 10 frtufn until
June Golf IA hot scenery and the only
features 90 be reproduced here are not Inv.
possible ones. f1r they viii b. the buhkefa
and most Interesting qualities ~ the holes
selected In many Instances n will bs possible
IN even reproduce thu confsuration " tho
holes without = Too great expenditure, Money
however. IL not 10 be considered In the max
ing NJ tho ideal course.
II the course IL 90 ba In play by next spring
~ promised by Macdonald, the ad vancs
work Of preparation should be- well advanced
by this June and the soil made ready for
the remodelilnR. The work will be an In
terestinR problem In landscape gardening.
and, given time and the wherewlthal 10 pay
the bills, the landscape artists may be trusted
to effect any TRANSFORMATION called for by
the drafts and specifications made by Mac
donald on tho British links. The time limit
In this case seems too brief and will be the
only stumbling block TO the completion. OF
the course for play at the season promised,
As outlined the new club Is TO have q MEM
as d starter. and additional members are to
pay 500 each as initiation fee. That Mac
donald has gone TO the British links on
schedule time should indicate that he has
the membership secured. and possibly an
option on the land needed. He has kept
the location Of the course a secret, II II has
been. selected at all. Notes OF his dolnRs
on the British links will be looked for by
American golfers.
Nothing has been done about the changes
suggested In the Garden City Golf Club links
and on which a circular letter has been sent
by the green committed 10 each member.
There has been no general meeting TO discuss
the projects. and nothing will now be done
City green committee, sends word from Ireland
that he favors the alterations. He says:
j thoroughly approve OF the whole pro-
Eramme.. All the other first class links about
of making the course a real test of golf. We
have done nothing for three years. The
changes will be, In line with what is the gen.
orally accepted theory of bunkering golf
courses in Great Britain, that Is, plenty OF
trouble on the sides OF links to catch mac
ourate play, whether IL be long or short.
such bunkers. though. are really In favor
OF the short accurate player as against the
long inaccurate one. Bunkers on the sides
Of a course at critical points where mis-
takes are often made are also preventives
of congestion, as a ball can be readily found
in a nd bunker that otherwise would run
on Il o ong grass and be hidden"
The annual meeting OF the New York Golf
Club will be held at the Hotel Aston on
Wednesday evening, March 2. The nominat-
ing committee names "a managers Tor three
years Edward G. Robinson. William Z. Trull,
Jr., Louis X. Taylor, Justus NJ. SCrahord ana
John Clingen and as manager for one year
Alexander J. Watson,