New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
DAVE HONEYMAN IN FORM
Plays Brilliant Golf on Course o1
Forest Hill Field Club.
LINKS IN GOOD CONDITION
Accessibility to Manhattan and
Warm Days Bring Out Mem
bers in Force.

Although trife early for record scoi'"s
In golf. Dave HQneyman. the new protes-
sional at the Forest Hill Field Club has
already developed midseason form. Prac-
tically every round he makes is better thsn
so, and the other day the far driving oco,
reeled off consecutive scores OF 90 and ~.
This kind Of golf has greatly impressed the
members. who are beginning 80 wonder
what kind Of a showing he will make In
the metropolitan open championship tour
nament 10 be held at Englewood in July.
SO far as the Forest Hill Field Club is
concerned, it may be said that few golf Or
ganzations In the metropolitan district are
so accessible 10 New Workers. With the
arrival Of real sprirglike weather those
members who either do business or reside
in this city are taking advantage Of their
opportunities by getting In afternoon
rounds. an undertaking. by the way, which
does not necessarily consume the entire
afternoon.
Many Forest Hill member leaves his
office In the middle OF the afternoon, yet
manages to reel of eighteen holes before
dark. The reason that this IS possible lies
In the fact that the course in question is
only forty minutes from Broadway. For
New Yorker the best way 70 reach the
links is TO take one OF the Hudson tube
trains to the Erie station in Jersey City
and then board a train for Soho. on the
Greenwood Lake branch. The Soho stop
enables a person to drop off practically on
the home green, within a hundred feet OF
the clubhouse. AL trains do not stop there.
but II is an easy matter TO get of at Forest
| Hill which is only about a FIVE minutes
walk down the track.
During the season when the weather is
fine the train that arrives at the links at
2:23 is popular with the members. as It
gives ample time for eighteen holes, and
also chance TO get back to the city, II
they so desire. for dinner. Those. OF course,
who i've in Jersey and wish to reach
Newark or the Oranges can do so by
means OF the trolley, which is close at
hand.
These are busy days at Forest Hill. as
much in the way Of improvement Is making
, In the clubhouse. as well as on The links
The dining room is being renovated and
the cafe altered so as TO better meet the
demands. and so rapid has been the
progress that Il is expected that every
thing will be completed within the next
two weeks.
Out on the course the aspect changes for
the better with each succeeding day. Dave
Honeyman, the professional, has the men
hard a. work building tees and tending
| TO the greens, which give promise Of be-
ing better covered than ever this season.
4 lite later a number Of additional traps
will be dug. but as the course abounds In
natural trouble the committee feels that
no great haste is necessary in this d.
rection.
AS II is at present the outward Journey
covers a playing length Of about 5000
yards The incoming nine holes are con-
siderablv shorter and provided the player
keeps on the line he should be able TO get
a low card 4 round OF the course, how
ever. IS always more or less Of gamble,
due largely 70 the existence OF four ra-
vine holes. While short-merely mashie
shots for the average golfer-the green's
arc so we'll guarded as TO make the least
kino of q mistake costly. Then again. ss
the season advances and the rough as
srmes more formidable proportions the
penalty for wildness becomes more severe
The competitive season will begin ON
| april 20.