New-York tribune., 1908-08-23

will be possible to get the water at tne snort
est angle with carry Of one hundred yaros, W
that will leave the golfer to make oii'c"ie ~
proach Brilrancy will be rewarded where the
player successfully brings OF 2oo-yaro carry 40
the natural trend OF the ground Will cause .. w w
to work over toward the green. The totai olstahce
is about $50 yards and, far as is known, thele "
exact duplicate to be found anyWhefe On e
side Of the Atlantic. A by no means uhh'eieS'ins
Characteristic of this hole is that the green Is sur
rounded by water three sides Ii mas oeeh oui.
SO as TO project into the bay and when the eiue 10
high the water rises to within few inches OF 'ie
level Of the green.
One of Mr. Macdonald's favorites Is the seventh
or punchbowI hole. 1t is'about 400 yarus-JuSt
capital two shots for the average player, proVioen
all aoes we'll From the tee on high ground the
PLAYER will be able to see the nag on the green ou
a drive of at least two hundred yards VIII DC io
qured to place the golfer In position TO carry
high bunker and reach the green The sioes ol ''le
latter rise up something like the crater OF
The first tee is scarcely more than nashie SIN
from, tho nresent sixteenth tee of the old Shinhe-
cock course The hole is 410 yards, and extehdS
in northerly direction toward Cold Spring oaS.
The direction of the second hole Is northeas'' 'e
rising ground most of the way, ana the ois'an0o
is 4so yards. The same direction continues "
third hole which is 80 yards. the green oeiiis o
q nIateau The sixth hole is $50 yards, ana d soo
drive will carry ones ball safely over marsh iaio
The line of play is along Bulis Head p"S
rolling green II Is matter OF $50 yarus 'o 'i
,entb the ground being almost as unduatng as
the sea itself. There is to be a bunker 10 'he N
and another at the right hand corner OF the sreen
In going to this hole the short player Will iii'u -
safer to keep well to the right.
The fourteenth hole, the longest on lho
extends in northeasterly direction for %" yaiu'
From the tee on a hill the line of play carries oie
over = sharp knoll Good direction VIII De neceS-
sarv all the way and the green is roliIhs' AHs
seventeenth tee is in low ground and sooo
drive VIII carry the ball well over a swamp. Inc
distance Is 1856 yards, and there are pits, on two
sides of the green. The eighteen holes or the CIR
emit have now been described, and II the distances
were to be footed up they would De iounu " 80, 80.
e25 going out and 30I2 home, for grand 'o'ai
of 6z7e yards.
feature of this course will be its liberal supply
of tees The plan Is to have three tees ioi
hole and In some instances they VIII pe -
siderable distance apart, as at the~seFeh'e
where a second is being built to the rleh' anu
considerably higher than No. l. There Is no. q
a., erreen On the course. and what is more, they
are all different In some cases traps appeaA ~
the greens themselves which means fhat eA'ia
Judgment will have to be exercised on lne op
proaches 1t will be advisable TO put win Z"
borrow on most of the green's
Uh;Ie the uneven nature of the country makes
an occasional blind hole necessity, eo,,rsa th
places from which an excellent view OF tne coui %
can he obtained For instance, when stanoliis o
the eleventh hole 1t is possible TO see eieFe 80
greens Taking 1t all In all, 1t VIII DC -
calculated suit the average prayer as ss+
the scratch man. The crackajack IN ms eii ~
.. hreak a record will be likely TO attempt 700
much and fail utterly, and IN that way meet "o
cot ot the hands of the ninety man. who realzes
his ou,n capability and plays accordingly "A hdpps
blending of the physical and mental will prove inc
winning combination when play begins next suiii-
mer at the National Golf Links OF America