The San Francisco call., 1896-09-10
OPENING OF A
NEW GOLF CLUB
The First Tournament Ever
Given in San Fran
cisco.
MANY vOTARIES ATTEND
The Fine New Grounds Are
Close to the Preside
Reservation.
HANDICAP AND SWEEPSTAKES.
Winslow and Mclean the Winners.
Tournaments Will Now Be
Given Monthly.
HANDICAP AND SWEEPSTAKES.

The first golf tournament ever held in
this City took place yesterday under the
auspices of the San Francisco Golf Club,
at the clubs new grounds, south of the
Presidio reservation.
Golf is an imported form of recreation,
which has hitherto had very imperfect
trial in California. Hanford, Tulare
County, has a Aourishing golf club and
few years ago Burlingame possessed one,
but it perished for lack of interest.
1t is believed that the grounds of the
San FIR ancisco Golf Club, which were
opened for the tournament yesterday,
will do much toward fostering interest in
the sport. Near the entrance to the
grounds on Central avenue stands hand
some clubhouse, nearly completed, and
the links themselves, while not presenting
all the advantages of the native heath of
golf, offer a very good substitute for
Scotch golfng grounds.
The sagebrush does nearly as well as
gorse, and there are inequalities in the
ground which make up for the lack of
sand hills. The baked condition of the
vegetation is drawback, but the autumn
rams will soon remedy that
The whole distance round the nine holes
is 2141 yards, and the tournament yester-
day was twice round. From the tee to
the first hole is 1S3 yards, and the second
hole, which is called the telephone, is 235
yards farther.
The third hole is 1872 yards most of the
distance being up bill on ground exposed
TO the winds. The fourth hole is BAL yards
farther on, and the fifth. the short, Ill
yards; the sixth hole is 232 yards farther
on, and the seventh, the high 200 yards.
To reach the eighth hole the players have
to GO down hill in the face of the trade
winds, and a very rough bit of ground, BOB
yards in length. lies between the eighth
and the ninth holes.
The tournament consisted of handicap
played in the morning which was only
open to club members and sweepstakes
in the afternoon which was open to all
corners. There were only couple of en-
tries from the outside, however. Opinion
seemed to be pretty evenly divided as to
whether ordinary street clothes should be
worn or the regulation golhng outfit.
Some OF the players were resplendent in
all the glories of tartan stockings and cos
tunes of the most approved style.
The handicap began at 10;30 and lasted
till l. The following gentlemen played,
pItted against one another in singles:
S. l.. Abbott Jr. and Charles Page, K. e.
Forman and ]. E. Rawlins, 10 Parrott
and John Lawson, @. r. Winslow and G.
T. Mullins, Robert Oxnard and P. G. Nc
Bean. John Lawson was put down as
scratch man. Some good playing was
shown, although the wind lnterfered with
what should have been some straight
driving.
The average of the scores was 81. C. r.
Winslow was the winner of the handicap.
A. lumber of visitors came to see the
sweepstakes in the afternoon. The play
ers were the members who had taken part
in the handicap in the morning. The
sweepstakes S began at 2snd lasted till 4:30,
Mclean being declared the winner.
1t is the intention OF the club TO hold
tournaments every month during the com
ing autumn, and it is believed that with
little more practice very creditable show
ing will be made.
The members of the club are:
s. Leonard Abbot Jr., Thomas C. Berry, VIII
liam Babcock, Harry Babeock, George d. Boyd,
Alfred Bouvier, Gordon Banding, William B.
Bourn, James W. Byrne, Henry c. Breeden,
Thomas Binney, Henry J. Croeker, Charles +.
Crocker, Robert L. Coleman, Joseph B. Crock
EFT, Christian de Guigne, Joseph A. Donohoe,
Charles p Eells, Robert B. FormGn
Patrick Grant, Joseph D. Grant, Edward
NJ. Greenway, Walter S. Hobart, J. Downey
Harvey, ]. W Hart, R. C. Harrison. John Law
son, Edward J. McCutcheD, Frederick W. Nc
Near, Peter MEG. Mclean, Charles +. Mullins,
Percy p Moore, John d. Mckee, w. Mayo New.
hail, Robert Oxnard, Charles Page. John Par
rott, George A. Pope, Jared L. Rathbone, Oscar
T. Sewall, Arthur H. Small, Henry 7. Scott,
William Thomas, Richard NJ Tobin, Henry L.
Tevis, Alex B. Williamson, Chauneey r. Wins
low, Frederick W. Zeile.