The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
RECORD BROKEN BY
OKLAHOMA MAN
Hole in One Scored on Sank
Centre Golf Course Fri
day Afternoon
WAS A PERFECT SHOT
MIR. Lehman Says Greens are
Best He Has Every Played
-Summering at Osakis

The Sank Centre Country Club
Golf Course has been warm
friend to "Old Man Par" during the
seven years of play on the Main
Street Course"
The course is 3,184 yards long,
with As traps and bunkers on the
nine holes. Thirty-seven is par
and Walter Moynihan, the citys
favorite, is the only man who has
ever broke even "Old Man Par" on
one or two occasions. Walt has
shot "a.
When the Central Minnesota Golf
Tournament was played over the
Sank Centre course in 1928 it at
tracted some of the best amateurs
in the Northwest. Not man shot
par golf, although the day of the
finals weather and conditions were
ideal for high class work.
Late in the season of 1928 Archie
Compson, English champ, and
Audrey Boomer, famous French
pro, played an exhibition match on
the local course against Moyni-
han, and Don BONNER, of St.
Cloud Neither of these cracks
were able to compete with "Old
Man Par" At the conclusion of the
match these world-traveled pros
pronounced the Sank Centre course
one of the very best in the coun-
try.
Quite naturally every golfer, dub
III ha -
a hole in one. For the first time
in the history of the Sank Centre
course this feat was accomplished
Friday by E. A. Lehman, of
Oklahoma City, Okla, who is
spending the summer at Osakis
but plays daily on the Sank Centre
course. Incidentally Mr.. Lehman
is golfer of high class. His home
course is the Oklahoma City Golf
and Country Club. He has been
city champion and in 1925 was
runner-up in the finals in the state
wide Kansas tournament.
He broke the Sank Centre course
record by scoring hole in one on
green eight. This is a 14O-yard
three par hole, deeply trapped and
bunkered in front, with an open
ing in the centre in front about
eight foot wide. On this particu-
lar shot Mr.. Leidmann used his
mashie-niblick. He hit the green
about six yards from the cup and
-trickled in.
AT the time Mr.. Lehman was
playing with w. j. Wyley, senior
and junior, Oklahoma City, and
Wesley Martin, Chicago.
Some of the near experts of
Sank Centre are bitin' their fing-
ernails because it remained for a
man from the oil country to break
the coveted course record.
Green No. 2, 173-yards, three par.
is another potential hole in one
hole. This green is elevated about
four feet with aggravating traps
at the sides and rear end.
The greens on the Sank Centre
course are much larger than those
on the average course. No two
are alike, and at the present time
the bent grass is in excellent con-
dition. Mr.. Lehman has PLAYED
on many courses north, south. east
and west. He pronounces the
greens on the Main Street" course
the most perfect he has ever play-
ed. His verdict comedies with
other experts.
Probably golf is played cheaper
in Sank Centre than on any good
course in the United States. The
Sank Centre Country Club Corpora
ton owns the land and is entirely
free from debt. The course is To-
Gated within the city limits. There
is no Club house. The dues are
$1,000 per season for male adults:
$500 per season for ladies; $500
per person for boys between IL and
10 years. Young and old there are
probably 200 playing golf at Sank
Centre.
Mr.. Lehman is modestly bear
ing his honor of being the first
person to score hole in one on
the Sank Centre course, Incident
ally this is his second offense," as
he scored hole in one on a 175-
yard hole on his home course a
couple Of years ago.
SPLENDID NEW FRONT