The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-10
new ARDSLEY LINKS
WON'T BE HURRIED
Big Job Of Reconstruction
Will Not BE Finished
Until 1918.
LYNNEWOOD HALL CUP

Club are doing "a big job just now n
are doing 1t 80 well that when they have
finished Ardsley will own a course OF
position TO apply for any sectional or
national tournament that IL sees Mt TO
attempt TO obtain. The work of recon-
structing the course. using the new land
recently acquired, will not be hurried,
for IL is not expected that II will be
finished before the spring Of 1918. That
does not mean that there will be any
delay In starting work, I'm fact. II al
ready has begun. but IL does mean that
nothing will ne lone so hurriedly that
1t will have to be don over later. some
thing that too often is the case among
golf clubs,
Not only will Ardsley be engaged In
the big task of reconstructing it's course
all OF this year and next. but the club
also intends 10 reenter the tournament
field and will hold an invitation tour
| nament this year. The exact dates have
! not yet been fScd. but the tourney will
he held before the season ends. and the
golfers from other clubs will have II
chance To- observe for themselves the
Improvement which .Ards;cy ID making.
When tn. work Of making over the
curse Is nnisiicd the first four holes Will
be jus, about as they are now except
that ON the fourth ~. Alps. which In
their present position are a relic OF the
old hard bah days. Will he moved FUR
, ther back so that they will b. "A legiti-
mate Hazard OF IN" second shot
After crossing Broadway the hfth hole
viii remain much as II ~. but after that
most OF the holes will be- new, and they
will make a complete circuit OF North
Mountain. over which the golfers now
have 20 climb. Tn sixth. $50 yards
long. will be a dog leg hole. which will
require a tee shot of almost 2.0 yards to
clear the corner and make a second shot
80 tn" green possible. The seventh will
h. o. one shot hole 2oS yards with q
B brook alongside 10 catch the ball that
strays of the line.
rh. incoming journey begins with a
3lU ward. with a pond ,u be cleared, and
there is another pond on tn. $50 yard
fifteenth. The seventeenth green Will he
In. on. that Is now In use. although II
will he approached from - different
angle. and the present home hole VIII be
retained
Going out the distance will he aOou,
1850 yards. aud coming in 1t will be a
little less than 3.l00. making the total
length over $500 yards. No more land
than will actually be needed for the
course has been purchased and the re-
naming land Of the present course has
been turned back to the original owners
and will bc sold for residences. In add
ton 10 .ffecting = hig saving in none!
by buying only enough land for the
links. "A saving will De made in another
direction 10y lifting all Of the greens
that are To- be abandoned and trans
ferring them 10 the new holes. The turi
on many OF the Ardsley greens is more
han twenty years old and all OF thi'
old turf will he shifted TO new locations
The men To whom the club owes th'
greatest debt for the planning OF thu
new cours. and purchase of the lane
are Franklin - Brown. the president
John +. Haven'eyer, Robert r Dula an,
Arson +. Robinson. They have done
most Of the work and they all realize
that they will not complete their tasi
until two years from now.
The Southern goltinC season is fas
drawing to a close. but this will ne al
active week al two North carolina
courses The .tsheville Country Clul
viii hold It's annual ~rna begin
!. ming on Wednesday and ending on Sat
urday. and the eighth annual mid-Apri
tournament ~ flNfnIT>l wal 'tkA
, tomorrow and continue FOR the re
msinder OF the week.
pu' on the Pacific coast the snnua
amateur cha mpionshlp OF southern cali
, fornia viii be- played or The links o
the Los Angeles Country club Il vii
begin on Wednesday and end on sat
urday.
: The huntington Valley Country Clut
900, tF.H.l.lD1t ar,,,a-nG TINT IN
: sixteenta annual invitation tournament
. for the l.ynnewood 'iIall cup Will h
+ neld on June 70. 20 and 81. The date
selected fall on Monday. Tuesday an
. Wednesday Of the week following I'll
. Apawamis invitation t"prna mer' AN
! ~imr.diately procedc tho FoX Hill
tourney. The only conflict with
Y metropolitan event n with the fathe
and son tournament which is 10 b
held on June 10 at SLEEPY Hollow. bu
the conflict ought not 10 interfere wit
tn. success Of either event.
Ever since the L~ynnewood Hall Gu
= was given by Mrs, George u. Widens
Il hns been one Of tn" most prize
trophies of the gol'ing world. 1t VI,
4 made OF gold and finally passed int
= tho permanent possession Of Harold l
Mcfarland, of rhiladelphia's lead
1 ing golfers. Mrs. Widener then gay
( u second EDlu cup Ike lne nISI an
a II remained in competition until la'
r year. when it was won for the third tim
. by Jerome II. Travcrs. He had pr
~viouslv won it in 1906 and 1908.
n II Is probable that some of the LEAD
II ing metropolitan golfers will journe
10 Huntingdon Valley in June To tr
= for the first leg on the new 'roph!
r Last year the 1ual resolved itself int
r an entirely metropolitan affair. a. III
e open champion mad Max Marston TO bea
y in the final round.
G An invitation tournament open Ia a
members Of L.. :. q. 4. clubs will
held on May !. 3 and 6 by the Washing
ton Golf and Country club. which liza
It's curse at Jewell, Va. Provision Ina
been made for four sixteens.
4 letter has been received from Cleal
water Golf club OF Clearwater. Fla
containing a mild reproof because
p an article written by Sol Meizger q
n Florida golf courses. which was pui
n lisled recently in THE SrS. no mentlo
a was made of the Clearwater course.
e Clearwater Is a most progressive lit
n CITY neal Belleair and. M the lett,
explains, the Clearwater course. whic
q In n nine hole anfair, Ia kept open aft,
u the Belleair links are closed. Amor
v it's prominent members are Sewell For
y the writer. and Clarence hobart, wi
once held the national tennis champion