| Show Vernal golf ball strikers Strikers' gain new nine hole course course An article dealing with the sport of golf follows as it appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap in the Vernal Express on June 11 1931 GOLF CLUB FINISHES 9 HOLE COURSE NEAR HERE One of the finest golf courses in Eastern Utah and a credit to Uintah county is being completed completed com corn this week by the Vernal Golf Club a short distance west of Maeser on the Lapoint Road The course will wUl consist of nine rune holes with thirty foot greens The greens are made of sand from Green River mixed with residue oil from the Raven Oil and Refining company at Rangely About thirty six yards of sand were required for the course ACCORDING TO JR JU Douglas president it is expected expected expected ex ex- that the club dub will have a membership of ot about 35 to 40 before the season is over The game will wiIl be played until almost the first of the year or as long loog as the weather conditions permit The pros prO are getting in shape to challenge Roosevelt and Duchesne in the near future and it is expected that Meeker and Craig will in due time be e victims vie vic tims of the ability of our local club stars who have already started to motor out to the course to greet the rising risingsun sun during their practice games It takes about one and one-half one hour to play the entire course of nine holes Golf is now becoming the national game and more people are enjoying the game than any other sport Golf tournaments between the towns of the Basin will soon become as big an attraction as the baseball games of a few years ago AS TO THE TIlE advantage of playing on a grass course many of the local players who have used both the grass type and the local type are convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that there is just as much to the tle game on a bare soil foil as on at some of the courses built on the sod Before a member can blossom out in plus fours he be must hold a record of 45 or less lesson lesson lesson on the local course |
