C.C. Reader
So one rich and powerful nation
rises up in indignation,
to point its finger at one man,
condemning the ground on which he'd stand
And all the pompous bureaucrats,
politicians, and corporate rats,
joined the mob,
took the stance
uttered their cry--with a sideways glance
So strong the feelings, they all agreed,
socially this man should die.
He has lied.
He has lied!
He has lied!!! .
But few would stop to wonder why.
It was just the popular thing to say,
and on this notion certain forces would play,
to vent the anger of a generation
on one man's abomination.
So I think it rather sad;
the real issue was never made.
It was the system not the man.
Once more the people had been had
--Gregory P. Neifert
The World's --
Great Golf Courses
By Matthew Smith
°Editor's Note: This is the first of a
four-part installment of great golf
courses Mr. Smith has played.
BALTUSROI
The Baltusrol Golf Club is a true
leader among the game's courses. It is
located in Springfield, New Jersey,
which is 20 miles southwest of Times
Square and a few miles beyond the
Holland Tunnel. Baltusrol has hosted a
record six U.S. Opens, and altogether, 12
U.S.G.A. events have been held at this
fabled course. Only one other club,
Oakmont, has hosted as many as five
Opens.
The Baltusrol Golf Club was founded
in 1895 by Louis Keller, who was also the
founder/publisher of the New York
Social Register. Keller named his club
for Baltus Roll, a farmer who worked the
ground that is presently club property.
Roll was dragged from his home and left
to die in a snowbank on February 22,
1831 by two thieves who believed that he
had a horde of money in the house. They
were wrong.
Baltusrol has two golf courses, the
Upper and the Lower. Both were de
signed by A.W. Tillinghist. Of the two
courses, the Lower is more famous,
tougher, much better architecturally,
The Cowles Top Ten
1. North Carolina
2. Virginia
3. DePaul
4. Kentucky
5. Missouri
6. Tulsa
7. lowa
8. Louisville
9. Minnesota
10. Wichita State *
* Probation
WATERGATE
and requires the golfer to hit every club
in the golf bag. Naturally, this is the
course the author played. This is the
very same course, by the way, on which
Jack Nicklaus won his fourth Open and
18th major U.S.G.A. event.
Examination of the course reveals no
shocking surprises. It has no tricky,
hard-to-read greens, and water is a
concern on only one hole, the beautiful
par 3 fourth hole. This is normally picked
as one of the top 18 holes in America.
Of Baltusrol's four par fives, only two
are worth mentioning. These two are,
strangely, the 17th and 18th holes. The
latter is especially tough at 630 yards.
The heart and soul of Baltusrol is its
ten par four holes. Two of these are
stretched to the U.S.G.A. limit of 470
yards. The course has 117 sand bunkers,
twice as many as Augusta National. It is
brutally honest, but it is fair neverthe
less. To answer your question, I shot in
the low 90's for my round. As I walked
off the 18th green, I thought of the
sayimg on Baltus Roll's grave:
"Ye friends that weep about my
grave, Compose your minds to rest;
Prepare with me for sudden death and
live forever blest."
Many a golfer has felt the same way
after playing a round of golf at Baltusrol.
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Thursday, January 28, 1982
Best In The East
1. Villanova
2. Syracuse
3. St. John's
4. Georgetown
5. St, Joe's
6. West Virginia
7. Boston College
8. Rutgers
9. Princeton
10. Penn State
ere was plenty to smile about at the "After The Bash Bash."
READER Photo By Steve Myers
Photo Club
SURPLUS JEEPS, CARS,
and TRUCKS available.
Many sell under $200!
Call 312-742-1143, Ext. 3501
for information on how to purchase.
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