New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-29
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SEPTEMBER TOURNAMENTS on MANY
LINKS
INTEREST IN THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
THE MORRIS COUNTY COURSE AND S'"H
OF ITS FEATURES 4 NEW RECORD


THE MORRIS COUNTY COURSE AND SOME
OF ITS FEATURES \ NEW RECORD
At BAR HA1BOR
September besides deciding the amateur golf
championship VIII bring renewal or ac'Vi'y
among the clubs near New-York Lcnox. too VIII
have a place in the months doings. The cher
open dates arranged are:
September to s-Annua tournament OF the
sep,ember Il 10 l7-Amatelr championship under
Morris County col; club. Morristown. y. j.
September p t. 2i-Invitation tournament OF '"e
September % 20 october Invitation tournament
OF the Wesibrook COLI club. lstp' Long ls'ah"'
Lenox prcceccs the metropolitan clubs with us
list Of conditions and prizes. and. as the 'onrha-
Yncnt ,hcre - an annual feature made conspicuous
by the social promae1cc Of the players, as wei ~
by the good golf lisplaycG there should be no lack
Of interest in the contest.
But 1t is to tn amateur championship that so.i-
ers attach the chief importance OF the month
Whether CHICAGO for the fourth time VIII have
the qualification Of celebrating victory Is queS-
ton that is foremost IN the minds of Eastern play
ers iust row The illness of II. j. NhishaIn the
present champion. w!n leave Macdo'aid the oh'y
formidable representative o: the West. ana rs
success is a matter OF doubt Macdonald
was the winner Of the first championship held IN
Ncwnort in lSa5 but last year he was beaten by
Belts OF Shinnecock. In the sem-hnals In chicago
and this year he will have the added Disadvantage
Of competing upon unfamiliar ground Among the
Eastern possibilities choice runs riot among hat
dozen men all Of whom about on a par. Per
haps the ones in whom NEWCOMERS are most In
terested are James A Tying and II. +. Toler. OF
Morris County: Walter ]. Travis. Of Oakland
Finlay Douglas. OF the Fairfield County Cnh. and
Foxhall = Kcene and Herbert Hartman. OF the
Meadow Brook Hunt club. Harry Holins. 1r., who
won the Shinnecock tournament, in which both
and
for Douglas his chances are doubtful The las.
match In which ne appeared was against the oyKer
Meadow team. a week age. and his form then was
anything bat formidable. At his best he undouDt-
edly plays brilliant game. hut just now he seems
10 De erratic. Tyns and Toler have both had
plenty Of experience with the championship course
and Tying especially is regarded by many as pos
sible winner Travis Is well known as formidable
competitor in every tournament he enters. and AZ
present he holds the record for the Morristown
links.
The championship course IS over which the
Morris County Club has spent many anxious mo-
ments but there to he reason for belev-
ing II will be In anything bat fautess shape by the
time the tournament opens. The chief difnculty
hos been with the newer portion of the grounds,
where the turf is thick as the club eoped 20
have it, but the older parts IN the pink Of con-
oition As PLAYERS from all over the country are
looking forward 10 the time when they must meet
its difnculies brief description Of the links may
in front of the clubhouse piazza. II Is rs yards
long and the green Is situated at the further end
OF deep hollow. A careful approach is necessary.
fence and road bound the green on the FUR
twn for b Srccn In. ssond hole runs along
almost AZ hight angle to the first ana across thc
depression just mentioned. A low drive VIII be
caught by the side of the hill bu, perfect playing
should make the hole in ? The distance Is lt9
hole there is a continual hazard to tho left in the
shape Of the main driveway between Madison 80 ana
Mny snurn nd a "A
Of the tee ACTS as second hazard the distance rs
the fourth hole. for the railroad track VIII penaze
topped drive and If the ball lands on ne rosdpea
Once over a good brassey will insure safe lie in
from! of the bunker. and short approach WIN
the boyle is s. Back again toward the ralIr0aI
track for 80 yards brings the player TO me nitn
be met with on tn, WAY. B9eie Is . enc s,x,, ,o,o
but slight incline before the green requires an &c;
curate approach, and fringe OF woods on the iei'
Begie for the hSe put at the Noa in oeh Ing
with sand pit Guarding The Green S a., sn' At boG b
edge of a piece of woods. and the ground In front
makes delightful bit Of golfng country Tor me
With ihr,c weil-lcfned depressons at right angles
10 the line Of play The luckless player VINO taps
stop any roll the bail may have The green Is stu
ated in the last hollow. which means careful WORK
distancc is $50 yards ana the bogie is sporty 4
The ninth hole is 1873 yards. with woods as con
tinual hazard TO the right and a pit guarding thf
green Five is the bogie. This completes the first
half of the course, AMI the player has covered In
Facing the tenth hole on the home Journey there
IS small brook TO be avoided In front of the tee
4 drive iron shot and the CUSTOMARY two puts for
the sreeq make up the 69Ee OF -Four s rd }
holes measure IS and 4i2 yards respectively tn.
bogie for each being . Now comes the the l ,
dense growth of bushes bordering tho road on the
In no
allowed, but he must show par golf 10 do IT, For
the gInn s reached lust beyond bounded hy
road at The right THIS hole is PIT down as Is, 81
should carry % the af,eensh green which is only is
Care is necessary not to overdrve the green, fol
there IS sharp dscv,y beyond down Which y, u.
and the boyle 4 Now the player has returned
within ssi 81 the thu ON the
The seventeenth hole runs between the clubhous'
n na the s's
A bunker hundred yards from the tee must b
fo sse s,a 5D sandp guards the w6ei
Yards from the sms Zee oe5 Bose is Tsf h2
tion. and just before the green Is sharp hollow
u mS s S. yaf. On and ns s Sos.
The player has now made the fuil circuit !, Of 5'
done ore' what no amateur has yet accomplished. TIL
course is one well calculated TO test championship
son TO feel gratihed at the result
The Shinnccock Hills Golf Club viii hold mem
bers' tournament: from September TO 10. inclusive
Entries should be made not later than September
with Joseph a. Scaver. superintendent at the club
house.
Since the opening OF its new eiehteen-hoe cours
the Harbor Hin Golf Club. OF Staten Island. ha
met with cnviabe success There Is now loni
waiting list for both the tive and associate rolls
and the club IS planning an active fan season
hX
day and holiday during the remainder Of the sea
james Douglas the professional has established
new record for the kcbo Valley links in Bar Har
Dor. lie made two rounds Of the course In 80 each
total OF f2 for the eighteen holes.
The ST. Regis Golf Club. IN the Adirondacks. vii
hold It's annual championship this week. In tn