Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-16
Finals. and Sen,ifndI in
annual Class Golf Tour.
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IL PLAYERS ARE LEFT
BY SPICK HALL

A GOLFER who Graves hazards should
go up to Riverton. At the Riverton
Golf Club this craving is sure to be
satisfied. Each hole is veritable
golfers Verduh. To capture it in par,
every shot must be perfect. On many
courses to negotiate a hole in par the
drive from given tee must be flaw
less, but the approach shots may 60
s@wide and still the player will be able to
get on in the required number of
Strokes. But not at Riverton.
This condition is helpful to the dub
and the expert alike. In the first place,
the unscasoned player always has n
chance even against the best opponent,
for the reason that one poor shot means
, That the accomplished wielder of the
club instead of making a par or is
likely to make Z or an 8. This gives
the poorer player courage and this
means that his game is certain to i'm =
prove, for no matter what the reason,
whenever mediocre man puts up
good contest against one rated higher,
the confidence thus given him is going
to do more than anything else to lift his
game to higher permanent Level.
, On the other hand, the good players
game will improve over the Rlyerton
links, because he has to take far more
care in making each shot than he does
on the average course.
Low Scores Rare
Low scores at Riverton are rare
birds. The par for the course IS a.
vet the best that has ever been done
over it was done by Duncan Cuthbert
the club professional, before he went tc
war. 76. This gives some idea OF
what it means to play CONSISTENT
game over this course. Charley Hon :
ner. Georges brother (t used to DC
that George was Charley's brother)
made the Riyerton circuit in 70, bu'
he was playing winter rules, teeing ur
tho ball.
Speaking of the Riverton course
Cuthert said yesterday: You have &c
watch every one of your shots ana l,
Sou don't. you're in trouble rlgh'
away. You may go along all right ovel
nearly every hole, but one bad sho'
means that you make an where Sot
should have made n 4. and your media
Score is gone then and there.
'"John r. Dorrance, vice president o.
the Riyerton Club, who took person
ollv conducted tour over the links VIII
us. stated that he expected the course
to be in wonderful shape within an
other year. 1--WE have a fine course
now" he remarked. but it's going tt
he better. This is only our second sea
son. west of the woods. and 1t Is marc
to get. the turf in shape. Our fairway
and green's will greatly improve by
little more. 1t is hard to get good tur
in Jersey anyway, but we are goin
to have it,
Regular Rural Scenery
There are seven holes, the first, sec
ond. fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth
seventeenth and eighteenth, on the eas
side of the woods, that is the side O
which the clubhouse is located. ines
have been played on for long Will
and are in fine shape. Formerly tn
Riyerton Club had only nine holes an
they were laid over the course wher
these seven are now situated. On tn
other side of the woods, from the thir
to thirteenth, the ground, is ideal 10
golf. 1t rises from the woods towar
the west in such a way that hazard
almost make themselves. r.
Going from the second green to tn
third tee, the players have to go throug
narrow stretch of woods, which