New-York tribune., 1899-06-12
GOLF.
COMING TOURNAMENTS ON TOWN AND
COUNTRY LINKS.

NOhiH WoODS-SHINNECOCK'S BIG CONTEST
Within the next few days much of the activity
IN golf will be transferred to the mountains and
seashore. and the links that have been Idle for so
/ many months will swarm with golfers who make
their exodus from town at the beginning OF the
heated term. Reports from the Leading resorts
indicate a season OF unusual activity. As a rule
the summer hotels have been quick to the ad-
vantage gained from establishing courses. and the
big houses Of entertainment perched away UP in
the mountains or along the seashore have made
every effort to cater TO the popular desire. Every
where new links being laid out or old ones i'm
proved, and the who spends his vacation
playing golf Will have host of good places to
choose from
At Newport. which has the distinction Of pos
sessing the most luxuriousy appointed golf club
mouse In the East beginning has already been
made, and tournaments and team matches will
follow each other in rapid succession. new
nine-hole links for is being constructed on
the old polo grounds. and will soon be opened for
play Willie" Davis has returned from his en-
gagement at the Washington Golf Club. and has
resumed charge professional for the season.
while to assist him clubmaker and greenskeeper
the club has secured the services OF Donald Ball
a recent arrival from Scotland and a nephew of
1ohh Ball. jr., the famous English golfer
IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
In the White Mountains golfers also stirring.
Al the Waumbek Golf Club of jefferson, " H..
which won well-deserved popularity among local
players last season. additional land has been
secured. and the club now controls more than fifty
acres IN a picturesque valley the Presidential
Range A. II. Fem has just laid an eighteen
role course there aggregatng more than five thou
sand yards long, the distance Of the out holes
being 2.iO9 yards and the 'fn" holes 2s7 Fem has
arranged bogie Of SS for the first part and 4 for
the second. which gives some idea OF the diff
culties TO be encountered The Cobbe Hi Golf
Club. Of Elizabe;htown. which organized two
,gb fba oFfo I,atIc
Henry A. Gildersleeve Of this city is also pre-
pairing for brisk season. and open tourna-
ment Will probably be held there in August. good
nine-hole course will be opened at Jackson
and others in this region which being prepared
include those at Sugar Hill. Twin Mountain
Breezy Point and Maplewood.
In the Adirondacks there will be no lack Of links
for at Saranac Lake, Paul Smiths. Bartlett Garry
Keene Valley Childwold and scores Of other places
The St. Regis Golf Cab at Paul nfE sms Pfea of whch
George Bird, Of this city is president, has capt.
planning vigorous season The club is member
OF the United States Golf Association, and one Of
the best known In the North Woods The Amper-
sand links. on Lower Saranac Lake, will be opened
on the Fourth Of July with a medaplay handicap
and IL is expected that g series OF team matches
with the 81. Regis and Champain teams will be ar
ranged later in the season.
LONG ISLAND LINKS
Down on Long Island the shinnecock Hills Golf
Club which has the distinction Of being the oldest
ready begun series Of Saturday handicaps for
men, and the open tournament be held there
from July 25 TO @ inclusive will attract some OF
the best-known men in the golfng world. This
latter affair. predicted in these columns some
weeks ago Will be an invitation one, and outside
clubs will be asked limit their entries to four Of
their best players In acting thus the club does not
wish 10 be thought exclusive snobbish. for the
action is prompted by the knowledge that unless a
curb is placed on the entry list it will exceed all
reasonable proportions. The committee has de-
cided therefore, to extend invitations certain OF
the leading clubs in this neighborhood. at the same
time requesting that the response be limited to the
best four men which can be sent down: At the
such other players aye as as they may wish to- to- entertain
those whose entries may not be possible under the
present rules.
The programme will be decided change from
previous tournaments. as in the qualifying round
the best eight scores will qualify for the Presi-
and the third eight for the Consolation Cup. This
sGns R G e o each a n Sixteen c %
eight. There will also be a foursome competition.
club as well handicap for the shnnecock Cup,
in which the player making the lowest score Will
Governors The Executive Committee which has
charge of the compettion is composed Of J. Bowers
George c. Clark and the president, Samuel L. Par
rish, ex offico.
THE COLONIA's NEW COURSE
The Colonia Country Club. whose organization
was noticed in The Tribune a few weeks ago, has
taken possession of its fine clubhouse Colo
MIA one mile west Of Railway. The new links.
situated property purchased some time ago
by a syndicate Of men living in Railway. Wood
bridge and Iseln. and consisting Of sixty-fve acres
of meadowland, is well adapted for the game. As
yet the ground Is something rough. but with time
and judicious it should prove abundantly at
tractve for golfers. The old Adams homestead
on the Railway road has been converted into
well-appointed clubhouse. with large, hgh-ceil-
inged rooms and broad verandas. and with the
present membership of elghty-two 1t is sufficient
Charles b. Squer and the vice-president J.
The little CLUB, which was formed at the open
ing OF the Garden City links in 1881, has formally
the new organization, which is to assume com
plete control of the course M IN IN fte6e e he team
NJ Hartman, the Metropolitan champion, Reginald
FTGSks' FrIief ,r D. and an sfi'anM j. A. McGord i"e' T.
Horace Hutchinson's new book on golf should
PT0se ose Eho have never played the game may be
tempted 10 give 1t trial on the strength of the
Mr 'HHtchnson is one Of the best-known writer's
on goidng topics abroad and his books ks are always
COLI h an9 nf he credit for the games popularity To
Mr. Balfour 1t should certainly be source Of
pTfbe ppb he has contributed as much to the health and
bappiness OF nations as with his brass-bound dis
patch-box to their wisdom The game, according |
70 MI, aanear from public favor when the present
leader of the House took up his clubs and in both
serses sent the ball spinning English clubs /
startad everywhere. and to-day golf is Of the /
most popular outdoor pastimes on both continents.
NJ pfItchInson's associates in the work Miss
Any Pascoe H. II. Hilton. j. H. Taylor and H. G.
Whgham -, c,,, -. ,,,oAo.. ", hoa
o,aned 9te season DR. Clark Burnham. OF the /
f5yker Meadow Golf Club. IS the captain. and |
Va ~ RawIns formerly at Lakewood, is the pro /
fessionai Rawlins holds the record at 75 The !
co,irse measures 2615 yards, and there Is also n
oDoctica Iinks for beginners. Matches have been |
- p-rensed with the Saratoga Mount Anthony, La
coma and Dorset Golf CLUBS
THIS WEEKS OPEN TOURNAMENT