The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . ity ongolf architecture in America, assisted by Mr. SethRaynor, who did much of the work on the newPiping Rock course on Long Island, practicallycarried to completion this splendid work. Theshort holes include a Redan and an Eden holeand, says Mr. Whigham, A full-drive hole, takenfrom Biarritz in France, which has also been usedat Piping Rock. The longer holes are worked outalong the same high conception, and they includethree of the dogs hind leg variety, withoutwhich no modern course
The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . ity ongolf architecture in America, assisted by Mr. SethRaynor, who did much of the work on the newPiping Rock course on Long Island, practicallycarried to completion this splendid work. Theshort holes include a Redan and an Eden holeand, says Mr. Whigham, A full-drive hole, takenfrom Biarritz in France, which has also been usedat Piping Rock. The longer holes are worked outalong the same high conception, and they includethree of the dogs hind leg variety, withoutwhich no modern course is perfect. A nine-holecourse for beginners and for those not desiring thefull course is part of the system. The turf is as fine as any in the world. Thegrass indigenous to the White Sulphur region isthe blue grass, which mats quickly, becomes leveland solid, and is ideal for putting. The puttinggreens are of grass. It is not generally known that the White Sul-phur was one of the earliest places in America atwhich golf was played. The account, so beauti-fully related by Miss Florence Flynn, the accom- I. fe. i Golf at the White 359 plished correspondent, is most interesting to thelovers of the game. She says: Back in the Alleghany Mountains, a couple of milesfrom the famous resort of the White Sulphur, nearlythree thousand feet above sea-level, on Dry Creek,there nestles between two commanding ranges a val-ley that is more Scotch in the characteristics of itsscenery than anything to be found in the South. Here,at Oakhurst, the home of Mr. and Mrs. RussellW. Montague, of Boston, was the first golf organiza-tion in the country. It was informal, and there werehalf a dozen members only, but regular medal playswere a feature, and for six successive Christmas daysthe players met in what might be termed the first seriesof annual tournaments in the United States. In the 6os, 70s, and 8os a small coterie ofScotchmen and Englishmen with varied interests set-tled in Greenbrier County. Th
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