New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Pelham Clubs
New Links Are
Now i'm Shape
Members and Their CHESTS
Will Inspect New Course
Next Thursday Afternoon

The Pelham Country Clubs new golf
"ourse is completed and will be thrown
open for the inspection of its members
and their guests at o'clock next
Thursday afternoon, The official OPEN
ing will not be observed until July
n-12, when four of the greatest golf
ers of England and the United States
George duncan, Abe Mitchell, Jim
Bsynes and jock Hutchison-wiIl be
seen in action.
Those who have viewed the course
within even the last few weeks have
nc idea Of the surprises awaiting them.
Nt.a vestige OF constitutional work
remains. The job is done. The big
work is over. The men have gone. All
teat remains is the usual routine of
urKeep. There can be no question as
I" the opening on July IL and L. 1t
could open tomorrow.
After the grand tour of inspection
dinner and entertainment in the open,
with speeches from all concerned, will
bring this memorable day to a close.
1t will prove more important than the
official opening on July IL and 12-by
tar. That is an opening to the public,
If one can so refer to the misguided
who are waiting for the waiting list
There will be about four thousand on
that day, attracted by tie nationally
important match between jim Barnes,
Jock Hutchison, Duncan and Mitchell.
This is the opening of the club to its
own members and owners, and to the
press who have already acclaimed it as
one of the great courses of the coun-
try.
Par of the course cannot possibly be
set lower than IS in the opinion Of the
experts. There is no hole with the
remotest resemblance to any other. At
least three will be nationally famous.
Every green has a surrounding bower
of trees iclosing variety of vistas.
1t has been commented frequently in
the last weeks that no course has more
attractive or inspirational landscape.
On the golfing side, it is not an easy"
course. The best golfers will find
plenty of gristle to bite into. And yet
it is natural, and not tricky course.
Its problems are not mere tricky ar
ranging of sand pits. They are inher-
ent in the contour Of the ground, cliffs
and trees. Par at rs tells the story for
the golfer. There is only one other
course, and that the Engineers" that
can match it, in the writer's remem-
brance
AS with the best courses every
where, the personality is there. Not
one of the holes to be met with by
members on June %, but will linger in
the memory after acquaintance.
Whole tracts of forest land were
razed in the beginning. If you look
for traces on the present velvety fair
way, you may we'll disbelieve. Never
theless exactly 235,491 feet of timber
has been sawed Cord wood has been
lal Il,
months to the profit of the corpora
tion. ..
Thousands of yards of stone have
been blasted and piled up and used
elsewhere for nstruction-enough to
build several cathedrals. Over $4,000
Dads Of ashes were hauled and spread
liund reds OF tree stumps were scat
tered into the sky. More than 100000
loads OF earth were removed and an
interesting detail is the using up of
$50 shovels in this work.
Bridges and stairways appeared over
night Actual building operations on
considerable scale result in practi-
oally remodeled clubhouse, with eight
new rooms upstairs, new showers, lock-
ers and grill downstairs, and sur
rounding park, with trees, lawns, a
long wall and special parking accom-
modation. Hundreds of pines and
IHanleS were systematically planted.
Thus have 118 acres of rough land
been converted into beautiful park
within the space of a year. It is an
almost unheard of feat in golf con-
struction.
The hundreds and hundreds of ex-
traordinary items, such as the 10000
feet of water pipe, can hardly be men
toned. From all angles it is an ex-
traordinary course-in design, in speed
of engineering, in financing and in op-
portunity for investment in 118 acres
Of priceless improved land, constantly
increasing in value, with the feature of
golf thrown in.
The golfer will be most interested in
the construction of the fairways, tees,
putting greens, bunkers, pits and the
like, which has been accomplished in
accordance with the very latest methods
in golf engineering, Incorporating many
new and distinctive features which the