Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
FOUR LOCAL GOLF
CLUBS EXPECTING
TODO BIG THINGS
Best Year in History of
Game Predicted for Rich.
mond Players.
ONE NEW COURSE
READY IN SPRING
Remodeled Links and NUM-.
pal Plant in Store for
Sport Lovers.
by E. v. Mitchell.

| PROBABLE construction of municipal
golf links and the opening OF one
new course and a remodeled course
are Few of the features in store
Tor Richmond golfers during 1922
Representatives of the four leading
clubs-Country Club OF Virginia
seven Pines Country Club. Lakeside
country Club. and Hermitage Coun
Try Cluo--all are of the opinion that
the coming year Will be the hest in
the history OF Richmond golf.
Silas Newton, vice-presIdent OF tho
seven Pines Country Club, announces
that the course OF his club will M
| opened in the early spring. All work
on The links has been completed and
the contractors at this time are com
p'eting the construction OF the club
mouse. Oscar +. Parrish Is president
OF the club. Constructed on a tract
OF land. the soil OF which Is declared
to be ideal for golf course, tn.
Seven Pine links were completed in
comparatively short time. The
course will consist of nine holes.
| nc club has 40 members
Out at the Country Club of VII, :.
slnia such work ms can be done at
'his season OF the year is being push
ed IN the hope that the reconstructod
course VIII be ready by the middle
Tor the summer. When the contem
plated golf plan OF the club is com
p!eted an additional nine holes win
ad1oin the present eighteen-hole
| course.
Call IL Enthusinstic.
douglas Call. chairman OF the
| SIetns committee OF the Country
Ciue OF Virginia. is enthusiastic over
inc prospects for golf here In 1929.
ASKED what he thought of the pros
pec's ms reply was. we should have
an even better year than In 1922"
Mr Call has served as chairman of
| the greens committee for q consider
aple length of time and has taken an
| active part in golf in Richmond. He
is regarded by local golf authorities
as one OF the best players in the
| city.
Not content with having outdonc
itself during the last year the Coun-
| try Cub OF Virginia already is plan
| ninG TO take steps which will place
| Eoif In Richmond on even higher
| piane. a series of home and home
| matches with the other three clubs
| or the city Is part OF the plan of
Inc Rio Vista outfit Mr.. Call stated
| last night that his club would take a
step further and schedule home and
! nome matches with clubs in other
| cues. Dual tournaments with teams
| from Petersburg. Norfolk. Suffolk and
| other cities also are contemplated
Hnce for best Links.
| as the new year approaches the
local golfng world faces unioue
contest, "a race between the clubs 10
get their green's in the best OF con-
dition. For the last year practically
| every cub has been hard at work
getting It's links constructed. New
courses opened during the year were
the hermitage Country Club and the
La beside Country Club. The big
pIooiem before these organizations
az this time is to get a grass on
the greens suitable to atmospberic
Ionu,llons IN Richmond. This prob
lem ooth clubs claim to have solved
Just what the result will be only
time VIII tell. but tho experiments
VIII DC watched with interest.
fercy Straus. chairman of the
green's committee at the Lakesii.
Club. and Carl Whitaker. who occu-
pies similar position with Hermit
| tage Club. both are enthusiastic over
the prospects for the condition Of
,ne.r respective courses. During the
tast spring and fall several of the
|
america had round" on both
courses and commended tho clubs bv
stating that the links were among
the sportiest the yhad ever plavod
on and ideal for professional NAV
fiarry Hampton. former pro Mt thu
country Club OF Virginia, was among
the professionals to visit both cluha
| during the year.
Use Seaside Sand.
AT TINS time the Hermitage C1ub
| IS engaged in placing seaside sand In
sne INKS nunkers. These Improve
ments were made as the result NJ
| action of the officials of the club AZ
| the fall meeting. A campaign to oh
tam the necessary funds from the
Grub membership was sanctiond and
| the amount was subscribed quickly.
tournament held by the clubs dur
ing the last year totalled eight. Tho
| hermitage and Lakeside Clubs were
.,ed Tor the lead, each having three.
Horace Hellstern, by winning the
Marcnse Cup Tournament. won the
Lakeside championship. Percy Straus.
! winner OF the midsummer handicap
Journey, was runner-up in the titu-
lar event. Henry Wallerstein, Jr..
| won the spring tournament. John
Maxwell won the Hermitage Club
! championship and Gordon Wood the
country Club OF Virginia Champion
snip. Maxwell also won the city
championship.
The movement toward public links
has progressed to the extent that a
tentative site has been selected and
brought to the attention OF the City
Council. Whether Richmond viii
have municipal links eint1e2a rssts
With the City TSthsYs. 4!
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