The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-31
HARVEY GOLF
ENTHUSIASTS
GET STARTED
Year-Old Club Has so Mem
bers and New Course Along
Sheyenne River
This Is the first of q series Of
stories on golf courses In North
Dakota.

his ID the first OF q series Of
stories on golf courses In North
Dakota.
Harvey, N. D., May 31.-(AP)-
A new golf course, located about
three miles from the Harvey city
limits, will be completed about July
l, according to M. F. Staples, Sec
rotary Of the Harvey Golf Club, Inc.
The club, organized about q year
ago with only . few members, has
grown steadily until at the present
time the club roster shows go names,
Staples said.
The old course, unsatisfactory in a
number Of ways, will be abandoned
entirely. The property on which the
new course is being built. Is land
leased from the city.
Although plans at the present
time do not include a clubhouse, a
number Of members of the club
have expressed themselves in favor
Of adding . building and this may
be taken up soon.
The route around the course, wind
ing back and forth across the
Sheyenne river, offers natural scenic
features which are not often
equaled, Staples said.
Several tees are located on the
crest Of high hills and plateaus and
clear air enables visibility for many
miles around.
In addition to its natural beauty
the course offers plenty of difficulty
tor all but tho expert. The course
leads back and forth across the river
and in most cases the first shot,
even If an exceptionally long one.
will leave tho ball only on the bank.
The next shot, looking out over
the broad expanse Of water, is ex-
pected to have = psychological effect
unfavorable to the game Of the most
experienced.
The seventh hole, q par three, 1928
course. The green lies across the
river on q broad peninsula with
about 20 feet Of water in three sides.
This 10 q commodious green, heavily
trapped behind. II the player does
not get on" in one, he finds him
self in real trouble.
A description of each hole on the
course follows:
No. 1-4O6 yards, par four. Fair
way crosses the river Immediately
in front Of the tee and ascends in q
sharp rise for 200 yards to the top
Of q plateau. At this point there is
Z slight turn in the fairway to the
right and then a straight approach
on the level to the green. The hole
10 hard because Of . steep climb at
outset.
No. 2-197 yards, par three. A
straight shot back along the rim
Of the plateau makes this hole one
Of the easiest on the course.
No. SAL yards, par four. Tee
off from the edge Of the plateau
down over the valley and. across the
river. A good strong first shot will
carry the ball to the river but can
not reach It, which makes the next
shot somewhat easier. A bad first
shot will bring difficulty because Of
the water hazard.
No. 4E223 yards, par three. This
fairway returns back again parallel
with No. 3, which means shot across
the river from the tee, toward the
sloping edge Of the plateau.
No. 5-601 yards, par six. This
10 the longest hole on the course,
but not q hard one. After crossing
the river about 200 yards from the
tee playing Is easy.
No. 6-424 yards, par four. The
route returns across the river parallel
with No. s, the river being nearly
300 yards from tn, tee. There is
plenty Of rocky rough to bother the
poor shot.
No. 7-128 yards, par three. This
IL the hardest test for the real golf
or. The green lies across tho river
on = broad peninsula, heavily
trapped.
No. 8-sS7 yards, par four. A
splendid shot from the edge Of the
peninsula over across the river and
up the hill to the top o. the plateau.
Some Of the rough Is story but the
fairway is clear. This is q blind
hole 40 the green sets back from
the edge Of the hill about $50 yards.
No. 9-352 yards, pa four. Tee
off from the top Of I high hill and
drive toward the river below. The
river is not visible from the tee but
It cannot be reached even on an es-
pecially long shot. A poor first
shot places the wide expanse Of the
river before the eyes Of the player.
The green lieb about 80 yards be-
yond the edge Of the river.