Show 1 S Wey of ofee ofa tM Way fide ee I SS Wy GRANTLAND RICE RICEL I 1924 1 24 New York Tribune Inc There Is la a wide Ide gap sap between the turf the thc gray Cray cold daS da d s or of February and the green s sunder under the warm sun of ot May and June Yet May Is not so 0 far tar away and February after all can ha base hae haIts Its ha e Its uses even for those who eho ho have havno no chance for Cor a fling at Southern goi f Golf I Is not merely a matter or of I hitting a II ball with wood and Iron and tapping It Into a tin cupI cup I Golf Is l also a matter of ot endless endIe's 1 miles of or open countr country of hills and risers and la or lakes and valle s and forests of treeless sea sea- seaside seaside sea seaside side sweeps and of or Inland courses by dogwood and maple and ana pine Those Thos desiring a winter golf colt pas pas- pastime pastime time might some Rome Bom time take tako an hour off and think over again the great grent- greatest est cst golf golt holes the they have played the hardest the most the ones once that cart carl cany greatest beau beau- beauty beauty ty For lor those who have havo played to any great treat extent be ond their na- na tl tle tise e heath and heath and most golfers golfer haM base ha e there thero there are remer remembrances north orth laking out of past springs and summers rs and autumns They will come from the tho sea shore shor of or the thiea east t from the th middle west nese est from California and from the th south And An their Is endless as us as the tho turn of the game am Itself Golf Golt brings bring back many recollection tion of or almost be ond de- de o words We e recall three autumn expeditions where the scenic effect was ao spectacular and to the th final degree One as Sleepy l epy Hollo Hollow 1 In Westchester on an October day of sun and rain when the time strip of 1 around the course had hall been turned Into ten thousand Another was a trip to the e Forest Foret club at A Asheville N C late In October hero u here the highest mountains mountain east of the CI e a brilliant flame of or gold and red rod and where whereat whereat at each turn this flame seemed to break breal upon one with Ith a new flare of vividness There a was the tho same effect when hen one on reach reached ell tIme the pta pta- pla plateau anla second reen reen at Pine l anla and looked hooked out across tree treo tops on fire tiro with Ith of crimson green and gold cold These Thee remembrance outlast any shot hot e n e weha e hll hase ever over played or halo base ever They still call one back bach to the hope of or another lisit an and another another l S isbn Islon There Thero was the th beauty of or the th Mid Oc n links at t Bermud Bermuda with a rainbow sea breaking against t the cliffs to the right of the tho fairway And at Belleair there Is a hole heie hoi on en the second where the fair fair- fairway way nay ay rise rises and dips down n to the gulf gult with the green flanked on outlined both sides tl l by palmetto group out out- out lined against the th gulf and nd the ky This Is the tho thirteenth bob holo around sunset one ono forget tho next stroke as a he h drasse dras dran In his breath to stand tind and watch the th gold fold and together as the tho sun nun goe goes down Then there are memories or of stark blick woodlands outlined orI against a flaming shy ky upon a lute November day Those These are ar all part ot of the tho game came and not the Smallest part The Tile call ms with Ith ith s oice s that bring a a re restless fever to the tte tt e soul One On can ma mass In a a long lone line the tho attractions of great ireat golf colt holes hole that are not to bo be b forgotten There 18 1 Ithe the tho fourth hole at Lido one on of 0 the greatest golf colt hole holes In the th world If not tho greatest of or them thorn alt all long carry o er 0 er swab and a amp for the daring darlne with nith Ith a s safer aStor iou JOU- JOUney ney Jou-ney ney to the tho left for tor the th more con con- con e And after the tho drive upon a narrow stretch one ono comes to a ayoung ayoung young lake on be ond to b be car car- carried carried ried ned by the tho second and on be ond thAt a plateau green which to be breached reached In ta t two 0 strokes calls colIs call for tor as much perfection as the th human framo can carry There Thero Is no other ether golf hole hoi that more mor grimly rises UP to otter offer battle Latti and to call for greater skill and nen ner e e There Thero i Ik Ib the tho yard short twelfth at Garden City with Its it deep trap In front and Its It surround surround- surroundIng surround Ins lag Ing mounds mound anti and knolls knoll One On day daya daya a jigger jitter the shot shot th next with changing wind Ind a spoon or a bra bra- bras bras-al It never seems seem Quito quite quit alike no matter mailer how much you play It And the tho 3 2 Is usually earned arned by hitting bitting the ball bail as th the ball should shoula b be hit not DOt b leaving much to chance chanc and destiny The Th National Lido Udo I Pine Vailey all have hav their tests testa that few forget And through the tho middle west there thoro Is 10 a a long lone array of or tine fine course where one on recalls the th bat bat- battlo battie bat battle tie tle for tor par that was wan not always I as ae successful as a It might have hav been Oakmont at burg at Cleveland Chicago Golf and Oakland hills nills Hill and De- De Detroit D troit C C 51 St Louis and other have hav their battlefields where great golf Kelf hole holes holu ha hase hae ha e be b or tested the th best beet one has hasto hato to h r cl I No other country In the th orld can offer otter a as great a 0 variety sanely tot COL golf mountains mountains seashore Inland I forests pine palmetto palm oak maple maIle lakes rivers hills hilis alley salley and whatsoever th the full I stock stock ot or e has to offer The 0 Is moro more mor to golf iol than merely hitting I the ball for Cor those thoo are not too I blind When the game fame I Is going point well wellI the landscape Is generally I tul ful whatever It may be nd o nd us hen henI the game fame Is going oine badly the th philos philosopher I opher can find his In some some- someI something something some thing much more mor Important than I the correct ph phot ot of ot knee and shoulder If It you dont don't think so 0 wait alt I this spring princ until the th dogwood and I Ithe the apple blossoms are arc out and I forget for tor a while the th old eld maxim I about keeping your eye ey on the th ball |