The New York herald., 1922-09-19
WINGED FOOT GOLF
LINKS DOING WELL
n. Y. A. G. Linksman Will
Open Thirty-six Hole Cir
cult Next June.
ny KERR NJ pETRIE.

While the United States Golf Associa-
tion wrestles with its championship en-
try problem the evolution and progress
OF the game itself Is gradually working
solution OF this impotant albeit pes
tiferous question. Within a few years
there will be enough clubs In this coun-
try. each with double circuit OF
eighteen holes, to take care OF tho vast
fields that now are coming forward to
clog the machinery OF these annual
classics.
Baltusrol. Essex County and the
Westohester- -Biltmore all have two
courses. And last Saturday golfers
We're given an opportunity TO walk over
ground that by another season will
present America with one or the finest
double circuits in this or any other
country. The property IN question Is
that OF the Winged Foot Golf Club.
which is the official title of the organ
ization formed by the gotfing members
of the New York Athletic Club.
The Winged Foot links men have been
fortunate In procuring a tract OF some
2so acres of excellent golfing land right
in the heart of Westchester and within
mashie pitch OF Quaker Ridge. The
station OF approach is Mamaroneek,
which will be about one mile distant
from the Winged Foot clubhouse. A
start will be made on the clubhouse this
year and with the links IL will be IN
readiness for the housewarming about
the middle of June next.
Meantime excellent progress Is being
made with the golf courses. Last Sat
urday when about r thousand members
and guests from the organization at
Fifty-nnth street and Sixth avenue ar
rived on the grounds for the barbecue
and frolio they found men already cut
ting the putting greens which had been
seeded down only two weeks before.
fact nevertheless. All the course Is now
seeded and on most OF the putting greens
there already il a thick green carpet.
The seeding of the courses was started
September or thereabout and completed
on September Is. These greens first
down look from distance as IL they
were At for play.
Architect TiIIinghast Proud.
A. W. Tilhnghast, tho architect. de-
clared on Saturday that he never was
SO proud OF a course that ne had de-
signed as he Is of the Winged Foot lay
out. Little more than four months ago
not a spade had been put In the prop
erty. not a stick or stone had been
moved, and yet the course on Saturday
appeared to be only awaiting for nature
to deliver the real article into the hands
of tho golfers.
But the construction of the Winged
Foot thirty-six hole links involved vast
amount OF labor Notwithstanding its
present ready made appearance. Trees
had to be feled and much timber re-
moved. Every green OF the thirty-six
had to be built and moulded 10 specifi-
cations and top-soiled not by inches but
In some cases by feet.
The work of grading, building and
clearing was done by Lewisohn
brothers under the direct supervision OF
John III. Eliff, Mr.. Tillinghast's chief
engineer Twenty tractors were em-
ployed in addition to many teams and
for the four months something like l50
men have been constantly employed.
Within year or two the Winged Foot
Golf Circle will offer to tho United
States Golf Association for It's cham
pionships one course that measures $3.50
and another of G.54s yards. The East
Is the longer OF the two. being
'3.4x yards outgoing and s,lH incoming.
However. some OF the long drivers are
to find another solution OF this interest
ing golfing problem. For them there is
an opening to the right of the elump of
trees up near the green, so that while
the short player will be slSirting tho
grove TO the left with the third shot
the player OF the Walter Hagen type
will be going for the green with the
thickst on his left. To accomplish this
he will have to clear a second pond.
There cannot be any doubt that this
fourth is to become one of the most
talked about holes on any metropolitan
links. Following are the yardages of the
Winged Foot courses
East course-out, 400. $50, 40. 662.
400, 1s0. 4i2, 473. $50; total, 3.466
yards. In. s4S, $50. $50. $50. AGO. $50.
40, e04. 265: total. 3.1s4 yards.
West course--Out, 40. 800. eos, 400,
sos, 3i3, 1872. Ala, s15; total. s,2e6
yards. In, 207, 354. 435, 207. 3S0. 402.
AS, 4t3. 4o7 /: total. 3.2s2 yards.