The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-04-19
By JAMES w. DUFF
Secretary, Hendersonville Golf
and Cocntry Club

Hendersonville's greatest civic
achievement in several years IS
the acquisition Of the Laurel Park
golf course which will be open for
pIay this summer. A group of To-
cal citizens purchased the 132-
acre tract. on which in 1925,
Donald Ross designed and Goa
structed an 1S-hole golf course
for Laurel Park Estates, and are
completing this course for the
benefit of tourists and home folk.
It will be operated a club and
will be open to all visitors at a
very low cost.
In 1925. Donald Ross spent
$1,000 on the layout and CON
struction. He was instructed 20
build the best course possible. no.
sparing expenses. This course VIII
ever be a monument to his skill, 9S
every hole is perfect and Of an
entirely different problem, as
there are no two holes alike. The
land is rolling yet not steep, ana
is so ideal for 4 course tina. Nh.
Ross stated it is one Of the three
best he has ever designed. The
course is only two miles from the
center OF the business district and
: lust of, Fifth avenue as you
enter Laurel Park.
The course is G,402 yards long,
with par 70. The greens are eN~
ceptionallv large and average
more than 5000 square feet
each. They are planted with Met
-opolitan bent strain, which IS
considered best for this climate.
This grass can not De grown IN
the south except in the mountain,
Gus sections and is the grass used
on all the northern courses whlcn
have held national tournaments.
The fairways are wide and rolling
and are planted with Kentucky
Blue Grass and red top fescuc.
Great care has been exercised to
get the fairways as smooth rs
3ossible. and they have been
raked until they are as smooth a.
a lawn.
No. ! tee is surrounded on
three sides by a circle Of large
white pines and is elevated quit"
2 bit above the 200-yard marker,
although about the same elevation
as the green which is 412 yards
away, and is par 4.
No. 3 is 400 yards and Is also
a ! par. This fairway is practical
" level but has several traps
which are ready to catch the ball
unless the shot is carefully placed;
No. 3 is 141 yards and is a 8
par. The green is practically the
on]y fairway. Although it Is very
large it is entirely surrounded by
traps. Everyone who has seen this
course picks it as one of the pref
test golf holes they have ever
seen.
No. 4 is $50 yards and is par
4. The green is on the SIDE OF Il
hill and requires an eXacting sec
No. 5 is 363 yards and is also &
4 par. There is plenty Of trouble
all the way on No. 5. Your drive
must carry a raYlne on the ilSh'
ard bunkers on the left and has
)>only a narrow opening to the wide
and sloping fairway which opens
100 wards beyond. The second
shot must carry two ponds IN
front of the green and there IS
creek beyond. a steep hill on the
right and a stand trap on the left.
No. s is APO and 4. The drive
here must carry about 100 yards
over one end of the lake, or you
can play a slight dog;leg and go
around. The second shot is down
hill and there are two mounds
placed at the front of the green
to make the distance. appear
No. 7 is 448 yards and par.
This is up hill almost all of the
way, although the green is oelo"