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grass, digging large pits and turning over future greens. With utter disregard for quantity or price the men were instructed to literally cover the ground with grass seed. After the seed was sown the ground was top-dressed with a mixture of sell, sand and fertilizer. A motor mower, three putting green tnowers, rollers of varied weights and all the implements -een around the regular course were purchased.All records were broken in obtaining a playable course, and the nine temor-ary greens were opened within three months after the work commenced.Mr. Ade scon found that it was not very exciting to own a golf course and be the only player. So he invited fifty friends from the neighboring towns to join the Hazeiden Golf Club, which lie was organizing. When the first meeting was called practically every man invited was present to answer the roll call.Steel lockers were installed in the lancing pavilion and express shipment f clubs and balls began arriving almost daily. The club was handicapped m?cause it had no professional to give instruction but Mr. Ade, first president \nd absolute ruler, taught them the udiments of the game, for lie knows-bout as much about the principle cf Tolf as a great many “pros.” At once Tolf became the most, talked of epoch in Newton county history since the nrst bank was opened in Morocco by John Ade, George’s father.By the beginning cf the second season the Hazeiden Golf Club boasted of a fine golf course, with a total distance of 2500 yards, nine good greens and several bogey Tdayefrs. As interest grew tournaments wore held large cups, donated by the founder of the club, were played for. Each newspap-i er in the county had to run a weekly t. golf story. ^It took some of the players a long r. time to drop the terms “paddles,” and n “liks,” “pills,” “puttie” and “swipes,” but now some of them aspire to make 3 the course in- birdie (one under par) y and others can quote fom Vardon and y Braid as to how the various clubs 1 should be played.(Continued on page eight)c\w*
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Goodland Herald
Goodland, Indiana, US
Sat, Nov 20, 1915
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