The New York herald., 1922-01-23
SUCCESS ASSURED
FOR W0MEN'S CLUB
Belief Is That Promoters Will
Have No Trouble Filling
Membership.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

That the promoters of the Glen Head
Golf and Tennis Club, the first all
women's organization OF the kind, will
have little difficulty filling its men,
bership is the opinion that is being
freely expressed by all classes OF golf
ers. The stock certificate plan Of
membership under which it Is proposed
to finance the club does not strike the
metropolitan district as an innovation.
It's merits have been tested from time
to time and now 1t has come to be re-
garded as the only safe and logfca,
method for floating any golf club that
hopes to retain permanent hold or its
links and property.
Instead of rearing UP badly bun
kered fa,rway over which the women
Will have to battle their way to sue
ccss the proposed financial plan whereby
400 members will he taken in at $1,000
each. it should be found. has put down
for the women n smooth path over
which those who wish to belong to the
new organization will presently troop
along In battalion formation.
THE promoters of the Glen Head
Golf and Tennis Club are to be con-
graduated on the fact that at last they
have taken the initiative" said an en-
thusiastic woman golfer the other day.
such club was bound to come.
Women no longer play golf simply be-
cause their husbands, brothers or other
male friends do so. This is best shown
by the fact that they insist on having
a course where they can lay out the
holes according to a par system based
on the average woman'S physical
ability.
This. again. demonstrates that
womens go.f no longer is in the EN-
bryonic stage. A great many or the
members of our seq now are so accur-
ate in their play that the difference
between a mems course made over
for their special benefit and a regular
women's par course does make great
deal of difference.
Problems at Hollywood.
.AIany will recall how it was on
some of the holes at Hollywood during
the national championship last year.
Hollywood is a magnificent test OF golf
fer the men. but it stands to reason
that the bunkers are not where they
ought to be when the course Is taken
over by the women. Even changing
around the tees does not give entirely
satisfactory results. Several OF the
women at Hollywood found themselves
getting well down with one shot at some
particular hole only to discover that
The success of that stroke had left them
in much more of quandary than II 1t
had not been quite so well executed.
"In other words. it was found oc-
"a sionally that the contestant with the
long. straight drive was In an almost
impossible position for her second. The
chances greatly favored the long Sec
ond finding the bunkers, whereas the
player whose hitting powers were sucn
that she required two TO get down III
front Of the qua riding bunkers and a
third TO the green was just as well II
not better off.
II Is thought more than probable that
the example set by Miss Marion Hollins
ard the other organizers OF the Glen
Head Golf and Tennis Club VIII be
copied by the women golfers OF other
sections. For Chicago, Boston and
Philadelphia and similar strongholds OF
women's golf such club is a necessity
IL II is intended that these sections are
TO maintain their place. The women
have said that one of their greatest
band,caps has been the lack of a
course built for their own physical re-
qulrements.
Quite possibly the Long Island club
will make such a hit that many OF the
championship players will want the an
nual title tournament held there every
year. It Is quite apparent that the
Middle West at least will have to bestir
itself. with the Glen Head Golf and
Tennis Club women's golf in the metro
politan district is four or five holes up
on all the rest Of the United States.
Harold Gladwin of Morris county.
Grant a Peacock OF Cherry Valley. A.
L,ucien Walker. Jr. of Richmond county
and Charles II. Brown Of Hudson River
Country Club have been elected to act
with August r. Hammer OF Baltusrol on
the handicap committee OF the Metro
politan Golf Association. The latter is
the chairman.