New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Only Four Holes of Old
Course Used in New
Sixteen Playable

When completed, the Morris County
Golf Club will have golf course and
country home that will compare favor
ably with those of any club in the
metropolitan district, if not in the
United States.
The club owns more than 800 acres
OF land on the other side Of the rail-
road tracks from the old clubhouse,
which was destroyed by FIRE. The new
property was chiefly woodland and al
though two years have been spent cut
ting down trees, pulling up stumps,
blasting rocks, filling up swamps,
building putting green's and bunkers
and digging traps, besides ploughing,
narrowing and seeding the fairways,
the work is by no means completed.
Although sixteen of the new holes
are now in playable condition, only
four of these holes were q part Of
the old course, all the rest being on
entirely new ground.
A new clubhouse Of elaborate dimen-
sions is to be erected on the top Of the
highest hill on the property and a
broad macadamized road is to be built
from the main boulevard from Norris
town, and also from Convent Station
up to the structure.
Discover White Sand
1t has taken about two years to build
a handsome and costly concrete bridge
under the railroad track, and cut away
and grade the roads down to it, and
in doing so they ran across a vein Of
fine white sand such as is to be seen
or the seashore. 1t was about thirty
feet below the level of the ground, and
jim Laing, the old golf professional
Of the Crescent Athletic Club, who is
now the greenkeeper and superin-
tendent of the Morris County Golf
Club. had his workmen remove more
than 500 loads of this sand for the
use of their sand traps and tee boxes,
and they have supply on hand that
Will last them for many years.
The bridge, which is now completed
goes under the trolley tracks as we'll
as those of the Morris & Essex Rail
road, and stairway has been built up
to the trolley line, where q new station
is to be built. in keeping with the
bridge, which is work of art. The
work of macadamizing the roads is now
progressing rapidly.
A new club feature that is to be
added is polo field. II will be laid out
on the far side Of the new clubhouse
and will not interfere In any respect
with the golf course.
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only portion of the old clubhouse that
was not destroyed by FIRE, 80 the mem
bers Of the club will continue to use il
until their new clubhouse Is built Ir
fact, the club is now occupying spa
cious mansion short distance from the
ruins Of the old building, and is sc
comfortably housed, with full eigh-
teen hole course to play over, by using
two Of their old holes after crossing
the track on the home journey, that II
mas been decided TO postpone the build
Ing Of the new clubhouse and the lay
ing out of the polo field till after the
war
Inactive in Summer
II IL really a spring and fall club, AZ
the majority Of the members spend The
summer either at the seashore resorts
or In the mountains. The course Il
practically dead from the middle oi
June TO the middle Of September ant
during that time the professional o.
the club, Thomas Hucknall. is granted
leave Of absence TO fiji, Il summer en-
gagcment n. one Of the resort courses
In the Adirondacks.
There in no real necessity for com
plotting the last two new holes till after
the clubhouse Is built, as the plan oi
the new course Ia to have the start anc
finish at The now clubhouse. The order
In which chs holes are now bein,
played IL only temporary. to suit pres
ent convsniencss. The trees were cut