The San Francisco call., 1899-10-21
GOLFERS PLANNING
TRIALS OF SKILL
ON VARIOUS LINKS
Changes in the Preside Course
VIII Render 1t Necessary
to PIdV Good Golf

The green's and tournament committee
Of the San Francisco Golf Club, which
consists of H. B. Goodwin, H d. Pills
bury and r. II. Gaylord, will not prepare
any regular schedule of tournaments until
after New Years day. The competitions
for the councils cups and the team match
against Oakland viii supply all the tour
naments necessary for the remainder OF
the year. z. E. Bowles, vice captain OF
the Oakland Golf Club, and II. B. Good
win Will confer early next week to ar
range the home-and-home matches be-
tween the San Francisco and Oakland
teams Negotiations are being made to
hold an open tournament for the cham
pionship of California The club will ar
range some tournaments for its lady
members and will endeaYor to organize
a team of ladies. The greens committee
Will invite two ladies to confer with them
in regard to the competitions Tor lddleS.
For the present the course VIII be pIayed
in the reverse way to that formerly IN
use, and If there is consensus OF the
members in its favor that way Will be
permanently adopted. Distance pins and
direction posts will be set out and the
teeing grounds will be put in the pest
places David Stephenson will go over
the ground and will lay out the course TO
the best advantage. The old course mas
serious defects Five successive holes are
just alike and offer no reward to the good
player ana lllllCL no pEIldIIS OIl belu p4ciS
A drive and an approach shot will land
the ball on the green and good approach
shot will compensate for poor drive,
while the best drive will not land the
player on the green There is not at
present any definite bogey score for the
Presidio links, but one will be made, and
on November a handicap tournament
against bogey will be played. In rear
ranging the Preside course some of the
holes may be shortened, so ghat good
drive will land the ball on the green, and
others heightened.
In the eighteen-hole medal pay handi-
cap begun on the Oakland links on the
7th inst. r. NJ. Fitzgerald and II. NJ. A.
Miller tied with net scores of Sc. The tie
was played off on the 18th inst and r. M.
FITZGERALD, not being in his usual good
form, H. ID A. Miller Wor - small
Mixed foursomes, match play, with han
dicap, nine holes, were played on the
14th. There were sixteen entries, the re
suits OF the play being as follows: Miss
Mrs. j. II. T. Watkinson and George z.
Cow; Mrs. w 2. Johnson and 2. e.
Bowles beat Mrs. H. II. Smith and e. r.
Folger; Mrs. P. e: Bowles and II. M. A:
Miller won from Miss Alice Moffitt and
P. III. Remillard; Mrs. H. II. Sherwood
and H. j. Knowles beat Miss Lucy Mof-
fit and W. p. Johnson. In the second
round of the foursomes Mrs. H II. Sher-
wood and H. j. Knowles beat Mrs. 2. Il.
Bowles and II. NJ. A. Miller, and Miss NJ
Deane and Vail Bakewell were victorious
Bowles. In the final foursomes, which, IL
circumstances permit, will be played to-
day, Miss NJ. Deane and Vail BakeweII
will play against Mrs. H. H. Sherwood
and H. J. Knowles. The winners will
receive silver trophies. The event set
down for to-day on the schedule of the
Oakland Golf Club is a handicap tourna-
ment, eighteen holes, match play, for the
ladies' cup
The fourth fortnightly tournament of
the San Rafael Golf Club will be held to-
day, the ladies' handicap, nine holes
medal play, beginning at 10 a. m, and the
mems handicap, eighteen holes, medal
play, at 2;30 p. m. Last Sunday David
Stephenson of the San Francisco Golf
Club paid a visit to the San Rafael links
and played a friendly match with Instruc-
tor T. w. Tetley. Their medal play
scores tied. but Stephenson won two up in
eighteen holes. Instructor Tetley saws
that the golf was not good. but that he
hopes to play with Stephenson again when
the latter can be spared from the Presidio
links.
Mrs. William s. Tevis is having pre-
pared a golf links at her country home,
Stockdale, Kern County.