The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-26

we take specific cases Il Ia found that
this belief is founded on facts which are
to say the least "eyeopeners.'
Take tho Brae Burn Country Club
course. which not only Ia hard but Is per-
haps az long az any course in the land
this links has par OF ~ when play IL
from the back tees and the distance Ia
In the neighborhood OF $500 yards
Then take the course Of the Great Neck
Golf club on Long Island. which has a
par also OF ~ and yet Ia a thousand
yards shorter. having 5.64o yards for the
eighteen holes. Brae Burn has four
holes under 900 yards. while Great Neck
has nine with two others few yards
more. But II would he idle to say that
there was any comparison between the
two as a test Of play. although tho par
FOR both Is the same.
A hole Is not easy just because II Ia
short Suppose course consisted OF
eighteen short. par holes ] would
guarantee that no player in tho world
would succeed In getting round in 81
tpar) II the holes were Of the quality
OF any one OF these short holes: the
twelfth at Garden City, the ninth at
Baltusrol, the thirteenth or NTH at
Dunwoodie. the sixth at Brae Burn or
the seventh at the Country Club. the
ninth at Myopla. the fourteenth at Mas
Sdu Ut ALMOST any SHORT nole WHICH YOU
might mention which Is trapped with
scientific skill. A player might play
ten years at eighteen of these fine short
holes and never make the par 81.
OF course Il is granted that the sus-
gestlon Is made that the club commit
tees take into consideration the contour
OF the holes. whether they are uphill
or down and so on, but this has not
been followed TO any extent by any
body because people have not consid-
cred the probable and have allowed
themselves TO be swayed by the possible.
This at times works a severe hardship
on some clubs and its members In the
matter OF handicapping. In certain dis
tric;s Il is the usual custom OF the ham
dlcapping officials arbitrarily 20 put
the par Of the club one or two strokes
lower than works out by the regular
scale OF distances because the course is
short and the members seemingly do
not have to play such a fine game as
others 20 get down 20 low scoring. Then
when the members names are handed
in and It Is seen that SO and so has
made five 7ss with the par at - and
the distance NJ $500 yards instead OF
hand'capplng on ,he basis o, what would
look like legitimate 4. a s and some
times n is given solely because
the course does not measure up 20
what seems n required length for per-
feet par.
Well and good In some cases. cases
whore the course has many three. and
one-half par holes. holes OF from $40
to 800 yards. but suppose that the
800 yard links Is constructed on good
Golnng lines. that the holes are mapped
out so tina; i requires really par golf
OF every one 20 get the required re-
suits. the method is absurd.
The allotted" score--as used by
Massa chusetts. and for some unknown
reason condemned by many OF the
States. solely. I fear. because they have
not had the patience TO try IL out
is a better system. II mus. always
be borne in mind that the committees
which change from their schedule the
least fraction and do not handicap the
members from tho par as sent in by
the clubs are simply following the Mas
saChusetts scheme Of things and using
the allotted score method after all
In using the allotted par system the
Massachusetts Golf Association becomes
familiar with two things in particular.
the actual scores which should he ex-
pec'cd from the hest player or players
in the state and the conditions under
which the play Is held. that Is. the ma
ture of the soil. the difficulties 20 ha
met In the round the traps. outside
influences and so forth The result Is
an allotted par" which represents the
excellence demanded Of the PLAYER. taxi
ing into consideration the general stan
dard NJ play throughout the country as
q whole and the STATE in particular and
the value OF the games implements as
aids. TN" placing or the greens. the
size or the greens. the prevailing winds
and 'helr strength and numberless other
Incidents make IN tho sum total
Yet the allotted score in most in
stances differs from par az determined
hv the length measurement system :"
from which hv the way all handicaps
ave anurcl for sanding "a tho national
body Al Drac Burn the allotted score
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