The San Francisco call., 1899-12-09
GOLF TOURNAMENT
COMMENCES TODAY
ON PRESIDE LINKS
Sixteen Crack PLAYERS Will Strive
for Championship of the
loCa! Clubs.

The first tournament for the champion
ship OF the Oakland and San Francisco
golf clubs, which IS open to the members
OF any golf club on the Pacific Coast. will
begin on the Preside links at 1870 o'clock
this afternoon. II was hoped that some
OF the best players from Portland. Ia
coma, Seattle, British Columbia and
Southern California would be attracted
by the event, but 1t seems now that, with
the exception of +. Conde Jones, Los An
geles Country Club, who is visiting this
city on business, all the entries will be
from the San Francisco, Oakland, San Ra-
fael and Burlingame clubs. c. 2. Hub
bard. who won the last competition for
the captains cup at Oakland, has sprained
his back and is not able 10 play. Il. r.
Folger and r. NJ Fitzgerald scored l04
each and @. d. Greenwood 10 in the quail
flying rounds last Saturday. Other Oak
landers who have since played qualifying
rounds are W. Z. Johnson, p. +. Bowles
f. 5. Stratton and Z. q. Cow. Last Sun
day ]. Lawson of the Burlingame Club
qualified with 95 and 4. b. Williamson
with 102. The following members OF the
San Francisco Golf Club entered the quail
flying round: S. l.. Abbot Jr.. 102; Charles
Page, lO7; Ii. b. Goodwin, r. II. Gaylord
J. w Byrne L. O. Kellogg and c. r. Wins
low. The following members of the San
Rafael
competitors: X. Gilman Brown, ]. J.
Crooks, George Heazelton and Lieutenant
T. e. Roberts.
The sixteen players making the lowest
scores in the qualifying rounds will enter
the opening round OF the tournament,
which will be over eighteen holes, match
play. The later ROUNDS Will be played on
Gays 10 be designated by the committee
the members OF which Will try To suit the
convenience of competitors. The semi
final and rnal rounds Will be over thirty
six holes. and the winner of the tourna-
ment VIII be champion of the Oakland
and San Francisco clubs The event must
be concluded on or before Saturday. De-
cember 10. Four prizes will be given, one
to each of the players taking the four
highest places. The winner OF the first
prize may fairly regard himself as the
strongest player OF the four clubs in or
near San Francisco.
The Los Angeles Country Club began a
match play competition on Thanksgiving
day which was continued last Saturday
In the semi-fnal round j. F. Sartori, who
usually plays a strong and dogged game.
was beaten by r. II. Hay-Chapman, who
won up. and to play; =. r; Wilson
being unable to play against Walter Cos
by the latter won by default. Cosby met
Chapman in the afternoon for the final
round. and in the first eighteen holes was
5 up. his score being as follows: Out.
:. 8. g. 4 4. 6, 6, b-i2. In-3, S, 4. 6, 1. 3, 6,
;, As Total, 80 Eighteen holes still
remain TO be played. In the .semi-final
-. a.
c. Balch played against Mrs. j. w. Bow
ers. and Mrs. II. Vail against Mrs. j. ID.
Foster.
held its opening tournament on Thanks
giving day. The entries were not numer-
ous. owing TO the many counter-attrac-
tions but the play was fair. In the thirty
six hole mems competition twelve cards
were handed in, the first prize being won
nv r Dunbar. whose score was ll2-lll
total 223. handicap "A, net 1893: and the sec
ond by D. Mcdonald. with a score of l35.
126-osi. handicap 60. net POI. Six ladies en-
tered the eighteen-hole competition which
was won by Mrs. Waring with score of
20 6l-l2O gross and net. as she playeo
scratch Mrs. s. Cole took second prize
her score being rs, S5-l63. less 2I-l39
THE Rubidoux club of Riverside held an
eighteen hole mems handicap on Thanks
giving day Fourteen contestants turned
In their scores, the best being that of II
r Hays, whose card read 10l less I0-9I
These were the best gross and net score,
of the day, the second gross score being
r ID. Osborn's 10; while j. A Wither.
spoon Q1g less 800 and NJ NJ MilIice
d23 less $50 tied for second handIcap n
score Hays score of 10l for eighteen
holes is the record score of the Rubidoux
Golf Club. J. A. Witherspoon won a COM
petition in driving
The new clubhouse and links of the
Hotel Green Golf Club, Pasadena, will he
opened with a three days tournament.
beginning next Thursday, the l4th inst
The course win be open for practice on