The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
GOLF LINKS AT THE SPRINGS.
sporty Course Opened at Excelsior
SPRINGS, Mo-, for Play.

springs, Mo-, for Play.
Kansas City Star: A gold course
having all the features of the origi.
nal st. Andrews in Scotland where
the play is lin the air" will soon be
opened near Excelsior Springs. You
may take your sticks and go over
there now and learn the plays: the
hfty acres have been moved and roll.
ed and raked and the holes put in.
The actual play, however, will not be-
gin before July Is, but those who In.
tend to avail themselves OF the week
end outing may go now. Particularly
IL the course open to hotel guests.
The Excelsior Springs golf course
is owned by the English syndicate
headed by DR.. w. A. Bell, which
means that money Is to be used free.
ly to make 1t first class place to
play. II was laid out by the Chicago
expert, Tom Bendelow, and Is in the
charge OF Fred Il. King, profession.
al, with a reputation as a player and
organizer.
The course Is one mile from the 81.
loan spring. directly east of the New
Elm hotel and one.half mile from the
end OF a paved street. 1t is inter
spersed with water courses and trees
and has the undulating characteristics
which Scotchmen consider first
consideration. The land has an ex-
cellent stand of blue grass and never
has been used except for pasturage
Bendelow says the $3.50 yards as laid
out will call for the best skill and
yet will not discourage beginners.
There are nine holes, but the syndi-
cate has reserved fifty-five acres ad-
joining for the other nine when re-.
quired.
Water has been piped to the grounds
so that as soon as the clubhouse is
finished the players may have show
ers and buffet luncheon. In the mean
while a farmhouse, now being re-
stored, will be used as a shelter and
locker house.
There are several springs on the
property and the best Of drinking wa.
ter from deep well on high ground.
The altitude exposes the players al
ways to every breeze that blows. The
site OF the clubhouse commands a
view of the eastern part of Excelsior
Springs, in the south the Missouri
river can be seen and at night the
lights Of Kansas City are visible.
Tennis courts are to be laid out near
the clubhouse.
King, the professional, has worked
with Bendelow of Chicago and other
experts. He has been laying out
courses and equipping clubhouses for
more than seven years. He holds the
record for par play at Elmhurst Golf
club, Chicago, where he made the nine
holes in thirty-eight, against of the
bogie of forty-two. Recently he re-
modelled the grounds and clubhouse
of the Kokomo Country club, Kokomo,
Ind.
I'm three weeks" Mr. King said last
night, this course will be in payable
condition. Next year it will be as
fine as any in the country. Golf on
this course through the fair green's
must be played in the air. The rea-
son Americans do not beat Scotch.
men is that Americans play over fair
greens that are smooth and get rolls
for their distances. The Scotchman
plays the only perfect golf, because
all his plays are in the air over woods
and ravines and he takes his chances
for little rolls. | believe this will
prove TO be popular course because
of the variety of the ground and the
natural hazards"