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PAGE fflflXSBBgg THE PINEHURST OUTLOOKBBfJjg ' 11 WHAT II COSTS Interesting-Golf Coarse Maintenance Flgrures Give Details Just as a coat must be cut according to the cloth, so must a golf club run its links in a manner within its assured in come. It is interesting to compare the cost of the upkeep of eighteen holes at two clubs near New York, one having a gross income of about $85,000,. of which the house accounts produce $37,000, and the second a gross income of some $25 000, the house accounts, as it is a non- license club, only bringing in about $ 000. Neither club holds an open or in vitation tournament, but both give a one day invitation tournament for the Women's Metropolitan Golf Association. The upkeep of the course by the larger club was $3,500 in round figures, to which must be added $7,300 paid in wages to the professional and for labor on the course. At the club of smaller in come where the green committee had only an allowance of $3,900 to work on, by doing without a caddie master the up keep was shaded to $3,887.93 just $12.07 under the appropriation. The members put up with the discom forts of no caddie master, a statement being that "the caddies ran riot,"' to aid the directors to save money to take up debt. . This, through the income from golf and other sports, was achieved, and this season there will be a caddie master on duty. The detailed statement of the cost of the professional and labor on the course shows an outlay of $2,111. Horses and harness, the former presumably rented,, cost $156, and the hay and feed $456. These are the other items in round sums, and the perusal may make other green committees ponder as to how this club was able to figure so closely : mowers, $216 ; grass seed, $322 ; fertili zer, $129 ; sand, $46 ; repairs, $21 ; small tools, &c, $98 : boots for horses, $72 : flags, cups, poles, &c, 28 : horseshoeing, $25; hose and sprinkler, $40; paint, oil, grease, &c, $85; express, carting, freight, Ac, $80. The latter club expended nearly $2,000 in piping the greens, which is a special charge and not included in the ordinary upkeep. The first named club must be well content with its course for the special charge, for improvements on" it only amounted to $180. It paid out near ly $18,000, however, for an extension to the clubhouse. The figures, although no items are furnished in the report of the larger club, indicate how far the dis bursements for golf benefits general trade and the workmen of a club's neigh borhood, and this is but one item jn the disbursements of a golf or country club. The., average between the outlay on golf by the two clubs under notice is $7, 350. If it is fair to take this as the grand average of the upkeep of clubs in the United States Golf Association the total would be, at 299 members, $2,208,650. As possibly only 40 per cent, have only nine hole links, of which presumably the average cost would be but one-half the eighteen hole course average, or $3,675, the estimate should be reduced propor tionately. But no matter how much or how little it costs to keep up a golf course the money is well spent from every ipolnt of view. Pinefinrst Honors in England Charles Evans, Jr., will bear in triumph to Prestwick the united North and South title in addition to his many prior hon ors. Golf players east and west will hope that his prowess there will give to us another look at the silver cup Travis brought back from Sandwich. It was in a sadly battered and dingy condition then, but a New York silversmith re stored the cup to the proper lustre. Americans will do the same again should the opportunity be offered them. Evans' western open championship was won at match play after a qualify ing round and to sticklers for precision does not class with the medal play perfor mances of Travis, Douglas or Chandler Egan in gaining a place in the national open of seventy-two holes. Travis, too, won the South Florida Open at Palm beach in 1906 at thirty-six holes when the field included the Britishers Sandy Herd, Kirkaldy and Rowland Jones. Evans Is now evidently as good as the greatest trio ever produced in our amateur golf In their best days, Chandler Egan, Travis and Travers, and he also has the true temperament for the test. With an ordinary share of good fortune Evans should do Amei lea credit in the British Amateur,yet it must be remembered that perhaps thirty of the sixty-four in the first round at Prestwick have the ability to win on what is known of their game. But one of the players can gain the title and as mishaps are more liable to occur to a visitor than a native, there will be no discredit to Evans whether he. is beaten in the first or the final round; to reach the semi-final or final indeed would be a triumph. He stands in the enviable place of having everything to gain and noth ing to lose New York Sun Mid-April Golf Tournament Play in the annual mid-April golf tournament starts Wednesday and a good field assured. The Outlook tells the full story of the week. Send it to friends. "It saves letter writing !" Mailing envelopes at the desk. V "2 ; llalWWIJiSWWWMr.- SPRING FOLIAGE THE CAROLINA PINEHURST, N. C. l Mil . - n7 fl c Mr. i 1' i . g -(? Ujjn .f )Hi" IpnHnnpn'ltl'ln ir ii f s. "V -.J The Carolina is a magnificent four-story building completed in 1900. The in terior is a model of elegance, with appointments calculated to suit the most luxu rious tastes. The hotel accommodates five hundred guests and is provided with seventy-four suites with bath. The cuisine and table service are unsurpassed. The house contains every modern comfort and convenience, including elevator, telephone in every room, sun rooms, steam heat night and day, electric lights, and water from the celebrated Pinehurst Springs, and a perfect sanitary system of sew age and plumbing. H. W. PRIEST, Manager, The Berkshire, PINEHURST, N. C. The Berkshire is a modern hotel, delightfully located with all conveniences for health and comfort ; running water from the celebrated Pinehurst Springs, bath rooms, steam heat, open fires, electric lights and sanitary plumbing. The guests apartments are comfortable and home-like and the public rooms large and attractive The cuisine and service is of a high standard. A billiard room and barber shop have been recently added for the convenience of the guests. F. C. ABBE, Manager. " ",i(sj!r .&-$'t,'Km' ', - ' J Vf -J,Jf - - - HOTEL WENTWORTH, The Leading New England Coast Summer Resort. NEW CASTLE, PORTSMOUTH, N. H.; , Every facility for sport and recreation : Golf, tennis, riding,?drjying, yacht ing, fishing, still and surf bathing and well equipped garage under competent supervision. Fine livery. Music by symphony orchestra. Accommodates 500. Local and long distance telephone connection in every room. ' Send today for a beautifully Illustrated book. . Wentworth Hotel Co., H. W. Priest, Managing Director Address Until May 1, The Carolina, Pinehurst, N. C.
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