The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-01

Ia WISH TO WlIlOWDrOOks the private
golf course of Emerson Carey near
Hutchinson!
| And it is a realization. 1t is an
anticipation fully and completely real
lied. 1t is q paradise for the sweet
stick shooters who have had or may
have the esteemed privilege of accept
| ing the greeting of the host.
| Located six miles from Hutchinson
| on wonderful grounds, skirting and
flirting with a. clear swift running
| stream, shaded by sky piercing flash
| ing and Pickering cottonwoods, low
| and inviting willows, spreading elms
and ash, improved with all that money
can buy in adding to natures beauty,
| Willowbrook is undoubtedly one of the
finest country homes in the west to-
| day. And it is one of the very few
private golf courses in the nation.
The writer, with c. B. Merriam, DR..
W. N. West, J. c. Mohler, w. D. Up
degraff, w. E. Bulls and John Mohler
made up two foursomes with Senator
Carey for two full days recently.
Nothing could have been done by
the host to make conditions and en-
| tertainrnent more satisfactory ana
complete. Nothing could have been
done by nature to improve the weather
for goff. Even Cow creek, rushing
madIy around the bends and beneath
the willows, held out an inviting hand
and the generous contributions of
sos and "Silver Kings indicated
the spirit of the Topeka golfers.
Think of 1T, Golfers!
Think of it, golRersI Eighteen holes
in the morning, shower, a wonder
full meal. Eighteen holes in the after
noon, a shower and a wonderful meal.
A little bridge, a little dancing and
then the breeze swept sleeping
porches. Asleep with the knowledge
that the next day will bring still an
other period of golfing perfection. No
slow foursomes ahead of you, no rest
less foursomes behind you. No feel
ing that you must hurry because of
evening promises to the Missus. No
office worries to be scrambled in the
hours before sleep. No telephone calls
that hold up your foursomes while
you tramp madly and sadly to the
locker room: No breaking up OF the
foursome after the eighteen when you
would enjoy the ever enticing post
mortemS.
Think of it, golfersl
Golf until you could fall exhausted
with pleasure midst your favorite
sticks. Golf with the companions you
enjoy the most. Golf with all the
thrills of sporty shots and nerve ting
ling approaches. Golf on greens that
have been developed until their vel
vetY smoothness honestly rivals the
most expensive rug. Good caddies,
marvellous host, a palatia1 home-no.
golfers, this isn't a dream 1t isn't
word picture. 1t isn't an ideal. 1t
\
Willowbrook.
Take it from me-or Doc, or Cal. or
Walky, or Jake, or Wilbur or John.
Check up every statement, IL. you
please. Or ask other Topekans like
Jim Koontz and Ed Copeland who
have been there.
oh. boy-that grand and glorious
feelin'l
The Course Wonder.
A little about this golf course:
Tz Cd Q0-onrA
about six miles north and west of
Hutchinson. The course is 200 yards
in length and is built from q wooded
spot west of the country home to
various points over and around upper
Cow creek. Around the entire links
is a large pipe line welded in the
shape of a fence and tapped at inter-
walls for the watering of the greens.
Rustic bridges cross the stream under
massive overhanging willows. Paths
from greens to tees hold the golfer
in the delight of the shade and seem
cry. Comfortable benches placed I'M
der trees and near shrubbery. invite
the weary player who has just COM
pleted a. motor boat of putt-putt-putts.
The entire course is kept in lawn
like shape. Thousands of trees and
shrubbery have been planted and are
watered and cultivated regularly. The
fairways are kept in most pleasing
condition-to the shooter and to the
observer. Altho only q year old the
course already looks like a Colonial
landscape with the period home peep
ing thru the trees in the background.
The driveway enters mammoth
lighted gates and IS open at all times
to motorists.
The greens are the wonders of
western golf. As we stated before, the
course is but a year old Yet the
green's are ENTHUSIASTICALLY perfect.
The Kentucky blue grass and clover
form a firm mat. smooth, without
1T
solid enough to carry the hardest play
ing. The mixture OF grass, soil, fer
tilizer and water Is the result of a
plan worked out by Senator Carey-a
plan that undoubtedly will be worked
out by the Topeka Country club, ac-
cording to DR.. w. N. West, chairman
of the green's committee.
Tell the average golfer that VIII
lowbrook is n e-hole course slightly
under 5000 yards with a par of "a
and a DOGGY of 80 and that the green's
are not trapped seriously and that
there is not bunker on the links and
he'll chuckIe.
Hazards You Don't See.
Ought to hit a rs for eighteen reg
ularly, huh?
Just give Willowbrook a chance at
you! Turn loose your old bagful and
see what happens!
You'll come sneaking in from No.
9 green ct the e%d of a days SO holes
and wonder how 1t all happened. Haz-
ards you never saw on your first round
will loom up at you on the second.
And On your third round you'll wonder
why you missed observing the flock
you passed up before. On the fourth
well. there seems to be an endless
source of trouble and anguish for the
golfer who whales away at his ball
and lets 'er roll.
You have to lay 'em up at Willow
brook Otherwise you may count your
penalties, order another box of balls,
practice on your stopper pitches and
grant the profound respect the holes
command.
That's Willowbrook.
Senator Carey laid out Willowbrook