University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-01-21


fast lodging Take a stroll over the
links some pleasant afternoon. Ont
can see old men and young. professors
business men and students, all enthu
siastically playing the game.
In Columbia none are so enthusias-
tic as the more mature men who de.
pend on this game for the exercise
they get The student goes out more
for the fun of the sport. Perhaps he
may even take girl along to teach
her the rudiments of the game.
The course here is a small one but is
declared by many experts who have
played on it, to be one of the prettiest
small courses in this part of the coun-
try. When golf was started here about
fifteen years ago, the players had to
content themselves with driving the
ball about among trees and stumps.
There was no money to build and
improve the links at that time. Since
then business men and professors
have formed a club for the purpose OF
maintaining and improving the links.
Each year improvements are made on
the course
The full course has nine holes. Forty
is bogey for the course The first
hole is 212 yards from the teeing
grounds and is called Difficult" :"
Hill Top" the second hole. is 223
yards and bogey is four strokes.
Easy Street" the third hole is 329
yards. Bogey is five strokes. The
fourth hole is called Hickory" 1t
is 200 yards and bOgey is four strokes.
Happy Hollow" is the fifth hole
Bogey is five strokes and it is 213
yards. The, sixth hole is the ''Dinky"
hole because of its shOrtness. II is
only 125 yards and bogey is three
strokes. The "NarrOws." is seventh
hole, is 400 yards and bOgey is six
strokes. The eighth hole is called
"Old Oak and is $50 yards Bogey
is four strokes. The ninth and last
hole is Home" 1t is 246 yards and
bogey is four strokes.
The total yardage for the full course
of nine holes is 2319 yards. Prof. G.
l.. Brewer holds the record of the
course He made the nine holes in
thirty-siX strokes. Playing the regu-
latiOn course of eighteen holes, he
made total of seventy-five.
Last year B. W. Brewer, a brother
of Professor Brewer, made the course
in 81. Professor Brewers record was
made in the tournament. The best
players on these links are Captain
Samuel Smoke, Dean IsidOr Loeb,
Prof J. ID. Elliff. Prof. George Lefevre-
Prof. J. A. Gibson, c. B. Rollins, G. B.
Dorsey. Prof. Frank Martin, DR.. R. NJ
Burgess and Prof. W. G. Manly.
Professor Elliff. Captain Smoke and
Professor Manly have done the course
in thirty-eight. Several of the others
haze made the course in bogey. Until |
recently Prof W. J. Manilaw. former |
football coach, held the record of the |
links with score of thirty y-eight
Tournaments are held in the spring |
and summer on the average of once |
a week. The players are handicapped |
SO that no man can win twice. The !
professors and business men |
who remain here in the ummer become |
over the game. The links |
are in constant use then
{. B. Rollins is president of the |
board, Prof. J. A. Gibson is secretary
and Dean Loeb is chairman of the ex-
ncutive committee. Including the Off
GERS the board consists of nine men.
The others are Captain Smoke. Profess
sOr Elliff. Doctor Manly, Doctor Bur-
CESS. Professor Lefevre and G. VI.
Reeder.
The general rules or etiquette Of the
links here show that ball match, play
ing the full course. takes precedence
over and is entitled to pass any other
form of match A single player has
10 standing and shall give way to a
match of any kind.
No player should play until the party
n front are out of range. nor play up
% the putting green till the party
ahead have holed out or moved away
Players looking for lost ball must
lllOw those behind to pass through"
md must signal them to do so, and
having so signaled. must not resume
play till those who have passed
through are safely out of range
A ball over the fence is out of
pounds. The stroke must be counted
md second ball played from the
ame spot. This second ball may be
eed on teeing ground. but must be
lropped through the green. Nothing
hall be done at any time to improve
he lie of the ball. except that a ball
n casual water may be lifted and
ropped not nearer the hole without