New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-23
GOLF.
PLANS FOR A sElI-PUBLIC LINKS NEAR
NETWORK.

PLANS FOR A SEMI-PUBLlC LINKS NEAR
NETWORK.
Surely something strange must he going on when
golf-players demand another links upon which 10
hold tournaments. The number OF courses in this
ueighborhOod alone is already reaching formidable
proportions and the man who said that In future
when you wanted a smile for nhnity II would not
be the sands OF the seashore. but the golf links
Of America, not far wrong, StiIl there Is taih
iust Of increasing the number by the addiuoh
OF q semi-pubic links where the members or Inc
METROPOLITAN Golf Association may hold annual
CHAMPIONSHIPS team matches and professional
games without throwing the burden OF entertain
ment on any one club. and though the matter mas
arisen only in the way OF suggestion 1t is causing
a good deal of discussion among golf men.
II is pointed out that before long some OF the
courses which have been unable 10 prosper In these
DAYS Of keen competition for members will be in
the market and that II would be capital plan TOT
the Metropolitan Golf Association to step In ana
secure for the use OF the matches Just men
toned The enormous number Of players IN the
association would enable the scheme to be carried
out without great burden TO individual members
and the links would provide an attractive meeting
place for intercub matches. as well as such o'her
exhibition games are not always acceptable 10
private clubs. The labor and expense OF getting
course In tournament form for the various cnanl-
pionsnips is one OF the principal reasons ~ny 80
for these contests, but the establishment OF an
association links would obVlate TINS ulmcuis} en-
rely ma Ke
who are in favor or the schene arr coiI fe 81
with nye thousand members, each paying a zee OF
y annually the P[P Se ch Egui promoes Of the idea
price Collier who has shown himself 10 be shre~d
fSSeer in the current issue Of Golf . so..o
ANY oY the three larger tournaments held their
grounds and there are enough golfers ABOUT now
sdeys TO support ms more or esS PUN ,evobers
viii play mostly over their own links ana at dhe
same time II conveniently situated, II would prove
hon n s.,
and public exhibitions Of golf. for which neither
the clubhouse nor the links OF private clubs are
liar one has proved successful abroad there Is no
WHY s p[SoiGs a s nsfe SO many
clubs are involved IN expense over !he so6 0%4
Could be obtained for any immediate action
C;oIf-players on the hunt for something new IN
golfng implements will be interested to learn mat
variation of the ordinary driver mas recently peeH
nut on the market. The invention has been pat
ented by David Brown. the ex-champion OF scot
land who claims for 1t distinct advantages II all
that he asserts is true the CLUB is certain OF pop
ularity for IT Is supposed to reduce "shcins' as
well as carry the bail with greater s"fthess anu
| accuracy The variation the familiar pattern
is confined chiefly the face of the club SO that In
the ordinary style OF handling there is nothing 10
distinguish from drivers now in use The chlei dl-
ference is in the striking surface, which is brought
| forward as well heightened, the face DelhS set
we'll IN front For this reason it is alleged that the
! club possesses more power more weight is paced
behind the ball while at me same iile me fTeke
enables player to cary tnf0ugn on ay ye 10 III e
| or pull. II is also con'ended that II has eq9 s
heel or the toe OF the club the ball going straighter
| of any part OF the face than with the Ordinary
T5eo obv iSq the the PdSsr Of
shaft the bal is 4fS bss Sm nee
10 make his experiments ntelligentiy; and though
pre is yS TO sh 90 SSbs viii T orobaby not
be- sverse to giving The Club trial. Ii can hardly
expected he'd that the ea Gu9 T @ dnces
which ali beginners have OF driving out. Of the
sEa He Fl pay WHICH
| a year ago. though not making the revolution lts
favor. and this latter pattern will doubt have
It's part in the dongs Of the coming season.
The question Of Sunday golf bobs up as regularly
as the seasons come around, and new greens com
nnlttee is called upon TO face 1t. II is a question
that probably does not admit OF any general an
swer, At least not within the province here. 1t
depends more or less the and the place, but
recently a new turn has been given TO II. AMI the
matter is being approached from point OF view
rather different from those from which II has been
! approached before-in other words that links
needs its Sabbath as well as man There are some
courses of course. where the distances are great
enough and the number Of Players sufficiently lin
tied TO cancel this claim. but for the shorter links
il is held that injury is result when Sunday
play is permitted following as II does Immediately
after the hard usage Of Saturday games. Apart
from any question Of principle, it is said that the
greens are better for rest. and this view Of the
! matter II being seriously considered. "Old Tom
| Morris the St Andrews professional, declared not
! long ago that a great dea. OF harm was done by
two successive days Of trsmpling and the Leasowe
Cub OF Liverpool. following out this theory, has
recently passed a law against the use OF that pop
| ular course sunday factor which weighed 10
| a cCn4iderabe extent doubt In the clubs decision
| was the assertion Of John Bali ir., the well-known
| amateur. that after the heavy days play Satur-
| day the links would not stand the strain Of another
| heavy day coming Immediately after, and that II
| such play were permitted the grounds would be
! ruined
| 1t is always interesting 10 find golf extending it.
self TO new fields, and reports from the West are
full OF encours cement for the future of the sport
| there What said 10 he the first team match on
the Pacific Coast played recently al Oakland,
! Cal between the San Francisco Golf Club and the
| Oakland Golf Club, in which the atters team won
| by score Of 10 10 II. A series Of three other
| matches has been arranged between the clubs,
season promises 10 see large increase in tourna-
ment play Golf is being played now in Africa.
and the English residents OF Cape Town. Port Eliza
beth, johannesburg ana many other places have
heir links and ready TO resent the suggestion
that It's golf is any new thing. Lately the records
| are 10 hand Of the competition for what is called
the Robert English Shield, biennial challenge con-
OF thirty-siX holes at the Kimberly Golf Club.
The winner Of this far-oh tournament was II. =.
Rudd who with score OF l7s-l0-l6S. figures
| that compare favOrably with those on links here.
Three players tied for second place at l6s net and