Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-08
BY w. r. Tichenor.

u
n OFF is not a fad. but a game In
IT which millions Of dollars are
invested in grounds, club
houses, golf clubs and balls, and in
which more than half million Of
Americans find fun and recreation.
The time was and not so many
years ago at that-when golf was
thought to be q game for old men
and women. and that COW -pacture
pool as il was dersively called, was
the jest Of the comedian and the uu-
initiated.
But golf is an infectious game.
Those who play It are so enthusiastic
about it that they never tire Of talk
ing Of its pleasures and possibilities.
Gradually their enthusiasm causes
others. who are positive that there is
nothing in the game, 20 undertake To
play. Brim full Of con fldeuce that the
game was too easy for any real en-
lOymcnt, they proceed 10 prove this
assertion by trying 81. Right then
they are held and firmly bound to the
game forever, as there is an old golf
ing adage to the effect that once
golfer always a golfer
NO one was ever more skeptical
Of the game than the writer. No
one ever laughed more az it as a joke
game. At last, Sandy Cunningham
induced me to go out TO the old
Brookstone links and Try my hand
Possibly you don't believe there
ever was such o course around Al
!ania. But, believe me, there was.
AZ was aid out in am old field out ,l
bekalD County near what is now
'lIftpu station n you wish TO cor
roborate this statement. ask ". H.
Glenn or Harvey Phillips. and They
VIII tell YOU Of the troubles OF estau-
lsainS "a golf Cou 20 in community
"AeIe got ls uuhuOWn-hut that IS
another story.
So I went out with Sandy. He te.d
my ball and pointed out the direction
of the first hole. About that time /
noticed the cuddy standing about
yards from the toe. ] didn't know
anything about the word caddy at
that time. and SO I called him mig
ger, though lll admit that I've called
them "a EOod many other names
which are not usually spelled out Iu
print, since thar time.
Niger said l. you get of that
way about a mile" indicating the di-
rcctiOn toward The first hole. I'm GO
Ing TO lose this bail"
stay where YOU are commanded
Sandy ana turning To me he said:
You are not going to Init it-munn
less knock e "a mile"
ssAA hat - 4,.tIrTtt.I urnt ry1fY,g %,
hit that ball and II perfectly still on
that little mound Of dirt. when I've
been hitting EN- dying through the
air, either high or low, fast or slow,
just as the pitcher put them over IN.
plate 60 mc-not lift that thing, WhE
I'll knock IL back into Fulton Coua-
ty.'
with a mighty effort I hit az the
ball. and Sandy was right never
touched IL. My club went into the
ground some - inches back OF tho
ball ana dug up a clod of di-t, which
hit the bail and moved 10 about a foot
T HE building Of this course 10y the
Atlanta Athletic club might be
termed a pure accident
Al tile time the WORK was started
the club did not include in its mem
oership more than a dozen men who
PLAYED golf. There was no demand
TO- "a golf course on the part of the
membership. Yet thc course was
built and now none VIII deny the
wisdom OF the undertaking. though
for quite awhile there wery many
who We're strong In their opposition.
When the irst meeting Of the or
ganizers OF the Atlanta Athletic
Club was held, Henry Thornton. who