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MAKING THE FAIRWAY 



J^^^^^E do not attempt to deal here with the prob- 

 ^ i% lem of laying out the course, locating haz- 



^ TJf/^ ^ ards and building bunkers. These matters 

 ^ r r ^ belong to the scientific aspects of the game. 

 ^ ^ Our concern is only with the making and 



^'W'^^^ maintaining of a desirable turf. The prob- 

 lems of making a fairway and of building a putting-green 

 are separately treated, as they are quite different. The put- 

 ting-green requires much finer textured grass than the fair- 

 way, and its limited area admits of more intensive labor. 



TIME REQUIRED 



Z'URFING, which is often practiced on the putting-green 

 and which will be considered later in that connection, 

 must be confined on the fairway to limited areas, such as 

 hillsides where there is danger of erosion. The task, then, is 

 the preparation of a seed-bed on which is to be grown a per- 

 manent turf. This work must not be hurried, as the fitness 

 and beauty of the course for years to come depend greatly 

 on its thoroughness. New clubs anxious to begin the use of 

 their grounds may do well to content themselves with a 

 nine-hole course, roughly developed on half the area while 

 the other half is being put into permanent condition. When 

 this is usable the first half may be similarly treated. 



Work on the course may be begun in 

 the spring andcontinued duringthesuc- 

 ceeding summer. The land ordinarily 

 should be seeded in the early or late fall, 

 according to locality. In the extreme 



