The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26
GREAT GOLF AT TUXEDO.
PLAYERS OUT IN FORCE FOR THE
GET WAY HINDICAPS.

A brilliant Ending to tho Three Days or Play
Hamilton the winner and Travis Make.
the Heat Gross Srore-A Cup Tor Dinamorc-
Interesting Competition ON other Links.
summerliko weather prevailed yesterday at
Tuxedo, where the golfers turned out in force
to bring the annual open tournament to a
triumphant ending. Handicaps wore tho fca.
ture OF tho play. The greater handicap at cigh-
teen holes. medal play, had eighty.two entries
and no less than forty-two returned full cards.
The winner was w. p. Hamilton of Tuxedo.
with 90, 8, 81. The second handicap was at
match play against bogie, in which the winner
was w. b. Dinsmore, Jr, also of Tuxedo, who
was 8 down.
The close finish in the medal handicap brought
down a shower of compliments upon K. G.
Kent. the Chairman OF the committee. He ia
popularity supposed to have been burning the
midnight oil for a fortnight in studying up the
records Of the men, and the result showed that
he drew q pretty clear line on their abili-
ties. for eighteen finished under 80 net.
The scratch men were thought to bo
equal to so. but no one held tho
pace for moro than a single round. The mark,
however, is often reached by a scratch man in a
Tuxedo competition. w. r. Belts, who made
his first appearance since his finish with whig.
ham for tho amateur championship. started out
with a splendid 80. the worst hole being
q 5. On the second round he began
driving wildly. "Poking all over the shopl'
was W. Breeze Smiths comment. This brought
Belts in all sorts of difficulties. and the round
cost him so. He played with DIR. E. G. Rush.
more, the Tuxedo champion, who made the Soc
ond round in Al, which, but for some weak puts
should have been a 81. He missed four puts
within two feet of the holes.
Both Keene and Ira Wis made the second round
in 40. Keene set out with four holes in As, and
he got the seventh-thc Alps-in 3: but the fifth,
owing to a wild drive, cost him a seven. Travis
made a three at the Alps, and his worst on tho
second round was a six hole. where a five would
have been sufficient. Seton made tho Alps
hole in Q. and Goelet the second, 176
yards, in tho same low figure. OF tho Dyker
Mead w delegation Powers made q regular
score. but an eight, on the fourth hole, caused
wards. his clubmate. made three drives Into the
railroad tracks on the second hole. SO that 1t
cost him a twelve. Otherwise his playing was
Brsndreth, VIII was one Of the four tied for
thru oisb might en- t have g6 oesn s ha, higher r. w up S 9niy for :
short approach shot hitting a stone. the ball re-
bounding into a bunker and costing him three
to get out to the fair green.
Rennard with Travis and Davis were also tied
for third place. Rennard tied with Travis in the
has since been abroad. Huntington who has
been so prominent during the week, had a nine
withstandinE this he was only seveniy.four
to the seventeenth tee, Nine strokes for
the two remaining holes would have
tied Hamilton, but after a good drive
and brassey shot on the seventeenth hole he
found the ball lodged between two rocks. This
spoiled his chance, for the hole cost him q seven.
Hamilton played a steady game, so that he prof
tied by his handicap. Travis, Keene. and Tai
bot played Of their tie for the best gross score
or IN Monday in the hnndi CAP; Travis won. :, -.
morning. The prize was q cup offered BY. A..G.
tho third hole is four; for the Heavenly Twins.
i've; for the brook. four, and for the home hole.
I'VE. This made bogie for each round forty, but
the changes made a variety in the play for
the two rounds. Each person who entered
with boyle on a basis of three-quarters
of his medal.play handicap. The distances of
the course and the boyle for each hole show. be-
side the rating of Col. Bogie, the relative value
OH Inc Ss nntiesa t tnS Kesne ana Travis s.c n
made the second round in 40. and Belts the first
round in 80. Belts was one up on the Colonel.
The distances and boyle figures follow:
Hv
Orchard. Rairr'd. S,ramp. Ttcins.
Yards...-.. ....."..Sox 17s 2s1 ESQ