The San Francisco call., 1899-07-01
GOLF ERS WILL -..1. =. !.
GATHER. r. ON JH...E....... !.
LOCAL. COURSES:
at Buriinga,no I the LL5adi9s VIII
- Compz a.. far The. FoRi.at0,N,2}-,.-..,.. !.
III. L. ski Cup:

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.#=Tfer6. win be. plentN: Of: golfng at San
IafaGljluring tEre=holidayeS. Besides praccI
lice games @and. matches in +respon$e. to
challenges theres vi i BE: severaL coInpe=
1itIGns, This afte~noOn: d t: 30 the: Caddies
VIII have.a-. zine l1g T.: competitions, lnedal
play for first. and second prizes At .
y. m. there VIII be. driving contest tof
caddieSc in whft h. one prize will be, 81 ven,
on ATQHdaS, July g. at g. m, a chilz
Idr,lyl s. handicap@ COMPETITION, nie6a4 play
nine hGles. VIII -beging%a prize being given
for lowest. gross score and. a1os Ter: for:
1owest*nat score Al 2.2Q on Monday: az
ternoon the. dies handicap, nine noles,
medal ~play;.-wilE BEGIN One prize offered:
for LOWEST gross score. and. another. for
lowest .net: score -. -: -
On .Tuesd3y- July. q -a1=g a N, the,
mems .-haudTcap, eight teen= holes: med l.
play, yNill.-bt gin one. pr1Ze beng. o!!e!t5I:
Tor i@We.St| gross score and ano l@EsI. q
lowest net score. AT $3.50 p: m. a mixed
driving and aDDrCaching. 3. comp et1tloIA wa II.
bcSin...Ill.1he driving contest a p!2Ze-.: Will
be q NtaTded = for. the longest. ba II. our O4
five clear flights. Th he approac hlng slEoJ
Will be: Iria.iyi at a: distance OF sixty wards
over a. net. and the prize viii be, awarded
foE: the best average distance nom :.l1le
o1 tl> of .tle' TlITee best bells :Out sOl. INe,
nothing being UnuIied, if fewer than three.
halls "a re- iipz%'st be net ''...= -
The Il .cirIlttitioA for the silver cup
Ur,ssil51 ed ny Prince: Andre PGniatoWski
16:T-hc TIiTlIQ game Country C!db VIII TAKE
j A.
-lauNs' m leI-cbcTIS 81 .: the BuTlu game pan
FrIrrisGjt.- Oakland. and San Rafael. COLI
e. clubs and Is: atLseighteeQ holes, medal play.
- SeEenIor :eTght entries. have been received,
among Which are Miss Alice Aofhtt OF the
Oakland ITulf:l' 'Iub, Mrs H T Scott, Miss
Mary erCv& and Miss. caro- CTockett OF
: the*BUrlir Ganle { Country Club. Miss Mary
.Scott:is uudbLe to play: owing 10 a regent
accident. :; a. dieS Will GO out on the Inks
at amy hour on; Monday they may ma
COnVeuient.' The scores must be Kept ana
C-ie LIN
game and handed TO the committee on
r. greens. Immediately after completing the
Links are much more numerous and golf
IS much more played in Southern Caifor-
MIA. than in:the central and nOTtneE POr-
tons. Of~the State In southern CALIFORNIA
nearly every .daFge hotel has links Tor
the exclusive use Of its patrons AT Re
.dondo there q club Of about thirty resi-
dents: and during. the summer the links
are much. used by, the Visitors the sea
breeze even in not weather rendering play
agreeable" " The first. and ninth holes are
so near the ,hOIe4 that no. cluohouSe IS
necessa ry7. About seyenty-five yards from
the first. .Jeetng ground. there IS a rapid
upward slope -About twenty feet higher
the course crosses the railroad track to
the side of which there is q heavy growth
of brush, making a good natural hazard
The first hole should be made in four
Fifty wards from the second teeing
ground runs a line Of slim gum trees, be
tween or over which the PLAYER must
drive his ball The second hole should
be made in.three. About z hundred ya[cS
from the third teeing ground there is a
slight depression in the course. The player
must drive between or over three lines OF
eucalyptus trees He should make the
third hole in five From the fourth teeing
ground the course is straight and clear
10 the fourth green II is down a main
but. ur1Iaveled street. On approaching
the fifth. green the ground slopes up, the
fifth hole being. about seYenty-nVe feet
higher than the .teeing ground The holes
are short The distances being 1z5, 1Q3, POI,
165. 204 221z. 81 .1s7 and $40 yards Total
1851 yards The: best ScOre-355-was made
by E Condo Jones Of the Los Angeles
Country Club. The soil is sandy and SO
is never muddy. or very. dusty -.
The Hotel Green at Pasadena has q
pine-hole course and at La Pinforesca
thereaare six holes. for which the best
score is p. made By F. D Fairbanks For
the Hotel del Monte links; nine holes, total
distance; '22fe' yards, the best score is 80,
made by p. Payne .Jr.e This Is only two
down on DOGGY: which is 81: For the
Santa. Catalina island links, nine holes,
the record score is s35, made by Franc o.
Wood: and for the Coronado links, nine
- holesE the best score Is -. The best score
on the Los. Angeles County Club links for
eighteen holes is iGS, made by G 4. Orr of
sPasadena-: in the OUen competition for
men, on january Z Of this year. The best
score Q73) by q member Of the club, was
made by W. Crosby in. the same competk-