El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-11

~OLFERS from FL Paso, Douglas
Bisbee. Phoenix. Albuquerque ana
~ Tucson viii fight for the South
western championship in Tucson, Jan
Fl Paso viii send five-man team
besides a number OF Individual en- =
tries Among golfers in this neck OF
the woods there is much interest here
REGARDING the new course Of the rue
son Country club which has been
called the finest dirt course IN the
eli Nichols and Nike Brady who
rank high among the pros" recently
played the Tucson course IN q ana 90
respectively, and were very enthusiast
tic over il declaring II 10 be the pest
OF its kind in the country The score
Of II BY Mr.. Nichols is the course rec
ord but il has been equalled py NOR
man Macbeth, several tunes WlnnS,L
OF the Pacific coast title. ana JACK
Adams the Tucson professional Nathan
Kendall, president of the southwestern
Golf association sends r. F. Neff this
description OF the course;
Soil Free From Rocks
The soil is free from rocks and OF
such a friable character that the play
ing of shots on it is very much IKE
that on turf There is no such thing
as lifting out Of holes on the falr way
nor OF placing il for a preferred lie
Every shot is played where II ues
without Improvement Day in and uaE
out. a player has a perfect lie for every
shot on the fairway- The rough rs
severe the fairway narrow and every
hole is bunEered and trapped
Hole No I is ISL yards long ana
PLAYED with midirOn- cleek or brassle;
according to ones driving power and
the direction Of the breeze About 100
Yards away there is low bunker
clear across the fairway- Back OF the
hole runs 2 semiclrcular elevation per
hans a foot high. back Of which there
In
green are a number Of conical MOUNDS
with depressiO1s all around them ana
a wing bunker. On the left Is one
crescent shaped bunker The putting
syreen. like an the others, is so feet
IN diameter and is of fine OILED sanu-
Hole No. ,. Distance, 541 yards Just
in front Of the tee the ditch protect
ing the back of the first green JUS
o1t On the left is the boundary fence
The tee is in the corner AT ABOUT 20
Yards begins sprinkung OF grease
wood bushes from five to seven lSet
high which extends to the edge OF Ine
fafrway. which begins about 30 YARDS
from the tee. At $50 to 800 yards IS a
high cross bunker perhaps I'VE 1eel
high. which is terror 10 topped sec
ond shots. There is a pit IN front ana
back of this bunker. a drain ollch
parallels the left side OF the fairWay,
POSSIBLY 10 Yards from It's edge Al
500 yards are wing bunkers on eaen
side OF the course At the back. the
putting green is guarded BY a little
arroyo. say foot deep and several
feet wide. A little wall Of dirt IS
thrown up along its edge 10 prevent
a verv slowly rolling ball from going
into the arroyo Hole No 2 IS at rlgnt
angles to No. l.
Holes Three and Four
Hole No @ Distance. 314 Yards II
is 1s5 yards 10 the fairway- The range
consists Of seven or eight little bitches
or water courses running across II.
while on each side are mesquite and
creosote bushes aplentT- short ball,
or a top. slice OF pull that goes far of
the course means much trouble 4
careful and straight second shot is re
CURED for q shot l. yards TO the right
or left OF center comes TO rest IN
bunker. while another approach runs
up a little incline and drops down
abruptly a foot or two into a semi
circular nit guarding the whole back
part OF the green
Hole No. q. Distance. 37S yards TINS
hole. at right angles to the third al
most parallels the boundary fence To
prevent those who are fence-shy from
playing too far to the right or for the
slfcer there are two bunkers on the
right edge Of the course, one at $50 and
the other rs yards from the tee