Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-06
WEEQUAHIC GOLF LINKS
CERTAIN TO BE POPULAR
Many Players Take Advantage
of New Course on Open
ing Day.
LOWE SETS UP RECORD
BaltusroI Professional Beats
DOGGY Score One Stroke in
Special Match.

Newark and Essex county have al
ways been we'll to the fore in the golf
world, but with the opening of the
new public links at Weequahic Park
on Saturday, the sport of the High
lands is sure to enjoy a great upward
movement. There is no question but
that the new links will meet with
favor for golfers, for on Sat
urday they were as plentiful
as could be conveniently taken
care of. Right from the open
ing of the course in the morning, I'M
til late in the afternoon, golfers, male
and female, played round after round
In addition to the actual players
there were many who visited the
court, both Saturday and yesterday,
just out of curiosity. Golf is a game
that is way above the heads of a
great many people and it was in or
der to find out what 1t was all about
that caused many of the spectators
to make their visit to the picturesque
links.
The Weequahic Golf Club made
many friends and members during
the course of the holiday and 1t is
likely that by the time the next tour
nament rolls around, the club mem
bership will rival some of the older
organizations in this vicinity.
President A. Deixel, of the Wee
quahic Golf Club, is anxious that be-
ginners and novices take advantage
of the new course and become regu-
lar players on the course. He points
out the fact that the new links Of
fers a chance to these new golfers TO
become one proficient in their game
and he wants to see them all enrolled
in the new club. The Weequahic
Golf Club holds weekly meetings at
the Y. NJ. C. A. building every Thurs
day evening.
Eight tournaments have been
planned for the members during the
season. 1t is planned to hold them
on the last Saturday Of every month,
the prizes to be awarded for the best
aggregate scores at the end of the
playing season. Prizes valued at
hundreds of dollars have already
been received and promises have been
secured for several more.
Saturday marked the first tourna-
ment of the Weequahic Golf Club.
Play started in the afternoon and
quite a number took advantage Of
the tournament to secure their first
points for the handsome trophies that
will go TO the winners at the end of
the season.
President Deixel was the first play
err to officially open the course. His
drive was perfect, low and long. and
he received quite an ovation as he
started of.
Some of the tournament scores
were as follows: G. H. Wright. 80;
H. Buchanan. SO; D. H. Smith, 80, S.
Hulshizer, 100: H. E. Kellner, 10s; B.
Smith. 109; E. H. Hanan, Ill: W. H.
Rose, ia; A. Deixel. las; E. H. Tracy,
145. A. J. Colvin, 151; A. Evan, ISL.
The four-ball match which was
played on Friday afternoon between
John Langlands, the Weequahic pro-
fessional, and Robert Sinclair. vice.
president of the Essex County Park
Commission, on one side, and George
Lowe. the Baltusrol professional. and
F. A Wright, the Baltusrol and
Canoe Brook amateur, was won by
Lowe and Wright. Incidently, Lowe
set up a record for the links on the
first day that is likely to stand for
some time. He beat bogey on stroke,
going out in Il and coming back in
81.