The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01
C'onDctt,
This morning tho s~eml.annual open tourna-

This morning tho semi-annual open tournn-
ment begins at the Knollwood Country Club.
Visitors will find the large extension finished
and ready for their reception. The prizes will
. nc John ID. Archbold Cup, the DE-. Lcith
C SG '1iatio4 up The n tng N; n mary p ou VIII W
at thir,S.six holes medal ghla lax The best SsS SIX ,So
at thiriy.six holes, The Knoliwood CUP is
ShadwIck. A. /. .Eiyermore., and !, L: Jowett,
The following will be the order OF play:
Nov. l-iO:3O A.. M, trst round. eighteen holes.
Archbold Cup; 2 =. IL. second round. eighteen holes.
Nov. p-io:ao A. M. third round Archbold Cup
and frst round Consolation Cup; z =. M. fourth
Nov. s-lo:so A. NJ. semi.nnal round Archbold
Cup, semi final round Consolation Cup, and first
round Knollwood chal enge Cup; 9 7: N. final
and second round Knoliwood Challenge Cup.
Charles b.. Macdonald of Chicago is in town
and has entered red 10 Other :, notable Tsn PLAYERS sn IN t W'
G. Stewart and Findlay $. Douglas.
There are some novel features about tho tour
nament of the Westchester Golf Club to be held
on Thursday. Friday and Saturday Of this week.
The qualifying round is at eighteen holes, with
a gold medal for the best score. The sixteen
leaders will play out at the match game for the
Willmount Cup. On the second afternoon there
It will 4 be- m the drst open mixed foHrsome held
this season at an M. g.. A. tournament; and
there should be- 20 q Eood = many e nyd starte STn I'm inc ne
played for. There will be suitable prizes for the
runner.up. in each event; All entries close to-
morrow with. G.. Fox Tiffany, Secretary, FOX
hurst, Westchester avenue. city.
The foil golf tournament Of the Ocean County
Hunt and Country Club will also be held on
Thursday, Friday. and Saturday Of this week.
This means an early start for the Lakewood
golfng season, which, as q rule, does not show
much activity until the annual tournament of
the Golf Club of Lakewood during Thanksgiving
Wifi WEI be I plsyead d" on Fhur rShn9 1 St glEnse the n fIrss
| and second sixteen players starting match play
,Su in thu, the a GSp %hi for the, First Fl s h Gg9 snd
S SR thu fS0 cl ,ns' witch Ssk 'S will ai so0 p PsssnP'0a a
gross score during Tie tournament. Entries
close on Wednesday night with Secretary "; a.
the tfhs" noted SNOW tournament T. the ocean
County Hunt and Country Club last Februnry
course is an entirely new one, and in the best of
condition. George J. Gould Is the President Of
Arthur b. Clafin, James Converse. and w. A.
Hamilton constitute the Golf
Regarding the Committee of Fifteen elected
by the st. Andrews Golf Club to regulate the
game in Great Britain, London GoG, which ia a
I " ~ otul Va " oAa uhhoih va hAS y ~
of the T.. S. G. A., as follows:
There is a great deal to be said which is I favorable
to the new proposal. All golfers will be glad TO rec.
fact our legislative headquarters; but q great deal
will depend on the labors OF the new ~ommittee.
how often they meet. or al east how often they
are in communication with each other. A good
half-dozen of the members are resident in Eng
land the greater part OF the year. and their play
ing experience on English greens should at least
be useful in helping their Scottish colleagues
to a better understanding of the difficulty
which younger players feel In thoroughly realizing
the extent anu appllCatlOn OF the rules anu the In
depreciation OF their obvious obscurities. The use.
fuiness and authority of such n strong, representa-.
tive bouy of players would be destroyed II the work
delegated to 1t has to be overtaken by three or four
gentlemen within easy hail OF st. Andrews. and II no
provision Is made for III Interchange of Views, apart
altogether from the votes and the discussions at The
regularly fixed meetings ut 1t. Andrews. On paper
the new committee looks big, powerful, representa-.
tive and satisfying even TO Golf Union advocates;
work. The committee has plenty of good work lying
waiting for its reforming zeal.
The weekly handicap at the Dyker Meadow
Golf Club on Saturday was for q cup presented
by Thomas A Eddy. The winner was A. r.
Fish, with a net score of "a. His gross card
was:
Out ..............7 855b Z 8 7-52
In. ..........7 4 4 z o 6~-5O-lo2
Chaunccy received n handicap of 9, and made
the best gross score, which was:
out ......"."..6 . 3 AZ
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