The New York herald., 1921-12-12
LONG ISLAND GOLF
COURSES MULTIPLY
New Clubs Are Being Formed
Both on North and South
Shores.
BY KERR n. PETRIE.

When George Duncan and Abe Mitch
ell were here last summer they were
amazed at the number of golf courses
that they saw on Long Island. George
and Abe probably did not see tenth of
the total links that abound in that cor
ner, but they saw enough to convince
them that Long Island Is one OF the
hottest of golfing hotbeds. What inter-
ested them, too, was the general excel
lence of the quality of the turf TO be
found in that direction. The meteoric
one and his long driving travelling COM
panion visited Inwood during the p. G..
A. championship and 1t Is a fact that
they marvelled more at the nature and
texture of the turf than they did at the
golf. And they saw a good deal of
grand play during the concluding stages
Of that championship.
Duncan and Mitchell played at Gar
den City about that time and marvelled
once again at the circuit over which
they trod on that occasion. They were
amazed too, to find that courses
stretched all around them and these
Cherry Valley. Garden City, Country
Club and Salisbury, 70 mention only the
nearby ones--also were noteworthy ex-
amples OF what u golf course ought to
be.
Long Island indeed has been richly
endowed by nature and II Is not sur
prising to those familiar with condi-
tions there that golf links continue 70
multiply and TO spring up with nush-
room like rapidity. Next year one or
two which have been in the course of
construction this year will be in the
ring and a few more still will be In
the making. There Is the Pound Hollow
Country Club, an organization which
has been formed for the most part OF
Glen Cove business men TO take over the
Herbert l.. Pratt farm and convert ii
into a golf course.
Seek TO Cut Cost of Golf.
Very gratifying is it TO find a well
denred element OF reason underlying
most Of these most recent plans for
golf clubs. The Glen Cove organizers
have even gone so far as to announce
that they are setting UP n poor mans
club" This does not imply that the
membt rship is 60 be recruited from the
workhouse or anything like that. but
there il a certain joy kindled in the
breasts OF these men by the announce
mcnt made to the wide world that they
are TO play golf not because they are
wealthy but simply because IL Is a game
for all classes II too much stress is not
laid on the social end of golf club life.
As John Anderson has been showing.
golf is cheap abroad and II lt were not
for the huge clubhouses built more TO
glorify society functions than old Col.
Bocie it also would be cheap In the
United States. Very much less than
100 miles from City Hall a group OF men
ere busy demonstrating that IL is pos
sible 10 have cheap golf, for they have
laid out suitable course and have built
n modest clubhouse where ali the com
forts that q golfer requires can be had
without the aboundlng luxurles. This
does not refer 10 Pound Hollow. at Mas
sau. but is away ont in an entirely diff
ferent direction, although IN the metro
politan district.
And while they are busy digging bunk
ers on the North Shore OF Long Island.
on the South Shore they are also work
ing on q proposition that bids fair 20 add
another distinctive organization TO met
ropolitan golf. This is the club formed
to take over the magnificent property
which was originally the country seat of
Henry II. Hyde and which now forns
part OF the estate Of Louis Bossert. This
choice property. about three minutes
ride from the village OF Bay Shore. ex-
tends from the MontauE highway north