New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
GOOD GOLF TEST
AT ESSEX COUNTY
Women Will Find Difficult
Carries in Course for
Metropolitan.
RAVlNE MAY PROVE
TRAP FOR UNWARY
Yawning ChaSm Is Expected 10
Be a Difficult Mental Hazard
for Players.

II would be hard 60 imagiue more
ricturcsoue colf course than that OF the
ESSEX County Country club. selected as
the scene Of the womons metropolitan
championship. from MAY 20 60 20 stu
ated well un ON the Orange Mountains
there are places which command views
of the surrounding country even as iar
AWAY AS New York ln fact, the hlsn
buildings iu this city are plainly dis
cernible from such position. for 'n-
stance. as tho eleventh tee
Essex County is ideal for woman
tournament. for the links is only a'N'
Yards long. somewhat 600 yards shorter
sham the average links used in men 5
,ramrionships. Yet there are Interesting
holes worthy OF the skill Of any one
Several were built with a view to play
ing on the mental side notably the sixth
and the seventeenth. and the same rs true
or tho eighteenth. although in lesser
degree.
The first four holes arc OF the ordinary
typc with a little room, but when the
ann is reached the golfer begins 10 re-
alize that there is something 10 d. Spe-
cisl care must he taken on the second shot
not 10 overrun the green FOR there is sand
behind and rayine little further ON
II the golfer goes badly astray- The
green is undUlatiug
As the PLAYER stands on the sixth Tee
ne faces a hole 4l5 yards long, and deep
down I'm front Of him is a ravine which
is fearful i'm It's aspect. for TO get into
H.. unless il happens TO be well over the
brook. spells disaster. Distance is needed
on the second and care must be exercised
ON the approach. for there are traps and
trees near by for the one who strays.
Another ravine also figures at tn
ciehth hole though il is so located as
20 catch the unwary toward the end OF
the drive. IT the player is long off the
ice the ditch can be carried. but II is
likely u prove a stumbling block TO many
womans score.
The longest hole Of the eighteen is the
tenth. p matter OF sos yards. and after
the drive is up the side of the mountain.
There is plenty of room. but distance
IS more Of a premium. and the green.
like many others. is rolling. From the
eleventh tee the fairway runs sharply
dovnhin 10 the green some $50 yards
distant The tee - on the side OF the
mountain and so built as TO have re-
m,rkablv high front once more men
tality IS needed 10 overcome the effect
Of the sheer drop. Max Marston in the
final round Of the invitation tournament
there last summer got away fine drive
from this tee and came to rest within
few feet az the edge Of the green.
The next hole where the mental side
plays part is the seventeenth, over
another ravine-the same one used at the
sixth. There is not such q formidable
aspect 10 it, however. and ii requires a
well placed shot 10 get the green on the
other side The hole is 145 yards long
At the lest hole the tee shot must be
carefully placed for the green, 2lo yards
distant. is so located that IT is difficult
to reach It To pull is to encounter the
ravine. and TO slice Is 20 become mixed
mp in a road which is lined with trees or
the other side.
Following are the distances at ESSEX
County:
out. 2io ss5 40 2S5 go Ab $50 $50 tH $3.50
In. sos $50 lS s75 $50 $40 29O 145 2lo-2'So-5'S
The par Of the course follows:
fnn.......... a.
When the metropolitan is staged a
Hutton Park 1t will not be the first tim'
that the tournament has been held there
Back in 1902 Mrs. Z. A Manice won he
first metropolitan title there. and she wa
champion on two occasions after that
was at Essex County in 1903 tina: Mis-
Georgianna NJ Bishop. OF Brooklawn, woi
the title for the second time in her career
Mrs. /. W. Calan. OF the home club, be
ing the runner-up. Miss Bishop after
ward won the national championship
Therefore. the 1914 meeting at Esse'
County will be the third.
There is every probability that the link
will be in excellent condition FOR ih'
women Of the district granted reasona
ble amount OF good weather. In the mrs
place. the green's committee has had 70
moved several trees which interiereC
somewhat with the line OF play THIS i
a long step In a good direction. Iheh
special attention has been given 10 th'
condition of the turf.
In this regard the club contracted for {
new treatment little used in this section
OF the country, but said 70 be ehecuV'
where II has been used. This method j
one Of fertilization by means OF roller
with hollow spikes, which pierce the tur
and inject the nourlshment clear into th'
roots OF the grass. and also supply tn
material from the bottom 10 the top o.
the punched holes. These spikes are abou
a foot apart. and the entire course has
been gone over during the winter months
Thus the links ought to be in better turi
than ever before I'm the history Of the club
At any rate. that IS the way the greens
committee figures.
Many competitions have been held II
the past at Essex County. though of late
years there has been falling off in tour
nameuts Last season the invitation com
petition was revived. and I'm It Max Mar
ston, tho interscholastic champion, wor
not only the medal. with n, in the testing
round, but also captured the chief cup by
defeating J. i. Cfeeseman. OF the home
club in tho final match.