The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-16
Sumter Golf and Country Club.

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firing efforts Of its president, Mr..
r. Leland Moore. assisted at ir-
regular intervals by Messrs. Shore
and Brunson, vice presidents, the
Sumter Golf and Country Club is
nov an assured success, and its
members are daily enjoying the
game of golf on their beautiful
course which, in location and nat
ural conformity, is second to none
in the state. It was hard fight
to secure the location, having re-
auired more than a year to do so.
and at times it would seem a hope
less venture, but through grit and
determination the fight was final
" won. s.
The course was laid out for the
regulation eighteen holes, but only
fourteen are now being used for
the reason that twenty acres of the
one hundred in the tract
were under u1tiva ii last
year, and it would cost more to
build the four holes located on
these twenty acres than it did to
build the fourteen in use and the
club house. combined. therefore, in
view of the fact that number
who signed up to become members
have not yet paid their initiation
fee. it is impossible to carry out
the plans of completing the IS hole
course until this money is available.
New members are coming in daily,
which shows that the country club
spirit is fast developing, and the
."golf bug playing as, important a
part in the production Of golf
fever" as the boil weevil in the
destruction of the cotton crop.
Just ride out to the course any
afternoon, if you will, and you will
see in action such celebrities as the
elongated George Shore. the di-
minitive Billy Crowson. Bob oui-
met Shelor, Hal vardon Hardy.
Bobby Jones Kicker, Graham
Chick Moses, Herbert Hardhitting
Moses, Mrs. Taisy Alexa Hardy
Mrs. Herbert Mol1a Moses and a
number of others who have recent
" come from obscurity into the
golf limelight. to say nothing OF
the old and wornout "has-beens,'
Leland Moore, Bill Brunson. Wen
dell Levi, Dudley, Korn, Mc1lwain
and others who lie awake nights
and lament their inevitable down
fall of the rush and slaughter OF
the younger golfers. &.
The club pavilion is about fin
ished, and while not so imposing
in architecture, it was designed
more particularly for the temper
ary convenience of members, hav-
ing locker room and showers 70,
men. and locker room and lavatory
for the ladies. while the pavilion
proper is large and admirably suit
ed for dancing, bridge parties OF
for any other club purpose. The
opening reception will be held al
the pavilion in the very near fu-
ture and the entire membership
should lend their presence.
During the present week the
course will be moved by a horse
drawn gang mower recently pur-
chased by the club, the greens
leveled and grass removed from
them which will aid materially IL
improving every ones game and
lessen the number Of strokes now
necessary to sink the ball in the
cup.
Never in the history of the game
Of golf has course been abandon.
ed after completion, and it is also
a known fact that it is a gre$
drawing card for tourists for they
carry their golf clubs with them a:
consistently as they do their othel
luggage. and the comparison may
be drawn that just as ducks seel
water in their fight south each
winter, so sure will the tourist seek
such places in the. south where
golf is part of the advantages Of
fered. therefore the Chamber o-
Commerce, Rotary and Kiwani:
clubs, as we'll as city Officials should
not only lend every effort to pro
mote the interest, of the golf clut
as valuable asset for Sumter. bu
by their individual membership.