New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
THREE GOLF H0LESJL0yT
That Is, to Deal Beach, as HOLM.
wood Buys Land.
OLD LINKS ARE REARRAnceo
Interstate Matches Betw.al
Massachusetts, and Rhode i,l.
and To Be Resumed

Two rival golf courses side by .ts. ,r
soon present a situation quite nov.f -
American golf. ~ is the result NJ -.
cent purchase on the part Of the WI.
wood Golf Club Of the George " von.-
estate, containing 100 acres and a bardss
bungalow, at Deal Beach. On thI. IN
erty are three notes.-the fourth s,,s
slxth-of the links OF the Deal cav. s.'.
Country Club. '8 ,].'a'u 'u
It had been feared for time tb,e ,L,.
might put an end TO Deal IN a eolS vss,,T.s
the three holes mentioned were frss.,x..
as among the best on the course. ,rsst,..s
fourth. considerably more than ss0o ,s..sl
M hill made ar ideal test for ths H..
shooters" while the fifth. connino b..,,
with the brook guarding tho green -
Plways regarded as fine two-shot hol.
The club would have been glad TO purchase
this land. but Young never cared to sci,
Plans for a Encouragement have alrssay
been drafted. however, and while the non,
eighteen hole circuit will total up a ,r5s.
less than formerly. the course will be ,ulv
as interesting. In the past II covered a
playing length Of close 10 $500 yards sb,,,
the new arrangement will be about 5000
There will be no alterations at the fr,.
and second holes, the third will be entirery
new, as the line Of play will carry the
golfer back To the Mari Pit TO blind
green. The length will be a trife mora
than 400 yards making a fine two.shot
hole The fourth will likewise he new,
though only q mashie shot over the Mari
Pit to the original twelfth green. From
there II will be but few steps to the Oh
eleventh tee. which will become the new
fifth The old third will become the sixh
but the seventh. eighth and ninth remain
untouched
The golfer then finds himself at the old
halfway house, as dear 10 the memory OF
Deal members as the main building down
by the lake. After playing the tenth bole,
as in the past, another entirely new hole
will be put in commission. The eleventh
tee will be built west of the tenth green,
with the line of play extending down in
the corner near the eighth green. The
road will then be crossed so az to play the
twelfth, which will be the famous old thir-
teenth, or Mari Pit. The new thirteenth
becomes the old fourteenth. and the nes
fourteenth the original fifteenth.
The fifteenth will be another new one.
starring with a tee opposite the old six
teenth and extending up 20 the corner fog
a distance of about 800 Yards The six
teenth is 10 be shortened 10 about, tha
same length, but No. II will be lengthened
a hundred Yards by pushing the tee hack,
The home hole remains the same.
Work on these alterations will he CON-
pleted in the early spring, for the nature
of the ground is such as TO require oou-
para lively little labor 20 get the turf UP 70
Deal standard. The Hollywood Golf Club
also intends to push operations In the
spring. ago..
There is every reason 10 believe that the
annual interstate team match between
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island golfers
will be resumed next season. The associa-
tions Of these two states did not clash
last year, Massachusetts experiencing difi
ficulty in mastering a representative team
after one postpOnement had oeen asked Tor
and granted by Rhode Island At the an
nual dinner Of the Massachusetts Coll As
sociation John Shepard, jr., president OF
the Rhode Island body, attended sHd
heaped Goals OF fire upon the heads oiftne
Massachusetts leaders by his references
to the pleasant relations between the COB
ers of the two states. The Massachusetts
Golf Association elected the following Oh
ticers for the ensuing year:
Prcsident-H Herbert Jaques, Country Ciuo'
e-president-Charles 7. Crocker, Alpine
Golf Club.
secretary-Henry II. Wilder Nesper Couh'
try Club. Lowell.
Treasurer-Ralph +. Alden, Sprnshed
Country Club. ..-,. ~
Executive cormittee-tiarry J." Ayei'
Erae Burn country club; George +. VII
LOTT Essex County club; Il. Il. ErcemaH'
,yoIIaston Golf club, and NJ /" .lr2SeH
chestnut Hin Golf club. .sak SIS