Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-09
ARDSLEY OFFERS TEN CUPS TO GOLFERS

the handicap of the competitors in
force at the time of their qualifying.
In par and match play handicaps
two-thirds of the regular club (medal
play) handicap is allotted, dropping
fractions of less than one-half, and
counting all fractions of one-half or
over as a stroke. In four-ball matches
one-third of the combined handicap of
the partners is allotted. Holes on
which strokes are to be taken are
shown on the score card. In all match
play rounds of club competitions
stymies must be played.
The next big tournament in the met
ropolitan district will be that of the
Fox Hills Golf Club, of Stapleton, S. L.,
which will be held this week on Thurs
day, Friday n Saturday. The club
has an excellent eighteen-hole course,
Which Is not nearly so full of traps
and bunkers as Garden City, and the
average golfer has a far better chance
to make a score of which he need not
feel ashamed.
The new national golf course at Shin
necock, laid out by Charles B.. Mac
donald. and generally regarded as the
ideal gold course of the world, will be
opened this season to the golfing
public. 1t is not a case of having one
or two ideal holes. as is the ease on
many of the most famous courses
abroad, but of having eighteen ideal
holes, each a counterpart of some hole
of worldwide renown The total
length of the course is 6,270 yards, the
first nine being 1904 yards. and the Sec
ond nine 3,206 yards. The par is 1914,
the outward journey being 36h and the
inward 81. The official distance for
each hole and the par for the same is
as follows: First, $50 yards, par A.;
second, 230 yards, par az; third, 377
yards, par 4; fourth, 1876 yards, par 3;
fifth. 466 yards, par 5; sixth, 140 yards,
par 3; seventh, 456 yards, par s; eighth,
$50 yards, par 4; ninth, 500 yards. par 5;
tenth. 410 yards, par 4; eleventh., APO
yards, par Az; twelfth, 1856 yards, par 4;
thirteenth, $50 yards, par 8; fourteenth,
800 yards, par 4; fifteenth, BAL yards,
par 4; sixteenth, 400 yards, par AZ;
seventeenth, 80 yards, par 4; eigh-
teenth, AGO yards, par S. The first hole
Is so thoroughly bunkered that the
long player, who takes the greatest
risk. has but a slight advantage over
the shorter and less player.
Great accuracy Is required NJ matter
how the hole is played. The second
hole is modelled after the famous "Sa-
hara." at Sandwich. while the third
hole is a reproduction of the ALPS" at
Pristwick. The fourth hole is a re-
plea of the "Redan," at North Ber-
wick. The line of play or the fifth hole
lies on what is known in golf parlance
as a hogs back" with q slope to both
right and left. The sixth hole repro
duces the short hole at Brancaster.
The seventh hole is modelled after the
seventeenth at st. Andrews. The eighth
and ninth holes are both heavily bum
kered and great accuracy is required
to avoid an endless amount Of trouble.
The tenth hole is modelled much oil the
order of the thirteenth at Muirfield,
especially in the bunkering of the put
ting green. The famous hazard Of the
principals Nose" is reproduced on
the eleventh hole. The twelfth hole is
very sporty, and in digging some of
the sandpits several Indian skeletons
were unearthed. The thirteenth hole
Is an exact copy of the eleventh at st.
Andrews, with its upward slope of the
green md the "strath," "Shiily" and
"Hill' bunkers, with q deep pit behind
the green, to represent the Eden. There
will also be a water hazard in from
of the tee. The fourteenth hole is the
most marvellous on the course. as there
is a stretch of 2S0 yards of water over
the lower end OF Bullshead Bay from
the tee to the fair green on h oppo-
site shore. The bay narrows as 1t goes
south, so the line of play is. as q rule,
down along the west bank of the bay
on the drive and across tha water to
the green on the second shot, as but
few players will try to carry the water
from the tee. The fifteenth hole, with
it's fine teeing ground, is called the
"Narrows,' and unless a straight line
is kept there Is no end to trouble. There
are three deep punch bowls on the
sixteenth hole to the right and left of
the line of play. The seventeenth hole
is copied to a large extent after a
amous hole on the Leven course. The
eighteenth hole is all uphill. fully
equipped with difficult hazards.
On the Essex County Country Clubs
links at West Orange Thursday at 3
o'clock there will be a kicker's handicap
for ladies', to be played over fifteen
holes. The entrance fee will be 81. Mrs
Adrian Riker and Mrs. Percy Ingalls,, of
the golf committee, ask that names be
sent to them by Wednesday.