The New York herald., 1921-03-10
LIDO LINKS WILL
HAVE Big SEASON
Clubhouse to Be Opened Soon
and Hotel to Be Built at
Ninth Hole.
BY KERR n. PETRIE.

While Lido rather disappointed
number of its friends by falling TO put
In an application for either the metro
politan amateur or open championship
the famous links at Long Beach never
theless would appear to be embarklns
on the biggest season of It's career.
Having held an invitation tournament
and given the players an opportunity
to put their fingers on what they felt
were the "sore spots of the course,
the club IS now ready to act on these
suggestions. In fact considerable prog
ress along these lines already has been
made. For one thing visitors to Lido
the coming season will find that the
rough which used to raise the ire of
many has been thinned out and the fol-
lowing and finding OF sliced. hooked
or fooled ball consequently made
much less complicated business than II
used to be and a recovery shot from the
scrub not nearly so hopeless task.
Pater Lees has big staff or men
al work getting the putting greens ready
for the coming season and these are
expected to be in first class shape in
the early spring. The green's, II may be
recalled. were allowed to get run down
through disuse and neglect during the
period of the war and last year were
far from first class. However, that
criticism no longer is to be allowed to
hold. Even now the fairways are in
excellent condition and everything points
to Lido coming into it's own this year
as those now at the head of affairs
mean to spare no expense to place the
course In the place where it belongs
which Is. as Lees opines, king among
them all in this or any other country"
Lees says he feels justified in looking
for busy season because for the first
time the Lido golfers will have their
new clubhouse. splendidly equipped
building in every way. More than that
a large hotel is to be constructed facing
the sea at the ninth hole. Work on this
is to be started at once and 1t will be
opened in the early summer.
Lees started In on Monday TO con-
struct the new eighteen hole course FOR
the Hampstead Country Club, and hopes
10 have nine holes OF this circuit ready
for play about October. This is an
other fine layout, in the opinion OF the
man who built Lido and, moreover. is
easy of access. being right in the town
of Hampstead and only about five min
utes from the railroad station. The
ground is beautiful and undulating and
the soil of light, loamy sandy nature.
This will be one OF the finest courses on
Long Island when completed. according
TO Lees Already the membership is
pretty we'll filed. and any one has only
TO see the property 10 be assured Of the
clubs success, he says.
Hampstead has secured l22 acres OF
ideal ground in beautiful rolling coun-
try land plans, In addition to the golf
feature, 70 have tennis courts. croouct
trap shooting and all the activities that
are considered Indispensable In q mod
ern conntry club. 1t is expected that
three of the tennis courts will be ready
BY jury Lees has complete charge Of
both designing and construction work
of the Hampstead Country Club course.
It Is to have an overall length Of 6,4o0
yards.
II Is scarcely surprising that Lees
these days Is round to be perfect foun-
tain OF information concerning a great
many OF the courses In the metropolitan
district and not a few out OF this sec
tlon as well. There has been a big de-
mand for his services, apparently, ana
by all indications he Is to be one OF the
busiest designers and consulting green
keepers in the country. Peter has taken
over the Green Meadow Country Clubs
course. which adjoins Apawamis, and
which he has had charge Of for the last
three years. There is good layout AT
Green Meadow, he declares. and he ex-
poets to have the putting greens and
fairways in good shape soon.
This has been an excellent winter for
the golf courses. according to Lees. At
Mountain Ridge Country Club. where he
also has charge. he finds the new greens
and fa!rways which he constructed last
year in such fine shape that he expects
TO be able TO open them In Junef The
Belleclaire Golf and Country Clubis an
other Of his courses which has wintered
we'll and Peter expects to have the
summer circuit here open by March Is.
Among the other courses which he
has charge OF in this district is that of
Otto II. Kahn. This Is no toy course.
as some private courses are, but great
test OF golf. 1t measures 6.400 yards
and IS laid out over beautiful rolling
country on an excellent sandy soil. The
course itself Is we'll trapped. tho fair
ways are excellent and 1t has putting
greens that cannot be beat.