MANAKORIHI GOLF CLUB

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1930, Page 6

MANAKORIHI GOLF CLUB

\ . ' COURSE, AT WAITARA.

IfAJQR. CONWAY DESIGNS COURSE.

■' i Major Con-way has completed hia de- .*■ / sign for the Manakorihi Golf Club’s new ‘ bourse on Mr?C.-H. Barnitt’s property at Waitara East and the greens and tees arenow, pegged, out. The course as planned appears to be an excellent one and a description of the holes will show 'that the time and trouble expended by / Major Conway have yielded good results. '■ No artificial'bunkers will be constructed but the. natural features of the ground have been worked into the scheme wherever possible and care has been taken /to make each hole of the standard golf type. The prevailing westerly wind has npt been, overlooked and a hole of 320 yards such'as the third, which is sligKt- ’ i ‘' ly uphill and into the teeth of the wind, XiU be found.to be a true two-shot hole. (The new course- has no hole so icing as; • '[the Prairie-or ••Home holes (450 yards) on the old: course, but there are seven holes where it will be: found that two really good shots are required to reach the green. The total length, of, the course will be 5770’yards—over 700 yards Idng- •/ jar than the. old. links.- ’ - ’ Following, is , a description'of the lay- • L'(o«i;.ofithe;cburse;:-7 No. J .-l '■ (Kainganui),. 165 1 yards.—The is in a corner near Mr. Barnitt’s let- . ■tor-box and the :green lies in the direc[Son of the hedge oh the’pro-.' ;,perty.' A carry of about 60 yards, is necessary iafclear swamp, the green lies at the head of. a small gully. ■ v ;,'{The'tee shot will require to be pitched Tvell-upi I.? No. 2, ’330 '» in * , ■ (corner of the boxthorn • hedge; and' Mr. Barnitt’s private road and the direction ';» west of north!/; Behind-the gjeen itf a comparatively dry swamp which will ; -trap/an over-pitchei; second.’' Two' 'good / :■ phots are imperative.

? . 1 ’No. 3, 320 yards'l-yA'l, drive; westward • With'acarry of 40 yards-erosses swamp land and two fences meeting at a' right angle. .A pulled stroke 'will' find the swamp. The hole is nicelyplacedhalf- ‘ xay up a; spur along the back of the 1 property.; Placing is necessary to reach ■. ■ -. .\thei green in ; ,two.; ■' .< No. 4 (Paritu'tu) 370 yards—From;ihe tee ; Oh th'ej;to®f seaward’side, of the. spur. ■ - . Paritutushows-up jh the direction of the Ipreen like ?the foresight: .of' a rifle, -and there' is a good view of Mount Eg-' moot and the-' coast. Two- strong hits against tibia?,wind will be necessary','al-1 t;; jthoiigh a Idownward slope will assist’the' 1 run. The green is guarded on the left ' .' and 'behind by /swamp ’country; and; oh ' the , right by lupins. ' ; :.' . ~ ■ ' •:N0..;6 ;(Mt. Messenger), 410 yards.— ’This hole is played with the assistance y ; of. the wind along, the ridge. A slice or • . a pull* will ' cause the ball to veer downj f.hiUiwith’loss of distance.- From ;[theVgreen -Mount'. Messenger • isvisible ■' v jtowards.Mokau across-,the bay.’. ' Nou ■' d. v (Egmopt),' 3 140 yards.—The .. \ ißduMe ,would not be Complete'without', ft , {holemamedEgmont. The tee is near the .third; green and a inashie shot playei'ap- ■ parently into ; the, mountain crater will find the green, lying\down hill :from. the ■tee; with swamp flanking and behind.. .iJ^o.:7 : 380. drive ; ito. carry :a patch- of'.swamp and a dip : played tfrom the tee? near the -paddock . ? in -No. 3' will ’put the j :■ | player.-in? a position for a good second A ? 'wi'thi'ihe? windX The green :is near the 1 ■ , Birnitt /liohie^tead.y.' .- ' 1 No. 8 (Conway’s), 360 yards.—This is M reif golfer’s hole Which 'will spoil more . cards than any other and will probably ’be <unblfi.’cialiy •> known . as ‘’Conway’s :-The drive, is ’.made frpniynear ■ ;the’ first 'green '.towards- the sea. X. puli' be>in the swamp and a ; slice will - make a four out of the question. A car- > ■ pet drive will come to rest in'j a cross guUy. If, however, a straight drive of 200 yards is obtained the green is with* ! ' tn ’ comfortable ’ reach, although ’ there if. a ewamp ,to cross short bf the green and « to the left.- A slice by. j a. .'right-handed; player will be'out a: ' , r 9 (Home), 400 yards.—The hole ' Wretches, from .the back of the eighth green to the club house. A carry of 100 yards with the help of the prevailing yriml- m wanted, just imssing a line of t. : , trees to . the right.- Dirqction is necesBary,‘.as. there, is swamp, to the left and a 4 gorso hedge to the right. No. 9: is-a • ' good-“home” hole-r-a safe 5, dr a good

V'. r ; Much of the swamp referred to is comparatively dry but •will serve ad- ’> ? 7:Atairably for “rough.” At . most holes there teethe alternative, of playing’ safe, with ' .the- penalty of loss of distance. Anything bar a “grubber” is safe at the first 7 \ hole fahd>up tif / the eighth the swamp : can .be given a wide berth. At the last two, however, the man who wants 4’s , : Jwill have to keep straight. , Major Conway has'apparently worked at the. planning of the ndw ; leourse, ~ whichwill be of no small adr yantage in the future to Waitara golf-