New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-16
Tentative Plans Finished
for Upper Course at
Var CortIandt Park.
PLAYING LENGTH TO BE
ABOUT 5000 YARDS
johnson Has Laid Out Many In.
iereSting Holes, Providing a
Test for All Golfers.


trees which will interfere with the LAWNS
rut of eighteen new holes on the plateau
obove tho present public links at Van
So. uaudt Park. once that has been &C
complished the task OF building the course
viii set under way at once. The course
Will be known as the Mosholu links.
Arthur e. Johnson, jr., Of the golfers
committee. has been spending his Easter
vacation going over the ground and pre-
pairing tentative sketches and thus far he
has made q good job OF laying out the
various holes Before the plans are made
small however, the advice OF profess
Sional will be obtained.
Although the plans as they are at
present provide for a total distance OF
tribe more than $500 yards, it is not 70
he taken for granted that these will be
the final figures, in that through the mere
shiftinS OF tees several hundred yards
may be added. 1t Is estimated that with
the links In full playing length q. distance
of more than 5000 yards may be obtained.
Tho start. according 20 present plans.
will be made at a point on the plateau
across the rsvine and opposite on the
cast TO the sixteenth tee OF the present
links. About 10 yards from the tee is
stone wall which will serve as a bunker
10 pcnslize topped drive. Another OF
tbeso stone walls covered with turf will
serve TO catch an Indifferent second, wnhe
the green lies at the bottom Of slope
about $40 yards from the tee.
No is a matter Of Sl5 yards as at
present planned. and use Will be made OF.
two piles OF crushed stone for bunkering
purposes. The green will be located close
10 Aiosholu ave. and opposite tho house OF
Troop 4. At this hole the tee shot VIII
he the more important. For about TWO
vears. or until the work on the new
aoueduct is finished, the stone crushing
,iart will prevent the third hole from
being moro than $50 yards long
later on. however, it will be possible
- MIKE improvements by building
.,-eer ON the side Of the hill with the ialr-
way parallel TO Mosholu ave ana the ols-
lance about 600 yards Under these CON
ditions the more important shot VIII oe
the approach.
I-nti this work at the third hole is
carried out there will be quite a walk De-
tween the third green and the fourth tee
which is located about $50 yards through
,be woods and at right angles 10 Mosholu
ave Then a vista through trees is opened
to the golfer.
-rbcre is enough room. yet oad siice
...,rl viii leave a person badly OF Ac-
..l,-si,,,, 70 the tentative arrangement the
tc1o viii 10 SO yards long, but by the
sir,,le expedient of removing trees back
80 .ne toe most of which arc condemned
~, dds or more may be added to the
hole. <o,,rt,,
No runs at right angles 10 the lour'n
md slirts the edge Of the WOODS 10
ICON alongside of jerome ave. ana opPo-
s.-e tie training quarters of seVerA we"
,-.,,.7,c hoxers. The sixth tee will be close
-, .he ffth green. with the direction Oh
,f... hole diagonal to that OF the hfth ana
49,. or so that no interference VIII De
encountered. ,.o o,e
THE seventh runs back to Jerome a'v.,
Win the green 1T the base oil sen'1
elopo while the next Is shorter Uy soi 80
-o, wards. or about 22j Yards al loiu' WIZ"
The Green on the brow Of the NIL
ono of the most interesting holes on lne
,,, curse will be the NINTH some ilV
-. lone The tee will be set on the
-, .ide Of a broad ravine' ana inc
80, ,cbicb was laid out several years
49,, rice inst across a brook and is ouht
d.. eide hill Il win he necessary 10
90, homo ON the tee shot or pie up
stroke hut the
No 10 uses the ravine again out tne
hole will he about 42J yards long ana inc
,rcc,, will be close 10 jerome ave- -"
lrdirary short hole OF 80 yards VIII Dc
,,evt I'm order. but by simply digging traps
.bo,,t tbe green. a trine elevated the ho'e
may be made difficult enough
,rtoro is plentv Of room for almost any
distance at the twelfth. but II IS pla'iiieU
IN make il a matter Of $50 or 4w 3aiuS'
Tn tee is elevated and the drive iahdS o.,
, gently rising slope. 4 good second VIII
be called for -
There is somewhat Of problem az
fsched TO the thirteenth. though NOR
fau likely fl VIII be one-snot aHalI oi
about $50 yards. in JonHsoii " ~, a
plau inc figured on the Tee Deims t on
higb noint alongside OF Gunhlll hOau'
bi,i the drive would have a doWIinlId ,t tlJ
with great danger Of running lIiIO d ~,
which crosses the lalt va s,,.oI,d shot To
would be trouble on tHS 9ON
reach the green. ..,ror,opt the tee
Under the shorter arrangement LuS ~ ~
would be brought forward 10 the DiD" i,' -,
Sa,iotV. established just over me qlee .o
vine a player a chance 10 set nome
5,iiti, a good iron shot yet pehanzuls
tcttod ehot or faint hearted one ~
,Vstns Of the natural hazard. n.,a
Most Of the remaining holes from 1 Tls
,.ci,,f on arc parallel 10 each other. me
fo,rtcciitb runs between lanes OF trees
,'itb tbe fairway quite narrow, YET iheTe
room to get home on the second. ~
would favor the man who puis ms Tee
.hOt trhe. ,-o ....ds is the df-
,.eptb made interesting through ,aIl-
fciai t-apDiDg. while tie last three hoies
nc matters Of from $40 10 400 yaros, TUT III
ming I'M opposite directions Win paralie,
rairwavs on the eighteenth there IS d
icep excavation which viii severely pc
ralize the sliced tee shot. and the green Is
..lv a fea steps from the first zee.
following are the approximate dlsla ,lIse.
rs they are tentatively arranged at PieS
~
r,t $50 sl5 $50 400 375 f25 $50 ~ ne-5s.S roo.
ln $500 100 40 ioJ 80 20 40 $50 Ss' S'V--0V' '0O'
Through shifting the tees the distances
oud be made approximately as follows;
tt g,5 sis s25 go s55 425 $50 225 125-Sii5 go,
tn Us $50 40 80 800 10 800 SsO 4-o--SV' ~Oi"