Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-05
Third 18-HOLE COURSE
F0R WHITE SULPHUR
Resort Adds to Golf Facilities.
Personal and Social
Notes.
pecial TO The Times Dispatch.
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another cichtecn-hole Golf course at
White Sulphur Springs to augment
The two already here. Seth j. Ray
nor, leading golf architect, has
spent much Of the autumn at this
resort, studying the ground. and
drawing plans and returned to
Southampton. l. /. this wcck, having
finished the preliminary work.
The necessity for a nov course has
been evident for some time. The old
eighteen and nine hole courses. on
the first OF which the womeus ma
tioual championship was played In
September. though they are kept in
Tho pink Of cond'tion-have tn. rep
utation Of being tho two hardest
played courses In the United States
They arc used continuously nine
months OF the year. aud during the
summer. spring and fan seasons tho
rush is So heavy that they have for
some tim" been inadequate They
are so laid ont that the nine hole
course Will eventually be extended TO
double the size. when White Sulphur
vii! have three full eieh;eenhol
courses
These courses. though in the noun
tairs. are gently uudulatinr. and not
tiresome TO the PLAYER. very un-
usual feature at this elevation, and
one reason why golf Is SO popular
here. PLAYERS can make two rounds
in day witnou; undue fatigue, and
so set ,hr benefit ~ exercise In tho
open air practicable eli DAY
New Course $3.50 Yards Long.
The new course will he about $3.50
yards long. with four one-shot holes
six holes ranging from sos 70 $50
and one ;hrce-shot hole. the frs,
nine 66leC T,n- "
md the second u-1e coming in 500
ytrds. The hazards will he mostly
natural ones. as il is possible to lay
IL ont in such a way that the holes
viii! be interesting from the natural
contour Of the ground The lrst
zee, and the home hole, like those of
The two existing courses. will bo in
The immediate vicinity OF the Casino.
making il possible for those not
playing I" watch the start and finish
Of the players on all the courses.
Nasr sum spent on Courses.
Mr. Raynor, who built the Piping
Rock, sleepy Hollow. Nassau Coun-
Try Club, and other well-known
courses. explains the popularity OF
golf with men of middle lie with
the observation that after man has
worked the first half of his lie 10
establish his business. he finds ne
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maintain his health. He estimates
that more than s2.0oO.ooo have al
ready been spent IN this country on
eolf courses and their equipment. He
now has under construction tho golf
course al Gibson Island IN Chcsa-
peake Bay. in which the puPon,s and
other large capitalists arc interested
the golf club there having a mem
bership from All the principal cities
in The country.
Tho usual early November crowd
of golfers is here. Frederick G.
Hsvemeyer came down from New
York this week with J. T. Wemple
for fortnight's golf Frederick A.
Snow, Of New York and Southamp-
ton. and a. Lincoln Fil"nc, OF Ros-
ton, also came down this week for
golf and the baths. and others who
are p!aytns every day are Mrs. Rod
man Wanamaker, Mr.. and Mrs
Richard VI Cadwaldcr. Jr. Mr. ana
Mrs. John J Watson. j.. John Rus.
sell Pope. Peter Williamson Roberts
George Brooks, Lawrence II. RuhI
NJ. and Mrs Francis y Wh!,ehous.
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