The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-01
GOLF.


stasaiug or the ~. q. a. Cup wtnners-Hsw
Crescent a. 9. lsuhs-
In the detailed summary Of the open tuurna-
ments held during the season BY the Metropoli-
tan Golf Association, published In The SUN on
Nov. 90, Il was shown that. bunohing all sorts
Of ~contests, Travis had II 1rstsi Tyng. o; Stew
art, 2; Toler, o; Tappin. Bowers and Chaun-
cey, 8 zach; Sands, Morton, Edey, Keonc. Shaw.
Douglas and Gates, 2 each; while thirty.nine
players had scored q single win OF come sort.
Many golfers hold that tho compilation was do
ncient % o true guide 10 tho form Of the players.
There were twenty-five open handicaps during
the NJ. q. A. season, In which es1 players re-
turned cards, but the real test Of merit
was the performance Of tho players In
the contests for the cup at each open
tournament. regardless Of they did
IN handicaps or in consolation events. In
view Of the annual meeting OF the n, @. A. TO
night at tho Twenty-sixth street Dolmonic0ts
the details Of the cup contests viii BE- of interest.
In the twenty tournaments held by the NJ. o.. A.
rounds. Tyng started in nine tournaments and
Non five cups; Fem 2. With . eight cSStnssr Start e , N1n
one cup; Stewart. seven starts, one cup;
starts, one cup: Converse. three starts. one
e fn Ril Ss e. nst alSs s sssr sny ONE one. sp pIsy In o oS lHsssG1 4
the full round Of ournaments-in fact, each
event brought gut an almost entirely new Geld
shinnecock Hills, when seventy. finished in the
qualifying round, the Lakewood autumn tour
a dss ssom nsas R %its w si1sy. snsssrniHiG In t sSo Class 81; 4 Of
players FIRST place must be awarded to the Lake
wood autumn tourney, for the held included six
tour champion. As there was no uniformity In
the number OF starts, a percentage OF winning
would put Bayard. with his single victory, at
the top; Tying. In the number Of cups won. leads
fas aoI pou ola IN With Inc only fIa sso o eu S0%B Rss @sas ss q
better showing.
Golf is only o year old at the Crescent A. c..
but It is 30 popular with the members that It
has become necessary to enlarge the links from
nine 10 eighteen holes. In point Of membership
:he Crescent Is the strongest club that has taken
SS f BEEN AGAIN gained SG AND n there i Is = X. ionSS 1 waiting IN fi ilSs.
The course 10 on the Crescent's summer grounds
at Bay Ridge and from many Of the tees and
and the passing shipping.
Tbs holes Of the course to be- retained win BE-
ieasd snG the T sree ans 9s stn ss the RSiS Sft tho on e she sD Se@
teenth green. Nearly al Of the old holes viii Be
arst two Of the Improved links win :. on ne
BLOCK be FSse lii Eighty q Sc 18th n, 'sS I Risahty y.snSa,
lively in playing length. An "s"-siapcd bunker
will cross the line Of play on each hole. The
next two Will be about 400 yards each. and In
the field on the south eide Of Eighty-sixth
street, extending from First avenue to the Shore
road. These Will be the two longest holes Of the
links, and the lfre Of play will be crossed by
bunkers and sand pits. The tee for tho new fltth
will be at the northeast corner of First avenue
and Eighty-sixth street, the distance being 100
yards. The cid first hole, the Ridge" Of 326
yards, will be used without change for the sixth
hole. and in the same way the present second
hole, OF las yards, will be the new seventh hole.
Then the golfers will be on new territory. the
property on the slope to the north of Seventy
ninth street. between First and second avenues,
for tho next three holes. The respective dis
taccs are 300. $50 and $50 yards. Each Is
well planned and calculated to bring out good
golf, although two are merely iron shots. The
new eleventh hole will be the present third
green, 296 yards. aud the fourth hole will be-
come the twelfth. A new green. however, will
be made. which will Increase the length to 325
yards. The fifth. sixth. and seventh holes Of
1853, 151 and. 800 yards respectively. viii DO
holes. The old eighth hole. lengtncned from
Both the seventeenth and eighteenth holes
long. When Al is ready the first tee for the
full course will be at the entrance to the grounds
at First avenue and Eighty-ffth street. and the
home hole will be at the northeast corner Of the
Enclosed ground at First avenue and Eighty
third street. The Crescents will have q course
Of about i.400 yards. Some OF the holes will DO
very tricky. but the general character of the
links will be on the right side to develop golfers.