GOLF

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 679, 2 December 1909, Page 9

GOLF

-.i-i. ',------,'- - .■:,;/:.. ',!»'■ . ... ..■ '... .: ■;■ -,' ':,.:.■:.THE CHEiSTOHUECH LINES.; '.'_■'.'.; . (By'Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) . ,; ■■; - .: ■^.''Ch'rlsteh'urchV;Decemb«r''i.'i'.- : : The' : Shirley Golf'; Links ,Company has -. recently acquired [ r an additional -piece :of land lying: across' tho,, road'.'from the;holo'on tho presont- course known as '-'Lands' End." . -The area is about 24'. acres,! nnd is;- about 22 chains in' length hf about', lp. chains in -.width.:!' At present 1 it is in. a" rather' rough state;, tho principal .requirement being- drainage. ,', Tho acquisition of this additional land will enable ,the .golf ■ club to cut but some of .'the shorter, libles. oh the.'present course,'and replace theiu with long ones, 1 which '.will;add 'greatly to ; the. 'sporting-value of tho links. Most of the'first-;clas3:conrscs.-in"the. Old Country have an. extent' of about'6ooo yards. The'present course at. 1 Shirley. is about 5200 yards. The newly-, acquired land.Will, therefore, enable the club to Tiavo. a, course well up. to the,' extent of tho averago.course at.Honie, It will take some time to -put the new! area into order, and 'it is hot likely that it will,be in first-Classordei by September ncxti when the championships aro to'bo played. ~ . . ... '■ ; -.