The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-13
DAN HEALY FINDS
MIAMI FINE LINKS
Speaks Highly of Course at
Country Club, Where He
Has Gone as Manager.
by KERR n. PETRIE.

by KERR n. PETRIE.
Although most of the golfers here
abouts who intend spending the season
in the South are still going about select
ing the things they feel they viii need
most, Dant Healy is already on the spot.
as a letter from the genial Montclair
Golf Club superintendent, dated Miami,
December Z, would seem to prove. Dan,
who for many years was identified with
ST. Andrews one Of the Oldest clubs in
the United States, Is the man who a
year or .wo back dropped in upon the
linksmen of the Pacific coast as they
We're tuning up for their championship,
won the qualifying medal and departed
while they were wondering whaty East
ern star had rung in on them under the
name of Healy Evidently that winter
Of sunshine gave Dan a new outlook on
life, for now as remarked, he is at
Miami. Fla, well in advance of the rank
and file, and he declares that Re intends
to stay until il is time to come back and
set things to rights for the next season
in the North
81 came to Miami about two weeks
ago." writes Mr.. Healy. This Is my
first visit to the place, although I have
been TO Florida many times. Miami.
a
progressive and up to date towns in
Florida, aside from being uniquely at
tractive and interesting in other re-
spects. All tastes in outdoor life are
satisfied. golfing. polo, horseback rid
ing, shooting, bathing, yachting, fish,
ing and flying. Heretofore the regular
golfer avoided this town because no
was not provided with good testing
course That complaint holds good no
longer.
yours truly is here until April \
as manager Of the Miami Country Club
course and grounds. This is one of the
branches OF the Flagler system. The
course is a Donald Ross course and
that is sufficient to stamp it as one OF
the best. Ross was the designer and
II was constructed by ]. r. Brooks. At
Pinehurst Donald told me 1t was one
of the best he ever gave to any club.
Not Unfairly Trapped.
"Any doubts I may have had were dis
PEELED when l arrived and walked
around. 1t is without doubt one of the
sportiest and most attractive courses 1
have been on-and have visited quite
number from coast to coast-trapped
trapped right up to the handle. yet not
severely or unfairly so. The most eX-
pert of the amateurs or the best Of the
pros cannot hope to make more than
one or two mistakes and get around un-
der so. The tw shot holes are excep-
tionally good. A man who falls to hit
a real good tee shot cannot possibly get
home with the second unless 1t is abso-
lutely perfect. Most of the holes are OF
the type that give an advantage to the
short and sure player over the long HIT
ter who fails to keep the line.
THE course is along the Miami River
and a couple Of streams flowing through
the grounds make very fine natural haz-
ards. There are six water holes In all.
No. s. 40 yards, is an island green in
fact there is a small area Of island fair
way between tee and green, and this is
bound to be an unusually interesting hole
The green Is completely surrounded by
the steram. which is 20 feet wide No
IL. another short hole OF 1870 yards, is
surrounded by water on three sides.
"A feature, generally neglected on
nearly all golf courses. Is the beautify-
ing of the surrounding landscape and the
territory between fairways. Due to the
large area of ground between holes there
will be no hooking or slicing from one
fairway to another. A variety of trop-
ical plants. shrubs and flowers are being
around the outskirts OF the course This
coloring Is most pleasing to the eye and
adds immensely TO the attractiveness II
the place. Instead Of Bermuda grass or
Italian rye we are using a northern seed
mixture on our greens. These green's
are all undulating.
Mr.. Healy reports that work on the
club house Is rapidly nearing completion.
This is a beautiful structure of the
Spanish type of architecture, With mod
ern. up to date locker rooms, showers
and lounge rooms. The restaurant will
have n seating capacity OF 500 Dancing,
afternoon and evening, will be featured.
The large number OF resident anna
teur golfers in Miami has rather sur
prised Mr.. Healy. These are very much
better players and there are more of
them than he expected to find One OF
these. he says. a member OF the younger
school, Wallace Reilly by name, has
wonderful possibilities and should be-
come known in golhng circles outside
of Miami before long. This player Is
but Is years old. He has been playing
slightly more than year and already
is on the point Of breaking into the
seventies.
January l Is the date set for the
opening at the Miami Country Club. A
number OF events have been scheduled
calculated 10 keep the tourist as well
as the local players interested during
the season. There will be one or posi-
bly, two important tournaments. one
amateur and the other professional. II
is hoped to have all the stars who hap
pen to be In Florida at the time COM
pete in these events.
Mr.. Healy sends a sketch of the eighth
hole at the Miami Country Club From
this one gets the idea of an unusually
interesting hole with water winding
around and intersecting a double green
in the nature of a figure eight and then
trailing off to both sides The cup Is
cut on the upper loop Of the 49," giving
the player double water carry and
leaving the rest OF the hazard 70 '1iqui-
date" a slice or a hook